OIT Technology 天美传媒: Fall 2021 Edition

In this edition of the OIT Tech 天美传媒, we feature improvement to faculty and staff communications with the Feedback Box, ways to "Hack Your Brain," classroom updates this winter, plus the latest updates to STABLE and Duo, plus much more


The 2021 Progress Report for the Office of Information Technology is . Read about OIT's work over the past year to provide proactive support and help foster academic and research innovation for the SMU community.


Work has continued on the event management and room reservation functionality of STABLE. With nearly 100 people involved in this process across campus, .


The Feedback Box allows students to message their faculty about classroom issues or provide suggestions without having to wait until聽the end of the semester.


Last month, SMU's very own Chief Security Officer, George Finney, hosted a presentation on "Hacking Your Brain for Better Cybersecurity" to provide insightful and actionable ways to "" for Cybersecurity.


During the winter break, the AV team will facilitate . Some of this work had been scheduled for the summer but was impacted due to shipping delays and resource constraints.


With cellular companies depreciating their 3G wireless networks, your older cellphone, security system, and even, Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) .


While we're always eager to help here at the IT Help Desk, there are also that you can do periodically to make sure that your computer is running at its best.


To improve account security, OIT will soon be reducing the number of choices to authenticate with Duo two-factor authentication. We have a few .


In , we look at the updated course navigation, submission statuses, enhancements to Gradebook, and more.