A new role,聽Site Administrator,聽has been added to the 海角社区 Web Management System (WMS).
The Site Administrator serves as the primary contact and oversees the quality and overall objectives of their site. Replacing the now defunct designation of Primary Site Manager, this new role has been created to help ensure quality and reduce complexity for Site Managers and other contributors.
The Web Service Group is working to make it easier for visitors to find and view events on WMS sites, similar to what is on聽www.mcgill.ca/music/events.
As a result,聽Channels Event Search聽will soon be made available to all WMS sites.
Channels Event Search makes it possible to display, search, and filter local channels event content on any site where it is enabled.
This module provides the following displays:
As of Monday, February 16, 2015, access to 海角社区 Library e-resources from off campus will end for all ineligible 海角社区 affiliates. The Library's license agreements for electronic resources generally only cover off-campus access for current 海角社区 students, faculty and staff.
In July 2013, in an effort to comply with licensing agreements for electronic content, the 海角社区 Library began a process of analyzing 海角社区 user and affiliated accounts to ensure that only eligible users were able to access the Library鈥檚 e-resources. This work has now been completed.
Starting today, August 19, 海角社区 students have free access to the latest version of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Office apps. You may download and install it on up to five compatible personal devices, including PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android smartphones and tablets.
As long as you're a student at 海角社区, you'll be able to continue to use Office 365 ProPlus at no charge, and will receive automatic software updates.
IT Services will roll out additional features of Office 365 in future phases, including:
In April, we emailed you about the Heartbleed vulnerability and its potential impact on 海角社区. All of 海角社区's central IT systems have been evaluated, and updates were applied where needed. As a final precaution, we strongly encourage you to change your 海角社区 Password without delay.听
If you are a 海角社区 staff member, you are required to change your password.
