Staff and student versions of It Takes All of Us will be available in myCourses
An updated version ofIt Takes All of Usfor all students, staff, and facultywill be live and available in myCourses as of January 30, 2023. More details: /sv-education/
Free cloud storage for students via Microsoft OneDrive
Did you know... ۲ݮƵ students have access to 20 GB FREE personal file space on OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud file storage component of the Office 365 package.
Important: New OneDrive storage capacity
Please note that students receive 20GB of storage for ۲ݮƵ's OneDrive as well as 20GB storage for ۲ݮƵ's email (Outlook).
Updates to ۲ݮƵ’s anti-virus software: Messages displayed on Windows machines during scheduled update
۲ݮƵ-managed desktop and laptop Windows computers will receive an important security update beginning on October 31, 2022. Cisco Secure Endpoint, ۲ݮƵ’s antivirus software, will receive its regularly scheduled, monthly update. The process to update all affected machines will take approximately 2 weeks.
Enhanced anti-phishing and anti-malware protection to be enabled for the full ۲ݮƵ community
On October 24th 2022, IT Services will be adding enhanced anti-phishing and anti-malware protection to your ۲ݮƵ email and Microsoft Teams conversations. Here are some details on what’s ۲ݮƵ:
Phishing scam: "HIRING!!! SERIOUS ENQUIRES ONLY NOTE: ( 18+ and Above )"
A targeted phishing email is currently circulating, asking you to open an attachment that contains a fraudulent link to a shared document. See an example of the message to the left.
Please DO NOT click anylinks or reply to the message. Delete this email immediately! It does NOT come from a ۲ݮƵ source.
Phishing scam: "Office 365 Password Requirement Pending"
A targeted phishing email is currently circulating, asking you to open an attachment that contains a fraudulent link to a shared document. See an example of the message to the left.
Please DO NOT click anylinks or reply to the message. Delete this email immediately! It does NOT come from a ۲ݮƵ source.
FAMIS access now on containment site as of June 15, 2022
As of June Wednesday, June 15, 2022۲ݮƵ's Facilities and Space Maintenance System, FAMIS will only be accessible through a remote connection to a secure "containment" environment. This is necessary because FAMIS only runs in Internet Explorer, which is no longer supported by Microsoft.
uPrint price increase as of May 1, 2022
As of May 1, 2022, the price of printing impressions (print and copies) using the uPrint service will be increased to the following:
From:
Black and white impressions: $0.07/per impression Colour impressions: $0.23/per impressionTo: (for all paper sizes)
۲ݮƵ’s Student Directory to be decommissioned on May 30, 2022
۲ݮƵ’s Student Directory, where students can choose to share their contact information with their fellow students or the community at large, will be decommissioned as of May 30, 2022. If you are a student whose information is listed in the directory, no action is required on your part.
UPDATED: Wired and wireless connectivity issues at 5100 de Maisonneuve
Update (March 30, 2022)
The wired network outage at 5100 de Maisonneuve reported last week is ongoing. We have learned that the issue was caused by a fire in the manhole, which damaged the fiber cable. Emergency teams from the City of Montreal are on site and we hope to be able to resolve the issue by early next week once their work is complete. Check back here for status updates.
Original message (March 23, 2022)
Tips to avoid issues with Zoom recordings
Tips for all ۲ݮƵ If you are signing into Zoom directly, go to https://mcgill.zoom.us - If you are not accessing Zoom through myCourses (recommended method), be sure to signinto ۲ݮƵ's zoom site with your ۲ݮƵ Username and Password, not the general Zoom.us site. Tips for instructors Automatically record meeting in the cloud - It may seem obvious, bIntroducing Gartner Technical Resource Library
In line with our strategic goal to be a first-class learning organization, ۲ݮƵ has engaged with Gartner, an industry-leading research and advisory service, to deepen and expand our insight into IT industry best practices and trends. We are pleased to announce that all members of the ۲ݮƵ community (administrative staff, academic staff, researchers, students) now have access to this Gartner resource.
UPDATE: my۲ݮƵ portal relocated
Themy۲ݮƵportalis nowlocatedatmcgill.ca/mymcgill. For details, please see the full announcement.
Original announcements: December 7, 2021