FOCUS ON TEACHING Newsletter
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Focus on Teaching is a bi-monthly newsletter that provides a comprehensive source of information about upcoming workshops, teaching events and resources provided by Teaching and Learning Services and other teaching support units.
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Warning: Phishing email entitled "Dear McGill Email User !"
An email is currently circulating with the subject: "Dear McGill Email User !" and sent from: "Webmaster [webmaster [at] mcgill [dot] ca]". If you have received this email please DELETE it - do not reply to the email.
Warning: Phishing email entitled "WEBNEWS EMAIL ACCOUNT UPDATE"
An email is currently circulating with the subject: "WEBNEWS EMAIL ACCOUNT UPDATE" and sent from: "McGill University Team [techhelp [at] mcgill [dot] ca]". If you have received this email please DELETE it - do not click on the link. This is a phishing attempt and does not come from McGill IT Services.
Below is the full text of the email, but without the dangerous link.
VPN disruption possible during maintenance - 7 am to 7:30 am
Please note that due to system maintenance, on Wednesday, April 17 from 7 am to 7:30 am, interrupVPN sessions may be interrupted. During this period, if your VPN session is dropped, please try reconnecting.
uPrint system upgrade May 3 - downtime 9 hours
The uPrint service will be unavailable due to an upgrade lasting approximately 9 hours, starting on Friday, May 3 at 9pm and ending on Saturday, May 4 at 6am. Users should not notice any difference in the uPrint service after the upgrade, it impacts back-end functionality and paves the way for future service improvements.
Note: During the downtime any print jobs submitted to uPrint before the shutdown will be kept in the holding queue for a period of 48 hours. These jobs will be available for printing once the system is back up.
uPrint service upgrade and price increase coming on May 3
The uPrint service will be unavailable due to an upgrade lasting approximately 9 hours, starting on Friday, May 3 at 9pm and ending on Saturday, May 4 at 6am. Any print jobs submitted before the service shut down will stay in the queue for a period of 48 hours and will be available for printing once the system is back up.
Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) for Fall 2013 registration
Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) shows you all the possible timetables for the courses you ask it to schedule. Try it yourself here or access it on myMcGill.
Once you have some courses in mind from Class Schedule, enter them into VSB. State your preferences (mornings or evenings off, for example) and watch as multiple conflict-free schedules are generated.
Maintenance on Web System, April 4, 8 am - 8:30 am
A maintenance operation will be performed for McGill's Web System on April 4, 2013 from 8:00 am to 8:30 am. There will be no interruption for web sites on the WMS; however the expanded Search will not be functional during the maintenance window, and sites that rely on the WPS (Web Publishing Software) will be unavailable.
TEACHING SNAPSHOTS Website
Teaching Snapshots is a new website from Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) that profiles McGill instructors as they share their perspectives on teaching and learning with colleagues, students and the community at large. The instructors featured are from a range of departmental and disciplinary contexts and have all been involved in University initiatives to enhance student learning.
For more information click here.
Bcooltv Streaming Service maintenance Thurs. March 28 between 7:30 & 9:30am
There will be maintenance on the Bcooltv streaming service on Thursday, March 28 between 7:30 and 9:30am. During this time all archived events will not be available for streaming. Lecture recordings will not be impacted.