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ITS has been working closely with the Office of the Provost to improve the current public NAU Directory. The current public NAU Directory does not provide visitors with profile pictures of faculty members and often shows inaccurate or outdated information for faculty, both at the individual and department levels.

To address this issue, ITS has developed a new mechanism that allows NAU faculty and staff to upload pictures to their own profile. The tool to make these edits was incorporated… Read more

 

As the Fall 2019 semester approaches, students and faculty will have a new view of NAU’s BlackBoard Learn. This new look mainly affects the entry page to the system. New features include:

• More compatible and responsive for mobile devices
• A more modern look and feel
• Consistency in course colors and fonts
• The Activity Stream is in one place – including what is new, what… Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Tribal Consortium Kickoff Meeting was held on August 7, 2019 at Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) Native American Cultural Center. Individuals from the Sun Corridor Network, CenturyLink, and numerous Tribal liaisons and colleges were represented to strategize how they are going to execute the task of bringing technology to their Tribal Nations.

Together in the endeavor of discovery we will raise nations and… Read more

To continue improving how the NAU community and our guests connect to our network, ITS will be implementing updates to the wireless network on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. These updates will modernize our security capabilities, making way for the growing diversity in wireless devices connecting to the NAU network.

After the updates are in place, all devices connected to the current secure “NAU” network must reconnect to the new network. The name of the network will not change, nor will… Read more

The NAU ITS Strategic Planning, Implementation, and Education Services (SPIES) team will be hosting Salesforce 101 webinars for NAU faculty and staff that would like to learn how to navigate Salesforce. This webinar will review the fundamentals of Salesforce including: security roles, setting up your profile, case management (reviewing cases), and different objects in Salesforce.

The webinars will be hosted on Zoom, a video conference application. There are four webinars scheduled, and the hyperlink will take participants to the Zoom… Read more