What is Happening? The first S&T high-definition distance classroom, Toomey 260, has had some upgrades. New to the classroom is an auto tracking instructor camera that will follow the instructor around the room. Ceiling microphones to catch the students’ comments during class recordings. A larger Wacom tablet at the podium and a new 75-inch interactive…
Category: Campus Updates
Adobe to Discontinue Creative Cloud Synced Files
What is Happening? Adobe is discontinuing their Creative Cloud Synced files feature on October 1, 2024. Creative Cloud has enabled subscribers to save files on their local devices in a folder called Creative Cloud Files. The Creative Cloud Files folder can be synced (copied) to the subscriber’s cloud storage from their local device. Files can…
Zotero software to be retired come August 2nd
Due to security concerns that have arisen with Zotero, Missouri S&T IT has been instructed to retire the use of Zotero on University computer systems. To allow individuals who use Zotero time to transition, the software will remain available until August 2, 2024. On August 2, 2024, Zotero will be removed from AppsAnywhere and blocked…
Learn about updated classroom technology with IT tour
Over the summer, information technology’s learning environment support team updated classroom computer equipment and upgraded to Windows 11. Faculty can schedule a classroom tour to learn more about the updates, view demonstrations and ask questions about the technology. The tours are given in a classroom that the faculty member will be teaching in the fall….
Hy Point networking improvements scheduled for March 31
Networking improvements are planned for the Hy Point Building, located on Enterprise Drive, on Friday, March 31. According to Fidelity Communications, brief network interruptions may occur due to an upgrade to network services at the Hy Point Building between 8 a.m. and noon on March 31. The S&T information technology networking team will be on…
Additional Phishing Attempts
Phishing email attempts have increasingly targeted Missouri S&T email accounts today (Thursday, March 30). The attempts appear to come from a variety of external email accounts and vary in offering job positions for students to having attachments. Students are the primary targets for these attempts. Do not respond or click on any attachment or link….
Phishing Attempt to S&T emails
A phishing email attempted to impersonate a Missouri S&T email today (Monday, March 27). The subject line reads “Attached for mst.edu – Invoice Due Date on March 27 2023” and the email appears to be from an icloud.com email addressed impersonating a different username. Do not respond or click the attachment. Attachments are used to…
Network/Firewall Update tonight at 10pm
S&T IT will be making an urgent network update this evening at 10pm, that will include a small change to the firewall. Outages are not expected during this time, but it is possible that a brief interruption might be possible at the time of the update. It is expected that the update will be completed…
IT Systems and Networks restored
IT systems and networks affected earlier today have been restored and are functioning normally. Please report any issues or concerns you may have or still experience to the IT Helpdesk….
IT Systems and Network Affected
Some campus computers are having errors with multiple systems including File Explorer and S-drive distributed file systems. Additionally, some CLC computers are not currently allowing users to login. You may be unable to access files stored on your S-drive or errors from File Explorer. IT technicians are working to correct the situation. Updates will be…