Technology services outage scheduled for May 20
The Office of Information Technology has scheduled a planned outage May 20 to conduct the annual fire alarm safety test. The 12-hour exercise takes most technology services offline while fire systems are tested, including the UAF website, access to UAOnline and other systems. OIT recommends setting up an alternate login to access your Google Apps [more ...]
Use AskUA to find answers to your technology questions
AskUA is a new centralized knowledge base where OIT customers can search for: “How to” information General information about OIT services Information and resources about university applications FAQs Access AskUA as a guest or by logging in. Guests can access customized UA knowledge articles, though logging in with your UA username and password (same credentials as Google [more ...]
Technology enhancements at UAF
Changes in technology this fall at UAF will enhance teaching success and provide better access to information for faculty and students. Chancellor Rogers has made a significant commitment to upgrading SMART classrooms. Upgrades took place over the summer in six classrooms, two labs and three auditoriums. The auditoriums have also been equipped with lecture capture [more ...]
Upgrades planned to UAF main campus wireless
On Tuesday, Aug. 9, OIT will be upgrading the wireless service for the UAF main campus to UAlaska and discontinuing UAFnet. UAlaska provides a more secure wireless network while continuing to provide fast, reliable service for UA customers and their guests. How do you know if this affects you? Are you an employee or student [more ...]
Changes to UAF wireless
OIT has discontinued UAFnet wireless broadcast access and replaced it with UAlaska wireless service. This service will provide a more secure wireless network while continuing to provide fast, reliable service for UA customers and their guests. When you attempt to connect to a web page on a wireless device at a UAF location you will now [more ...]
VPN service changes
On June 28 OIT began transitioning to a new VPN service called Cisco AnyConnect. This new software takes advantage of the latest technology, making installation much quicker while providing more access options than ever before. On July 28, Cisco AnyConnect will become the official OIT-provided VPN service and the old Cisco VPN service will be [more ...]
Elluminate Live! upgrade
Elluminate Live! at UAF was upgraded to version 10, bringing a variety of new features and compatibility enhancements. Check out the complete list of new features (PDF). Recordings for previous courses/sessions will remain available and will open in the version of Elluminate in which they were recorded. The first time you load Elluminate, it may take [more ...]
Student develops UAF Courses iPhone app
John Pender, engineering student, won the Office of Information Technology mobile application contest for his UAF Courses application. The application is an iPhone app to help students choose classes for their schedule and get ready to register.
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