OIT Technology News:
January 2025 Edition

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SMU’s IoT Lab: Turning Big Ideas into Connected Realities

In today’s data-driven world, bringing innovative ideas to life often requires both creative vision and technical expertise. SMU’s Internet of Things (IoT) Lab offers the tools, knowledge, and support to help SMU’s faculty, staff, and students transform concepts into working IoT devices.
Safe Links Add Enhanced Security to Your Email

OIT enabled Safe Links to emails inbound to campus. Find out how this change protects you from malicious links sent by adding an additional layer of security to inspect embedded URLs in emails for possible phishing/malware sites in real-time.
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Copyleaks To Replace TurnitIn for Plagiarism Detection

After many years as our go-to for plagiarism detection, the University is moving to a new advanced plagiarism detection tool designed to ensure the originality of academic work. Maintaining academic integrity is crucial, and Copyleaks will provide us the technology to help uphold these standards with ease and accuracy.
NetID and Campus Phones

As the campus returns for the new year, we want to remind you that NetID is now required to sign in to SMU services, and for those with Teams-enabled phones, you will also need to sign in again using the device login code.
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IT Connect in 2024: A Year in Review

2024 has been a busy year for us at IT Connect, with our team writing 123 articles for the SMU community. Over the past year, we had almost 58,000 visitors to our blog, averaging over 1,500 views per week. The most popular posts for this past year dealt with NetID, AI, and providing tech tips.
Get Certified with Ease: GMetrix Clinics Coming in February!

If you know a student that is needing a little more help to prep for a Microsoft Office certification, we have something for them. By popular demand, we are offering students two full days of GMetrix clinics starting February 4, 2025.
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Web Bytes: Updates from the Web Application Team

The Web Applications Team has been busy over the past year to provide web migration and design assistance, Sitecore training, analytics consultations, and much more. Find out what you might have missed.
New Year, Smarter You: LinkedIn Learning Courses to Start 2025

LinkedIn Learning has plenty of ideas to jump-start your learning journey! Check out these courses to help you get started.
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NetID is Here

As of December 26, NetID is required to sign in to SMU services. For most people at SMU, NetID resembles their email address and should be easy to remember. It replaces their eight-digit SMU ID number to authenticate them to online services.

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