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Apr 30, 2015

Please Register: WordPress Training for DASA

Our grand project to implement a new strategic plan for DASA websites has made tremendous progress — slower than we had initially hoped, but now steaming ahead. We launched the main division website on February 27. This new look and feel was the basis for a very similar theme for departmental websites, and we have… 

Apr 21, 2015

NC State Students Present At NCUR

14 NC State students presented their research at the NCUR (National Conference on Undergraduate Research) in April 2015.  The Conference 

Apr 10, 2015

Tech Instructions for DASA Departmental Moves

DASA Colleagues – We hope this information will be helpful as many of you prepare for moves next month. http://go.ncsu.edu/dasa-techinfo-deptmoves Thanks, DASA Tech Services 

Mar 30, 2015

Kaspersky Update on April 2

On Thursday, April 2, 2015, DASA Tech will apply an update to the campus Kaspersky anti-virus software installed on your Windows computers. Many of your computers have already been updated, including laptops and Macs, but this last step ensures that all Windows desktop computers are fully updated and secure. As a result, you may be… 

Mar 18, 2015

NASPA Guidebook App

For those of attending the upcoming NASPA conference and/or other NASPA events, a new Guidebook app has been developed. Note that this is a full app (like we have here at NC State) that contains multiple Guides within for various events. Open this link on your mobile device, then pick your platform to download the app. 

Feb 16, 2015

Tech Support During Adverse Weather

A reminder that DASA Tech will still be responding to help requests to the best of our ability during the current adverse weather event. Some of our folks may be working remotely; we hope response times are only minimally impacted. Please continue to send help requests to your departmental Get Help email address; this will ensure your local… 

Feb 5, 2015

The MOOC Hype Fades, in 3 Charts

http://shar.es/1o6TKO This is an interesting trend. Our own Friday Institute has a very successful MOOC program — they have had more than 15,000 participants in the last couple of years. 

Jan 7, 2015

Help Drive IT in DASA!

Dear DASA Colleagues: We need your help in determining the future of information technology (IT) in DASA, and invite you to attend one of the following idea-generating sessions. These are open to all DASA employees. Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:00am – 11:30am Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:00pm – 2:30pm Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:00pm –… 

Dec 23, 2014

Beacon – Data Field Cleanup

There were about 500 students who previously never appeared in Beacon because of some piece of data that was incompatible with Beacon. For example, students from many of the US Territories have (correct, standard) postal codes that Beacon did not accept. This resulted in the entire student file getting kicked back out. We never had… 

Dec 22, 2014

Improved Links to Course Information

For those of you creating web pages or other materials with links to courses, the new course search system presents a very clean display. You may want to consider changing any links to individual courses to this display. Here are examples you can use to build the correct URLs. Linking to Group of CoursesChange “MUS”…