to Technology Systems at the College of Visual & Performing Arts at USF!

Happy New Year and welcome to a new semester, I hope everything is going smoothly for all of you. This email is to serve as a general announcement that now is the time that everyone with a wireless laptop will be required to renew their campus wireless validation. If you are having issue with receiving email or accessing various network resources it is most probably due to this validation process which takes place at the beginning of each semester. Please be aware that this is only an issue for those persons with a wireless capable computer.

The validation process can be initiated by opening a web browser (Internet Explorer) and browsing to an external website (Google.com or Yahoo.com); alternatively you can also point your browser to https://mhb-dhcp.net.usf.edu/laptops/index.html and register via the direct link. Once you attempt to access a website outside of USF you will be prompted to enter wireless validation information which includes your @arts.usf.edu email address along with the corresponding password for that account (usually this is the password you use to login to your computer).

Once the validation process is complete your wireless connection should begin to operate normally within 5 minutes. Please note that this process only pertains to accessing network resources wirelessly from on campus. If you are having issue with this process please feel free to email me (sringo@arts.usf.edu) or Kevin Maroney (maroney@arts.usf.edu) and we will be more than happy to help you through the process.

Stephen Ringo

Director, Technology Systems

Faculty and Staff assistance and training for Blackboard is provided by Academic Computing. You can contact them with questions at their call center at 974-1222 or visit their help desk at LIB 117. They also provide training at their training center in LIB 618.

You can also visit their website for specific information:

:: Academic Computing website : http://www.acomp.usf.edu/

:: Training Schedule : http://www.acomp.usf.edu/feed.php?group=training&item=schedule

:: Online Help (Live Chat, Email, and FAQ) : http://www.acomp.usf.edu/group/help/

:: Video Guides : http://www.acomp.usf.edu/feed.php?group=help&item=videos

:: Email Academic Computing Trainers : actrainers@acomp.usf.edu

Additional assistance may be available through your First Tier Technology Support person in your School:

ART Greg Maddison FAH275 974-9355 maddison@arts.usf.edu

CAM/GRAPHICSTUDIO Don Fuller CAM119 974-4329 fuller@arts.usf.edu

MUSIC/THEATRE/DANCE Juan Higuita FAH276 974-9238 jhiguita@arts.usf.edu

ADMIN/ADVISING/PERSONNEL

College of Visual & Performing Arts,

School of Art & Art History, Greg Maddison, programs to maintain own content

School of Music, David Williams, areas of study create & maintain own websites

School of Theatre & Dance, Amanda Clark

Institute for Research in Art, Don Fuller