Technology Services and the Center for Teaching Excellence are cosponsoring a seminar, Exploring ePortfolios at VCU, on Friday, March 31, 12pm-1pm in the Student Commons, Forum Room. This seminar will provide you insight on the uses of ePortfolios and how faculty at VCU are using the Blackboard ePortfolio tool to support teaching and learning in their courses. Presenters include Jeff Nugent, Center for Teaching Excellence, Dr. Dianne Simons, Occupational Therapy and Dr. Elizabeth Hodges, English. To register, go to http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/it/course_detail.asp?ID=3048. For more information, contact Lucy Halunko at 828-7713 or lhalunko@vcu.edu.

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Phishing Scam... We all know they are out there; we probably each get multiple ones a week. They've become a usual, often chronic event in our daily lives, but there are some ways to handle them. Visit the Technology Services Security Website: http://www.ts.vcu.edu/security/student.html#Phishing_Scams for more information on verifying and handling phishing emails. Additionally,, before deleting the message, the user can report the phishing scam directly to the company involved. For example last week there were some obvious scams involving Amazon. To report the user would forward the email they received to Amazon's Customer Service: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/15835501/104-4292785-8755905. The occurrence can also be reported to the anti-phishing workgroup - http://www.antiphishing.org/.

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If you have any suggestions, comments or concerns that you would like to share, just click on the TS Suggestion Box located on the bottom of the Technology Services web page. Your messages will be forwarded to the applicable Technology Services' staff person(s).

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The VCU Technology Services IT Technical Forum meets tomorrow, March 9 at 10:30 a.m. Please join us in Sanger B1-020 or via video conference in Cabell Library Room B-35. If you missed the last meeting then listen to the podcast. Download file

The tentative agenda for this week's meeting is:

Computing Center Power Outage
Network Status Report
PC Lab Security Issues and Deep Freeze Discussion

Presentations and meeting notes from previous Forums are available at:
http://www.ts.vcu.edu/groups/ittech/

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Technology Services invites all faculty, staff and students to attend the upcoming technology brown bag seminars in the VCU Student Commons, Forum Room, 12 noon -1pm, on the dates listed. The seminar series is designed to update you on the upcoming technology changes within and outside the VCU community. To learn more about these sessions, click on the seminar title. Bring your lunch.

VCU Student Commons - Forum Room | 12 noon – 1 pm

3/10/06 - myVCU Portal
3/24/06 - Computer Security: It’s a Good Thing
3/31/06 - Exploring ePortfolios at VCU
4/7/06 - Network Modernization: Voice Over IP and Wireless
4/12/06 - Banner is coming, isn’t it?
4/19/06 - Instant Messaging: An Emerging Form for Communication
4/28/06 - Podcasting

To locate other Technology Training offerings, go to the VCU Training Website at http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/it/ or the Technology Services Training Calendar at https://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/it/calendarat.asp.

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Need a long distance code? Want information on how to buy a computer, or how to change your password? Have you lost your VCUCard and need it replaced?

Thanks to the new Technology Services web page (http://www.ts.vcu.edu) you can get the links you need to most of your questions by clicking on the "I want to..." section and selecting your topic from the choices provided.

Remember if you can't find the answer you need on the web page, or need additional assistance, the Help Desk can be reached at 828-2227 and they will be happy to assist you.

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