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MySBfiles

MySBfiles is 500 MB of file storage offered to each Stony Brook student and employee. It makes working in different locations easier.
Students can work on a paper in their dorm room late at night, save it to their MySBfiles, then go to a SINC Site the next day before class and print out the paper […]

Having Problems Registering?

Are you trying to register your computer on Stony Brook’s residential network, but having trouble? Here is a list of the most common registration problems Client Support has seen from students in the past week and some possible solutions. Some of the problems have to do with the Client Assessment Tool (CAT), some have to […]

Blackboard Blog Created

Diana Voss from Teaching, Learning + Technology (TLT) has created a blog dedicated to Blackboard. 
We’ve just added it to our Blogroll.

Gearing Up for the New School Year

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is gearing up for the start of the 2007-08 school year. This week, volunteers from each of the six departments that comprise DoIT gathered for a "working breakfast" to review course material that will be presented to more than 2,600 students in 120 sections of Freshman Seminar 101, a […]

iPhone Mania Hits Stony Brook!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Members of the Client Support staff enjoy friendly, back-and-forth banter about which is better … Mac or PC. We have three staff members, in particular, who laud the prowess of all things Apple.
Lindsay is one of those people. She had everyone in the office talking when she returned from her vacation out west with an […]

Beware of Walking Laptops

Stony Brook University is beautiful in the summertime. Soft breezes rustle the leaves of the trees near Roth Quad. Sunshine warms the faces of students reading texts on benches outside the Melville Library. The scent of rose, lily and honeysuckle permeates colorful garden landscapes surrounding the Union.
There are fewer individuals milling about the grounds. […]

What is RSS?

The resident trainer in the Division of Information Technology is Kim Rant. Lucky for me as a new employee, Kim works in the cubicle directly across from me in Client Support.  As Kim was researching how to create five-minute training videos, she happened across this fun piece called "RSS in Plain English."  It helps explain […]