Category: Technology

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.

This summer, all Data Projector Plus (DP+ or “Gray Box”) classrooms and labs will see some small updates this summer. First, every room will be receiving a brighter, full HD projector. Next, the obsolete VGA cables will be removed and replaced with 15-foot-long HDMI cables. Lastly, 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.

We have seen an increase in fake job offers. If anyone has sent you an email with an unsolicited job and an offer to send you a large amount of money in checks, this is most likely a scam.

Examples of this fraud requests:

• The sender does not work at the organization.
• The reply-to address is a free email account (such as Gmail or Yahoo) for jobs at prestigious international organizations. Those organizations have their own email address and never use free email.
• As a reading test, they ask that you contact them from a free email service. This helps them bypass fraud monitoring tools.
• Conversations only over email and text with statements around the inability to speak due to being busy or traveling.
• Checks are mailed to you to cash, and they ask you to send them the money via a cash app.
• They cannot meet you in person and only speak via text and email.
• There is no job application or other job paperwork.

Never cash checks received from an unknown source. Once the bank finds out it is a fake check, it will take the money from your account.

Concerned the email is a scam? Send it to spamreport@wichita.edu.

Beocat HPC at Kansas State University will hold two workshops in the afternoons of Oct. 17-18 to teach introductions to Linux, Beocat and more advanced topics in Linux and the Open OnDemand interface to Beocat. BeoShock users are welcome to participate remotely through Zoom at the link below.

Both sessions will be recorded and posted to Beocat YouTube channel. Beocat uses a similar CentOS system and Slurm job scheduler as BeoShock, so this workshop would be a good training opportunity for both new and experienced BeoShock users. The HPC user guides also cover the basic topics (login, job submission, examples for python, and C++) for BeoShock. Below is the agenda:

2:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17

1. Introduction to Linux
2. Introduction to High-Performance Computing: How to use Beocat

2:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18

1. Advanced Linux tips & File Management
2. Open OnDemand: a GUI interface to Beocat

LinkedIn Learning provides thousands of online up-to-date, free trainings to students, faculty and staff. To use, login in to LinkedIn Learning and create a profile to explore topics to help enhance your Wichita State experience.

The WSU Reporting upgrade has been postponed, and it will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 18.

WSU Reporting will be receiving an upgrade to Cognos version 11.2.2 from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. The system will be unavailable during this time.