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• Shibboleth implementation for Grad Tracker on May 8

  On Tuesday, May 8, Intersections: Grad Tracker will transition to the new Shibboleth login/sign-out protocol from the Central Authentication Hub (CAH). There is no extended downtime that accompanies this work.

  Once the implementation is complete the authentication to Grad Tracker will have a new look and feel. See OIT's detailed preview of the new look. Many of you have already seen this change in other applications, so the look will be familiar.

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• New Services: Research Support

  Last month we shared information about CLA-OIT's Server Hosting service. As far as research support goes, that's just the beginning. Request the following services or a consultation by contacting the CLA Service Desk at 612-624-4357 or 4help@umn.edu.

  • File Backup & Restore on Servers
  • Research Clusters
  • Unix Environment
  • Database Hosting: Oracle
  • Database Hosting: Postgres
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• Change Gmail's Toolbar Buttons to Text

  While Google continues to tweak the interfaces of Apps and Gmail not everyone agrees all changes are improvements. For some reason, I've been unable to retrain my brain to understand the Gmail toolbar buttons, which now have icons instead of descriptive text. If you want the old text buttons back, you have the option to switch them in Gmail's settings.

  To toggle the buttons back to text, head to Gmail's settings and, under the General tab, scroll down to "Button Labels". Click on the radio button next to "Text", save your changes, and head back to the inbox to see the new (old) buttons. Enjoy!

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• Support Without Barriers

  What would it mean to offer technology support without barriers? Providing assistance anytime, anywhere, on any device? I serve on a University-wide IT committee on technology support issues and these are the tough questions we are trying to tackle.

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• Research Data and the IRB

  While most researchers have interacted with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) successfully at least once, few can say they fully understand what does and does not require IRB approval, and how to ensure one's research is approved quickly. There are many good resources available to help researchers with this important process, and in CLA-OIT we have worked closely with the IRB to document the processes of our research services to simplify and clarify the process.

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For Students

Technology Resources

The CLA Office of Information Technology (CLA-OIT) seeks ways to leverage technology for the benefit of students as part of our strong commitment to liberal arts education.

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• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Server

  The CLA-OIT Unix Environment provides access to applications used for statistical analysis, including Stata, Matlab, and Mathematica along with robust, backed-up data storage for your research. On request, our system engineers can also set up shared folders for researchers who need to collaborate on projects. CLA-OIT runs several public servers that host these applications. No matter which server you log on to, you have access to all of your data--stored on our high-performance file servers, backed up daily. The screencast below explains the basics of getting access to our servers and how to work with your data.

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