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The brand new “It Takes All of Us” course completion Award!

webfull — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:39:38 +0000

Starting July 29th, 2025 , you will receive an award when you complete the “It Takes All of Us” course” in myCourses.

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Published: 23 July 2025

Scheduled wireless maintenance July 24-25

webfull — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:52:14 +0000

Wireless maintenance will take place from Thursday, July 24 at 8 p.m., to Friday, July 25 at 8 a.m. This update includes important bug and security fixes to ensure network stability.

The following access will be affected:

Published: 22 July 2025

Report suspicious emails from your ÿ��̽�� Inbox

webfull — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:47:44 +0000

You can quickly report a suspicious email using the Report Junk or Report Phishing buttons available in Microsoft Outlook, whether you’re using the desktop app, mobile app, or Outlook on the web.

Published: 16 July 2025

The IT statistics and project dashboard are now available!

webfull — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:00:36 +0000

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IT Services strives to create seamless and engaging digital experiences for the ÿ��̽�� community. We implement solutions, upgrades, and security enhancements that enable productivity, efficiency, and continued success for our staff and students.

Published: 2 June 2025

Ban of DeepSeek on ÿ��̽�� devices / Interdiction d'utilisation de DeepSeek sur les appareils de ÿ��̽��

webfull — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:43:44 +0000

This message is published on behalf of Paul Chamberland, Chief Information Officer & Associate Vice-Principal IT Services. / Ce message publié au nom de Paul Chamberland, Dirigeant Principal de l’Information & Vice-recteur associé, Service des TI.

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Dear members of the ÿ��̽�� community,

Published: 14 April 2025

Have you spotted these clues in your ÿ��̽�� email?

webfull — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:03:12 +0000

Attackers, scammers, marketers: these days they’re all taking advantage of AI to generate polished, typo-free content. Figuring out if an email is legitimate has definitely become more challenging. But when you access your ÿ��̽�� email through Microsoft Outlook, you benefit from several extra features that help protect you from phishing.

Keep an eye out for: phishing safety tips

Published: 24 January 2025

Learn how to use Copilot AI module now on myCourses

webfull — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:21:57 +0000

Microsoft Copilot is a generative AI tool that can help you write texts, generate images, translate texts into other languages, and much more. Learn how to access this powerful tool and use its main features with our self-paced introductory online module on myCourses. Through hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, as well as a discussion of ethical AI practices, you’ll be well-equipped to use Copilot productively and responsibly.

Published: 14 January 2025

Microsoft 365 license deactivation warnings

webfull — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:54:10 +0000

IT Services recently migrated many Webex softphone users to Teams Phone.

As a result, users may have received a message from Microsoft stating their license will be deactivated soon. (See screenshot above.) It is a legitimate message from Microsoft.

All ÿ��̽�� faculty and staff are assigned Microsoft 365 licenses that provide access to applications such as Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, Word, and Excel. As part of the recent migration, IT Services changed the type of Microsoft 365 license assigned to some users.

Published: 13 December 2024

Do not use Read.AI for ÿ��̽�� purposes

webfull — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:56:31 +0000

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We have received reports of a Read.AI bot attending or attempting to attend online meetings organized by ÿ��̽�� faculty and staff. The bot uses generative AI to create a text summarizing a meeting’s discussions and decisions; it then shares a link to that document with all participants.

ÿ��̽�� must vet all IT solutions to ensure they safeguard data privacy and security. Read.AI has not been approved for teaching, research, or administrative activities at the University.

Published: 10 December 2024

The ÿ��̽�� Classroom A/V Instructions application is getting a makeover and a new home!

webfull — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:02:13 +0000

The Classroom A/V Instructions application is moving to the Browse Classrooms widget on the ÿ��̽�� IT Support website on December 13th, 2024.

Classroom audiovisual information will now be available on a platform the community is familiar with. You’ll also be accessing it more securely with single sign-on (SSO) and two-factor authentication (2FA).

Published: 6 December 2024