NCSAM – Week 4: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats
For our 4th and final week of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we will look at how cybersecurity relates to keeping our traffic lights, running water, phone lines and other critical...
View ArticleCanvas Engagement Sessions
Starting on October 24th, the Canvas Project Team will be hosting regular engagement sessions for faculty, staff, and students who may have questions about Canvas or SJU’s plan for implementation. We...
View ArticleInterested in a Career in Information Security?
As part of SJU’s Information Security program, we want to make sure that the next generation of Information Security professionals have the knowledge they need to join the workforce. The cybersecurity...
View ArticleCanvas Engagement Sessions
The Canvas Project Team will be hosting regular engagement sessions for faculty, staff, and students who may have questions about Canvas or SJU’s plan for implementation. We will be offering a number...
View ArticleProject Update – November
**We will be posting short monthly updates around the SJU transition from Blackboard Learn to Canvas. This is the first update in that series.** The significance of the Learning Management System...
View ArticleIT Outage: Machforms (11/12)
On Sunday, November 12th, from 6:00am – 8:00am, Mach Forms will be unavailable while OIT performs maintenance to this system. Any forms that are embedded in web pages will fail to load properly during...
View ArticleSecurity Matters: December, 2017 – Your Mobile Devices Won’t Secure Themselves
Mobile security at one time meant using a laptop lock and keeping tabs on your phone. However, the growing capabilities and use of mobile devices — coupled with the ubiquity of smart devices stitched...
View ArticleCanvas Project Update – December
Dear Colleagues, In August, the Office of Information Technology shared that SJU had selected Canvas to be our new Learning Management System (LMS), thereby replacing Blackboard which has been in use...
View ArticleIT Outages – Christmas Break
During the Christmas holiday, the Office of Information Technology will be performing upgrades to several systems. Full details are below. Blackboard Learn On Sunday, December 24th, beginning at...
View ArticleSecurity Matters: January, 2018 – Privacy is Our Shared Responsibility
Everyone in the SJU community is responsible for the protection of our customers’ privacy and their personal information. However, you don’t need to understand the nuances of every privacy regulation...
View ArticleWelcome to Canvas – Spring 2018
For students enrolled in courses led by our Early Adopters, their Canvas experience begins now! Welcome to the 2018 Spring semester on Hawk Hill! We have some exciting news to share with you. One (or...
View ArticleSJU Perspective on Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities
The purpose of this communication is to describe the vulnerabilities, “Meltdown” and “Spectre”, which have been widely reported by the media for the past week, let you know what the Office of...
View ArticleNews from the Project Manager – January
As the Spring semester begins to move forward, there has been a significant amount of progress made around the Canvas project. Our group of early adopters is now teaching their Spring courses in...
View ArticleCanvas: February Training Published
Dear Colleagues, The Canvas Project Team has now published our Canvas training schedule for the month of February.Based on attendance and positive feedback from our Early Adopters, we will host...
View ArticleCanvas: March Training Published
The Canvas Project Team has now published our Canvas training schedule for the month of March. In an effort to customize your training experience, we’ve developed the Canvas Profile questionnaire. This...
View ArticleGreg Tanzola, Accounting
“I am very pleased so far at the ease at which I can use Canvas. In addition, the product is much more robust, user-friendly, and intuitive than what I have used in the past.” The post Greg Tanzola,...
View ArticleTim Swift, Management
“I am one of the least technologically savvy instructors at St. Joe’s, but I knew we could do better than Blackboard, so I became a Canvas Early Adopter. The Canvas training was easy to understand, and...
View ArticleShawn Krahmer, Theology & Religious Studies
“I’m having my students keep reading/reflection logs, 2 entries per week. Using the Canvas “Discussions” feature, I assigned each student to their own unique “discussion.” That student and I are the...
View ArticleSpam Email: 3/15/18
Today, around 12:00pm, a number of members of the SJU community received the spam email below. As always, please simply delete messages like this. If you are ever unsure if an email is spam, here are...
View ArticleCanvas Subscription Training
The Canvas Project Team is pleased to announce that SJU is now enrolled in Canvas Subscription Training, a series of live training webinars designed to help faculty use Canvas – whether in a class...
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