Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Office of Information Technology

OIT News

Clickers for Spring Term

If you are an instructor planning to use Turning Technologies clickers this semester in your classes, the following is a memo sent out from the Center for Teaching and Learning with several helpful tips and reminders. Beth Woods, our instructional technologist, is available to answer questions or provide support and schedule training opportunities. Please feel free to submit a help desk ticket or contact Beth directly for assistance.

Starting a New Semester with eLC

With the start of each semester brings a new eLC course section, but that doesn’t have to mean you have to start from scratch! Use these tips for a stress-free transition into the new semester.

Bryan McLucas to Serve as Peabody Awards Judge

Bryan McLucas, IT Senior Manager for Client Services on south campus, has been selected to serve as a judge of the 71^st Peabody Awards. Bryan is a long-term member of the Athens music scene, and this will be his 10^th year of service to the Peabody Awards. Last year, Bryan served as chair of his panel. Franklin OIT congratulates Bryan on this prestigious recognition.

Unexpected Server Downtime for File/Print Server

At approximately 4:30pm, the primary file/print server for the Deans Office units (FCEDS2) suffered an Operating System failure. At 4:42pm, file/print services from this server were back online and available again.

This appears to be an isolated problem which will be further diagnosed and more information will be available when it is ascertained.

A reboot may be necessary for desktops to re-establish a connection to the server for file and printers.

EITS Web Migration Underway

As a response to a recent incident involving an exposure of sensitive information, EITS is currently migrating sites hosted on their webhosting service to a newer hosting platform. All administrators of sites wishing to be migrated have been asked to complete a number of steps, including a request for the site to be migrated. Find out more about how to migrate your site in this story.