Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for November 2021 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
State of Technology address set for November 17: Dr. Timothy M. Chester’s annual State of Technology address will be on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. via Zoom. To register, please visit State of IT registration. All University students, faculty and staff are welcome to join. For more information, contact Lynn Wilson at llatimer@uga.edu.
2. Services for Students •
Notice to graduating seniors of MyID account expiration: To ensure the continued security of the UGA network and prevent unauthorized access to the network, EITS regularly disables accounts of students who have left the university. Student MyID accounts will be disabled approximately a year after the student has graduated or left UGA. When these accounts are disabled, students lose access to many UGA IT services, including UGAMail. However, many graduating seniors are unaware of this process. To make them more aware of this process, EITS will send notices to all students eligible for graduation in December 2021. Account owners will receive a notice on November 29 with additional communication being provided through social media, The Stall Street Journal, and reminders from academic advisors. Please help us throughout this process by reminding your graduating students that they will lose access to their MyID in a year, and should establish a non-UGA email account to apply for jobs, graduate school or professional schools. For more information, visit https://eits.uga.edu/access_and_security/myid/myid_account_removal/.
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Push notifications coming soon to UGA Mobile App: Students, faculty and staff will soon be able to receive exclusive UGA updates directly to their mobile devices through the UGA Mobile App. Push notifications will be used to deliver useful information, such as local and UGA emergencies, severe weather alerts, UGA gameday information and class registration reminders. A notification bell will be displayed at the top right of the home screen. Users will be able to turn notifications on and off and set it to display alerts and updates. Users can also “opt-in” to various notification channels. The UGA Mobile App team is also working on improvements to the home screen. This includes, but is not limited to, the relocation of icons to the bottom bar for one-handed use, customizable favorites and an interactive announcements section. EITS plans to enable push notifications and roll out home screen improvements in the next few months. The UGA Mobile App is the best of the Bulldog Nation in one central mobile app for students, visitors, parents, faculty, staff and fans. It’s the official mobile app of the University of Georgia. For more information, visit mobileapps.uga.edu.
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More than $1M in campus wireless upgrades planned: EITS will soon begin work on more wireless upgrades in buildings across the Athens, Buckhead and Griffin campuses. These upgrades are part of EITS’s work to continuously improve wifi connectivity and coverage to support teaching, learning and student life. The $1.2 million project, funded by Student Technology Fees, includes wireless refreshes and redesigns in the following buildings: Caldwell Hall, Brooks Hall, Boyd Graduate Studies, Pharmacy North & South, the Davison Life Sciences Complex, the Coverdell Center, the Complex Carbohydrate
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