Recently named Interim Vice President for Information Technology and CIO, Beth Brigdon comes to the University of South Carolina with the knowledge and experience needed to lead IT as the university initiates a national search for a permanent VP/CIO.
Due to ongoing security concerns on a state, federal and international level, the USC system’s networks will no longer support access to the TikTok social media platform.
all Blackboard Collaborate Ultra recordings that were created before Aug. 16, 2020 will be deleted on December 15, 2023. Faculty who need to keep recordings that were created before Aug. 16, 2020 should request help transferring recordings to Panopto.
The Division of IT is aware of wireless issues affecting classroom and administrative buildings across the Columbia campus. While work continues to improve wireless connectivity in the short-term, the division is currently executing a long-range plan to improve a large segment of the wireless and network switching infrastructure across campus.
Phase III of the Hyperion High Performance Computing cluster has been installed, tested, configured, and placed into production. This increases Hyperion's theoretical peak performance in quadrillion floating-point operations per second and increases the number of computing cores.
Microsoft is retiring the Wiki feature in Teams and replacing it with OneNote. Any data stored in Wikis must be migrated to OneNote by June 2023.
Widespread outages with wired & wireless network connectivity are under investigation. The issues are also affecting some telephone services. Technicians are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Updates will be provided here.
Phase 2 of the upgrade to the wired and wireless networks on the Columbia campus is scheduled to begin on May 13, 2023. When the work is completed, users should see an improved experience using both the wired and wireless networks in select classroom and administrative buildings.
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Stream Classic will be retired and replaced with Stream on SharePoint. Please click on this story for more information.
The Virtual Desktop Service will be unavailable while critical maintenance is performed. The service will be unavailable from 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, 2023.
Sophomore Emma McBride is already making a name for herself in the cybersecurity profession. She said her experience working as a student employee in the Information Security Office has opened a lot of opportunities for her.
All individuals with a Network Username and password will be required to select a unique password that doesn't match any password used in the system before, beginning Oct. 30, 2022.
Answers to frequently asked questions about Wi-Fi and the data network on the Columbia campus.
As part of our ongoing efforts to combat malicious access to university accounts, the IT Security Office has adopted new Verified Duo Push standards to fight "push harassment."
If you need IT support during the university closure due to Hurricane Ian on Sept. 30, 2022 here are some resources for you.
The Division of IT is aware of wireless issues affecting classroom and administrative buildings across the Columbia campus. While work is being done to improve wireless connectivity in the short-term, the division has also developed a long-range plan to improve the overall wireless infrastructure across campus.
Beginning Friday, Sept. 9, personal pronouns and preferred names that are set in myaccount.sc.edu will now display in Blackboard. This change is part of the university's ongoing efforts to promote a more inclusive campus environment.
When living on campus, what you do on WiFI affects performance for those around you. Being a good Wi-Fi citizen is about helping everyone get the connection they need.
Panopto is university's preferred platform for managing video content and is integrated into Blackboard.
There were previously two Blackboard apps: one for instructors and one for students. The apps have been consolidated.
Are you a new instructor at UofSC? We compiled our most frequently asked questions from new instructors and some handy tips.
Employees will be alerted via a message on their desktop when a Carolina Alert is issued.
The new security features will further protect the UofSC Community from malicious email messages or attachments that could compromise accounts and university assets
There are not anticipated changes to the availability and use of the Blackboard Collaborate virtual classroom tool at this time.
Users of campus WiFi will be required to accept the new certificate