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Conducting a training session? Watch this video

Conducting a training session can be an overwhelming challenge. If you have to run a session and don’t have experience, or if you just need some implementation tips on making it a success, watch this video from OTS Training.

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Are you an expert in Augmented or Virtual Reality? Attend this meeting

Join TU faculty and staff to discuss the instructional use of Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality technologies. We are looking for campus experts to share how these technologies are being used, or how you would like to use them, in your classroom. The Office of Technology Services (OTS) and the Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) […]

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OTS Training Workshops + Easily Share Your Outlook Calendar

Blackboard: Tests and Assignments Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:00am – Cook 404A Leverage the power of Blackboard to create and grade tests and assignments for your courses. OneNote: Introduction Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 – 1:00pm-3:00pm – Cook 404A Learn the basics of OneNote, a comprehensive note taking app. Excel: Advanced Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 – […]

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Phone System Maintenance during OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) will be upgrading the campus VoIP phone system this Sunday, March 18, 2018 between 6 a.m. and 12 noon. During the maintenance window, there will be a 15-minute service outage during which you will not be able to make off-campus calls or receive them. Also, at some point during […]

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OTS Training Workshops + Use Force Quit on Mac to Terminate a Frozen Program

Blackboard: Tests and Assignments Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:00am – Cook 404A Leverage the power of Blackboard to create and grade tests and assignments for your courses. OneNote: Introduction Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 – 1:00pm-3:00pm – Cook 404A Learn the basics of OneNote, a comprehensive note taking app. Excel: Advanced Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 – […]

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Tech Tour @TU – today!

Join fellow students, faculty, and staff for Tech Tour @TU, a free evening of lectures presented by Microsoft. Local Microsoft MVPs will speak about and answer questions on the areas of emerging technologies, machine learning, and cloud computing technology. Lectures will be followed by a career planning panel and a discussion of the Microsoft Academy […]

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Tech Tour @TU – You’re Invited!

Join fellow students, faculty, and staff for Tech Tour @TU, a free evening of lectures presented by Microsoft. Local Microsoft MVPs will speak about and answer questions on the areas of emerging technologies, machine learning, and cloud computing technology. Lectures will be followed by a career planning panel and a discussion of the Microsoft Academy […]

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Are you an expert in Augmented or Virtual Reality? We need your input!

Join TU faculty and staff to discuss the instructional use of Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality technologies. We are looking for campus experts to share how these technologies are being used, or how you would like to use them, in your classroom. The Office of Technology Services (OTS) and the Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) […]

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2018 Network Upgrades: reminder of upcoming date

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is upgrading network equipment in several campus buildings. After many months of preparation, OTS has developed an upgrade plan that will minimize disruption to normal business operations, targeting January, Spring Break, and Summer Sessions for most of the work. Each upgrade has been organized to minimize the amount of time […]

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Downtime Information for OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is performing system maintenance this Sunday, March 11, from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. The following services will be intermittently offline during the maintenance window: MyTU Faculty/Staff Portal MyTU Mobile When maintenance is complete, a post will be made to the OTS Alerts website, http://alerts.towson.edu and twitter @OTSAlerts. As […]

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OTS Training Workshops + Quickly Use Autofill in Excel

  Creating Accessible PDF Documents Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 – 9:00am-10:30am – Cook 404A Learn how to take an existing document and make it accessible to people with disabilities. Duo Multi-Factor Authentication WebEx Session Thursday, March 8th, 2018 – 12:30pm-12:45pm – WebEx Learn how to maximize security by using this multi-factor authentication software. Blackboard: Grade […]

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OTS Training Workshops + Quickly Clear Text Formatting With This Keyboard Shortcut

Technology Toolkit Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Cook 404A Become oriented with the technologies considered critical to know by each employee of Towson University. Blackboard: Interactive Tools Thursday, March 1st, 2018 – 10:00am-11:00am – Cook 404A Find out new ways to engage students through Blackboard’s Interactive Tools. Blackboard: Informal Drop-in Monday, March 5th, 2018 […]

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Downtime Information for OTS’ Maintenance Window this Sunday

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is performing system maintenance this Sunday, February 18, from 6 a.m. until 12 noon. The following services will be intermittently offline during the maintenance window: PeopleSoft/Towson Online Services MyTUmobile Timesheets PeopleSoft Financial Services PeopleSoft Human Capital Management PSSHARES MyTU Portal RMS (Housing) Inside (some functions) Business Objects Call Accounting […]

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Enroll a second device in Duo

If you are using Duo, you should already have enrolled a primary device, but it is important to have more than one device in the system. To enroll a second device, watch this quick instructional video (0:58 seconds), or follow the steps in the Managing Devices self-help doc to get started. Visit TU’s Duo webpage to access all self-help […]

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Reminder: enroll a second device in Duo

If you are using Duo, you should already have enrolled a primary device, but it is important to have more than one device in the system. To enroll a second device, watch this quick instructional video (0:58 seconds), or follow the steps in the Managing Devices self-help doc to get started. Visit TU’s Duo webpage to access all self-help […]

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Downtime Information for OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is performing system maintenance this Sunday, February 18, from 6 a.m. until 12 noon. The following services will be intermittently offline during the maintenance window: PeopleSoft/Towson Online Services MyTUmobile Timesheets PeopleSoft Financial Services PeopleSoft Human Capital Management PSSHARES MyTU Portal RMS (Housing) Inside (some functions) Business Objects Call Accounting […]

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OTS Training Workshops + Quickly Recover Your Work in Microsoft Office

    Blackboard: Tests and Assignments Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Cook 404A Leverage the power of Blackboard to create and grade tests and assignments for your courses. Blackboard: Interactive Tools Thursday, February 15th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Blackboard Collaborate Find out new ways to engage students through Blackboard’s Interactive Tools. Creating Accessible […]

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Learn how to clean out your inbox and take control of your email

Don’t treat your email inbox like the kitchen junk drawer. In this episode of Computer Therapy, you will learn how to achieve a clean and tidy inbox with the Inbox Zero method. Once you have this mastered, you will be able to stay on top of email and control it, instead of the other way […]

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OTS Training Workshops + Easily Ignore Annoying Reply All Conversations

  OneNote: Introduction Thursday, February 8th, 2018 – 10:00am-12:00pm – Cook 404A Learn the basics of OneNote, a comprehensive note taking app. Blackboard: Tests and Assignments Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Cook 404A Leverage the power of Blackboard to create and grade tests and assignments for your courses. Blackboard: Interactive Tools Thursday, February 15th, […]

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Downtime Information for OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is performing system maintenance this Sunday, February 4, from 6 a.m. until 12 noon. The following services will be intermittently offline during the maintenance window: PeopleSoft/Towson Online Services PeopleSoft Financial Services PeopleSoft Human Capital Management PSSHARES MyTU Portal RMS (Housing) Inside (some functions) Business Objects Call Accounting (phone billing) […]

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