A message from WFU Information Systems It’s the holiday season but there are scrooges among us trying to ruin this festive time of year with new phishing scams. Be mindful when replying to emails, texts, or phone calls. Verify information is coming directly from a […]
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a nationwide campaign that aims to increase understanding about Internet security and raise awareness of the resources available to stay safe online. Throughout October, Information Systems (IS) will share resources to inform the campus community about phishing dangers, security risks and mysterious links, as well as the tools available to empower you in protecting yourself and your data.
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The following is a guest post from Wake Forest Information Systems (IS): Back in February 2021, we communicated that live transcription was available in Zoom, providing on-screen machine-generated subtitles/captions and an associated transcript during Zoom meetings. The setting we instructed users to enable within Zoom to begin using this feature has been globally enabled. All meeting hosts will now see a Live Transcript button in their host toolbar during meetings.
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To make Wake Forest administrative policies more accessible to the campus community, a new consolidated University Policy Library website has been launched and is available to everyone in the campus community.
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The following is a guest post from Wake Forest Information Systems (IS) Communications. Isabella Ryan, 2020-21 Wake Forest Fellow for IS, wrote and submitted a bill to limit the use of solitary confinement for children in juvenile detention centers in Tennessee. Ryan’s bill has passed the State Senate and House, and it is headed to the Governor to be signed into law.
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As a reminder, beginning Tuesday, June 15, a retention limit for Zoom Cloud recordings will be enabled to ensure we stay within our campus storage capacity.
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Ten 2021 grads have returned to their alma mater as Wake Forest Fellows for the 2021-22 school year. They will work throughout the campus community, including in the offices of the President, the Provost and the Dean of the College.
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As a reminder, beginning on Tuesday, June 15, we will be enabling a Zoom Cloud recording retention limit to ensure we stay within our campus storage capacity in the future. Any Zoom Cloud recordings that are 180 days or older will be moved to your Zoom trash. You are encouraged to evaluate your Zoom recordings and preemptively delete or move videos as appropriate.
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On March 17, Wake Forest University Human Resources shared updates with faculty and staff regarding COVID-19 vaccines, a COVID-19 policy update, THRIVE and Sustainability awards nominations, and the TechX 2021 virtual conference.
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Mur Muchane, WFU vice president for information technology & CIO, shared the 2020 Information Systems Year in Review report, which shows just a few examples of the efforts put forth to provide the infrastructure, tools, knowledge, and support that enabled – and continue to enable – faculty, staff, and students to be successful in the time of COVID.
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