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The first step is to enter in the live broadcasting events on the Wescast page in Cascade. You can enter in as many events as you like and only two weeks of future events will be displayed by default. Adding Events to Cascade To edit events go to http://cascade.wesleyan.edu. Select WesCast from the dropdown to […]

In order to edit a sidebar on your homepage, please do the following: Log in to Cascade and select the folder likely entitled “homepage-sidebar” on the left of your screen. Once you click that folder, a dropdown menu will appear. You will likely have blocks entitled, “top,” middle,” and “bottom.” A block such as Related […]

Many departments have Lecture Series pages where the current year’s lecture series is posted as a playlist from Brightcove. This tutorial allows you to update the page from previous lecture series to the current one. Copy existing video page and rename (Suggested name: LectureArchive_<year>) If there is an existing video archive page, add the link […]

This tutorial allows you to make a complete copy of an existing page in Cascade. 1. Go to the page you’d like to copy. In this example, the page we’ve chosen is “staffbios”. 2. Click on the tab “Copy”. This should be near where the “Edit” tab (to the right of it) 3. Rename the […]

During the beginning of fall break, on Saturday, October 24 between 7 and 11 am, ITS will perform scheduled maintenance. The following buildings will not have wired or wireless access: Freeman Cady 231 Pine 19 Fountain 20 Fountain 25 Fountain 160 Cross 14 Warren Additionally, EPortfolio will not be available during this window. Finally, wireless […]

The most recent OS update for Mac called El Capitan (version 10.11) has been causing problems for applications including Office for Mac, Mac Calendar, Mac Mail, Java, and various device software incompatibilities.  ITS strongly recommends that, for now, Mac users refrain from upgrading their operating system to El Capitan (version 10.11). Microsoft has issued statements indicating […]

The Student Database access has been restored.  10/12/2015 6:56 PM

The Student System went down unexpectedly at approximately 5:25 PM this evening 10/12/2015. ITS is working on the problem.  No other systems appear to be affected.

To share a video on social media 1. Find the video you want to share by going to Video@Wesleyan. 2. Once you’re on the video’s page, find the facebook icon which will be to the right of the video. 3. There will be a facebook pop-up. You may be prompted to sign in if you […]

This evening, an email appears to have gone out nearly campus-wide with the subject Wesleyan University Email Alerts.  In the body of an email is a link that, if clicked, appears as if it goes to our Single Sign On page.  This message is NOT legitimate. There are two ways to immediately identify the email […]