Every second Tuesday Microsoft releases patches for the Windows OS and related software.
This second Tuesday of June Microsoft released 6 patches.

5 vulnerabilities were for remote code execution
1 vulnerabilitie was for Information Disclosure

ITS has approved these patches to campus. You should update your home computer(s).

The affected products or components affected are:

Visio 2002 and 2003
Windows 2000, XP, and 2003
Windows Vista
Internet Explorer
Outlook Express 6

ITS instructional technology staff will host a series of targeted workshops designed to assist you with the new Blackboard version 7.2. The new version adds features to online assessments (tests and surveys) and makes significant changes to the discussion board. We will also offer training on the new version of the campus pack – a third party tool that allows for course blogs, wikis, podcasts and web pages, all managed within your Blackboard course site. Please visit our workshop schedule on the Davidson website to learn more and to register for classes:

As always, we continue to offer “desk-side” one-on-one workshops for new Blackboard users. Please contact your instructional technologist to make an appointment.

We hope you are enjoying your summer.

If you manage lists of students, faculty, or alumni who have participated in a particular activity, been a member of a particular organization, or have received a particular award, Read On!

The Banner Team Leaders' Activities Workgroup has made lots of great changes to the Banner Activities Module. There's a new naming convention for activity codes, new types of activities, and new categories for grouping activity codes. There's new reports in DW. There's a new set of permissions that allow you can generate your own lists, including those with alumni data, without making a single request or call to another office. And, last but not least there's training!

Training will be delivered by members of the Activities Workgroup. The first two sessions will be hosted on June 27th and July 11th by Ann Douglas. These sessions are for Academic Departments ONLY. Training sessions for Student Life, College Relations, and Athletics will be held from mid-July through mid-August so keep an eye out for future announcements and invitations.

NOTE: Activity Workgroup Members include Ann Douglas, Susan Cooke, Denise Howard, Mike Goode, Leah Parrish Jones, Kenitra Smith.

Below is the plan for how we will proceed with the Oracle 10G upgrade of the Banner databases this summer.

Upgrade TEST to Oracle 10G - June 10 - 15th - Complete
BTLs & AppDev Testing - June 15th - July 6th - In-process
BTL, AppDev, DBA Readiness Check - July 9th - 12th
Upgrade PRODUCTION to 10G - July 14th & 15th

If you have questions, please contact your Banner Team Leader.

Each year, the Information Technology Services Department celebrates the accomplishments of the academic year with a picnic style lunch. In order to attend this picnic, the Help Desk will close on Friday, June 22, from noon until 2:00 PM.

If there is a campus emergency affecting campus servers or IT services during this time, please dial (704) 894-2900 and select option 4.

If you have a non-emergency request or problem, please email the Help Desk or leave a voicemail by dialing (704) 894-2900 and selecting option 1 or 2. Messages will be responded to once the Help Desk reopens Friday afternoon.

*The Help Desk summer schedule is Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. In August, the Help Desk will return to normal business hours, Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.