Information Technology (IT)

Planned server outage tonight

Posted by on October 31, 2013

Beginning at 10 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Oct. 31, and lasting until 2 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, IT will perform maintenance on the campus DFS servers. During this outage all S&T user accounts may not be able to access their personal network drives, also known as an S: drive or dfs/users. Data will not be affected by the change. If you have questions or require IT assistance, contact the IT Help Desk at 341-4357(HELP), visit the Walk-In Center on the first floor of the library or submit a ticket online at help.mst.edu.

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Lumension Endpoint Suite now available

Posted by on October 3, 2013

Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite is now available for student, faculty and staff personal Windows systems. Lumension and Missouri S&T IT information security are now offering a free endpoint security management agent for personal Windows systems.

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Office 365 replaces Outlook Live

Posted by on September 12, 2013

Effective Thursday, Sept. 12, all student Outlook Live mailboxes will transition to a new email system, Office 365. Affected students may experience a brief outage (60 seconds to an hour) but all mail will be delivered. Please note: the S&T student email system is independent of the faculty and staff email system. If you sign […]

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It’s time to upgrade from Windows XP

Posted by on May 22, 2013

Effective Jan. 1, 2014, all XP devices will be restricted from open network access at Missouri S&T in order to protect the campus network. This summer, IT will meet with customers to explore options to minimize disruption to your academic and research missions while addressing XP support issues.

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Blackboard upgrades on May 29

Posted by on May 22, 2013

Information Technology will upgrade Blackboard from version 9.1 service pack 8 to service pack 11 starting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 29. Blackboard will be unavailable for up to eight hours during the upgrade process. This upgrade will provide several new changes and enhancements to Blackboard.

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EdTech U opens for business on Tuesday

Posted by on January 10, 2013

Educational technology (EdTech) will continue to offer “EdTech U” this spring. This is an opportunity for instructors to get hands-on assistance with any educational technology supported by EdTech. The hours of operation will be noon to 3 p.m. Tuesdays in Room 105 Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, beginning Jan. 15. Please note the hours have been extended […]

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Fall semester Blackboard courses unavailable to students as of Friday

Posted by on January 10, 2013

Information technology and educational technology will make Blackboard courses for the fall 2012 semester unavailable to students at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11. The courses will still be visible to instructors. Questions or comments may be directed to the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP(4357) or online at help.mst.edu.

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New IT Help Request System is now live

Posted by on January 7, 2013

Beginning today, Jan. 7, you will see a new online interface for the IT help request or “ticketing” system used to submit help requests to S&T’s information technology staff. Requests will continue to be received and addressed by current S&T IT staff located here on campus. The S&T IT Help Desk Call Center and Walk-In […]

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Register today for free Teaching and Learning Technology Conference

Posted by on January 3, 2013

Registration is now open for the Teaching and Learning Technology Conference (TLT) 2013 that will be held March 14-15 on campus. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Richard M. Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. Visit EdTech’s conference website and click the link under “How to Register” […]

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New interface for IT help requests

Posted by on December 20, 2012

Beginning Jan. 7, 2013, you will see a new online interface for the IT help request or “ticketing” system used to submit help requests to S&T’s information technology staff. Requests will continue to be received and addressed by current S&T IT staff located here on campus. The S&T IT Help Desk Call Center and Walk-In […]

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