Category: Academic Computing
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 [...]
Wireless Printing
Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: Hi, I’m a freshman who just moved into Alumni Hall in 2F. I have a wireless enabled printer which I’d like to share with my 3 roommates via the FIT dorm network. As a part of setting up the printer, I tried to setup the Wi-Fi connection – it found the network [...]
Adobe Creative Suite – InDesign
Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: Do the computers in the library have InDesign, on Adobe Creative Suite? Sincerely, Pamela Mufson Hi Pamela! All of the computers on the 4th, 5th, and 6th floor do have Adobe Creative Suite, which include InDesign. If you would ever like to check on other available software, there is [...]
Computer Labs
Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: Which Labs have Autocad? What are these labs’ hours and do they have a phone number where you can reach someone? Thank you, Ceci Thompson Answer: Hello Ceci, All the labs including CC15 and CC15a have Autocad. The classroom labs which are C227 through C232 all have specific [...]
Adobe Acrobat for Mac
Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: Hi, I was wondering where the “Print To Adobe PDF” option disappeared to on the macs. Its only giving me the option of printing FIT Color and FIT Bw now. I have been on the computers in both the C lab and library now and none of them are [...]
Deteriorating Classroom Conditions
Question: It is time for some serious attention to be paid to the deteriorating conditions in the classrooms in which we teach. Primarily: C409, C415A, C415B, C415C, CC16, and CC40. The furniture has not been cleaned in a very long time. Table tops and keyboards are filthy. They used to be kept clean by work [...]
Acrobat Professional X
Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: Hi there! I am a faculty member in the Fashion Design Dept. For some reason, when FIT provided the disk for CS5 last year, Acrobat Professional was not included. I use Acrobat 8.3.1 (which was provided by the college in 2008 with CS3) to create all of my classroom [...]
U4ia Corrupted Files
ASK IT form questions & comments: From faculty member Barbara Burger: I teach U4ia but we know this happens to students of other programs. It may be worse with U4ia because it’s older and less flexible. The problem is corrupted files. A student can save a file fine to their flash drive, Y drive or [...]
The Scoop on Faculty & Staff Software Requests
One of the most frequent questions that I get at this time of year from faculty is about how to obtain a copy of a piece of software for either their office or home computer to aid in their teaching. SO… I thought to outline the process below. Microsoft Office for both Windows and Mac: [...]
Ask IT Q&A with student Jennifer Reminick on C307
“Ask IT” Question: The electronic lock on the door to c307 needs to be replaced. The teachers have a hard time opening it, and so do the security guards. My teacher Sean Sullivan does not even have a card for the room. We have wasted hours of his class as security try to open the [...]
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