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The SUNY Cortland campus communications network is maintained solely for the support of the College mission and to further enhance our academic interests.

It is the responsibility of each student to use the campus communications network appropriately and in accordance with campus, local, state, and federal regulations. Access to network resources is a privilege. As such, access can be suspended at any time should a user violate the HallNet Terms of Service and/or the Acceptable Use Policy. (http://www.cortland.edu/hallnet/acceptable_use.asp).

Because the campus network is a shared resource, excessive non-academic use of network resources which inhibit usage by another person is not acceptable. Users operating network-intensive applications, or in possession of defective network-connected devices (i.e. viruses, spy-ware), can and will be disconnected from the network without prior notification.

SUNY Cortland Network Services maintains the following definition of Acceptable Use:

• Use of the campus network for illegal activities is prohibited.
• Strict compliance of the Federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act is enforced.
• The campus network cannot be used for any commercial interests or profit-making enterprises which are not officially sanctioned by SUNY Cortland
• Users are not permitted to operate servers of any type (ie. DHCP, Web server, Mail, News, FTP, Quake, etc).
• Use of the network to harass, abuse, intimidate others is prohibited.
• Use of the network to misrepresent or obfuscate one’s identity for the pursuit of illegal or questionable gain is prohibited.
• Any attempt to circumvent network security schemes is prohibited.
• Users must never share or distribute their NetID and password to any other user

Wireless signal generators (access points, wireless routers, etc.) that are not authorized and installed by Network Services are considered rogue and prohibited on the campus network. Network Services has the authority to shut down any roque wireless device and remove it from the campus network.

Violations of Acceptable Use Policy and/or HallNet Terms of Service will be adjudicated by the SUNY Cortland Office of Judicial Affairs and may result in loss of network privileges or judicial sanction as outlined in the Code of Student Conduct.

Violations of local, state, and federal law will be referred to the appropriate authorities.

Administrative Computing
SUNY Cortland
Winchell Hall
607.753.2501

Friday, May 4th at 2:00 p.m. in the library conference room, Bret Ingerman, Vice President for Computing and Information Services at Vassar College,  has planned a special presentation specifically for Information Resources, “The potential, promise and pitfalls of virtual worlds:  a behind the scenes look at Second Life”The popular press has begun to write extensively about virtual worlds software in general, and Second Life (from Linden Labs) in particular.  Indeed, many schools have begun to establish outposts in these virtual worlds to see just how these environments can support their educational mission.This session will provide you with an in-depth look at what it takes to use Second Life and how easy it is to create and manipulate the virtual environment.  We explore the good and bad of what Second Life has to offer, compare and contrast it to other present and emerging technologies, and discuss the opportunities tools such as Second Life present to us.  We will also spend some time discussing the legitimate concerns that some have expressed about virtual worlds, from their “adult” or “commercial” nature to the real-world potential for social isolation that it can lead to, and see how or if those concerns are different in virtual worlds as compared to other internet based tools.

With Camtasia Studio, you can record and edit an audio file then export it as an mp3 file, ready for upload to iTunesU.  Camtasia Studio is available on the PCs in both the Multimedia Rooms in Memorial Library.Click here to download a pdf with step by step instructions, with screen shots, on how to:

1. Become familiar with the Camtasia Studio interface
2. Calibrate your microphone
3. Create a Voice Narration
4. Export your voice narration as an mp3
5. Add an image to your the artwork area of your mp3 file in iTunes.

Be sure to visit the Technology Training Center Online Materials page for instructional documents on other applications such as iWeb and Garageband.

Garageband is part of the iLife suite of applications and is available on all MacIntosh computers in the Library Mac Lab and Multimedia Rooms. With Garageband, you can create a short, simple, unedited audio only recording, or a chapter marked, image enhanced podcast with embedded links to websites, or anything in between!On the Tecchnology Training Center website, you will find detailed step by step instructions, with screen shots, on how to create a podcast ready audio recording with Garageband.  Click here to download the pdf file for Creating a Simple Audio Podcast in 12 Steps.

Download the iTunesU FAQ Document for answers to the following questions about iTunesU.

1. How do I access iTunesU at SUNY Cortland?
2. How do I access my course in iTunesU?
3. How do I subscribe to my course podcast in iTunesU?
4. How do I upload files to iTunesU (student log in)?
5. How do I synchronize my iPod and my course podcasts?

The iTunesU FAQ contains detailed instructions with screen shots for each step. Email Tera Doty-Blance if you have any other questions that you would like to see added to the iTunesU FAQ or if you are interested in podcasting your course.

What do you do if you have a flash drive (also known as a ‘usb key’) that contains preinstalled software? Before you save any files on it, follow the instructions listed here at Tech Info for “Removing U3 Software from SanDisk Flash Drives” or visit the manufacturers website of your specific brand of flash drive. **IF YOU ALREADY SAVED FILES TO THE FLASH DRIVE – DO NOT FOLLOW THOSE INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE A BACK UP OF THE FILES.**But, what do you do if you need the files on your flash drive right away? If you plug it into a PC, chances are that it will not allow the preinstalled software to run and this will prevent you from accessing any data on the flash drive. All is not lost! You can just plug the flash drive into a Mac and get to the files that way.When you plug in a USB drive into a Mac, it will ignore the preinstalled software. You can then move a copy of your files to your shared drive (also known as the U drive). On the mac, this will appear as a grey marble in a transparent box with your username underneath it, both in the Finder and on the desktop. Once you have a copy of the files on the shared drive, you can eject the usb drive from the Mac by dragging it to the trash icon (this will not delete your files.) From there, you can log into any networked PC, or mac, and access your files from your shared drive. Just remember to remove the software from the flash key before your next trip to campus.