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Computer Repair Services New Hours
September 11, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
Effective Monday September 10, 2018, Computer Repair Services store front at the MUB will be open from 12-4pm Monday – Friday.
Computer Repair Services provides computer hardware and software repair for UNH faculty, staff, and students. Our staff is certified to perform warranty repairs on university supported Dell and Apple personal computers. We also provide non-warranty service on many brands other than Dell and Apple as well as Hewlett Packard network printers.
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Back to School 2018: Technology Things to Know and Do for New and Returning Students
August 27, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
UNH students sporting UNH IT socks
Welcome new and returning UNH students!
UNH Information Technology and Academic Technology support your use of technology at UNH in your academic and social lives.
For new students, we mailed you a Technology Checklist for New Students in the spring. In case you missed it, visit the UNH IT Checklist Task Center. Many of the items below can be completed by accessing this checklist.
In preparation for the coming year, we assembled two lists: To-...
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Best Option for Blocking Built-in Laptop Web Cams
August 22, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
Webcam blockers can cause unintentional harm to laptops. Use painter's tape instead.
As reported by USA Today in this March 2017 article, built-in laptop webcams are vulnerable to cyber spies, who will access the devices through weak passwords on wireless routers and install malicious apps which allow for remote viewing. This probably isn’t news to anyone, as it’s been well publicized, but this development has also led some to install webcam blockers on their laptops.
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SEO and What It Means for You
June 26, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. At its core, it’s the practice of trying to make your website appear high in the search engine results pages when someone searches for related information.
When your pages are set up to be easily found by search engines such as Google or Bing, it makes it more likely that people will find your content and visit your site.
Read this article written by UNH SEO Specialist Kelly Morgan, which includes...
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IT Service Desk CHAT Service Discontinued on July 2
June 26, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
The UNH IT Service Desk provides friendly, reliable technology support for the University community via phone, online web forms, and the UNH IT Knowledge Base.
The UNH IT Service Desk will discontinue their CHAT service beginning Monday, July 2. Over the last year trends indicate a low volume of CHAT requests to the Service Desk. Discontinuing this service will allow staff to focus on other high-value services such as knowledge base article creation and maintenance.
To reach the UNH IT Service...
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Banner 9 Student Upgrade News
June 21, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
UNH and GSC Banner Student production environments will be upgraded to Banner 9 in mid-June. The current plan is that the UNH and GSC Banner 8 production environments will remain available for use until the end of October. This will allow all offices to transition to Banner 9 throughout the summer and early fall.
Overview/demo sessions have been scheduled for the dates/times listed below. These sessions will be available to attend in-person or via Zoom. A Zoom session will also be recorded for...
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NH Lean Black Belts Reflect on Achievements and Lessons Learned from Lean
June 21, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
(L-R) Amy Maltagliati, Lean trainer Dag Vlahos, and Dan McCleod
On Friday, June 1, Amy Maltagliati from Granite State College and Dan McCleod from UNH Professional Development and Training both obtained their Lean Black Belts from the State of New Hampshire. Both Amy and Dan engaged the long road to their achievements by first taking the UNH Intro to Lean Class, moving through the Yellow Belt Training, and receiving their Green Belt certifications through the lens of facilitators over...
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Latest Lean Yellow Belts Receive Certificates
June 15, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
The latest class of Lean Yellow Belts celebrate their certification on June 13, 2018
On June 13, 2018, 13 UNH and USNH staff members received their Lean Yellow Belt Certifications. Teams comprised higher education staff from UNH technology, UNH human resources, USNH project management, and USNH partnership and shared services.
As a group, teams used their four-day training session to further their understanding of the lean methodology and apply it to actual projects, with the goal of...
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Signals: IT News Will Have New Look and Feel
May 29, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
Signals: IT News will have a new look and feel starting with our next issue.
Starting with our next issue, UNH Signals: IT News will have a new look and feel, as we move to a new technology to create and distribute our newsletter. In the spirit of educating the University community on the legitimacy of our email communications, we’re letting you know in advance to avoid mistaking our next issue as spam or a phishing attempt. To learn more about phishing awareness, go to: https://www....
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From Our Knowledge Base: Emailing Students in a Concluded Class
May 21, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
Emailing students after a class has concluded is a breeze
After a course has concluded you can no longer use the email function within myCourses to email the students in that course. If you want to communicate with those students go to Webcat and locate the course and use that email function.
Instructions on use Webcat email functionality
Log into Webcat
Click on Faculty Services
Click on Summary Class List
Choose term from drop down list
Choose course from drop down...
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