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Canvas by Instructure is our learning management system. It provides powerful tools for faculty to present course content, collect student assignments, enable collaboration and manage outcomes. Students benefit from a single online resource to access all their course information.
Video recording and streaming services include high-definition digital video recording, live streaming, and online distribution. Services are provided for College events that have a community wide or public audience and are deemed important for the archives.
Upgrades to college wide systems for point releases may be requested by application managers.
The Hill Alert emergency notification system is used to quickly and efficiently send community members a text message to their cell phone in case of an emergency on campus. It is based on the Rave platform.
New network connections or changes to an existing connection or the location of the jack may be requested.
Use this service to request a change or enhancement to a Stonehill process in the Banner System. This also includes changes to supporting Banner tools (BDM, SoftDocs, DegreeWorks etc.)
Reports from college wide systems are provided using Cognos and coordinated through application managers in the major business areas of the college.
Poster printing is available at the IT Service Desk in Duffy 025 to faculty needing posters that serve an academic purpose (research or class work) and that will have a broad audience (e.g. Stonehill-wide community events, poster-sessions at academic conferences, etc.).
Our video conferencing platform, Microsoft Teams, enables online meetings and screen sharing. Teams is also integrated into Canvas for faculty to use within their courses with their students and guests.
Voicemail allows telephone callers to leave a recorded message that is accessible from anywhere by telephone or through email.
Changes to an office location must be reported to IT to ensure e911 data is accurate. New telephone extensions or changes to the configuration of an existing extension may be requested.
Qualtrics is a self-service online survey platform used for Stonehill academic purposes or college business. It allows users to build and distribute surveys as well as manage data. Gathering data with this simple to use, yet sophisticated software solution is available from anywhere. Microsoft Forms is available through Office 365 to easily create surveys and polls to collect feedback.
All College classrooms are equipped with audio and video technologies, a podium computer and software to enhance teaching and learning.
Conference calls may be made from telephones on the College telephone system or through a Skype for Business meeting.
The telephone system enables internal and external voice communication as well as other related services to meet the needs of College departments
The One Button Studio provides students, faculty, and staff with easy-to-use video recording equipment for self-service recordings related to academic work. The studio can be booked by faculty, staff, and students for a variety of purposes, including class assignments, practicing presentations and capturing lectures for viewing online
Lecture capture enables the video capture of a class lecture or presentation using the computer in a classroom or a laptop in an office. The supported lecture capture application, Panopto, is used primarily for instructional purposes. However, it may be used for other purposes like providing training videos or capturing visiting speakers.
IT staff members are available for one-on-one and small group consultations with faculty on a variety of topics.
IT staff are available by appointment to come to classrooms to assist with a variety of activities. Examples include: assisting with the use of classroom technology; demonstrating the use of lecture capture or video conferencing software; and training students on the use of Canvas, Office365 or other supported software.
Most College event spaces are equipped with audio and video technologies and the ability to connect a laptop to projection.
Digital signage is delivered on College-owned TVs equipped with Roku devices through the cloud based Quickesign app which allows content owners to customize their own dynamic layouts.
Firewalls are used to block network traffic to reduce the risk of unwanted network intrusions.
Setup of equipment, such as microphones and podiums, are provided by professional staff who may also staff events requiring complex technology configurations and sound engineering.
New servers or configuration changes to an existing server may be requested.
IP addresses within the College owned external or internal-only address space are maintained by IT.