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Save the date! EduTech Day will be Nov 14th

Save the date! EduTech Day will be Nov 14th

Call for Proposals: “Building for the Future” The Technology Development Team (TDT) in collaboration with The Center for Excellence in Teaching will be holding the fifth annual EduTech Day on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Our theme “Building for the Future” focuses on how we can integrate technology and pedagogy in response to the increasingly complex [...]

May 20, 2013 | By | Reply More
Wireless Network Update

Wireless Network Update

The implementation of the advanced wireless infrastructure is continuing to expand across the FIT campus.  To date, Dubinsky (A building) and Business and Liberal Arts (B building) are complete.  All users in those buildings should be able to access wireless from any area.  Please contact customer service if you can’t access wireless so that IT [...]

May 17, 2013 | By | Reply More
Adobe Creative Cloud at FIT

Adobe Creative Cloud at FIT

I am happy to inform you that academic classrooms and faculty licensing will not be adversely affected by Adobe’s new subscription licensing model. FIT students will have the option to purchase CS6 or subscribe to the Creative Cloud. As you know, Adobe announced that Creative Suite 6 (CS6) would be its last major release sold [...]

May 16, 2013 | By | Reply More
Beware of fake support email!

Beware of fake support email!

We are all used to getting spam mail in our inbox, but I received a fake request from what appears to be the FIT customer service desk this morning and was surprised at the amount of FIT content it was able to include to disguise itself as a genuine communication. The message had even pulled [...]

May 10, 2013 | By | Reply More
See your Tech Help Tickets online

See your Tech Help Tickets online

Did you know that you can access any submitted Tech Help tickets online? Visiting the Tech Help Self-Service site here: http://techhelp.fitnyc.edu Log in with your FIT username and password and click on the “My Tickets” option under the main menu bar and you will see all of your current help tickets. Related posts: New TechHelp [...]

May 9, 2013 | By | Reply More
TDT Hosts 2 Online Open Houses for Accessories Design Certificate Programs

TDT Hosts 2 Online Open Houses for Accessories Design Certificate Programs

We have a busy morning today.  Along with getting all the equipment details finished for the graduating student shows we are hosting two online open houses today for the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The first, starting at 10:00 est, will be for the  Millinery Certificate program and the second, at 11:30 est, for [...]

May 8, 2013 | By | Reply More

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Ask IT: Finding an R25 Ticket

Ask IT: Finding an R25 Ticket

Ask IT Question: Good afternoon, I am reaching out in regard to a request I submitted about two weeks ago concerning a 25 Live login issue.  I cannot recall the ticket number (I deleted the email, so sorry!) but was curious as to the status of the order. Thank you for your time and concern. Best, [...]

May 9, 2013 | By | Reply More
Faculty Senate Election Voting

Faculty Senate Election Voting

ASK IT: I am a faculty member, trying to vote in the faculty senate elections. Following directions, I have tried to go to the FIT link homepage, and click on the “Vote Now”. However, I get a message that I am not eligible to vote! Please explain, and help me to correct this. This is [...]

April 26, 2013 | By | Reply More
Sophos Virus Protection for Windows 8

Sophos Virus Protection for Windows 8

Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: I have a new Dell PC with Windows 8 at home. The McAfee Virus Protection will expire soon and I would like to replace it with the free Sophos Virus Protection download offered through FIT. Will this work on Windows 8 PC? Is there anything I should be aware of? -Alice Rydel    [...]

April 18, 2013 | By | Reply More
Accessing Courses Through Angel

Accessing Courses Through Angel

Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: My Modern History professor uploaded information that I need for next class on the Angel account. But on my account under courses, that class isn’t there so I can’t recieve information. How do I fix this issue? -by Kelly Scheffler Answer: Hello Kelly, Your professor must open the course [...]

February 4, 2013 | By | Reply More
MS Office for Student Laptops

MS Office for Student Laptops

Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: Does FIT offer downloads of the MS office for our laptops? I have never heard of a school not including this. - by Julianna Alabado Answer: Hello Juliana, Unfortunately, no we do not not give out Microsoft Office for students but we do offer a discounted Microsoft Office. To purchase [...]

January 29, 2013 | By | Reply More

Tech Bytes

Digital tattoos and virtual shadows

Digital tattoos and virtual shadows

How you present and protect your personal information is, and always should be, a constant concern in the world of smart phones, twitter, Facebook  or whatever the social media medium de jour. I read this post by Kate Torrgovnick on the TED blog called “Two ways of thinking about social media: digital tattoos and virtual shadows,” [...]

May 3, 2013 | By | Reply More
Effective Public Speaking

Effective Public Speaking

Speaking in public effectively means more than getting over your feelings of nausea when you look out at a crowd. Lynda.com has an effective speaking tutorial on how to generate ideas for your presentation, building a storyboard, coping with anxiety, how to open, deliver, and close your speech with confidence and ease. Most go to Lynda.com for software [...]

April 24, 2013 | By | Reply More

Why Google Is Investing in Deep Learning | MIT Technology Review

Go to Website: Why Google Is Investing in Deep Learning | MIT Technology Review. Related posts: Google via Text Message Google Reader to Retire July 1 Google Cloud Connect with MS Office Google’s Image Swirl: new beta image search

April 23, 2013 | By | Reply More

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013

MIT just released its top 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013 where their definition of a breakthrough is “an advance that gives people powerful new ways to use technology.” I like better how they first described the list as: Think of the most frustrating, intractable, or simply annoying problems you can imagine. Now think about what [...]

April 23, 2013 | By | Reply More

Downtime

May 14: ePortfolio maintenance 3-8pm

May 14: ePortfolio maintenance 3-8pm

ePortfolio will be unavailable to all faculty evaluators and applicants for emergency maintenance today, May 14th, 2013, from 3pm-8pm est. If you continue to have issues accessing the site after the planned downtime, please contact Customer Service. Faculty should call 7-TECH. Related posts: Planned ANGEL Maintenance Outage (5/11/2012) ASK IT: Office Telephone Issue IT Emergency Downtime Ask IT: Q&A [...]

May 14, 2013 | By | Reply More
May 13th: WebPages will be down from 2-4pm,

May 13th: WebPages will be down from 2-4pm,

Due to server maintenance, Webpages will be unavailable from 2-4 pm on Monday, May 13. Norma S. Campbell Web Communications Specialist, Fashion Institute of Technology Related posts: Approving WebPages From Home April 13th: Critical Upgrades to Webfiles 8am-1pm May 14: ePortfolio maintenance 3-8pm MyFIT Unavailable tomorrow from 7-8am

May 10, 2013 | By | Reply More
April 13th: Critical Upgrades to Webfiles 8am-1pm

April 13th: Critical Upgrades to Webfiles 8am-1pm

IT for FIT must apply critical upgrades to Webfiles on Saturday April 13 from 8:00am – 1:00pm.  While this work is being performed, access to Webfiles will be unavailable.  Please be sure to copy any needed files from Webfiles before this work begins! Thank you for your patience as we continue to upgrade FIT systems [...]

April 11, 2013 | By | Reply More

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