Microsoft released Windows 8 Developer Preview in September 2011. Windows 8 has not yet been released in the market, but after reading and research, I found the folowing advantages and disadvantages about the new OS. PROS: Task manager is superb Super Fast Bootup Clean and elegant look Rss App is Nice Metro UI is so… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Updates and Upgrades
College of Law Secures Several Student Technology Fee Awards
Once again the College of Law and Law Library fared well in the Student Technology Fee proposal and award process securing five fiscal year 2013 awards totaling more than $265,000.00. To put this number in some perspective law students contribute around $110,000.00 (650 students x 2 semesters of $85.00 technology fees) each year towards the… Read more »
Desire2Learn
In January 2013, Desire2Learn will become Georgia State University’s central learning management system. The new system will replace uLearn, Georgia State University’s current Blackboard/WebCT learning management system. Desire2Learn will be hosted and maintained by the University System of Georgia (USG). The university will work with the USG to provide a smooth transition to the new… Read more »
Student Technology Fees At Work
You may have noticed that the Law Library Student Instructional Lab (more commonly known as the back of the lab) was recently outfitted with sixteen new PC workstations. This upgrade was funded in part by the Student Technology Fee. College of Law Facilities (more commonly known as Ken Walsh) took advantage of this upgrade to… Read more »
Faculty and Staff: University Switch to Office 365
On July 5, the University will complete a switch from Novell Groupwise to Microsoft Office 365. This change will only affect faculty and staff. As you may have heard, University IS&T has been working with the Colleges to switch from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook). You should find that Outlook is an improvement… Read more »
Law Library Has New Printers!
The Law Library alcove printing area is in the process of replacing older Panther Print release stations with updated printers. The Law Library alcove printing area is in the process of replacing older Panther Print release stations with updated printers. As a result, students who print from their laptops will need to update their printer… Read more »
Addressing concerns about wireless service
Note from the College’s Director of InformationTechnology In the most recent eNewsletter Terrance Manion addressed ongoing wireless problems and an upgrade and expansion that will provide some relief.
GroupWise Email Outage
The College of Law (and University Library) mail server will down for maintenance this Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 9 am to midnight. During this time faculty and staff will not be able to access thier GroupWise email accounts. This work is being coordinated with university IT to resolve pressing server issues. Please plan work… Read more »
More Office 2010 Sessions
Stop by the Training Lab, Room 603, on Wednesday, 9/15 any time between 10:00AM and 5:30PM for an all day Office 2010 drop in session. Bring your questions about Word, Excel, and PowerPoint when you drop by. The Training Lab will have a technologist available to help you throughout the day.
Technology Work in the Law Library
Over the coming weeks, the Law Information Technology team will be completing a couple of technology projects in the College of Law Library. These projects include: Study Room Upgrades: The Law Library student study rooms are being outfitted with short-throw projectors. Students will be able to connect their laptops to the projectors in order to better… Read more »