UNH Tech Briefing: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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Here is a summary of today’s Enterprise Technology & Services Tech Briefing:

  • ET&S offers classroom technology training sessions for all USNH campuses. Register for a classroom technology training session today.
  • The Canvas Syllabus feature helps faculty streamline course management and provide students with a clear roadmap for success. Embracing this tool will help you enhance organization, transparency, and engagement in your classrooms.
  • ET&S is working on the release of iClicker 7.0, introducing new features and improvements to enhance your interactive learning experience.
  • JMP is a series of free software programs that help users analyze data statistically. JMP Student Edition is now available for download.
  • In December, USNH introduced a new unified phone number providing a convenient hub to access assistance from Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, and Enterprise Technology & Services.
  • Browse the latest ET&S training opportunities.

Classroom Technology Training Sessions
To Know: ET&S offers classroom technology training sessions for all USNH campuses.

To Do: To register for a UNH classroom technology session, follow these campus-specific instructions:

Syllabus Feature in Canvas
To Know: As we gear up for another productive semester, consider utilizing the Syllabus feature in Canvas to streamline course management and provide students with a clear roadmap for success. Embracing this tool will help you enhance organization, transparency, and engagement in your classrooms.

To Do:
Review The Canvas documentation on How to Use the Syllabus as an instructor. Attend a training or office hours session on Canvas.

iClicker Cloud 7.0 Upgrade
To Know: This January, ET&S is working on the release of iClicker 7.0. This upgrade introduces new features and improvements to enhance your interactive learning experience. All managed and classroom devices will be upgraded to iClicker Cloud 7.0.

Some important updates include:

  • The primary toolbar now includes a Tools icon that serves as the launch point for the Timer (new) and Reactions (coming soon).
  • iClicker’s Timer offers a convenient and versatile way to manage timed classroom activities. The Timer window floats over all other applications, making it easy to display the remaining time to your class.

To Do: To learn more, review the following articles:

JMP Student Edition is Now Available
To Know: JMP is a series of free software programs that help users analyze data statistically. Student Edition is a free version of JMP specifically designed for students and academic researchers, providing access to the core features of JMP for data visualization, analysis, and design of experiments, allowing them to learn and practice statistical concepts without cost. JMP Student Edition is available on both Windows and MacOS.
To Do: To get started, you need to obtain a user license directly from JMP following these steps:

  1. Go to https://www.jmp.com/en_us/academic/jmp-student-edition.html
  2. Click on “JMP for Free!”
  3. Sign up from your device using your fully qualified username (username@usnh.edu).
  4. Confirm your email.
  5. Obtain the software either from your browser (admin rights are required) or through the Company Portal/Self-Service.
  6. Sign into JMP Student Edition.

For a detailed walkthrough of the sign-up and installation process, please refer to the following guide: https://www.jmp.com/content/dam/jmp/documents/en/academic/JMPSE.pdf

Reminder: Introducing A New Phone Number for Easier Access to Support  
For your Finance, HR, Procurement, and Enterprise Technology & Services requests  

To Know: USNH recently introduced a new unified phone number providing a convenient hub to access assistance from Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, and Enterprise Technology & Services. The unified extension is 2525 and will work with the exchanges on each campus. The number for UNH & USNH is 603-862-2525.  

Each department will continue to answer your calls as they do today, ensuring you receive consistent and reliable assistance from the teams you know and trust.   
  
To Do: To request Finance, HR, Procurement, or Technology support, call the unified phone number assigned to your campus. You may also submit support requests using the updated Team Dynamix USNH Help Central portal.   
 

Training Opportunities
ET&S offers free training to all USNH employees. For a full list of sessions, go to https://at-training.unh.edu/apps/ssr.

  • Intro to Microsoft Teams Meetings | Register
    Weds., January 15, 10-11 a.m.
  • Microsoft Forms | Register
    Weds., January 15, 10-11 a.m.
  • Microsoft Teams Meetings in Canvas | Register
    Thurs., January 16, 10-11 a.m.
  • Canvas (myCourses): Office Hours Session | Register
    Tues., January 21, 9-10 a.m.
  • Microsoft SharePoint/Teams Q&A | Register
    Tues., January 21, 3-4 p.m.

How to Get Tech Support     
The Enterprise Technology Help Desk     
https://www.usnh.edu/it/need-it-help 

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