Campus Ethernet cable cut
during maintenance June 16
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published June 21, 2005
In preparation for steampipe removal and replacement last Thursday, June 16, some of K-State's Ethernet cable
was inadvertently cut, including some single-mode and multi-mode cable.
This cabling provided connectivity to the south end of campus. As a result, Anderson, Calvin, Fairchild,
Holtz, McCain, Nichols, and Thompson halls were without network connectivity for parts of Thursday.
K-State Telecommunications and Southwestern Bell worked through the evening hours Thursday to
restore multi-mode connectivity to those buildings by 10 p.m. Single-mode connectivity
was restored on Friday.
1,700 extension and research documents on CD
by A. Hartman, K-State Research and Extension
published June 21, 2005
The 10th edition of the K-State Research and Extension Express disc has just been published.
"Express 2005: Kansas Information Disc CD10" contains more than 1,700
documents (about 20,000 pages) in PDF format
-- all current publications that
are available in electronic form from the Kansas Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station.
The disc includes Adobe Acrobat Reader software and a full-text search feature.
New and updated publications are listed on the
new publications webpage and included on the disc.
The CD is available for $6.70 to individuals and businesses
paying via a commercial check, personal check, or cash.
(For K-State departments or affiliated agencies, it's $5 per copy when paying via allocated funds,
internal departmental voucher, or State of Kansas voucher.)
The publications are also available free on the website at
www.oznet.ksu.edu/library.
Send CD orders to orderpub@lists.oznet.ksu.edu.
For more information, e-mail ahartman@ksu.edu.
It's (computer) patching time again
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published June 21, 2005
Once again, it is time to patch your computer software
with critical updates. Both Microsoft and Apple publish security/critical
updates for their operating systems. Use the
Microsoft Windows Update
service and the
Apple Downloads site.
Help Google find your webpages
by A. Hartman, K-State Research and Extension
published June 21, 2005
At a communications conference in May, Amy Hartman and Neal Wollenberg of
K-State Research and Extension presented "Help Google Find Extension Sites".
Their suggestions include:
- Use descriptive webpage titles
- Use keywords in page content
- Update frequently
- Establish mutual links with similar pages at other universities
These suggestions should be helpful to all university web coordinators.
For details, see the full presentation
(41 PDF pages).
K-State Online 5.5 pre-release training sessions
by S. Finkeldei, Office of Mediated Education
published June 21, 2005
If you are an instructor using K-State Online, you can come see a demonstration
of the latest changes and updates and help test the new version, which is
scheduled for release in August. There are six session scheduled:
- Thursday, June 23, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- Monday, June 27, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 29, 10-11 a.m.
- Thursday, June 30, 3-4 p.m.
- Wednesday, July 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
- Thursday, July 7, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
All sessions will be in 301A Hale Library.
Please register in advance to allow us to plan for attendance. You can
register for any of the six pre-release training sessions via the
registration page.
Note: If you sign up for a session, a copy of your current K-State Online
courses will be put into the test site. Changes to the test site will not
affect your real course, and anything changed on the test site will not be
moved into production when the test is over.
Installing J-Initiator for FIS online reports
by A. Hagedorn, Information Technology Assistance Center
published June 21, 2005
For technical support personnel and Financial Information System end-users who are
having difficulties with the J-Initiator installation,
step-by-step directions are available for download from the Controller's Office website.
J-Initiator is needed for viewing FIS online reports. Download the
J-Initiator installation instructions
(PDF document).
| Q/A: IT questions from K-Staters |
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published June 21, 2005
Where is K-State's current notice of nondiscrimination?
It's online at
www.ksu.edu/nondiscrimination.html
and is linked at the bottom of K-State's homepage. The latest version
(December 2003) includes a TTY number at the end.
Have a question or comment?
TellTuesday@ksu.edu.
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