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InfoTech Tuesday is a weekly newsletter about information technology at K-State.
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Executive editor: Rebecca Gould
Managing editor: Betsy Edwards
Calendar of events
April 16, 2003 (Wed)
UsableNet's web accessibility seminar.
Open to the K-State community. To register, contact the ITAC receptionist, 532-4918,
itac@ksu.edu.
See the April 1 article for details.
1:30 p.m., Fairchild 202.
April 17, 2003 (Thu)
TechBytes: Fundamentals of computer-based digital video editing.
See the TechBytes website.
1 p.m., 501 Hale Library.
April 18, 2003 (Fri)
TechBytes: Fundamentals of computer-based digital video editing.
See the TechBytes website.
1 p.m., 501 Hale Library.
April 22, 2003 (Tue)
LASER project kick-off. Open to the K-State community.
1:30-3 p.m. Union Little Theater.
April 30, 2003 (Wed)
Sun Microsystems presentation.
Open to the public. See the article in this issue.
9-11 p.m., Union 207.
May 1, 2003 (Thu)
KATS requires eID for web log-in. Student ID/PIN no longer allowed.
May 1, 2003 (Thu)
Deadline for Contribute volume purchase.
See the April 8 article.
Departments: e-mail itac@k-state.edu to
be added to the contact list.
May 29-30, 2003 (Thu-Fri)
CHECK conference, Emporia State University.
Open to students and employees at Kansas Regents institutions and community colleges.
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Other uses of the chat room:
Faculty might suggest that students use the chat session for team
projects, working on homework, discussing course content, and more. This is a
great way to foster peer-to-peer interaction. Faculty should tell students that the chat will be logged
so they can review the information at a later time.
To suggest an area of help or other topics for the K-State Online tip, e-mail
help@online.ksu.edu.
Questions? Contact the K-State Online Help Desk at 532-0198.
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Vol. 3, No. 14
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April 15, 2003
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LASER project kickoff April 22
Over the next five years, LASER (Legacy Application Systems Empowered Replacement)
will replace current student information and financial management systems.
The LASER Project Kickoff is 1:30-3 p.m. April 22 in the Union Little Theatre.
It is open to the public. Presenters will
discuss integrated information, student services, and university intelligence
technology to e-empower the K-State campus.
—R. Gould, Information Technology Assistance Center
Research and Extension website redesigned
K-State Research and Extension's website has been redesigned so the public can
find information more easily. The new homepage at www.oznet.ksu.edu
went online March 1. The web team includes a graphic designer, content/marketing professionals, and
coding and programming staff. The Web Editorial Board selects fresh topics and content to be featured weekly.
The redesign features a topic hierarchy so people can find information
based on the subject. The previous structure was based on
departments that provided the data, which was not intuitive to the public.
The new topic pages are Business & Economics; Crops & Livestock; Environment;
Health & Nutrition; Home, Family & Youth; and Lawn & Garden.
—S. Bale, K-State Research and Extension
Size limit for e-mail attachments
to increase in May
For many years, K-State’s central e-mail server has limited the size of e-mail messages to 4 megabytes or less.
Anything larger than 4 MB is rejected. Since Jan. 1, more than 3,200 e-mail messages have been rejected for
this reason, representing less than 0.09 percent of the 3.6 million messages delivered by the central e-mail server
during that time period.
It has become clear that the 4-megabyte limit is too small. Computing and Network Services
is currently analyzing the impact of different-sized messages to determine the appropriate new size limit
that balances the needs of the K-State e-mail users against the ability of the servers to handle the increased
load. We anticipate increasing the limit in May and will announce the new limit in the InfoTech Tuesday
newsletter. For more details, see the April 15 CNS announcement.
—H. Townsend, Computing and Network Services
CITAC lecture April 17: Transformational concepts
Bert Biles and Vicki Clegg will share seven transformational concepts
related to technology literacy during the VPAST/CITAC Lecture 3-4:30 p.m. April 17
in the Hemisphere Room, 501 Hale Library. The presentation will feature a
robot, a wireless remote color video camera that transmits pictures over the
Internet, and Sony's new 35-inch-high biped robot that walks and talks and sings.
—B. Biles, Regents Educational Communications Center
TechBytes April 18: Fundamentals of computer-based digital video editing
Capturing video on a computer and editing is getting easier all the time.
Ernie Perez will demonstrate what is being used on campus to edit and produce video.
The seminar is 1-2 p.m. Friday, April 18, in the Hemisphere Room,
501 Hale Library. It is open to the K-State community. See the
TechBytes website for upcoming seminar topics and related resources.
—C. Rodriguez, Information Technology Assistance Center
Video and PowerPoints available online from Burnett lecture
The March 26 CITAC lecture "Blending High Touch & High Tech for
Better Student Services" (video and PowerPoints) presented by Darlene
Burnett is available online in the
CITAC Lecture Video Archive.
—S. Finkeldei, Division of Continuing Education
Sun Microsystems presentation April 30
The public is invited to learn about
UltraSparc roadmap, Sun server upgrade, Sun Grid Engine, and Sun's Linux strategy.
Sun Microsystems Inc. and Enterprise Consulting Group will present their
latest products and strategies 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, in Room 207 of the K-State Student Union.
Beverages and snacks will be provided. For more information, contact
Laura Cazzaniga, lfc@ec-group.com.
—L. Cazzaniga, Sun campus representative
Wilden takes 3rd place in IEEE design competition
Jason Wilden, student Tegrity technician in the Division of Continuing Education, placed third in the IEEE Region 5
Design Contest held in New Orleans last weekend. IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Jason and his teammate developed a frequency discriminator message decoder that decoded and displayed messages.
This places Jason among the top electrical and computer engineering students in the country.
—R. Caffey, Division of Continuing Education
Employment resources about eIDs
As of April 7, a K-State eID is required and will
need to be included on the appointment form to complete the hiring
process for all new K-State faculty, staff, and students.
- Human Resources' instructions and information about eIDs is at
www.ksu.edu/hr/hrisuser.htm.
See the general information, granting privileges, and new employee registration (creating a K-State eID).
- Prospective employees will need to self-register to create a K-State
eID by accessing the eid.k-state.edu website
and following the registration instructions.
- Undergraduate and graduate students
should know their K-State eID prior to being hired as a student employee.
- Employees hired several months ago and who do not
have an eID will need to complete the self-registration
process to create an eID. Be sure to include your HRIS Employee ID in the registration process.
- K-State eID information is available on the eid.k-state.edu website.
- K-State eID training for department personnel specialists is available by
contacting Alma Deutsch, (785) 532-1448, almamd@ksu.edu.
- User assistance is available by contacting the InfoTech Help
Desk at (785) 532-7722, e-mail consult@k-state.edu.
—A. Deutsch, Division of Human Resources
eID Q/A of the week
I need to update a K-State publication that lists many e-mail addresses.
Is there an easy way to verify many eIDs?
Send e-mail to eID@k-state.edu and provide a list of the eIDs that need to be checked. The eID support
staff will verify them and send a message with the results.
Send eID questions to eID@k-state.edu.
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