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Analytics Update

March 30, 2012 by

In response to requests submitted by Academic users, we have implemented significant updates to the General SLcM reports in Analytics.

All Enrollment and Admissions reports now contain student contact information including email, cell phone and standard address.

Two new reports were introduced to assist with administrative processes in the Deans’ and Chairs’ offices:

  • A Status and Holds report that will allow selection of all students with a specific hold or status or viewing of all students with all their active holds and statuses. Results may be filtered by Program, Organization, Hold or Status. Contact information as well as campus will also be available in this report.
  • To assist retention efforts, we offer an enrollment report that will display students who are enrolled in the current term (Fall/Spring) but do not yet have a schedule for a future term that is open for booking. This report will also include contact information to facilitate reaching out to these students.

Authorized users will find Analytics under the Employee tab in myOleMiss.

For assistance using reports in Analytics, contact the IT Helpdesk at 662-915-5222.

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Calling All Ole Miss Tweeters!

March 29, 2012 by

The university’s list of social media links has grown steadily since we began posting them in 2009. We have Facebook groupies, Twitter tweeters, WordPress bloggers, and there are probably others that we don’t yet know about. (If your page needs to be listed there, let me know!) With the upcoming Ole Miss iPad App, people will have a new means of keeping up with our social content.

If you type “#olemiss” into Twitter’s search box, you’ll quickly see why it’s important to narrow our list of “official” Twitter feeds. People comment about our university, or campus, our teams, …even our mothers! So we’ve hand-selected Twitter feeds to follow for the different audiences the iPad app will address. (If people want to read the other posts, they can find them on Twitter.)

  • For alumni and friends: @olemissalumni, @UMmuseum, @SouthernStudies, @fordcenterpac, @CoachHughFreeze, @potlikker
  • For sports fans: @CoachHughFreeze, @OleMissSoftball, @OleMissVB, @OleMissWTennis, @OleMissSoccer, @OleMissRifle, @OleMissWGolf, @OleMissWBB, @OleMissTrack, @OleMissMGolf, @OleMissFB, @OleMissBSB, @OleMissMTennis, @OleMissMBB, @thedm_sports, @OleMissBlog, @UMAAFoundation, @OleMissFeed
  • For faculty and staff: @SouthernStudies, @ProvostScholars, @UnivMSProvost, @UMMusicDept, @MeekJournalism, @OLEMISSIFC, @OleMissPolice, @UMCareerCenter, @UMMCnews, @UMmuseum, @UMResearchPark, @UMSPB, @UMStudyUSA, @UnivMSHR, @UMLibraries, @UMAAFoundation, @OleMissNow, @sarahisomcenter, @olemisshousing, @fordcenterpac
  • For students: @OLEMISSIFC, @ProvostScholars, @OleMissPolice, @UMLibraries, @fordcenterpac, @UMmuesum, @thedmopinion, @thedm_sports, @OleMissASB, @OleMissWCenter, @olemisshousing, @thedm_news, @olemissoip, @OleMissSenate, @UMCareerCenter, @UMSPB

See @OleMissRebels for the full tweet lists. If you manage an official UM Twitter account and want to be added to one or more of these lists, you may request to be added via this form.

If you manage one of the Twitter accounts listed above, your work will now be seen even by people who don’t follow you on Twitter. Check that your icon/avatar matches Twitter’s 512×512 pixel size to insure it will look good on the new iPad’s retina display. Verify your sources before re-tweeting a rumor. Above all, keep the content fresh and interesting. People are hungry for what you have to say. Use Twitter to feed them.

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WebIDs Available for UM Parents

March 27, 2012 by

As a parent or guardian of a college student, have you ever wanted to pay your student’s bill online?  Opt in to receive UM campus emergency notifications and weather alerts?  View your student’s academic data?  With the launch of WebIDs for parents, parents can now access pertinent information on their student and perform actions such as view/pay their student’s bursar bills, view academic data, update contact information, and more.  Parents cannot receive WebIDs without being authorized by their students. Read all about it.

For questions, please contact the IT Helpdesk at (662) 915-5222 or helpdesk@olemiss.edu . 

 

 

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WebMail for Students Moving to UM Google Mail

March 15, 2012 by

Figure 1. Poll Results from UM community in support of moving student email to Google.In June 2011, a committee was formed to consider a University of Mississippi (UM) partnership with Google to offer Google Apps for Education to students. Google Apps for Education offers email, document creation, calendar services and home pages to use in private and collaborative projects.

In June 2011, a committee was formed to consider a University of Mississippi (UM) partnership with Google to offer Google Apps for Education to students.   Google Apps for Education offers email, document creation, calendar services and home pages to use in private and collaborative projects.

In September 2011, the committee requested input from the university community on this initiative. The survey results (Figure 1) showed an overwhelming desire to pursue Google Apps for Education as the replacement for UM Webmail.  Soon after, the Office of Information Technology (IT) began preparations for this initiative.

UM Students

Beginning on March 19, 2012, UM will provide each student with the ability to opt in for a Google email (Gmail) account.  For students, the new UM Gmail account will be a replacement for the current UM Webmail account.  Although this account will be hosted with Google, it will have the “go.olemiss.edu” extension rather than “gmail.com.”   The UM Webmail account,  WebID@olemiss.edu,  will continue to work for a while.  Once students opt in to UM Gmail, any email sent to WebID@olemiss.edu will be automatically forwarded to WebID@go.olemiss.edu.

Beginning on July 9, 2012, any remaining student accounts on UM Webmail will be automatically migrated over to UM Gmail.   Similar to the early adopters, any email sent to WebID@olemiss.edu will be automatically forwarded to WebID@go.olemiss.edu.

Further, for new student accounts created on or after March 19, only a UM Gmail account will be created.   These students should only use WebID@go.olemiss.edu for email correspondence.

UM Employees

On March 19, 2012, faculty and staff may also sign up for UM Gmail.  Instead of a replacement, this will be an additional account for UM Gmail and other Google apps, leaving the UM Mail (Exchange) account to be used for official UM correspondence.  UM Gmail accounts are being made available to employees so they can use Google Apps for Education in their roles as instructors and students.

Why UM Gmail?

The major advantages are that Gmail offers substantially more disk space than UM is able to offer, and Gmail offers better support for mobile devices,” says Kathy Gates, Chief Information Officer (IT).   “We anticipate that these two features will be highly appealing and may lead to more students using their university-assigned email accounts.”

All Gmail accounts will have 25 gigabytes of personal storage space.  There is a 1 GB limit on the storage of files that are not in the Google docs format.   Examples would be PDF or JPEG files.  Fortunately, files can be converted to Google file formats during the upload and save process.

What About Security?

For everyone, the UM Gmail password will be the same as your existing WebID password.   During the UM Gmail sign up process, a password reset will be required to meet the Google password requirements (e.g., 8 characters).   You can read about Google’s security and privacy statement online or review Google’s Public Policy Blog.

More Information

More information is available at http://go.olemiss.edu.  For questions and assistance, contact the IT Helpdesk at 662-915-5222 or helpdesk@olemiss.edu.

 

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End of an Era – Compaq Server Retired

March 1, 2012 by

Compaq ProLiant Server 6000

March 2, 2012 will mark the end of an era within the University Data Center.  On that date, the Compaq ProLiant 6000 server that once powered the University’s E-form system will be officially retired from service.   This server was first put into production service in early 2000 and has served the University without any major issues for the past twelve years, which is a remarkable accomplishment.

The launch of E-forms 2.0 within myOleMiss in the summer of 2011, along with the recent completion of migrating all of the historical E-forms into the new application, was the catalyst for this retirement.

“The age of the hardware platform was one of the driving forces behind the development and launch of E-forms 2.0,” notes Al Ling, Director of Enterprise Applications.  “Now that the migration of the historical E-form data has been completed and is now available within E-forms 2.0, it makes sense to retire this server from productive use.  A heart-felt thank you goes out to the Technical Services staff for keeping this server fully operational for the past twelve years.”

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