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Information Technology: Blackboard Ally Is Now Live in All Blackboard Course Sites

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What is Blackboard Ally? Ally is a tool, embedded in Blackboard Learn, designed to make digital course content more accessible to all students.

Alternative formats include OCRed PDF, HTML, ePub (for e-book devices and apps), electronic braille, audio (MP3), and machine translation. The Ally tool also assists faculty members in identifying and correcting accessibility issues within their own course content.

A detailed message has been sent to all deans, chairs, and directors of student support services. Messaging to students began April 17. Please review the IT Knowledge Base article about Blackboard Ally, and sign up for training via the Workshop Registration System.

Watch how students can choose alternative content delivery in this generic Blackboard Ally video.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Wednesday, June 5, 2019
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Information Technology: Sharing Files and Folders through MS OneDrive

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There are a few different ways to share files and folders using OneDrive. You can share a single document, spreadsheet, or photo or create and share an entire folder. You must first upload your files and folders to OneDrive.

Please be mindful of the Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 145 KB) and its companion document, Buffalo State Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB), when storing and sharing files.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Monday, September 9, 2019
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Today's Message

Information Technology: Sharing Files and Folders through MS OneDrive

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There are a few different ways to share files and folders using OneDrive. You can share a single document, spreadsheet, or photo or create and share an entire folder. You must first upload your files and folders to OneDrive.

Please be mindful of the Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 145 KB) and its companion document, Buffalo State Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB), when storing and sharing files.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Thursday, August 15, 2019
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Today's Message

Information Technology: Sharing Files and Folders through MS OneDrive

Posted:

There are a few different ways to share files and folders using OneDrive. You can share a single document, spreadsheet, or photo or create and share an entire folder. You must first upload your files and folders to OneDrive.

Please be mindful of the Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 145 KB) and its companion document, Buffalo State Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB), when storing and sharing files.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Monday, July 8, 2019
  • Tuesday, July 9, 2019

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Information Security Awareness: Search Yourself Online

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This SANS OUCH! newsletter article explains how to research yourself online and discover what information is publicly known about you. In essence, you can try to learn what hackers can find out about you based on what is already out there.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Tuesday, September 24, 2019
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Today's Message

Information Security Awareness: Search Yourself Online

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This SANS OUCH! newsletter article explains how to research yourself online and discover what information is publicly known about you. In essence, you can try to learn what hackers can find out about you based on what is already out there.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Thursday, August 1, 2019
  • Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Today's Message

Information Security Awareness: Search Yourself Online

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This SANS OUCH! newsletter article explains how to research yourself online and discover what information is publicly known about you. In essence, we can know what hackers can find out about us based on what is already out there.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Wednesday, June 12, 2019
  • Thursday, June 13, 2019

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Information Security Awareness: How to Tell If Your Accounts Have Been Compromised

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Buffalo State receives a weekly notice from haveibeenpwned containing a list of @buffalostate.edu e-mail addresses that have been compromised in data breaches. Go to haveibeenpwned and type in, one at a time, every e-mail address you own. If the e-mail address shows up on a report, change your password for that account. At haveibeenpwned, you can read about any breach you were involved in (and those you weren't) so you have the information you need to take corrective action. Some of these sites have not reported the breach, and you may not have been otherwise informed.

Read about the site’s founder and his mission.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Friday, September 27, 2019
  • Monday, September 30, 2019

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Information Security Awareness: How to Tell If Your Accounts Have Been Compromised

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Buffalo State receives a weekly notice from haveibeenpwned containing a list of @buffalostate.edu e-mail addresses that have been compromised in data breaches. Go to haveibeenpwned and type in, one at a time, every e-mail address you own. If the e-mail address shows up on a report, change your password for that account. At haveibeenpwned, you can read about any breach you were involved in (and those you weren't) so you have the information you need to take corrective action. Some of these sites have not reported the breach, and you may not have been otherwise informed.

Read about the site’s founder and his mission.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Monday, August 12, 2019
  • Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Today's Message

Information Security Awareness: How to Tell If Your Accounts Have Been Compromised

Posted:

Buffalo State receives a weekly notice from haveibeenpwned containing a list of @buffalostate.edu e-mail addresses that have been compromised in data breaches. Go to haveibeenpwned and type in, one at a time, every e-mail address you own. If the e-mail address shows up on a report, change your password for that account. At haveibeenpwned, you can read about any breach you were involved in (and those you weren't) so you have the information you need to take corrective action. Some of these sites have not reported the breach, and you may not have been otherwise informed.

Read about the site’s founder and his mission.

Submitted by: Melissa J Miszkiewicz

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  • Tuesday, July 30, 2019
  • Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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