Technology in Research and Instruction

IT Alerts

• Campus Wide Inventory 5/14 - 5/24

  May 14, 2013
  Who: Wheaton College Faculty and Staff What: Campus wide inventory When: May 14th to May 24th Greetings! Technology Support staff will be combing the campus beginning May 14th to conduct a technology inventory. We will be popping into offices to inventory monitors, desktop and laptop computers, scanners, printers, and any other mobile or smart devices [...]

  Who: Wheaton College Faculty and Staff
  What: Campus wide inventory
  When: May 14th to May 24th

  Greetings!

  Technology Support staff will be combing the campus beginning May 14th to conduct a technology inventory. We will be popping into offices to inventory monitors, desktop and laptop computers, scanners, printers, and any other mobile or smart devices that belong to the college.

  While in your office if there is a piece of equipment that is not with you and belongs to the college please let the staff person know so we can make note of the device.

  We are conducting this inventory to be sure we have a record of all college property and to be sure we know the exact location of any Windows XP computer that needs to be replaced BEFORE March 2014. I'm sure you know by now that in April 2014 Microsoft will stop supporting the Windows XP operating system so to protect the data that is stored on these computers we need to replace them before this date.

  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sue Morgado at Morgado_sue@wheatoncollege.edu

  Thanks for your cooperation!

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act- The DMCA at Wheaton

  February 20, 2013
  Who: Wheaton College Students What: Digital Millennium Copyright Act- The DMCA at Wheaton Why: Reminder - Distributing copyrighted materials without the consent of the owner is against federal law. It is Wheaton policy to respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement. DETAILS: DMCA infringements over the last 6+ years: 2007 – 111 infringements 2008 [...]

  Who: Wheaton College Students
  What: Digital Millennium Copyright Act- The DMCA at Wheaton
  Why: Reminder - Distributing copyrighted materials without the consent of the owner is against federal law. It is Wheaton policy to respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement.

  DETAILS: DMCA infringements over the last 6+ years:
  2007 – 111 infringements
  2008 – 19 infringements
  2009 – 18 infringements
  2010 – 23 infringements
  2011 - 40 infringements
  2012 - 38 infringements
  2013 - 11 infringements (so far)

  Though file sharing through Peer to Peer (P2P) software has become commonplace in its use in distributing copyrighted material it is a violation of Federal Law. You may be familiar with some Peer-to-Peer (P2P) sharing programs, Ares, Bearshare, BitTorrent, Kazaa, Limewire, Morpheus, or Instant Messenger file transfers but their use for sharing copyrighted materials is illegal.

  Wheaton and the DMCA
  Please visit http://wheatoncollege.edu/technology/started/filesharing.html to understand the ramifications of DMCA violations here at Wheaton.

  Directions to remove Peer to Peer file sharing programs
  Please visit http://wheatoncollege.edu/technology/started/networks-wheaton/remove-file-sharing-programs/ for more information about file sharing and for directions on how to remove Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing programs from your computer.

  If you have any questions please contact: Sue Morgado at smorgado@wheatonma.edu, or Technology Support at extension 3900, support@wheatonma.edu