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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Audio Conferencing Features Launching on August 17, 2022

On Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, ITS will begin rolling out advanced protection features and tools in the Microsoft 365 environment for all staff and faculty members at Carleton University. As an added benefit of these tools, Microsoft is now providing audio conferencing for Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business Online, allowing meeting participants... More

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Digital Strategic and Operating Framework Sets a Course for All Things Digital at Carleton

In 2020, the Board of Governor’s Audit & Risk Committee commissioned PwC to audit Distributed Computing across Carleton. PwC’s audit recommended improvements in: Digital Policies - Awareness and Application Digital Governance - Oversight and Monitoring Communication and Training As a result, much work has been done to formalize and... More

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

New Approaches in the Fight Against Phishing

Phishing is a complex problem. While the tactics and methods are constantly changing, phishing is a cybercrime that uses digital tools like email, the web, and text messaging to steal confidential information. Phishing emails attempt to deceive recipients into divulging important personal information from users. In 2021, Carleton students and... More

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Carleton’s Expanding Network Footprint

The security and availability of Carleton’s internet service is key to the success of our thriving university, and its students, faculty, and staff members. Much like your broadband internet connection at home, Carleton has a series of physical connections that makes its on-campus networks possible. The university’s reliance on its internet... More

Monday, June 27, 2022

IT Training and Support Enhanced for the Carleton Community

The powerful technical solutions, services, and tools ITS provides for Carleton University wouldn’t be worth much if we didn’t also train users in how to use them—and provide support when they run into issues. Year-after-year, we’ve committed to developing and improving our training and support offerings so the community can effectively... More

Friday, June 24, 2022

New GPUs Enable Research in Exciting Fields

CPUs, hard disk drives, RAM. The general population is aware that modern computers are an amalgamation of these components and more, but few people outside of computer engineers and those who build PCs as a hobby are aware of what these components are or how they work. More and more, there is one exception,... More

Thursday, June 23, 2022

ITS Helps Bring New Learning Management System to Life

Many people think that universities went digital when the COVID-19 pandemic began, but in truth, most universities were heavily digital long before that. The average university student arrives to class with a laptop, phone, and perhaps a tablet, all of which can aid them in their studies. Course descriptions and assignments are often delivered... More

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Working From Home: Microsoft Teams Comes Through for Carleton

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, many of us had never imagined what working from home might look like. And then, all at once, it happened. In March 2020, Carleton staff, students, and faculty were asked to stay home and to continue to work as best they could. Faculty and professional services staff from across... More

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

cuScreen Project Leads API Adoption at Carleton

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, it was clear that the lives of students, faculty and staff at Carleton University were going to change. What was not clear was that we would begin on a path toward a technical transformation that would change the game for the entire university.­ When the cuScreen project launched, that... More

Friday, June 17, 2022

Launching our Year in Review for 2021/22

ITS is proud to launch its Year in Review for 2021/22, available now at Carleton.ca/its-year-in-review. We are pleased to present this report showcasing some of our achievements and undertakings in the last fiscal year. Looking back at ITS’s efforts and successes over the last year, four main themes begin to emerge: COVID-19 and Resilience,... More

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Campus Access for Gartner Core Research available to Carleton community

Did you know that Carleton University subscribes to Campus Access for Gartner Clients in Higher Education? Faculty members, students and staff can log into to this great research resource by visiting the Gartner Research Campus Access page on the MacOdrum Library website. Gartner is a leading provider of research and analysis on the global... More

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

The Tech Behind Our Report Phishing Button

No one likes spam emails. They’re full of sketchy job offers, shady prescription drugs, and too-good-to-be-true cryptocurrency schemes. But some spam emails are more dangerous than others, and phishing emails are high on the list. We’ve probably all received a phishing email and been annoyed by it. But they’re more than annoying. Phishing is... More

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