As part of Information Services ongoing efforts to improve the University’s network security posture, we will be deploying a new service to dynamically block outbound connections to Internet resources known to host malware, phishing sites, and botnets. If you are attempting to access a website and receive a “website blocked” message, the website is being blocked in an attempt to keep the community safe. If you believe the website you are trying to reach is being incorrectly labeled as a threat, please contact the Help Desk at help@up.edu or x7000 , and be sure to include all information found at this link.
Please refer to the UP knowledge base for more information.
As information services personnel work to complete summer efforts to prepare classroom and computer labs for the fall semester, campus technology users are asked for their patience in scheduling in-person technical support appointments. Beginning Monday, August 7, all are asked to contact the help desk for phone and remote workstation assistance at x7000. Technicians will resume a full schedule by Monday, August 28. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Over the next several weeks, information services will be transitioning university-owned computers from Symantec Endpoint Protection to Microsoft’s System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) for virus prevention and detection.
Technical services will be performing an on-site, physical inventory of all campus computers and monitors this summer. To achieve this, we will have a student staff member entering all offices and work spaces in order to collect asset tag and location information. If you are on campus, this interruption will take less than one minute. If you are away from your office, we will enter your office for the inventory and leave a “calling card” indicating we were there. Thank you in advance for helping us inventory our assets.
Academic technology services is pleased to announce the new line-up of Teaching With Technology Workshops for Summer 2017.
Information services is moving the Banner (W:) drive on the morning of Tuesday, May 30. The new location is: \\shared\Banner . Once the files are moved to the new location, you will need to log off your computer and back on if you are on Windows, or you will need to re-map to the new location if you are on a Mac. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the Technology Help Desk at x700 or 
If you’ve been keeping your ear to the ground in the world of education technology, you’ve likely heard of VoiceThread. It’s a widely-known tool that’s used in everything from online graduate courses to kindergarten classrooms. Now, according to Ben Kahn, academic technology services, the University has added VoiceThread to its toolbox, so now you, too, can discover what VoiceThread is all about.
The interdepartmental Web Team has been nominated for the “Best Innovation” award by Hannon Hill. The University of Portland’d website was nominated against those from Washoe County Nevada and Sarah Lawrence College. The winner will be announced at the annual Cascade Server Conference in Atlanta later this fall.
To help raise awareness across our campus about the dangers of email phishing, information service is kicking off a monthly “Phishing Derby.” To participate simply report suspect emails to