Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for July 2020 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Fall network maintenance scheduled for October 24: EITS plans to conduct a network maintenance on October 24, 2020. Network maintenances are necessary to continue to support expansions and upgrades to the network, allowing EITS to provide ample bandwidth and Internet capacity to the University in the future. We typically conduct large network maintenances twice a year, during which campus Internet and campus information systems are usually inaccessible. Additional details will be provided at a later date. For questions, contact Jeff Farese at jeffrey.farese@uga.edu.
2. Services for Students •
Free Adobe licensing ends July 6: Effective July 6, free student access to Adobe Creative Cloud desktop applications will no longer be available. The software package was offered to students in the spring and part of summer to aid in virtual learning. UGA students can purchase Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and more, at a discounted annual rate through Adobe’s website. For more information on available software at UGA, visit software.uga.edu.
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EITS preparing computer labs for social distancing: EITS staff at the Miller Learning Center are helping to prepare the building for social distancing during the fall semester. Our staff are measuring the computer lab spaces, the Digital Media lab and our MLC Help Desks to determine how many people can safely occupy these areas at once. Our print kiosks are also cleaned regularly. Staff plan to space out computers and other equipment and put up signage to encourage social distancing later this summer. More information on our preparations for social distancing will be forthcoming.
3. Support for Teaching Faculty •
Zoom integration with Kaltura rescheduled: Activities to integrate Zoom with Kaltura originally scheduled for May 29-31 have been rescheduled to July 31 – August 2. Once implemented, the integration will make the unlimited storage and captioning services offered by Kaltura available to many UGA Zoom users. For more information and project updates visit our information page.
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Video quizzing now available in Kaltura: Faculty now have the ability to create interactive video quizzes in Kaltura. Faculty can create quizzes using videos stored in their Kaltura My Media folder. Quizzes can be associated with grade items in eLearning Commons. For more information and instructions on how to create a video quiz, visit the eLC Help site at https://help.elc.uga.edu/faculty/kaltura-audio-and-video/kaltura-videoquizzes/.
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Zoom replaces GoToMeeting: On June 30, the UGA license of GoToMeeting expired. Given the adoption of the Zoom teleconferencing platform, the University is no longer renewing the GoToMeeting license. Zoom is the recommended replacement for
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