OIT Technology News: April 2024 Edition

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In the past several months, SMU’s Earth Sciences Department and SMU’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) networking have collaborated to test a new fiber optic interrogator.

The Registrar's Office and OIT recently partnered to create new trainings on how to understand both the Degree Progress Report and the Degree Progress Report (DPR) Summary features that are available in my.SMU.

Microsoft's new Copilot AI assistant has been getting much press of late with the tool being an easily available companion when browsing the Internet, working with documents, and helping with generic requests. We all know that starting to work with an AI chatbot can be overwhelming, but LinkedIn Learning has several courses to help you get started.

The initial rollout of the new Salesforce Marketing Cloud platform for Annual Giving and Alumni Relations and Meadows School of the Arts has begun including establishing a new subscription center, which will help manage the messages a subscriber receives from SMU.