New agreement makes Adobe software available on IUware
Thanks to IU’s groundbreaking three-year software deal with Adobe, IU students, faculty, staff, and departments can now take advantage of no-cost downloads of Adobe software from IUware Online.
UITS is here for you over winter break
If you need technology support over the winter break, UITS provides several options.
Graduating in December?
If you’ll be graduating this semester, don’t forget to make the most of IU-negotiated technology deals and alumni perks.
Innovative technology takes e-Science workshops worldwide
e-Science 2008 is offering — for the first time — live streaming and archived video of all conference sessions, along with blog sites and chat rooms for communication between participants and presenters.
Reminder: IU-negotiated deals can help you save on gifts
As an IU student, faculty, or staff member, you are eligible for special personal purchase discounts not available to the general public. Apple and Sony are also running higher education promotions for the holidays.
Keep in touch over the holidays
Away from campus for the holidays? Take the convenience of long distance calling with you by signing up for MobileSphere’s prepaid domestic and international calling offered by UITS.
Are you using VPN with Outlook for off-campus email access?
There’s a better way — Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007 can connect to the Exchange servers at IU using RPC over HTTP (Outlook Anywhere), making the full Outlook program available off campus without a VPN connection.
Check your Spam or Junk E-mail folder during break
If you don’t anticipate checking your email during the winter break, consider temporarily disabling the spam quarantine service. Messages quarantined for more than five days will be automatically deleted.
New online service delivers loads of IT training opportunities
Through the new Skillchoice Complete service, you can tap into a wider range of online training options than ever before. A one-year subscription gives you access to nearly 3,000 eLearning courses.
Students: Check your printing allotment before the semester ends
Avoid unexpected charges by checking your printing allotment and your color printing balances before the end of the semester (December 20).
New agreement makes Adobe software available on IUware
A host of Adobe software is now available at no additional cost to IU students, faculty, staff, and departments. Indiana University has entered into a groundbreaking software agreement with Adobe: the Adobe Education Enterprise License Agreement (Adobe ELA) — the first such agreement between Adobe and any university. As a pilot higher-education agreement for Adobe, this enterprise-wide agreement makes a wide range of Adobe software available to the IU community at no cost on IUware Online.
Adobe software will be available for purchase on physical media at discounted prices in early spring semester 2009. This agreement leverages IU’s capabilities in software distribution, support and training, and advances the teaching, learning, and research goals outlined in IU’s new strategic plan for information technology.
Oncourse CL scheduled upgrade December 24 – 31
Oncourse CL will undergo a major upgrade from Wednesday, December 24, 10pm, through Wednesday, December 31, 11:59pm, to enable support for international character sets (Unicode).
Faculty: Make your podcast available and searchable on iTunes U
Faculty who wish to make their podcasts available to the public can do so through Oncourse CL and the Indiana University iTunes U site. When IU’s iTunes U site goes public on December 19, its content will become searchable by users worldwide.
