In April, The Enterprise Applications, Advancement Technology team helped launch “Cross Campus”, Yale’s new mentoring, networking, and community-building website that enables online connections and advice from alumni to recent alumni and alumni to students.
“We envision this as...
In July 2019, Yale ITS initiated a project to reduce the number of simultaneous network outages at the Health Campuses (The School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, and Yale Health), as well as stabilizing the data network. As of March 2020, these improvements were...
ITS has had to modify how on-site support will be delivered by the Distributed Support Providers (DSPs). The requirements for physical distancing measures, the reduced number of support staff physically allowed on campus, the sanitizing measures for those staff and all equipment they touch, and...
John opened the Town Hall with an acknowledgement of Juneteenth, an annual holiday celebrated on June 19, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
He then expressed appreciation to everyone who attended and participated in the Climate, Culture, and Inclusion wellness...
How many clicks does it take you to find a service on the IT website? Do you know about all the IT services available to you? What about services targeted to the faculty, students, and staff you support?
A few months ago, ITS launched a project to improve the...
Secure software applications are critically important to Yale’s mission and reputation. Since application security flaws can be introduced at any stage of the software development lifecycle, application security needs to start in planning and remain an ongoing and top priority.
The...
Each year there are hundreds of requests for IT services submitted via a variety of methods including email, phone, webforms, and through ServiceNow standard requests. Regardless of the submission method, a follow-up contact may be needed to answer some additional questions, sometimes resulting...
The Yale UI Component Library is a resource designers and developers can use to make it easier to build consistent user interfaces that follow Yale’s identity and accessibility standards.
What is it?The Component Library...
Review a working document of anti-racism resources that was provided to attendees of the Yale African American Affinity Group (YAAA) “Racial Tension: A Wellness and Mental Health Check-In” on Friday, June 5....
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Tech Talks and InfoSec Chats are part of a series of learning sessions for the IT community promoted through IT Academy’s recommended training and events.
Each session features one of a wide variety of topics targeted toward IT professionals...
The Leadership Team met on June 24 to discuss the following projects and updates:
Public Safety Update from Assistant Chief of Police Anthony CampbellAnthony Campbell, Yale’s Assistant Chief of Police, joined the Leadership Team meeting to share information on Yale’s...
The NetID Activation and NetID Management screens, which can be accessed via the Central Authentication Service (CAS) login screen, have been updated to improve password security and meet Yale’s usability and accessibility guidelines.
Screen Design ChangesAn example of the new screen...
Beginning on June 5, the My Orgs section of the Training Management System (TMS) Training and Certification website now has two points of access:
My Orgs Reports (New) My OrgsThe My Orgs Reports (New) option provides access to the three reports that have been available within the My...
Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved, or joined our organization in May. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Y-Cards , Yale’s digital greeting cards....
John opened the Town Hall with an acknowledgement of the passing of Lauren Kerrigan, inviting Ted Hanss to share a few words in her remembrance. Following this, John commented on the recent killing of George Floyd and encouraged IT staff to “support each other and seek to understand different...
This summer, most managerial and professional and clerical and technical staff, as well as faculty managers who are time card approvers, will transition to using MyTime Lite for time entry and approval. This supports Yale’s efforts to better secure our computing environment by reducing...
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased Yale’s dependency on IT to drive public health, operational, and academic activities forward.
Across all departments within IT, colleagues are working tirelessly to support these initiatives and to maintain the level of excellence...
Planning and preparations continue for the launch of the Cybersecurity Awareness Program in Fall 2020. With the shift to working remotely, now more than ever, the Cybersecurity Awareness team seeks to provide valuable information that supports safe cybersecure actions whether working from home...
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Effective June 1, 2020, the MyApps at Yale service is changing platforms (formerly available via Citrix). MyApps at Yale is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service that provides access to a Windows based environment containing Yale licensed software from both...Yale’s Chief Information Officer, John Barden, addresses questions asked by the community through our Ask John survey feature. This week, John addresses a question relating to Linda.com LinkedIn Learning resources for retirees.
I will be retiring soon, and the...
*** Note: The NetID Activation/Management screen changes went live on June 11 - View additional information .
This summer, the NetID Activation and NetID Management screens, which can be accessed via the Central...
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Tech Talks and InfoSec Chats are part of a series of learning sessions for the IT community. Each session features one of a wide variety of topics targeted toward IT professionals. The team also promotes other staff development opportunities. For June,...
All members of the Yale community have access to Microsoft Teams, a cloud-based communication and collaboration workspace that is part of Office 365. Whether you are part of a project team, study group, department, or workgroup, Teams makes it easy for individuals and groups to have...
