Category: Faculty Info.
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
365 Days for Windows XP
Windows XP users be warned that Microsoft will no longer provide support for the 2001 operating system after April 8th, 2014. After this point, security updates and fixes will no longer be pushed out. More information can be found on this TechCrunch post. Microsoft is suggesting those still using the XP OS should upgrade to [...]
Wireless Improvement Program
Phase I of the Wireless Improvement Project has been completed. All of the legacy wireless devices have been removed and replaced with the advanced wireless solution. Users should experience improved performance and the elimination of redundant of log-ins when your mobile device goes to sleep. As a reminder, IT still has hundreds of new advanced [...]
Feb 13: E-Portfolio Accessibility Problems
FIT Community Yesterday morning (2/13/13), a network device failed, causing accessibility problems to Banner, MyFit and E-Portfolio. Banner and MyFIT services have been restored. IT staff are continuing to troubleshoot problems with E-Portfolio. We hope to have a resolution soon. Thank you for your patience Users should not reply directly to this email, but [...]
Phone Outage: November 28th 7am-9am
FIT Community: On Wednesday November 28th from 7am-9am, IT must apply critical upgrades to expand the phone system in support of the new Advisement Center. Users may experience sporadic outages of the phones during this window of activity. After 9am if a user phone is not functioning a simple reboot should be performed. A reboot [...]
Angel Course Technical Problems
If students are having technical trouble in an online Angel course they should first let their instructor know of the problem, and then contact: SLN HelpDesk at 1-800-875-6269 E-mail: faculty.helpdesk@SLN.suny.edu. Office hours: Mon-Thurs 8am-9pm, Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 1-5pm&Sunday 1 9pm.
MyFIT Unavailable tomorrow from 7-8am
FIT Community: IT for FIT needs to install critical security upgrades to MyFIT on Sep. 13 from 7am-8am. During this time, MyFIT will be unavailable. Thank you for your patience as we continue to upgrade FIT systems Users should not reply directly to this email, but should send any comments to techhelp@fitnyc.edu IT 4 FIT [...]
Creating your FIT profile on Lynda.com
Here are a quick set of instructions on how to create your profile on Lynda.com. Please note that you must access Lynda.com for the first time through the MyFIT portal in order to gain access. After you have created your profile, you may continue to access Lynda.com through MyFIT or you will be able to [...]
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