News
Elluminate Live! Upgrade Announcement
December 10th, 2009
On January 3rd, 2010, UAA upgraded the UAF instance of Elluminate Live! from version 8.5 to the latest version, 9.6. All Elluminate databases and records were migrated to the new instance. This includes all current logins.
The changes from Elluminate 8.5 to 9.6 are few. The major change is the addition of full compatibility for Mac OS X (all systems, all versions, including 10.6), and Windows 7 operating systems. For a listing of new features, see the What's New in Elluminate Live! V9 whitepaper.
New documentation and training materials are being developed and will be released with the upgrade. More information will be posted here, and on the OIT ELive! Support page.
Announcing Google Apps @ UA
April 15, 2009
GDay is here... The University of Alaska is migrating to Google Apps for Education (or Google Apps @ UA, for short). Google Apps @ UA provides powerful applications for email, calendaring, online document storage, and personalized web sites.
The University of Alaska will begin offering services provided by Google Applications for Education. Google offers a wealth of powerful collaboration tools to use in a safe and secure environment. It is important to note that this is separate from the public side of Google.
The opt-in phase of Google Apps @ UA began April 14th, 2009. Those interested in opting for Google Apps @ UA can visit the Google Apps @ UA opt-in page to begin the process. All of the existing emails currently in your UA Statewide, or UAF email account will be automatically migrated to your Google Apps @ UA account as part of the opt-in process.
Office 2007 Deployment Update
September 24, 2008
Office 2007 will be deployed to UA Statewide Staff beginning September 19, 2008. Click here for details on the upgrade.
Distance Education Student Guidelines for Getting started Fall 2007
August 31, 2007
Guidlines to assist distance education students across the UA system have been completed. It is available in PDF format here (pdf).
External Review: OIT Consolidation
June 19, 2007
An external review of the OIT Consolidation was performed November 2006 - January 2007. The Evaluation of the...OIT Consolidation Project (conducted and reported by Glenn R. Wilde) is available for review.
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