/it/taxonomy/term/826/all en /it/channels/news/resolve-wifi-service-disruption-362990 <p>IT Services has restored WiFi services on campus. Thank you for your patience and understanding.</p> <p>聽</p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:07:25 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46404 at /it /it/channels/news/have-you-spotted-these-clues-your-mcgill-email-362752 <p>Attackers, scammers, marketers: these days they鈥檙e all taking advantage of AI to generate polished, typo-free content. Figuring out if an email is legitimate has definitely become more challenging. But when you access your 9I制作厂免费 email through Microsoft Outlook, you benefit from several extra features that help protect you from phishing.</p> <p><b>Keep an eye out for: phishing safety tips</b></p> Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:46:13 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46391 at /it /it/channels/news/learn-how-use-copilot-ai-module-now-mycourses-362558 <p>Microsoft Copilot is a generative AI tool that can help you write texts, generate images, translate texts into other languages, and much more.聽聽Learn how to access this powerful tool and use its main features with our self-paced introductory online module on myCourses. Through hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, as well as a discussion of ethical AI practices, you鈥檒l be well-equipped to use Copilot productively and responsibly.</p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:03:29 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46325 at /it /it/channels/news/back-online-mercury-online-course-evaluations-students-362734 <p><strong>Mercury is now back online and available.</strong></p> <p>The Mercury: Online Course Evaluations for Students was not be available from Monday, January 20th at 11:00 AM to Friday, January 30th at 10:00AM for maintenance.</p> <p>For more information on Mercury, please consult this聽<a href="https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010850">knowledge base article</a>.聽</p> Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:07:35 +0000 stephane.boivin@mcgill.ca 46390 at /it /it/channels/news/microsoft-365-license-deactivation-warnings-362114 <p>聽</p> <p>IT Services recently migrated many Webex softphone users to Teams Phone.</p> <p>As a result, users may have received a message from Microsoft stating their license will be deactivated soon. (See screenshot above.) <b>It is a legitimate message from Microsoft.</b></p> <p>All 9I制作厂免费 faculty and staff are assigned Microsoft 365 licenses that provide access to applications such as Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, Word, and Excel. As part of the recent migration, IT Services changed the <b>type</b> of Microsoft 365 license assigned to some users.</p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:47:49 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46317 at /it /it/channels/news/important-review-your-public-ms-teams-groups-sharepoint-sites-february-7-2025-362982 <p><a href="#French"><em>La version fran莽aise suit.</em></a></p> <p>The following is a message from 9I制作厂免费 IT Services.</p> <p><strong>ALL owners of "Public" MS Teams groups / SharePoint sites are required to audit their groups.</strong></p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:07:44 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 46401 at /it /it/channels/news/do-not-use-readai-mcgill-purposes-362001 <p><a href="#francais"><i>La version fran莽aise suit.</i></a></p> <p>We have received reports of a Read.AI bot attending or attempting to attend online meetings organized by 9I制作厂免费 faculty and staff. The bot uses generative AI to create a text summarizing a meeting鈥檚 discussions and decisions; it then shares a link to that document with all participants.</p> <p>9I制作厂免费 must vet all IT solutions to ensure they safeguard data privacy and security. <strong>Read.AI has not been approved for teaching, research, or administrative activities at the University.</strong></p> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:55:29 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46299 at /it /it/channels/news/mcgill-classroom-av-instructions-application-getting-makeover-and-new-home-361909 <p>The Classroom A/V Instructions application is moving to the <strong>Browse Classrooms</strong> widget on the <a href="https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?sysparm_stack=no" rel="noreferrer noopener">9I制作厂免费 IT Support website</a> on <strong>December 13th, 2024</strong>.聽</p> <p>Classroom audiovisual information will now be available on a platform the community is familiar with. You鈥檒l also be accessing it more securely with single sign-on (SSO) and two-factor authentication (2FA).</p> Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:24:45 +0000 stephane.boivin@mcgill.ca 46298 at /it /it/channels/news/secure-version-microsoft-copilot-available-mcgill-community-357835 <p>9I制作厂免费 offers a secure version of Microsoft Copilot that protects our data using Commercial or Enterprise Data Protection (secure). Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat or Bing Chat for Enterprise, is an AI tool built into Microsoft Edge.聽</p> <p>By engaging with the Microsoft Copilot AI chatbot, you can:聽</p> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:01:49 +0000 jessica.jones2@mcgill.ca 46019 at /it /it/channels/news/updates-mycredstm-enhanced-etranscript-and-document-sharing-students-361797 <p>We鈥檙e excited to share new features to聽<a href="https://mycreds.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="//mycreds.ca/. Click or tap if you trust this link.">MyCreds<sup>TM</sup></a>, the platform accessed through the ES Services (Enrolment Services eStore聽& MyCreds<sup>TM</sup>) in Minerva, that allows students to securely share documents such as electronic transcripts, custom letters, documents, and forms.聽</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:43:57 +0000 jessica.jones2@mcgill.ca 46293 at /it /it/channels/news/resolved-mercury-online-course-evaluation-system-currently-down-361704 <p><strong>Update - Monday, December 2, 2024 - Afternoon:</strong></p> <p>Mercury online course evaluation system is back online.</p> <p><strong>Original announcement - Monday, December 2, 2024 - Morning:</strong></p> <p>We regret to inform you that the Mercury online course evaluation system is currently down due to unforeseen technical issues. IT Services is working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.</p> <p>Staff and students will not be able to access Mercury during this time.</p> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:44:35 +0000 paul.espinosa@mcgill.ca 46291 at /it /it/channels/news/microsoft-teams-update-private-teams-only-enhanced-security-361587 <p>Important update for Microsoft Teams users! Starting November 27, 2024, all newly created Microsoft Teams groups were set to <b>Private </b>by default. If you attempt to create a new team, the <b>Public</b> option will be unavailable (greyed out), as shown below:</p> <p><img alt="Greyed out MS Teams public option" height="289" width="500" style="width: 500px; height: 289px;" class="media-element file-extra-large " src="/it/files/it/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/greyed_out_public_team.png?itok=U8xTgcyL" /></p> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:48:24 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 46290 at /it /it/channels/news/microsoft-forms-in-powerpoint <p>Exciting news for Office 365 users! Microsoft Forms is now seamlessly integrated with PowerPoint, allowing you to incorporate live polls, quizzes or surveys directly into your slides. This powerful, easy-to-use feature is free and perfect for gathering real-time feedback and boosting engagement in any setting, from lectures to group projects!</p> <p>Make your presentations dynamic, collaborative and impactful! With MS Forms, it鈥檚 easy to bring your audience into the experience, enabling instant engagement and interaction. Get started today and take your presentations to the next level!</p> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:15:38 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 46257 at /it /it/channels/news/mural-login-now-using-single-sign-sso-361495 <p>We are excited to announce that we've enabled Single Sign-On (SSO) on聽<a href="https://teachingkb.mcgill.ca/tlk/group-collaboration-in-mural">Mural</a>聽for a seamless and secure login experience.<br /> <br /> <strong>Action required: </strong>Please log out of your Mural account and log back in using SSO. This will ensure uninterrupted access and a smoother process for future logins.</p> <p>聽</p> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:55:33 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46262 at /it /it/channels/news/important-keep-your-zoom-software-updated-360863 <p>On November 2, 2024, Zoom will enforce its latest quarterly minimum version requirements. If you are not using at least version 5.17.5 (for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Intune) or version 5.17.0 for Blackberry, Zoom will not work until you update your software.</p> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:52:31 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 46184 at /it