The ITS staff will be working throughout the semester break on several projects, and more detail on these projects can be found at the links below.

Storage and Data Cleanup – To allow faster access to your data files, the W: Y: U: and V: drives will be upgraded over the winter break. When this upgrade occurs, the storage system will be unavailable.  We plan to begin this work on December 27, and while we plan to complete this upgrade as quickly as possible, please plan on up to 3 days of down-time.

*** If you know of files that you will need access to during this time, it is recommended that you move them to a flash drive or other temporary storage to ensure you have the data you need.

Teaching Improvements and D2L Brightspace

Zoom Recording Deletions

Technology Improvements for Spring 2023

Most Recent Announcements

• Teaching Improvements and D2L Brightspace (12/15/2022) - Teaching Improvements and D2L Brightspace The New Learning Management System - ITS teams are now meeting with D2L teams regularly for training and background work, and the official kick-off was held on November 29th.  There are so many pieces to the puzzle of bringing the new LMS online (including the big integrations with our SIS… Continue Reading
• Zoom Recording Deletions (12/15/2022) - Zoom Recording Deletions  - This is your friendly reminder that our Zoom Cloud Storage Maintenance Project is still ongoing, and we will commence the ongoing maintenance routine for Zoom in January.  This routine maintenance consists of a perpetual, half-year cycle of deletions timed to provide faculty more than a full semester buffer zone to curate,… Continue Reading
• Technology Improvements for Spring 2023 (12/13/2022) - Technology Improvements for Spring 2023 Infrastructure updates – Many of our campus systems will receive operating system, database and security updates. At this time we don’t anticipate any significant downtime due to these changes, however, there will be downtime due to upgrades to our primary storage system (the Hydrogen system - our W: Y: U:… Continue Reading
• Classroom Improvements and Course Support (8/17/2022) - Getting Back in the Groove of Things Everyone at Truman has been working hard over the summer to kick-off the Fall 2022 semester as successfully as possible!  We have a few suggestions and updates to help you get back in the groove for a totally awesome back-to-school experience. Classroom Console Tips - Remember that all… Continue Reading
• New for Fall 2022 (8/17/2022) - New for Fall 2022 More 5Ghz Wireless Upgrades – All of the wireless access points in the academic buildings were upgraded over the summer (over 160 units were replaced). These changes now enable access to the wireless system at over twice the speed of the older system. Application and Process Improvements – The summer is… Continue Reading
• Changes to Google Storage (8/16/2022) - Changes to Google storage As announced previously, Google is planning a substantial change to its service offering. Unlimited storage for the academic community ended on July 2022. The new storage model provides Truman with less free storage than the campus consumes today so in order to ensure that the free storage allocated to Truman is… Continue Reading
• New Classroom Technologies! (8/18/2021) - New Classroom Control Systems - In 97 classrooms we replaced older classroom control systems (Chumbies) with the new Pixie system.  This compact set of buttons, typically located on the teaching console, works much like your TV remote at home.   Power on/off (for the projector) on the top row; Volume up/down on the bottom row… Continue Reading
• Ally Course Content Tool Enables Student Success (8/18/2021) - During the spring semester we announced a new Blackboard tool that helps make course content more accessible and enables better student engagement with course materials.  Utilizing the experiences of a pilot group and early adopters over the summer, we’re now ready to roll this tool out to all faculty this Fall.  The ITS Learning Technologies… Continue Reading