Turnitin will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. U.S. Central Time. Turnitin will be intermittently available during the maintenance window. Instructors are encouraged to modify assignment due dates either before or at least several hours after the scheduled maintenance window. Stay current with Turnitin’s system status, […]
Read More »Blackboard services have been restored. If problems persist, then please contact the IT Help Desk (573-341-HELP or http://help.mst.edu) for assistance.
Read More »Blackboard services are currently experiencing major technical difficulties. Users have reported problems when attempting to login to Blackboard, when accessing the Grade Center, and when attempting to access Tegrity Classes. Educational Technology is working to restore services at this time. Please be patient. EdTech will send out a follow-up announcement when services have been restored.
Read More »WALK-INS WELCOME! NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY! Thursdays! 2 – 4 p.m. Centennial Hall Room 101 Educational Technology (EdTech) will be continuing “EdTech U” in Fall 2014. This is an opportunity for instructors to gain some hands-on assistance with any educational technology supported by EdTech.Attending EdTech U will also enter you in a raffle, the winner […]
Read More »Yes, that’s right. Turnitin, the top originality checking software, is now available for use by all S&T instructors. Turnitin has been integrated into Blackboard, and I have to say, it’s a very clean integration. There are no extra accounts to manage, and no extra passwords to remember. As an instructor, you simply set up a […]
Read More »The Office of Undergraduate Studies will be hosting workshops for the new S&Tconnect Early Alert system on Monday, August 18, from 9 – 11 a.m. and on Thursday, August 21, from 1 – 3 p.m. Both workshops will be held in Centennial Hall Room 105. Instructors only need to attend one of the workshops. S&Tconnect […]
Read More »Blackboard 9.1 services will be upgrading to Service Pack (SP) 14 on Friday, August 8, starting at 8 a.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for about 6 hours while the upgrade takes place. This service pack contains several new useful features for both students and instructors. The Grade Center has made a few new improvements and […]
Read More »Are you teaching in a new classroom this semester? Do you have questions about using classroom technology? Do you want to verify that your room is set up properly for using lecture capture (Tegrity) or clickers? The EdTech staff is here to set your mind at ease. You can schedule a classroom technology walkthrough and […]
Read More »Academic File Storage (also known more informally as the “R:\ drive” hosts a variety of content used by instructors for educational purposes. Academic File Storage is allocated based on course number, rather than by instructor. The course numbers recently have changed between Spring 2014 and Fall 2014 from a one-, two-, or three-digit number to […]
Read More »S&T has renewed its campus-wide license for Respondus (test creation software) and a new license password is now available. Instructors who use Respondus can contact the IT Help Desk (help.mst.edu or 573-341-HELP) to obtain the newest license password. Respondus license passwords expire on July 31 of each year. Instructors can also contact the Help Desk […]
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