Technology @ WSSU Presented By: The Office of Information Technology

Technology @ WSSU

Presented By: The Office of Information Technology

What you need to know… What is Blackboard? How do I login to my email account? What features do my Microsoft 365 account provide? How do I safely use my email account and campus resources? How do I get free software such as Microsoft Office? Who do I call for Technology Support?

Melvin Fenner, MBA Director, Technology Support Services

Blackboard https://blackboard.wssu.edu 1. The web-based tool used for conducting technology-enhanced teaching. 2. Designed to allow students and faculty to participate in an online class and as a supplement to face-to-face courses. 3. Enables instructors to provide students with course materials, discussion boards, virtual chat, assessments, external links.

Blackboard

https://blackboard.wssu.edu How to Login: Username = the part of the email address to the left of the @ sign (do not include @rams.wssu.edu) EX: jdoe114

Password = your Banner ID

Call 24/7 – 365 For Help

How To Find Your WSSU email Address

Student Email www.outlook.com/rams.wssu.edu 10GB of Mailbox Storage

15GB of Cloud Storage with OneDrive (onedrive.com)

Microsoft Web Apps for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook (onedrive.com)

Student Email outlook.com/rams.wssu.edu

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How to log in: • Browse to www.outlook.com/rams.wssu.edu • Sign in with your email address, • Ex: [email protected] • Type your password (Banner ID)

Do Not Share Your Password!

• Giving out your password is a serious breach of WSSU policy, whether giving it to a friend, or filling out a web form. • WSSU Information Technology will never ask you to supply your password, and you should never give it out. Do not reply to an email message OR fill out a web form with your password.

Phishing Phishing is an attempt to acquire information (and sometimes, indirectly, money) such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Report any suspected phishing attempts to [email protected]

WSSU Policy on illegal downloading What does this really mean???

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Illegal =

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It is the policy of Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) that network connections may not be used to violate copyright laws. If identified by internal security mechanisms or if an artist, author, publisher, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), or a law enforcement agency notifies the university of a violation of copyright laws, Information Technology will provide to the University Attorney and the Dean of Students information in the form of Internet Protocol (IP) address information, MAC address, appropriate log entries, location of computer, and any identifying information needed to assist in the investigation of the complaint or in response to a court order for identification of the user. Students whose computers have been identified as violators will be blocked from the university network and the Student must come to the Technology Support Center to have the offending copyright materials and the application removed from the device. Once the copyrighted materials and applications are removed, the student will be granted access back to the University network.

Minimum/Recommended Specs Operating System

WINDOWS PC

APPLE MACINTOSH

MINIMUM Windows 7 Home Premium

Macintosh OS 10.5 or Above

RECOMMENDED Windows 7 Ultimate or Professional

Productivity Tools

Windows Emulation Software (check with academic advisor)

Microsoft Office 2010- enrolled students qualify for MS Office Pro for FREE through RAMware!

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 - enrolled students qualify for MS Office for Mac for FREE through RAMware!

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Parallels Desktop for Mac (www.parallels.com) or VMware Fusion(www.vmware.com)

Processor Type

MINIMUM Intel Core Duo, Atom or Comparative AMD RECOMMENDED Core i5 or i7 Processor

MINIMUM 1.86 GHz RECOMMENDED Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or higher

Minimum/Recommended Specs WINDOWS PC

APPLE MACINTOSH

MINIMUM 2 GB RAM

MINIMUM 2 GB RAM

RECOMMENDED 4 GB RAM or more

RECOMMENDED 4 GB RAM or more

MINIMUM 250 GB

MINIMUM 250 GB

RECOMMENDED 320-500 GB or more

RECOMMENDED 320-500 GB or more

MINIMUM Intel HD 2000 or Nvidia comparative

MINIMUM Integrated card

RECOMMENDED Intel HD 3000 or Better

RECOMMENDED NVIDIA GeForce 320M or higher

Warranty

4 year parts and labor recommended

3 year parts and labor AppleCare

Insurance

Comprehensive breakage, theft, hazard (strongly recommended)

Memory

Hard Drive

Graphics Card

Virus and Spyware Protection Software

Antivirus required- enrolled students qualify for McAfee Antivirus for FREE!

RAMware The Academic Software Store www.wssu.edu/ramware

For Technology Support Blackboard Issues: Call 1-877-730-6238 (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)

All Other Technical Issues: Call 336-750-3431 (available Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm)

While On Campus: Stop by The Technology Support Center located in the Student Success Center at Hill Hall, Room 119 (available Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm)