[U]Tech
April 02, 2020
[U]Tech’s Teaching + Learning Technologies team is hosting a webinar with strategies for designing effective online learning activities for science courses. “Natural Sciences at a Distance: Engaging and Assessing Online Science Students” will be held Thursday, April 9, from 3-4:30 p.m. via…
March 30, 2020
Cases of “Zoombombing” have been reported in meetings hosted by members of the Case Western Reserve University community. “Zoombombing” is when a malicious individual finds an open Zoom meeting link and enters the meeting to disrupt it verbally or by sharing inappropriate material. There are…
March 30, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased Zoom usage on campus, causing an unanticipated surge in Zoom-related phone charges. Toll-free and “Call Out/Call Me” minutes used in Zoom meetings are billed back to the university. In an effort to control costs, [U]Tech removed the toll-free number…
March 26, 2020
University Technology wants to make the campus community aware of "Zoombombing", a term for malicious individuals who look for open Zoom meeting links and disrupt the meeting or class or share inappropriate material. While no such interruptions have been reported in CWRU classes or meetings, other…
March 25, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased Zoom usage on campus, causing an unanticipated surge in Zoom-related phone charges. Toll-free and Call Out/Call Me minutes used in Zoom meetings are billed back to the university. In an effort to control costs, UTech will remove the toll-free number…
March 22, 2020
[U]Tech's Teaching and Learning Technologies team is offering virtual training sessions this week designed to assist faculty and students in the transition to remote teaching and learning. A variety of workshops are scheduled. For faculty Getting Started with Remote Technologies Learn which…
March 19, 2020
As more of the CWRU community begin to teach, learn, and work remotely, [U]Tech has proactively increased the capacity for VPN connections to campus. CWRU’s Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a security tunneling utility that allows a user to connect to IT services that are restricted to "on campus"…
March 16, 2020
University Technology will perform a network hardware replacement in Bingham on Wednesday, March 18, from 3-6 a.m. Users in the following buildings may experience both data and voice network outage during the maintenance window: MillisA.W. SmithWickendenBinghamDeGraceVeale Athletic CenterVeale…
March 11, 2020
University Technology staff will perform a network hardware replacement at the Wood Building and the Robbins Building on Friday, March 13, from 3-5 a.m. Users in these buildings may experience both data and voice network outage during the maintenance window. Incoming calls during this time will be…
March 10, 2020
As Provost Ben Vinson's Sunday evening email noted, the university is asking faculty to ensure they are prepared to teach classes remotely, should the university decide to temporarily suspend in-person classroom teaching due to issues around COVID-19. University Technology offers a webpage with…