Did you know?

HSIT has made several important changes in the past few months. Some of you know about these, but the tech team wants to make sure that the news is spread throughout the school. To help keep you informed, HSIT plans to post messages summarizing new services, existing services, and changes in central services such as email. Items in our “Did You Know” series are available for browsing on the Harris School website .

Without any further ado, DID YOU KNOW…

1. We are installing new teaching equipment in the auditorium, 140B, 140C and the Woodlawn room.  This equipment will be delivered and installed soon.  HSIT is going to schedule training session on the use of the new teaching equipment next week.  Click to get a quick preview of the new equipment from the manufacturer website.

2. You can use the copier in the West Wing as a scanner to create either pdf or tiff image? The West Wing copier located outside room 161 can be used to create digital images (in tiff or pdf format) from hardcopy materials. This machine can also be used as a network printer to print double sided and staple your documents. more >>

3. You can connect to your desktop remotely (from a home computer or laptop) in order to work just as if you are sitting in your office? Using a terminal services application and VPN software client available for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.2, it is possible to use applications and files located on your office computer from a laptop or home computer. If you are interested in exploring this possibility email us at hsit@listhost.uchicago.edu.

4. You can get rid of e-mail tagged as SPAM before it arrives in your inbox? One of the new features of webmail is that it now provides a server side filter. This means that it will filter messages sent to you BEFORE you see them in your mailbox. more>>

5. You can reserve a wireless lavalier microphone for lectures or presentations in the auditorium? If you are tired of having to shout to make yourself heard in the Auditorium, please contact HSIT to reserve a wireless microphone.

6. You can print to the printers in the cluster wirelessly from your laptop? Check out the instructions for wireless printing.