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Beginning Monday July 2, ITS will be changing the way the Wesleyan Community makes requests for telephone support. We are moving to a model similar to that used by desktop support. Trouble reports and initial requests for adding lines, moving offices, or changes to existing service should be emailed to the Telecom queue, (tel@wesleyan.edu). Included […]

We upgraded a large number of WordPress plugins during the maintenance window this past Tuesday morning. In testing before and after the fact we found only one small glitch that was easily rectified. If you notice anything odd on one of your sites, though, don’t hesitate to contact your Academic Computing Manager or the Web […]

  To All Users of Wesleyan Electronic Portfolios: All Wesleyan Electronic Portfolios will be unavailable from Noon on Thursday, July 12 until 1 pm Sunday, July 15 due to an upgrade of the administrative systems.  During this time the applications listed below will remain available.  When the “Portfolio” link is clicked on the Wesleyan home […]

applies to: Moodle 2 Link to a folder on WesFiles Notes You can use this process to create any hyperlink for your course page. The example shows how to link to WesFiles in particular in case you wish to use WesFiles to manage course materials. The students will need to have access to the target […]

This Saturday, June 23, beginning at 8:00 AM, ITS will be performing upgrades to equipment in the data center. The work is planned to be non-disruptive or very minimally disruptive. However, should there be an expected problem, many services, including email and EPortfolio could be impacted. In that event, updates will be posted to our […]

June 20 9:30-10:30AM:
There was a problem for users who may have tried to login and access wireless between approximately 9:30 and 10:30AM. Wireless was working for those already connected to it. The problem has since been resolved and login to wireles…

applies to: Moodle 2 Keep materials that you use often in “My private files” notes “Private” files are not necessarily “private” in the sense that other people cannot see them. They are “private” in the sense that they belong to you as a user rather than to any particular course. You can point to the […]

applies to: Moodle 2 Link to a file that is already on Moodle notes You can use this basic technique to link to your files anywhere on Moodle. In this case I demonstrate how to link to a file in a Readings folder within the same course, but you can also link to files in […]

Gauss 12, the quantitative analysis software, is now available for installation on Wesleyan Windows computers (32- or 64-bit). This software runs on a network license that requires internet connectivity. In addition, from off campus, you will need to u…

Wesleyan has launched the newly redesigned Graduate Studies website. You can view the site at www.wesleyan.edu/grad.