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Illinois State launches new home page
by Artemis Steakley-Freeman
On August 21, 2011, Illinois State University officially launched an all new, user-friendly home page. The project had been in development since February 2011 and has seen major growth since then.
In March of 2011, a committee of Student Affairs, IT, Enrollment Management, and Finance staff was formed to serve as a focus group to determine what the ultimate goal of the site redesign would be. It became evident that the purpose of the new site would be to act as a front door to Illinois State and to be the first thing that prospective students, their parents, and other external audiences would see. Web Developer Binoy Edathiparambil said, “We want the website to help show the identity that is ISU.”
Those who religiously check the Illinois State home page know that on August 8th, a beta version of the home page was launched. According to Institutional Web Support Director Julie Prianos, the beta page was launched to get as much feedback as possible. When the last homepage was launched six years ago, there was no beta site or transition period, resulting in negative feedback. The development team is trying to reach out to other departments on campus to get their feedback. “We don’t know what everyone on campus needs from the website,” Prianos added, “and those are the people we’re trying to target.”
Apart from the new appearance of the University home page, there are a number of improved features of the website, of which the most evident is the redesigned search engine.
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NEWS BRIEFS
ReggieNet to become the new Blackboard
Friday, October 14th, 2011
by Artemis Steakley-Freeman
After years of utilizing Blackboard and its many functions, Illinois State University is beginning the transition to a new learning management system. Over the 2010-2011 school year, a committee of Illinois State faculty and learning management system staff was created to evaluate four alternatives to the University’s current implementation of Blackboard: Blackboard 9, Desire2Learn, Moodle, and Sakai.
CTS introduces collaboration stations to Milner
Friday, October 14th, 2011
by Artemis Steakley-Freeman
With the midterm season around the corner, students are being given more and more group assignments and projects. While students may not necessarily see midterms as a time for educational growth, the staff of Classroom Technology Support is taking it as a time for technological growth.
"Send to" Seeks to Simplify File Sharing
Friday, October 14th, 2011
By Renee Changnon
Thanks to the Enterprise Systems Support team and University Marketing and Communications, a fully functional and easy to use solution is now available when one wants to transfer large files from one source to another both on and off campus.
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TIDBITS
Josh Lindsey joins Telecommunications & Networking
October 2011
Josh Lindsey is the newest network engineer to join Telecommunications & Networking. Josh started in the department as a student worker in August 2010 and is now the full-time network engineer. Josh will graduate in December with a Bachelor's degree in Information Assurance and Security.
GuestNet upgrade
October 2011
The GuestNet website at https://guestnet.ilstu.edu/ will be upgraded later this month by Telecommunications & Networking. This website allows faculty and staff at Illinois State to create network guest accounts so their visitors can access the "isu-guest" wireless network on campus.
Cyber Security Awareness Month
October 2011
October is Cyber Security Awareness month! The University Computer Help Desk is hosting a Cyber Security contest and giving away great prizes, including Xbox 360s, iPod nanos, and an iPad2 grand prize! Take the Cyber Security quiz and register to win today!