This week’s Tech Briefing contains new information, a reminder, 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.
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.
ET&S Seeks Faculty & Staff Feedback on the new myPortal User Experience (Reminder)
Today, Thursday, April 20, 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (multiple sessions) | Register Here
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 Thursday, April 20, in Dimond Library - Room 521. Join us for one of our 45-minute sessions between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Register Here
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.
Microsoft: M365 Office Hours – Join this Session
Tues., April 25, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Fri., April 28, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
This is an open, drop-in time to ask questions and receive expert consultation for those seeking assistance using any M365 tools to meet their course/teaching, storage, file sharing, and collaboration needs.
How to Get Tech Support
The Enterprise Technology Help Desk
http://www.usnh.edu/it/need-it-help
