October 2014: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
IT Newsletter
IT Updates
Change clocks and passwords Sunday
Use myNetID.rice.edu to change your password when you change your clocks on Sunday, November 2. Changing your NetID password twice a year helps prevent identity theft. Both myNetID and the new IT web site work on mobile devices.
Mac Patch
October brings pumpkin patches by the dozens, but Rice IT has also released a different type of patch – a patch to fix the network connection glitch in Mac OS X Mavericks. The Mac patch corrects the glitch affecting both wired and wireless connections.
E-Waste Disposal
At the October E-Waste meeting, college eco reps, the Environmental Club, and IT Ambassadors brainstormed ideas on how to incorporate student e-waste into Rice’s computer hardware disposal process. Read more…
IT News Blog – Highlights
Hack Attack
Anyone can be a victim of identity theft or account and computer hacking. Read about prevention tips in this IT News Blog article.
“Before I began flipping my classrooms and labs, I used to spend 45 minutes talking the students through the preparation before a lab, and I often had to repeat the instructions several times during lab,” explains Biochemistry and Cell Biology lecturer Beth Beason-Abmayr. Now she uses 15 pre-lab videos to help students successfully set up their labs. Read more…
Mastering the Slow Flip
Jeffrey Fleisher has been slowly flipping his classes, like Virtual Reconstruction of Historic Cities, Rice’s first-ever course to be cross-listed across four departments: Anthropology, Art History, Architecture, and Computer Science. Read more…
Accounts End with Graduation
Juniors and Seniors, set up your Alumni account and begin using it on your applications, resume, and RiceLink profile. Your NetID email account is deactivated several months after you graduate.
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About the author: Kristin Sweeney, author of the blog articles and this mid-semester IT update for students, is a Biochemistry major from Hanszen and works part-time for the IT division. Send suggestions for future articles to kds5@rice.edu.