CTS Blog

October 5, 2020

Two-factor authentication is an additional measure used at login to prevent unauthorized access to your accounts. Popular companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and banks offer this service. Essentially, you provide two pieces of information in order to gain access to your account. These two pieces of information are typically your username and password and a verification code sent to your cell phone.

Enter the CTS Phishing Derby Contest for a Chance to Win an Amazon Gift Card

October 5, 2020

As part of National CyberSecurity Awareness Month, CTS will have our fifth annual phishing derby contest. Phishing emails are those that ask for personally identifying information such as date of birth, social security number, credit card number, and usernames and passwords. These emails are used to steal your identity or get access to data. An example of one sent to people at SUNY Oswego is listed below.

Captioning Videos in Panopto

September 29, 2020

Any video or audio files you upload to Panopto will have machine-generated captioning applied. This service is included with our Panopto contract at no additional charge.

Captioning Zoom Recordings

September 28, 2020

Everytime you record a Zoom session and upload it to their cloud service, the session is automatically captioned. You can download a copy of the transcript and edit the captions as well.

Blogger Now Available with Google Apps

September 24, 2020

Everyone on campus now is able to start their very own blog using Google Blogger. Blogger is a web-based tool that lets you create a blog publish to the web instantly. This allows you to focus on creating content instead of creating a webpage.

Downtime Required for Blackboard Upgrade

August 18, 2020

On Thursday, August 20 from 12:01am through 7am, SUNY Oswego’s Blackboard learning management system will be unavailable while it is upgraded to a new version. Also included will be a new method of authentication requiring your full email address.

New Authentication Method for Blackboard

August 18, 2020

CTS is working on moving services to a new authentication backend that provides more redundancy and additional security. After the upgrade Thursday, August 20th 2020, Blackboard will be utilizing this new authentication. Just click on the Blackboard login link and type in your full SUNY Oswego email address instead of your Laker NetID. The password is the same password used wi

Campus Migrating from Blackboard Collaborate to Zoom effective August 20, 2020

May 21, 2020

As the College looks to standardize on a synchronous video meeting solution that meets the pedagogical and business needs of the College, we will be migrating from Blackboard Collaborate to Zoom effective August 20, 2020.

Importing Captions to Videos in Panopto

May 21, 2020

Everyone now has the ability to add machine-generated captions to every video in their Panopto library. This is not limited to videos created with the Panopto Recorder, this includes any video or audio files you upload to Panopto. This service is included with our Panopto contract at no additional charge.