Technology Services

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  • Google Drive and Storage Changes

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    jerry

    Google previously announced that it would be removing unlimited Drive storage for educational clients. The specific timeline for this change has proven elusive, but it now appears that a January 2024 transition date is likely. With this in mind, Technology Services has been working on a roadmap for digital storage. Google Drive will still factor…

  • Adobe Product Options for 2022-23

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    jerry

    Adobe offers a number of powerful applications for digital image manipulation, graphic design, and PDF creation. Despite rising software costs, Technology Services has worked diligently to make sure these popular tools are available to everyone on campus. Additional funding during the early years of the pandemic even allowed us to temporarily expand this access. For…

  • Updates and Reminders for Fall

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    jerry

    Fall Technology Helpline Hours The Technology Services Helpline will be available this fall from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Friday. We will be closed Saturday and Sunday. During office hours, you may stop by our main floor Olin location for personal assistance, or we encourage…

  • Loaner Laptop program overview 2021-2022

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    hling

         The student loaner laptop program began in March 2021 with an initial fleet of 32 laptops. This number was increased to 47 laptops by October of 2021, with the addition of 15 machines to our long term loan program. We are using Microsoft Surface Laptop Go as our standard machine. The expected refresh…

  • Technology Requests for 2022-2023 for Faculty and Staff

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    nsonsteb

    Gustavus Technology Services would like to invite all faculty and staff to make technology requests for the upcoming 2022-2023 fiscal year. The approved requests will be delivered after June 1, 2022 (depending on industry and supply chain constraints). All decisions regarding the requests will be communicated after the College budget approval process for fiscal year…

  • Zoom Feedback Requested

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    jerry

    The pandemic has forced us all to adopt new tools and methodologies in order to remain successful in our work/academic endeavors. One of the most popular and useful new tools has been Zoom. Unfortunately, Zoom places a considerable burden on our already strained resources. Not only is it an expensive system, but it also takes…

  • Qualtrics Training!

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    mdunning

    Did you know that Gustavus has Qualtrics for all employees and students to use? WE DO! How awesome is that??!!! What is Qualtrics? Qualtrics is a tool that allows users to create robust surveys. Simple or Complex – you dream it, Qualtrics can probably help you do it! How do I use it or learn…

  • Opportunistic Wireless Encryption

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    nsonsteb

    Wednesday, October 20th, Gustavus Technology Services will enable Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) on the Gustavus network in select locations. This will provide encryption and better security when using the “Gustavus” wireless network for those devices that cannot connect to GustavusSecure. For more information about OWE – please see Wikipedia’s link for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_Wireless_Encryption Devices…

  • Avoid MacOS Monterey Upgrade

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    nsonsteb

    Technology Services is strongly recommending that Gustavus Mac users avoid installing the upcoming Mac operating system release, macOS 12 (Monterey). The exact timing for this release is set for Monday, October 25th, 2021. This update may cause some unexpected incompatibility issues, and could include not being able to log into your Mac and possibly even…

  • iOS/iPad OS and MacOS users – time to update!

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    nsonsteb

    Apple has released emergency security updates to eliminate an issue that could allow outside entities to install malicious software on their devices without a user’s knowledge, and without any precipitating action on the user’s behalf. It is critical that you update your Apple devices (Mac computers, iPads, iPhones, Watches) with the new software as soon…