As part of Information Services continuing efforts to inform, educate and disseminate information on matters of data privacy and security at Northeastern, the Department of Information and Technology Security wishes to announce the launch of its SecureNU website. SecureNU will … Continue reading
Enterprise Directory Services (LDAP) Upgrade – Saturday, April 7th
To: All Faculty, Staff, and Students, As a reminder, on Saturday April 7th, Information Services will be performing an upgrade of the Enterprise Directory Service (otherwise known as "LDAP") environment. This upgrade is being undertaken in order to improve the … Continue reading
New HRM Systems: Banner HR & PeopleAdmin
At the beginning of January, Northeastern implemented two new enterprise systems: Banner HR and PeopleAdmin. Banner HR, found on the myNEU Services & Links tab in the HRM Services section, is called Employee Self-Service. It offers the same functions as … Continue reading
ResponseWare, Next Generation Clickers
Currently Northeastern supports Turning Technologies ResponseCards (clickers), which are used in the classroom to quiz and poll students. ResponseCards are used along with TurningPoint and TurningPoint Anywhere, that acts as both the quiz creation software and the response system. TurningPoint … Continue reading
Reinventing Textbook Publishing
Recently Apple made three announcements of new or updated technologies: "iBook Author," "GarageBand for eBooks," and fundamental changes to iTunes U. These solutions, put together, are designed to be an end to end solution for the interactive eBook publisher- create, … Continue reading
Husky Card Infrastructure Upgraded
At the beginning of March, in conjunction with the Husky Card Services staff and the vendor, Information Services upgraded the infrastructure supporting the Husky Card. While this upgrade did not change any of the current functionality of the Husky Card, … Continue reading
Classrooms Upgraded to Include Computers
Before the end of Spring semester, 29 classrooms will be upgraded to include an instructor’s computer. This will bring the total of classrooms with computers to over 130 rooms in 20 different buildings. Twenty-five of the new installations include a … Continue reading
Appointment Calendar Phase 2 Release
Appointment Calendar provides an integrated calendar application for scheduling advising appointments. The application allows advisors to have a high level of control over setting availability for student appointments. It also provides students with an intuitive front-end for viewing advisor availability … Continue reading
ISCS’ Favorite Training Resources
The ISCS training team is frequently asked for recommendations about good online resources for additional help and support with applications they use regularly. Here are a few of the favorites from ISCS-Training: Microsoft’s Office site is filled with free tutorials, … Continue reading
Appointment Calendar Phase 2 Release – Student
Appointment Calendar provides an integrated calendar application for scheduling advising appointments. The application allows advisors to have a high level of control over setting availability for student appointments. It also provides students with an intuitive front-end for viewing advisor availability … Continue reading