DotCIO Performance Plans
DotCIO News & Announcements
DotCIO Announces Changes to RCS UNIX Remote Access Service
DotCIO has historically offered a remote access service on a variety of platforms, including Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and Redhat Linux. Regrettably, due to a lack of maintainability on the Solaris and AIX platforms, DotCIO will be forced to terminate those remote services. In addition, staff within the division will also be upgrading the Linux remote access service to RedHat 7.
The last day of availability for the Solaris, AIX and older Linux remote access services will be Friday, June 30, 2017.
DotCIO to Upgrade Blackboard LMS for Fall 2017
The Division of the Chief Information Officer (DotCIO) plans to upgrade the LMS to Blackboard Learn 9.1 2017 Q2 Release for the Fall 2017 semester. This new system provides numerous improvements over the current Blackboard LMS, including instructors’ ability to:
Instructors Encouraged to Request Summer 2017 LMS Course Sites Now
Attention, all RPI Learning Management System (Blackboard Learn 9.1 October 2014 Release) instructors, designers, and TAs!
If you plan on having an LMS (Blackboard Learn 9.1 October 2014 Release) course site for the Summer 2017 semester, you are encouraged to request your course site now by completing an LMS course request form.
Campus Community Alerted to Upcoming Dialing Plan Change
The New York Public Service Commission has approved a new 838 area code which will be laid over the same geographical area currently served by the existing 518 area code. As part of this change, effective Tuesday, August 1, callers will be required to dial the area code and the telephone number – for a total of ten digits -- for all calls placed within and between the 518 and 838 area codes. Dialing only the seven digits will result in a re-order tone, and the call will be unsuccessful.
DotCIO Releases “Box @RPI” Service to all Staff, Faculty, and Students.
The Division of the Chief Information Office is pleased to announce that Rensselaer has partnered with Internet2 and Box.com to bring to the Rensselaer community, “Box @RPI,” a cloud-based collaboration platform.
The service is available for free to all Staff, Faculty, and Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
What is Box @RPI?
Security Advisory Issued for OneClass Fake Chrome Extension
On Tuesday, December 13, 2016, a security advisory was issued regarding the OneClass fake Chrome extension, and users are urged to NOT install this extension.
Vulnerability Overview
The OneClass Chrome extension is not available directly via search in the Chrome Extensions Store, and students are being phished to install it. During installation, the extension requests permissions to "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit," and adds a button inside the Learn pages to "Invite Your Classmates to OneClass."
Solution to recent Dell XPS slowdowns running NX
A recent driver update to the NVIDIA GeForce graphics card in MCP Dell XPS systems may cause significant slowdowns when running Siemens NX.
Until NVIDIA releases a new update that remedies this, we recommend you change the settings in NX to utilize integrated graphics:
From the NX shortcut on the desktop, right-click on the shortcut and choose " Run with graphics processor", and click "Integrated graphics."
Resolution to LabVIEW activation problems
Some recent installations of LabVIEW on campus have had difficulty activating, or show that the version is in a 7-day trial mode, or an expired trial mode.
Please follow these instructions to resolve the problem:
DotCIO Partners with Internet2 and Box.com to Bring “Box @RPI” to the Rensselaer Community.
The Division of the Chief Information Office is pleased to announce that Rensselaer has partnered with Internet2 and Box.com to bring to the Rensselaer community, “Box @RPI,” a cloud-based collaboration platform.
At this stage, we are rolling out this new service only to Rensselaer Staff, Faculty, and Graduate Students.
We will be making Box @ RPI available to undergraduate students at the beginning of the Spring 2017 semester.
What is Box @RPI?
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