MarshallU News Archive

Marshall’s contract with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra will not be renewed after July 1, 2021. You have been identified as a user who has engaged as a moderator during this summer so far. All summer courses will have access to the Collaborate tool through the end of all summer terms. Important:  All Collaborate recordings will be

Congratulations Marshall Graduates!  Soon you will be graduating from Marshall University.  Now is a good time to take a few moments to wrap up some important technology and service items before you go.  We compiled that grad services list and emailed them to you, but just in case you can find them on our website. 

Information Technology is currently developing and will be deploying an updated version of the Windows 10 image to all public University Computing Facility (UCF) sites beginning June 15th, 2019. UCF sites are centrally managed computing facilities where students can find a computer workstation with standardized software (Drinko Library, SH 532, CH 330/332, HH 444).  

Marshall University Information Technology is excited to announce the launch of Marshall Mobile ID. Faculty, staff and students are now able to add Marshall ID cards to Apple Wallet, and use an iPhone  or Apple Watch to access campus buildings, purchase meals and more. You can now leave your physical wallet behind and get around campus with

As we announced on January 25th, Marshall University Information Technology will be enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all current students.  Our initial deadline was March 31st, but allowed ample time for student after returning from Spring Break to enroll for MFA.  Officially starting Monday, April 8th, 2019 all students will be REQUIRED to enroll for

Marshall University Information Technology is announcing a new service which will allow enhanced protection for their Office 365 services using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA for short or two-factor authentication). Once activated, you will receive a secondary authentication notice on your mobile device which you must approve to access MFA-protected applications such as e-mail, OneDrive, O365 ProPlus

01/09/19 –  Please note:  Additional updates will be added to the bottom of this post. Marshall University Information Technology has been working with campus employees as we switch over to Banner 9 from the Banner 8 User Interface.  Ellucian, our Banner vendor, will no longer provide updates to Banner 8 after January 1, 2019.  We have

Marshall University Information Technology has received the following from MatLab/MathWorks: “MathWorks recently introduced “Updates” available between the normal twice-yearly releases of MATLAB and Simulink. Each of these Updates contains a cumulative set of bug and security fixes that you can apply to an existing installation. Starting in R2018b, users will receive notification on the MATLAB

Below is an update from MATLAB: If you have installed MATLAB on a platform that is impacted by a support change. MathWorks periodically updates platform support and has made the following changes: New Platforms Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Support begins with R2018b. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: Support begins with R2018b. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: Support begins with

Faculty and staff are invited to join Libraries and Online Learning and the Division of Information Technology for the 2018 Drinko Open House from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, on the 3rd floor of the Drinko Library and Information Center on the Huntington campus. During the event, guests will be encouraged to take