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myRedlands portal (continued)

Security measures—myRedlands portal

Off-campus access to email
and voicemail

MOX—mobile access to the University of Redlands

Upgrade of the residential wireless network

Student access to e-mail using
smartphones

Sustainability efforts continue with the student print quota

Increase in Internet bandwidth

More faculty join the Moodle pilot project

iPad loaner program for faculty

Spatial thinking at the university of Redlands

Armacost Library’s critical
information literacty lab

Technology enabled classroom—update

Password change process

User Services/Help 
Desk for faculty and staff

Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts

Office upgrade planned for 2012

Unidata to SQL database conversion for Datatel

Ways to economize when printing

ITS staff update

AT&T discount

Upgrade of the Residential Wireless Network  

A major upgrade to the University’s wireless network took place this summer as ITS installed new 802.11n network access points in all of the residence halls and the Armacost Library. The 802.11n standard provides greater speed and more access frequencies therefore improving both range and coverage.

Students arriving with newer computers featuring the 802.11n wireless access card will be able to take advantage of this new standard.  The upgraded access points are also compatible with existing 802.11b/g wireless cards as well. 

For more information regarding student access to the wireless network, contact ResNet at extension 8921.


STUDENT ACCESS TO E-MAIL USING SMARTPHONES

Smartphones and other mobile devices have
become an increasingly popular way for users to access e-mail, contacts, and calendars. 

This fall, ITS will make the configuration information available to students so that they are able to access University of Redlands e-mail, calendar and contact list using their own hand-held devices.

For faculty and staff smartphone questions, contact User Services/Help Desk at
extension 8922.  For students with smartphone questions, contact ResNet at extension 8921. 


SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS CONTINUE WITH THE STUDENT PRINTING QUOTA

In a continued effort to reduce paper/ink waste, as well as to promote efficient use of University resources, the student print quota remains in place this academic year.

The student print quota for the academic year of 2011-2012 is $50.00.  In June 2011, students from College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and School of Education (on the main campus only) were allotted a portion of that quota in the amount of $22.50.  This covers printing needs from June to the end of December 2011.  On January 1, 2012, the allocation of $27.50 will be added to the student printing accounts.  This allotment covers printing needs from January through the end of May 2012.

As students print, they will see the balance of their quota reduce based on page size and output type (black and white vs. color) of each print job.  If students exceed their print quota, they will still be able to print.  Negative balances are reported to the Business Office at the end of each quota period and students are billed for their overage amount.  It should be noted that, in the last year, very few students had exceeded their allotment.

For questions regarding the print quota, contact Kimberly Perna at extension 8316.

Increase in Internet Bandwidth

For many of us, our daily work tasks involve heavy use of Internet resources.   As more resources become web-accessible, the campus requirement for greater network speed continues to grow. 

This summer, ITS doubled the main campus bandwidth to the Internet  One can think of bandwidth as the pipe that leads from the campus to those important web resources; the bigger the opening, the faster the flow of information.  However, increasing the amount of bandwidth is not the only solution to a work-flow that is highly web-dependent.  ITS employs various strategies for managing this important resource.For more information regarding this increase in bandwidth, contact Luke Bixler at extension 8476.