Mark Watters, Director of the Enterprise Project Support Office (EPSO), has announced Jason Beeson has joined the EPSO as the Enterprise Technology Manager for the Ball State Foundation. Jason will provide general technical support for the Foundation’s various technology systems. For the last five and a half years, Jason has served as the Systems Manager […]
Many Information Technology employees use their Android or iOS mobile devices to receive Ball State email or access other Ball State resources. On August 13, 2020, the Office of Information Security Services changed the passcode/PIN requirement for those devices from four digits to six digits for all Information Technology employees. A six-digit passcode/PIN is 100 times […]
As of August 10, 2020, Ball State has officially launched Zoom as an available online conferencing tool for all faculty, staff, and students. A Ball State Zoom account allows you to collaborate remotely with up to 300 Ball State and/or non-Ball State participants via audio, video, and screen sharing, reducing the need for in-person meetings. […]
Information Technology’s Digital Corps, in collaboration with the Division of Online and Strategic Learning, have create a new Tech Guide for Canvas for Ball State students. This guide is designed as a quick reference to basic Canvas features such as using the student Dashboard, managing courses and assignments, receiving notifications, and much more. If you’re […]
The Ball State Digital Corps is pleased to announce the addition of Mike Modesitt to their creative team. Mike joins the Digital Corps as the Senior Academic Support Strategist. Mike studied at Wabash College before earning his PhD in Experimental High Energy Physics from Purdue University in 1994 while conducting research in Ithaca, New York. […]
The Office of Information Security Services is taking steps to ensure all data on university-owned computers is encrypted and secure. Ball State uses Dell Data Protection (DDP) end point security encryption software to help protect all university-owned Mac and Windows computers. It provides full-system data protection by using various methods of encryption. DDP encrypts and […]
Mark Watters, Director of the Enterprise Project Support Office (EPSO) has announced the addition of Mike Parsley to the EPSO Project Management team. Mike previously served as technology support for the Teachers College for 8 years. During that time, he provided general tech support for faculty and students, as well as administering the assessment data […]
The Office of Information Security Services has announced that Josh Flaherty has passed the Splunk Power User certification. This certification demonstrates an individual’s foundational competence of Splunk’s core software. This includes the understanding of SPL searching and reporting commands and creating knowledge objects, use of field aliases and calculated fields, creating tags and event types, […]
I hope you have had a chance to read the President’s June 12, 2020, email as well as our Return to Campus Plan for Employees. If you have not yet reviewed the plan, please do so as it includes essential information about the required safety practices and health screening processes for those returning to the office. […]
As Fall semester approaches, you may be considering one or more Information Technology events for students, faculty, or staff and are wondering how to go about it during the COVID-19 pandemic. If so, then the newly created Event Management and Community Engagement Guidebook is what you are looking for. “As the Ball State campus starts […]
