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New search plugins available for Mozilla browsers

ITS Knowledge Management has created search plugins for help.unc.edu and search.unc.edu so that customers can search the sites from the search bar at the top of their browser. Users who install these downloads can search the UNC sites without having to visit their home pages.
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Reminder: Computing the Future May 30

Please join Dr. Dan Reed today (May 30) for “Computing the Future: Release 2016,” a lecture that will speculate on technology advances and their potential impacts on everything from education to healthcare to entertainment. The event will be at 1:30 p.m. in Peabody Hall Room 104. A question-and-answer session will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Scanning services to move to Undergraduate Library

ITS Infrastructure and Operations’ Scanning Services is moving on June 3, 2006, from Hanes Hall to Room 015 in the R.B. House Undergraduate Library. The telephone number will remain the same (962-5283), but the campus box number will change to CB 3460.

Scanning Services provides exam scanning for instructors who use Scantron answer sheets. It also processes Carolina Course Evaluations.

May 26 Freaky Friday to feature Business Services update on FCMS

The Friday Center Management System (FCMS) is a project developed for managing continuing education activities. Built upon a shared framework, FCMS consists of four subsystems, each focused on the special needs of individual business units at the Friday Center. The development team (Xiaoping Wu and Cynthia O’Daniel) will share how FCMS handles various requirements including course and program registration, room reservation and the payment process.

As usual, this week’s Freaky Friday will take place at 1 p.m. in ITS Franklin G102.

Reed to speak about Computing the Future May 30

Please join Dr. Dan Reed on May 30 as he offers a glimpse of 2016 and the wonders (and annoyances) that new technologies are likely to bring over the next decade. The one-hour presentation, titled “Computing the Future: Release 2016″ will speculate on technology advances and their potential impacts on everything from education to healthcare to entertainment. The presentation will be at 1:30 p.m. in Peabody Hall Room 104. A question-and-answer session will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
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