—Original Message— From: **********@cogeco.ca On Behalf of UMKC Subject: IT Services Dear UMKC Subscriber, We are currently carrying out maintenance and upgrade of our UMKC Webmail Service, and a result, our E-Mail client has been changed and your original password will be reset. Please provide us your username:(**********) and Password:(***********) for reactivation. This is to [...]
David Ta-Pryor joins Molly Mead as the second Instructional Designer for Information Access (IA). Ta-Pryor’s area of research consists of education technology, new media, emotion/motivation, and higher education. Some of his research projects include examining disclosure online and how teacher interaction can impact student’s communication, looking at how twitter can be effectively incorporated into a [...]
Students who are new to the online course environment may not be prepared for the differences between a face-to-face course and a class that is completely online. To assist students in making this transition as smooth as possible, staff of Information Access have created the UMKC Online Readiness Tool. This simple web survey is designed [...]
Molly Mead joined Information Access (IA) in the position of Instructional Designer, eLearning. Molly is currently working on her dissertation entitled, “The Effect of Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Quality Ratings on Student Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Undergraduate eLearning”. Molly’s research agenda is focused on discovering content specific teaching methods which will enhance undergraduate students’ self-directed [...]
A new SSO (Single Sign On) password change utility has been developed for UMKC faculty, staff and students. This web-based tool provides users with clear and concise information about password requirements making the change/reset process fast, easy and reliable. The utility is located at http://www.umkc.edu/is/password. In addition, a courtesy email notification will be sent several [...]
Given that it is a spooky time of year, we think it is timely to share the work of our own, Justin Parlette, in UMKC Information Services. When he is not on campus providing Macintosh support, he is writing and directing his zombie themed web series, DEAD WAIT. DEAD WAIT is a “zombie-horror-comedy-romance-buddy movie-adventure series” Justin [...]
UMKC Information Services is planning upgrades to over 50 Ideal Learning Environment (ILE) Classrooms during the next 18 months. The upgrades focus on improving the user interface, DVD/VCR units and overall audio quality. The most noticeable upgrade will be the user interface. The push button remote will be upgraded to a 7” touch screen with [...]
The University of Missouri has begun its Shared Services Initiative. The purpose of Shared Services is two-fold: 1. It reduces duplication of effort in administrative tasks 2. It increases the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative tasks As an example, the University of Missouri System hosts our learning management system Blackboard on system servers, but we [...]
During one of September’s Faculty Senate meeting, a request was made to purchase a few Vista/Office for Dummies books and make them available through the IT Liaisons – particularly in the College of Arts and Sciences. So we requested a short tutorial and purchased at least one copy of the Vista/Office for Dummies books for [...]
For the past several weeks, the Faculty Senate and Information Services have been working on an issue related to computer security. As many of you are aware, maintaining a secure, but flexible computing environment for students, faculty and staff is challenging. Security threats flow through email, software applications, and the web. There are no silver [...]
