Category: New Students
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 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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Advanced Wireless Upgrade Project
FIT Community As President Brown referenced during her Convocation comments, FIT is deploying an advanced wireless technology solution. The new system will blanket all administrative and academic buildings with over 500 access points, providing high quality wireless signal strength. The system is designed to support classrooms and other high concentration usage areas. Design and configuration [...]
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.
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 [...]
Personal Router
Ask IT: Question & Answer Forum: My daughter is in Alumni hall and her computer (Mac air) doesn’t have Ethernet The wireless is very sketchy. Is it possible for her to set up her own wireless router in her room? -Bruce Lampcov Answer: Hello Bruce, Unfortunately we do not allow personal routers in our network [...]
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