Google + enabled for Wesleyan users

Wesleyan Google users who would like to use Google Plus including the ability to do hangouts can now do so.  Users can create a Wesleyan-specific Google Plus profile that is independent of any other Google profiles you may have.  Lynda.com offers instruction for to how to use Google Plus for professional purposes.  Using Google Plus does … Read more

Systems restore complete

ITS has resolved the issues that arose from a problem in PeopleSoft that occurred last night. The many systems affected by this problem have been restored. If you believe you are still experiencing a related issue, please contact your Desktop Support Specialist, Student HelpDesk or its@wesleyan.edu.

PeopleSoft issues nearly resolved

The PeopleSoft issue that affected multiple systems including Moodle and wireless access is nearly resolved.  We are restoring systems as quickly as possible.  Email notifications to the community were severely delayed as the list-serve system was also impacted.  ITS will follow up with an update this afternoon.

Message Waiting Lights Operational

The problem with the message waiting lights has been resolved. If after listening to all your new messages your light still remains on, contact Rose Smith at x3399 or rsmith03@wesleyan.edu for further assistance. Thanks, Allen aalonzo@wesleyan.edu

Message waiting Lights

We have received reports that the message waiting lights on the Nortel phones are not working properly at this time. Either the lights are remaining lit with no messages, or not lighted with unheard voice mail messages in your voice mailbox. Please check your voice mail regularly regardless of the light’s status until we resolve … Read more

Lynda.com is live at Wes

  All Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff now have access to lynda.com, an online subscription library that teaches the latest software tools and skills through high-quality instructional videos taught by recognized industry experts. Using your Wesleyan username and password, (see instructions for accessing Lynda.com) the campus community can access more than 1,400 training videos on … Read more

Java exploit information

The recent highly publicized Java exploit has produced much concern and confusion. The exploit only affects updates of Oracle Java 7 before Update 11.  Java 6 is not vulnerable to this exploit, and neither is Java 7 Update 11 (and, presumably, future, later versions). All major web browsers have taken it upon themselves to block … Read more

Dragon maintenance Wed, Jan 16 overnight

On Wednesday, January 16 from 10:00PM to 6:00 AM on Thursday, Jan 17, we will be performing maintenance to Dragon.  During that time, files on Dragon will be unavailable.  Please make sure to save and close any files stored on Dragon before you leave on January 16.  When you arrive Thursday morning, we suggest you … Read more

ITS winter maintenance

ITS is going to be performing major system maintenance on two Saturdays, January 5 and 12, beginning at 8:00AM.  The work on our data storage systems is designed to be non-disruptive and should not have an impact on our community.  In the event that there is an impact to services, we will notify the community … Read more