Author Archive: Meredith Perkins
New FIT Mobile App
IT for FIT has been working with Ellucian (Sungard/Banner) about development of a mobile app for FIT. We are now ready to begin the pilot. The FIT community is able to visit the Apple App Store or the Android Google Play Store and download “Ellucian Go” Once installed, simply select Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) [...]
WebFiles is now mobile friendly
FIT’s file management system, WebFiles, has a new mobile interface making it a little easier to take your files with you wherever you go. All FIT students, faculty, and staff have access to 5GBs of personal storage and have the ability to share files and folders internally and externally via created links. You can get [...]
Bebe with the TDT on green screen
Making a doggie video for the catwalk! The TDT had the pleasure of working with FIT’s own Bebe to create a video short for the upcoming 5th annual pet fashion show called BARK-à-Porter. To transport Bebe to the Eiffel Tower, we had him pose and strut his stuff on a green fabric background. The video [...]
3D FIT BFA Fashion Show
The best work of FIT’s graduating bachelor of arts fashion design students is presented every spring in a professional runway show. Specializations include sportswear, special occasion, knitwear, intimate apparel, and children’s wear. If you are on campus, watch the show live in 3D from 4-6:30 in the Katie Murphy Amphitheater or watch it live on [...]
Strategic Roundtable Discussion Videos
The TDT completed a series of 13 new videos capturing the two roundtable discussion dinners held on April 2nd and 15th, including introductory information from FIT President, Dr. Joyce F. Brown. The dinners were held as part of the school’s strategic planning process and can be viewed by members of the FIT community in the [...]
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 [...]
Under Construction
The IT blog is currently under construction to get a whole new facelift. You may notice some dramatic changes in the layout and in the way your information is now delivered. Please bear with us! Thanks. (April 25, 2013)
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 [...]
Why Google Is Investing in Deep Learning | MIT Technology Review
Go to Website: Why Google Is Investing in Deep Learning | MIT Technology Review.
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 [...]
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