Elizabethtown College ITS News 
Back to top 12/20/2005 RE: Problems sending to MSN & Hotmail E-mail Addresses Yesterday, ITS networking staff identified a problem with sending messages to MSN and Hotmail addresses. Since MSN and Hotmail are hosted by the same Microsoft owned servers, it would be natural that both were displaying the same behavior. After contacting Comcast Business Solutions, ITS learned that MSN/Hotmail was having trouble with volumes of virus related e-mail and had contacted Comcast for a list of address spaces that were safe to block. Unfortunately several of Comcast Business Solutions customers (including Elizabethtown College) were inadvertently included. During this time, Elizabethtown College users were left with the inability to send messages to MSN or Hotmail since Tuesday, December 13. ITS recommends resending all messages destined to any MSN or Hotmail account between and including, Monday, December 12 and Monday, December 19. Back to top 12/15/2005 An Important Message from the ITS Department 1. In order to maintain peak performance and reliability of our e-mail system, ITS must conduct periodic database maintenance. This maintenance will cause scheduled interruption of access to your e-mail. All maintenance will begin at 8 a.m. and may last several hours. Please plan accordingly. The schedule is as follows: * December 23 Students, Class of 2006 * December 24 Students, Class of 2007 * December 26 Students, Class of 2008, 2009 * December 27 Staff (last names A-M) & all remaining students/graduates * December 28 Staff (last names N-Z) * December 29 Faculty (all), "Affiliates" (ie CoB), and "Shared" (ie clubs and orgs) 2. ITS recommends to anyone that will be off campus for an extended period of time during the holidays, change your e-mail/network password now so that it won’t expire while you are off campus. You may use Options in Outlook Web Access (mail.etown.edu) to change your password. 3. We remind the campus community not to click on links in AIM. We have had a number of computers infected by clicking on an AIM link. Back to top 10/10/2005 8 things you can do to protect your computer online October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. How Safe Are You? Take this quiz from StaySafeOnline.org to find out. The ITS Department reminds everyone to practice safe computing to help protect your personal information, your computer and your children. Take a look at these resources for further information. Back to top 9/30/2005 Viruses spread through Instant Messages The ITS Department warns the campus community that some colleges are being hit with worms and other viruses that are being spread through Instant Messenger. Use the same caution with IM as you would with email. That is, do not click on any links in IM and do not open any attachments even if they appear to be coming from a friend. For more information on safe computing with Instant Messenger, see http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/imsafety.htm Back to top 9/14/2005 E-town Unplugged! - ITS offers wireless access E-town Unplugged! The
The Blue Bean will also be celebrating the advent of
wireless, with special promotions. ITS has chosen Trapeze Networks Mobility Points to provide
the wireless access. There will be two
modes of access. Guest access will allow
any wireless computer to connect to the Internet on an unsecured network. Those wanting to connect to campus servers
should use the ETOWN_USER access for a secure connection. Back to top 8/30/2005 New Look for Department Web Pages Several
academic and administrative departments volunteered to have their
websites “re-skinned” this summer by our team of student workers.
This project provided new skills in web development and graphic design
for students Katy Vogel, Edmund Bates, and Scott Bilich. The
student leader for the team was Nathan Matias, who designed templates
to allow departments to more easily move their web pages onto the new
web server. Under
the supervision of Steve Wayde, Dir. of Database Services, and the help
of Jill Petronio, Asst Dir of Database Services, the team of students
collaborated with faculty and staff in Biology, Campus Security,
Chemistry, Communications, History, ITS, Payroll Office, and the Young
Center to move their web pages to a new format on the new web
server. Several other departments have volunteered their websites
(Campus Services, Occupational Therapy, Political Science, and Social
Work), and will be done this fall. The
goal of the new web server is to allow each department to manage the
“content” of their websites in a quick and easy manner, with little
knowledge of HTML or sophisticated tools like Dreamweaver. The
new system provides the departments with a custom look while
maintaining a consistent style with the rest of the new website. Nate Matias also created MS FrontPage templates for individual faculty members to use to create their personal home pages. ITS
will be hiring some student web assistants during the fall and spring
semesters with the goal of having most departmental web pages moved to
the new server by the end of the academic year. Back to top 8/30/2005 Media Services Move to the ITS Help desk Requests for equipment for classroom instruction and meetings should be emailed to: mediaservices@etown.edu
Small equipment may be picked up in Nicarry-105 at the ITS Help Desk
between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday - Friday. Media Services has been
combined with the ITS Help Desk and we are no longer running a media
services operation in Steinman. All calls should be directed to the new
ITS Help Desk number, x3333. Back to top 8/30/2005 New Presentation Technology in Twelve Classrooms ITS began working with faculty in the Spring to determine the best location for new classroom technology. Based on these discussions, new systems have been placed in twelve classrooms. According to Ron Heasley, the Exec. Dir. of ITS, this brings the total number of “smart classrooms” on campus to 30. Chris
Moy, Instructional Technology Specialist, worked with faculty and
vendors to select components that will simplify the use of the
classroom technology and add new capabilities. Chris will be offering training to faculty early in the fall semester. The rooms that have been outfitted with new technology are: Nicarry-108, 203, 228 This technology was funded in part from a grant received from the PA Dept. of Education. Leslie Finney, Dir. of Corp and Foundation Program in the Development office wrote the grant proposal. The remaining funds were provided from the ITS capital budget. One of the more interesting technologies that was purchased with the grant is a stereo projection system that is being installed in Musser-232. This system will initially be used to allow students to better visualize molecular structures. Dr. John Ranck, Professor of Chemistry, has been trying to get funding for this system for several years. Students will be required to wear special plastic glasses with polarized lenses to view the 3D structures. What they will see should greatly enhance their understanding of complex molecular structures. Back to top 8/19/2005 ITS Computer Installation Schedule A couple of years ago, ITS instituted the following computer installation schedule: Summer – Computer labs and new
employees Computers to be installed during the fall semester will be ordered in mid-late September and installed in October and November. Please contact Ron Heasley if you have questions regarding this installation schedule. |
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