Information services is hard at work on the all campus rollout of Microsoft Office 2016. Staff and administrative department trainings are wrapping up and IS staff are looking ahead to rolling out the new software to the academic units. The goal is to complete updates prior to the start of fall term. Information services is […]
Information Services
Office 2016: Campus-Wide Upgrades Coming Soon
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the University’s computing environment and associated services, information services will soon upgrade Microsoft Office software to Office 2016 on all campus computers. Updates for administrative departments are scheduled to begin in July, and academic departments are scheduled to update in August. Training will be provided to each […]
Shared File Storage Moving Soon
Shared file storage is moving, according to Matthew Moss, information services. Shared locations for file storage are moving from the current \\netapp1 and \\netapp2 locations to two new share names: \\shared for department drives (U: drives) and miscellaneous shares, and \\personal for home drives (P: drives). This change will be rolled out over the next month and a half. Additional communications about […]
Single Sign On Goes Mobile with AppID Mobile App
Information services has announced the release of AppID Mobile, bringing UP Single Sign On to mobile devices. Intermedia’s AppID serves as the University of Portland’s Single Sign On (SSO) solution. It enables users to login once rather than separately for each of their UP account enabled web apps. AppID also provides a convenient online portal […]
Banner Updates Coming, April 6
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the computing environment and associated services, information services will be performing maintenance to Banner INB and Self Service Banner. on Wednesday, April 6, from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Banner INB, Self-Service Banner, and Degree Works will be unavailable during that time. If you experience any critical […]
Request Software for Summer, Fall 2016 by March 18
It is time again for information services to begin the process of creating computer lab and classroom builds for 2016 summer and fall terms. Whatever has been installed on the computers for spring 2016 will not be on the computers for summer or fall unless a specific request is made. Exceptions include Microsoft Office, internet […]
New Copiers Arriving This Week
The University has selected Xerox as its new vendor for copiers across the University campus. Departments will be provided with the same type of equipment and functionality that the prior machines provided. These new copiers will be rolled out on campus in phases so that Information Services can set-up training sessions with faculty and staff […]
Office365: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Ready to Use
Office365, a fully featured and connected platform for productivity, collaboration, and sharing, is now available to faculty and staff, according to Curt Pederson, information services. The Office365 portal account provides access to OneDrive online file sharing and online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint , and OneNote. In addition, faculty and staff can install the latest […]
UP Filmmakers Take Note
All faculty, staff, and student filmmakers are invited to stop by the Clark Library digital lab to learn more about the 3rd Annual Kate Regan Film Festival and the new 48-Hour Film A-Thon. Information sessions for both events will be held on Tuesday, October 6, at 2 p.m., in the digital lab. Actors, directors, musicians, […]
UPGuest WiFi Network Upgrade: No Password Required
Thanks to a recent upgrade to the UPGuest WiFi network, campus guests will no longer need to know the UPGuest password. Instead, after connecting to the WiFi called “UPGuest,” a device will load a copy of the University’s Acceptable Use Policy for the guest to read and accept. Once accepted, access to WiFi will be […]