Subject: Tech Briefing: To Know and Do – Friday, April 21, 2023
This week’s Tech Briefing contains new information and training opportunities.
Scheduled Maintenance: USNH Network Sat. 4/22 and Sun. 4/23
To Know: From 6:00 a.m. Saturday, April 22, until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 23, ET&S will work on the UNSH Network, causing brief disruptions in Internet service across USNH. UNH-Manchester will have a network outage on its primary link; backup services will run at a reduced capacity. GSC Manchester and the Cooperative Extension office in Goffstown will be offline. USNH Networking will do its best to minimize the impact on the campuses.
To Do: No user action is required.
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ET&S to Enable Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) for Banner Xtender, Application Navigator, and Admin Pages on Tuesday, April 25
To Know: On Tuesday, April 25, from 7:00 – 8:00 a.m., ET&S will enable SSO for Banner Xtender, Application Navigator, and Admin Pages internally-facing pages. During this window, these applications will not be available. The new SSO will use the same authentication technology for M365 and other USNH applications; when logging in, the authentication page and methods are similar to M365. Here are a few other things to know:
- Due to the sensitive nature of the data found in the above-mentioned applications, you will be prompted to refresh your authentication session more frequently than other Microsoft SSO-enabled apps. This means you will be prompted more frequently to MFA when accessing Banner Xtender, Application Navigator, and Admin Pages.
- If you log out of these applications, it will also sign you out of other Microsoft MFA-enabled applications, such as your email, Canvas, and Zoom, which may be open in the same browser session. This is expected behavior as part of the Azure SSO environment.
To Do: If you are having trouble signing into the applications listed above on or after Tuesday, April 25, please clear your browser cache and cookies and close your browser.
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New Zoom Feature Available on April 22
To Know: On Saturday, April 22, Zoom will enable New Meeting Join Flow to improve the user experience of joining a meeting. New Meeting Join Flow streamlines the user experience of joining a meeting to reduce the number of windows a user may flow through before joining. All previously scheduled meetings will be automatically updated to the new join flow. There should be no impact on each meeting’s settings, the meeting link, and participants' ability to join these meetings.
To Do: Review the New Meeting Join Flow FAQ webpage to learn more about this new feature.
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ET&S Seeks Faculty & Staff Feedback on the new myPortal User Experience
Wednesday, April 26, 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (multiple sessions) | Register
To Know: The new myPortal pilot launched in March. We have received valuable feedback from students, faculty, and staff and are seeking additional feedback before the official launch this summer.
To Do: If you are interested in learning more about myPortal and helping us continue to improve myPortal, please attend our User Experience Sessions on Wednesday, April 26, in PSU Lamson Library – Room 114. Join us for one of our 45-minute sessions between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Register Here
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Training Opportunities
ET&S Learning Design and Technology (LDT) and our vendor partners host training and office hours. Register for upcoming sessions through the links in this announcement.
Canvas (myCourses): Course Design Using Modules and Pages – Register
Tues., April 25, 1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Review your course layout by learning how to use Modules and pages in your Canvas course. This session also includes how to add links and assessments in your Modules. You'll also learn how to setup a home page.
Canvas (myCourses): New Quizzes - Register
Fri., April 28, 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
This session will explore in detail the New Quizzes questions. We will demonstrate the new Questions types; Hot Spot, Categorization, Ordering, and Stimulus.
PSU Office Hours - Lamson Library 107
Mon., April 24, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Register
Fri., April 28, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Register
These office hours are in-person at PSU in Lamson 107.
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How to Get Tech Support
The Enterprise Technology Help Desk
http://www.usnh.edu/it/need-it-help
