Access to myFuture / Accès à myFuture
To access the new myFuture platform, use the following link / Pour accéder à la nouvelle plateforme, utilisez le lien suivant : https://myfuture.mcgill.ca
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ORIGINAL Message posted June, 2024
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Dear all,
McGill’s Emergency Notification System allows you to opt in your mobile device to receive alerts during time-sensitive situations and disruptions in the use of various buildings on campus.
In the past, some mobile phone carriers only allowed voice messages, not SMS text messaging. Today, all carriers support SMS, so we will switch all Emergency Notification System messaging to SMS for mobile phones starting September 18.
If your personal mobile device is configured to use text-to-speech, SMS notifications from McGill will be read aloud.
After October 18, Classroom telephones will no longer automatically call the Audiovisual support hotline when you remove the telephone receiver from the base.
This change will prevent accidental calls to the hotline.
After that date, you will have to use the press the AV System Support button on the lower-left side of the telephone’s display screen to call the Audiovisiual support hotline. (See below)
Congratulations to Emma Hogarth (Biomedical Sciences), for winning the 2024 IT Services Virtual Scavenger Hunt Contest.
Emma scored 100% on our IT Quiz and won a pair of wireless Beats headphones in the prize draw!
Thank you to all who entered and answered skill-testing questions about the IT services available to McGill students.
We had 1513 entries! Within those entries:
UPDATE: InfoEd is once again available.
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ORIGINAL Message posted September 3, 2024
McGill offers a secure version of Microsoft Copilot that protects our data using Commercial or Enterprise Data Protection (secure). Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat or Bing Chat for Enterprise, is an AI tool built into Microsoft Edge.
By engaging with the Microsoft Copilot AI chatbot, you can:
On Friday, June 21, the security certificate that secures authentication to McGill's wpa.mcgill.ca, eduroam, and cusm-muhc.mcgill.ca Wi-Fi networks will be renewed. This certificate allows you to sign on to the Wi-Fi network in a secure manner.
For Android and most Windows devices, the change will be seamless, and no action is required. However, devices that run iOS and MacOS will display a message prompting users to accept the new certificate.
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The following is a message from McGill IT Services.
ALL owners of "Public" MS Teams groups are required to audit their groups.
New changes to the e-election platform!
We would like to advise you that the decision was made to replace the Omnivox solution with an existing, similar tool called Qualtrics. This will allow IT Services to streamline our solutions and reduce service duplication. In addition to this, the Qualtrics solution will bring enhanced features, improved data security, and a more user-friendly interface, all of which will significantly improve your e-election experience. The Qualtrics solution is now available upon request as of May 13, 2024.
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Exciting changes are coming your way! Windows 10 will be upgraded to Windows 11 on ICS-managed computers, bringing you enhanced features and performance. The upgrade will be rolled out gradually. Newly acquired devices will be pre-installed with Windows 11!
VPN Downtime Alert: There will be a temporary interruption in VPN service on Monday, April 29, between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. VPN access will not be available during this period.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Hello McGill staff,
IT Comms is your one-stop shop for all communications needs. We now made it easy for you to submit a communication request, using an easy-to-fill-out form that ensures your request is in our hands quickly for a fast turnaround delivery. Please use this form instead of email or MS Teams to send your requests to our team, it will prevent your request from slipping through the cracks when your usual contact at IT Comm is on vacation or away for a few days.
Take a look back at IT Services’ achievements in 2023, another busy year of providing McGill’s nearly 50,000 students, staff, and faculty with a unified, secure, sustainable, and strategic digital experience. We invite you to read our Annual Report.
In myCourses, instructors are currently unable to export grades to Minerva from myCourses. This is an ongoing issue that IT Services is actively addressing, working closely with the vendor to restore this function and testing possible fixes.
As a temporary workaround, instructors need to manually enter grades in Minerva. Please see the following articles for relevant instructions:
