Webmasters to meet Jan. 4

The next Webmasters meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. in Hanes 308. The Webmasters peer-support group provides an opportunity for members to share Web tips and techniques they find useful. Anyone who manages Web servers or sites is invited to join. You can join the Webmasters mailing list by visiting http://lists.unc.edu/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=webmasters.

January IAIG meeting to discuss LMS plans

Do you have ideas for the direction that learning management systems (LMS) should take on our campus? Are you interested in shaping the future of LMS at Carolina? At the January Instructional Applications Interest Group (IAIG) meeting, Kathy Kyzer and Kim Eke of ITS Teaching and Learning will outline campus LMS plans and explain how you can be involved in these plans. Interested faculty and staff are invited to attend this discussion.

The meeting will take place Thursday, Jan. 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Hanes 404.
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Vulnerability alert: ITS asks users to update Symantec client

A type of malware that exploits Symantec desktop security products is attempting to compromise computers and computing systems at UNC-Chapel Hill. To protect your computer from this combined worm and botnet, all UNC-Chapel Hill users are asked to immediately update their Symantec client to the Symantec Antivirus 10.0.2.2002 version available for free at shareware.unc.edu.
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Listserv tips can help you send and receive messages

Listservs are a big part of communications at Carolina - make sure you are making the most of them. Here are a few tips about using a list.
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Old Blackboard courses to be archived and deleted

From Dec. 19, 2006, to Jan. 8, 2007, the ITS Blackboard Team will carry out a master archiving and deletion of Blackboard sites created for courses listed with the University Registrar for the semesters prior to Fall 2004 and of those Blackboard sites created by request (for either teaching or non-teaching purposes) before August 2004.

Blackboard sites that are still available to students or those that have been modified since January 2006 will be excluded from this archive and deletion. For more details and a list of courses targeted for deletion, visit the Blackboard.unc.edu News blog.