We are excited to announce that Box will be available to all current employees and students on Monday, January 23, 2017. What is Box? Box is a collaborative, cloud-based, file storage system that works with virtually every internet-connected computer or device. In addition, Box allows collaboration on Microsoft Office documents directly from a browser, tracks […]
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This year’s Faculty Laptop Incentive Program (FLIP) is brought to you by the UMaine Provost’s Office and UMS IT. The FLIP program will run through April 30, 2017 and is for faculty only. The following program policies apply: Laptops must be ordered through the University Bookstore with an interdepartmental order (IDO). Matching grants are 50% […]
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The project to retire FirstClass in May 2018 continues to progress. The project team has been collecting information from faculty, staff, and students about how they use FirstClass, and which features are most important to them. This information will help the team recommend FirstClass alternatives to users as they transition off FirstClass. Along with conducting focus […]
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The UMS IT Support Center is pleased to announce a single semester pilot program that will ensure you have the IT support you need during semester startup, and will help us gain a better understanding of how to support you during future semesters. This pilot program is to provide 2 weeks of 24-hour phone support […]
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During the Winter Term, IT was busy updating classrooms and renovating the Union and Library Clusters. See below for information about the completed work. Building Room Description IMRC 113 All New 27″ iMacs w/ Retina 5K displays, 6th Gen. core-i7 CPU’s, 16GB RAM, 1TB Fusion Drives Shibles 202 Installed Apple TV DPC 105 HDMI connection, Apple TV, […]
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