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Division of Information Technology
Radford University
Website Project Update: Migrating to the Content Management System (CMS)
Now that Radford University has launched its new web presence, many people have questions about moving their sites into the content management system (CMS).
A pilot group of individuals from 10 departments and colleges across campus have completed content migration and CMS training during the last month and will be bringing their sites into the CMS.
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) offers three-hour training sessions that provide guidance on requesting a CMS account, reviewing current content and drafting new content. The training also provides tips on establishing navigation architecture and includes hands-on training using the CMS. The next round of training will be offered in the second half of March.
Registration for the March sessions will begin the first week of March and the training will be offered approximately every six weeks. The number of different departments or sites able to attend each training session are limited. To sign up for notification of the sessions, contact Jaime Hunt at jhunt7@radford.edu.
Peters Hall Classroom Upgrades Over Spring Break
SMART Boards in several Peters Hall classrooms are scheduled to be upgraded during Spring Break. These upgrades will replace the existing 65-inch wide SMART Boards with 94-inch-wide boards that allow for display of 16 x 10 wide-screen output. The rooms in Peters Hall impacted by this upgrade are: C116, C117, C103, C142, C143 and B160. If you have any questions about this scheduled upgrade or problems with technology in any of the campus classrooms, please contact the Technology Assistance Center at 831-7500.
VPN To Be Upgraded and Outage, March 12
Radford University' VPN service will be unavailable on Saturday, March 12 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. while the service is upgraded. DoIT will be upgrading the current VPN architecture to provide redundancy and additional stability for this critical piece of IT infrastructure. While the upgrade is in progress VPN connections will be unavailable.
Please contact Zeb Bowden, director of IT Infrastructure, (zbowden@radford.edu) with any questions or concerns.
Increase PC Security by Running With "Standard User" Privileges
Studies have shown that a significant increase in PC security and a reduction in virus/spyware/malware infections can be achieved simply by logging into a computer with an account that does not have full "administrator" privileges. These infections are loaded on a computer (through web surfing, for example) without the user's knowledge. Furthermore these infections operate with the access and privileges of the user logged in to the computer. If the user account is an administrator on the computer, a malware program can install itself, make system level changes and exploit operating system vulnerabilities that it would not be able to do if the user were logged in with lower level privileges.
In 2009, RU's DoIT adopted the industry best-practice of issuing all computers with "standard user" privileges. Since implementing this policy, the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) has seen a noticeable decrease in virus, spyware and malware infections on computers with reduced user privileges as compared with those computers where users have administrator access.
The majority of campus users should see no decrease in functionality due to this change in user access. However users needing to install software packages or hardware devices or needing to run certain specialized software programs may need elevated privileges. To accomodate this need, all university issued PCs are loaded with a program called 'Sudo'; which allows users to run programs and perform certain functions with administrator privileges.
For instructions on using the Sudo program, please see https://php.radford.edu/~knowledge/lore/article.php?id=231. In certain cases Sudo access is not sufficient to perform the required tasks. In these situations, please contact the TAC at 831-7500 or submit the online assistance form at https://tac.asp.radford.edu/ for additional options.
Additional information can be found at: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3873356/Want-PC-Security-Remove-Admin-Rights.htm.
Printing Services Offers Full Selection of Services to the RU Community
DoIT wants to remind faculty, staff and students of the resources available at Printing Services to assist with creating professional-looking documents, large posters, postcards, flyers, mailers, booklets and other printed materials.
A full-service print shop, RU Printing Services offers a wide range of options and capabilities:
Copies & Prints |
Finishing |
Wide-Format & Photo Prints |
- Superior Color and Black & White
- A variety of paper stocks, including coated cover stock and invitational envelopes.
- Sizes up to 13x19
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- Multiple Binding Options
- Padding
- Machine Folding
- Saddle-stitch stapling
- Cutting and Trimming
- Perforating and Scoring
- Laminating
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- Up to 44” wide, any length
Photo Lab
- Quality
- UV-resistant
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For university departments, printing services offers delivery to your office and billing directly to your university budget code with no purchase order required. Printing Services is also the official source for departmental stationery, such as letterhead, envelopes and business cards.
Printing Services is located at the corner of Grove and First Avenue and is open Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Bring an electronic copy of your materials and see how Printing Services can help you make the most of your documents. Email printing@radford.edu or call (540) 831-6267 for more information.
Exchange Email To Be Upgraded on March 7-10; Faculty/Staff Outage: Thurs., March 10 - Midnight - 7 a.m.
Beginning on Monday, March 7, DoIT will upgrade the Exchange 2007 email environment to the latest Service Pack 3 release. The upgrade is expected to be completed by the morning of Thursday, March 10. The majority of this upgrade process will be transparent to end users and cause no outage or interruption in service. However email will be unavailable for students between midnight and 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9 and for faculty/staff between midnight and 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 10 while the service pack is applied to the backend mailbox storage system components. Email will be queued while the upgrade is being applied and delivered upon completion, so no email will be lost during this upgrade process.
Please contact Zeb Bowden, director of IT Infrastructure, at zbowden@radford.edu with any questions or concerns.
DoIT Explains How To Customize the "My Banner" Menu in Banner INB
Users may customize their My Banner menu on the main menu to display a list of frequently used forms. To do so, right click on a blank area of any form and from the list of available options, left-click 'Add to Personal Menu.'
Please note that users may have to log off and back on to see the form added to your personal menu.
Meet the DoIT Staff
 TJ Tamagni
Web Programmer
Education
RU ’06 - B.S., Computer Science
How long have you been employed in the Division of Information Technology at Radford University?
I began work at RU in July, 2008. I left in March, 2010 only to realize how much I missed it here and returned in August. I am very happy to be back.
Family:
My parents, Arnie and Cathy, both live in Roanoke and I have two older brothers, Andrew and Wesley, as well as two step-sisters, Courtney and Kelly. I also have a cat named Bentley.
Hometown:
Troutville, Va.
Interests/Hobbies:
I enjoy being active, whether it be playing a pick-up game of basketball, running up a mountain or swinging a golf club. If I’m lying around the house doing nothing then I’m probably sick!
Favorite Vacation Destination:
Wintergreen Ski Resort
Favorite part of your job:
I enjoy the staff who surround me. Everyone here in DoIT is a pleasure to work with and they make me feel appreciated for the things I do.
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