Category: Technology

The wait is over, and the migration of finance reports from Reporting Services to WSU Reporting is complete. New and experienced users are both encouraged to attend a WSU Reporting Demo in Microsoft Teams to learn best practices, tips and tricks.

The topics discussed during the session will include accessing WSU Reporting, locating and running reports, exporting and format options, managing saved searches and shortcuts, organizing the My Content page, and more.

Sessions are scheduled at least once every month and are available for registration in myTraining through myWSU. For more information about the WSU Reporting platform, including guidelines for requesting access to reports, visit the WSU Reporting Hub webpage.

Generative AI is here! Tools like Microsoft Copilot and Adobe Firefly are changing how many institutions, including WSU, conduct business. While these technologies can streamline processes and save time, they may also introduce new security risks for individuals and the university. To help ensure the security of our digital environment, please take a moment to review the new SharePoint site, Generative AI at WSU. This site contains useful information for WSU students and employees of all levels of AI proficiency. Find out more by visiting wichita.edu/ai.

Wichita State’s Information Technology Services (ITS) has recently deployed Jamf Connect for WSU Mac devices.

By utilizing this software, Mac users will have the following benefits:

• After logging into Jamf Connect, it will verify that your login password is current. If not, it will ask to sync/update your password.
• Users will have access to a live countdown on the number of days remaining before their myWSU password expires.

Visit the ITS Resources website (wichita.edu/jamfconnect) for more information.

Questions: Contact ITS Help Desk at 316-978-4357, option one or helpdesk@wichita.edu.

Wichita State’s Information Technology Services (ITS) has recently deployed Jamf Connect for WSU owned Mac devices.

By utilizing this software, Mac users will have the following benefits:

• After logging into Jamf Connect, it will verify that your login password is current. If not, it will ask to sync/update your password.
• Users will have access to a live countdown on the number of days remaining before their myWSU password expires.

Visit the ITS Resources website (wichita.edu/jamfconnect) for more information and instructions on how to log into Jamf Connect.

For questions, contact ITS Help Desk at 316-978-4357, option one or email helpdesk@wichita.edu.

Wichita State’s Information Technology Services (ITS) has recently deployed Jamf Connect for WSU owned Mac devices.

By utilizing this software, Mac users will have the following benefits:

• After logging into Jamf Connect, it will verify that your login password is current. If not, it will ask to sync/update your password.
• Users will have access to a live countdown on the number of days remaining before their myWSU password expires.

Visit the ITS Resources website (wichita.edu/jamfconnect) for more information and instructions on how to log into Jamf Connect.

For questions, contact ITS Help Desk at 316-978-4357, option one or email helpdesk@wichita.edu.

Beginning January 2024, ITS will conduct a research and inventory initiative to better understand printer and copier usage across the campus. ITS believes the information gathered from this research will significantly enhance the printing experience and help it make informed decisions about its printing resources.

Here is what to expect:

• A dedicated student team will visit every office on campus. Their mission is to assess the number of printers in use in each office.
• These students will carefully pull reports from each printer, allowing ITS to gather valuable data for analysis and to identify best practices.
• The ITS team will be in touch with each department to coordinate a convenient date and time for the visit, ensuring a smooth process.

ITS appreciates the campus’s cooperation and willingness to assist in this project. The support and collaboration are crucial to its success in making printing at Wichita State more efficient and sustainable.

Questions regarding this initiative can be sent to Warren Glore, ITS project manager, at warren.glore@wichita.edu.

Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Earn a digital credential, WSU Microsoft Office Power User, by attending a suite of ITS-led Microsoft Office sessions. In addition to earning a badge and certificate, these live training sessions will refresh your knowledge of Microsoft applications, old and new, and offer numerous tips to maximize your use of these powerful tools.

All training is available for faculty and staff at no additional charge and is offered remotely. For training calendar and registration, visit myTraining. For more information about the program requirements, and to see a list of fellow Power Users, visit the Microsoft Office Power Users webpage (wichita.edu/poweruser).

After the summer, all Data Projector Plus (DP+ or “Gray Box”) classrooms and labs will see some small updates. Every room will receive a brighter, full HD projector, the obsolete VGA cables will be removed and replaced with 15-foot-long HDMI cables, and the DVD/VCR combo players will be removed along with any remaining overhead transparency projectors.

The Media Resources Center (MRC) will be maintaining a small inventory of each of these to be available per instructor request. Instructors will still need to provide their own adapter for their device if it does not have HDMI output on it, but they will no longer need to provide their own HDMI cable.

The updates should be completed and ready by the start of the fall 2023 semester. Any questions about these upcoming changes can be sent to Matt Claxton, classroom media coordinator with the MRC, at 316-978-3588.

Zoom will soon change the process for joining meetings in an upcoming software patch. For information about how the new process for joining meetings will work, refer to the FAQ.

To ensure that your software will be compatible with the new join meeting process, make sure your Zoom software client or app is up-to-date. For information on how to update your Zoom software client or app, refer to the Zoom support page.

If you do not update prior to May 20, you may not be able to join or host Zoom meetings.

For any additional assistance, fill out a Zoom Support request form.

This summer, all Data Projector Plus (DP+ or “Gray Box”) classrooms and labs will see some small updates this summer. Every room will receive a brighter, full HD projector, the obsolete VGA cables will be removed and replaced with 15-foot-long HDMI cables, and the DVD/VCR combo players will be removed along with any remaining overhead transparency projectors.

The Media Resources Center (MRC) will be maintaining a small inventory of each of these to be available per instructor request. Instructors will still need to provide their own adapter for their device if it does not have HDMI output on it, but they will no longer need to provide their own HDMI cable.

The updates should be completed and ready by the start of the fall 2023 semester. Any questions about these upcoming changes can be sent to Matt Claxton, classroom media coordinator with the MRC, at 316-978-3588.