Lynda.com announced a large scale data breach earlier this week and has contacted 9.5 million users to inform them that user contact information and details of viewed courses may have been accessed. Also, about 55,000 passwords were also breached and that affected passwords were reset by Lynda.com ‘as a precautionary measure’. At this time, we know that Chapman University
Holiday tips for online safety! Every year, attackers step up their activity over the holidays and use holiday related themes and tricks to get you to click on harmful links and download malicious software. Whether it is your personal online safety or the safety of the University networks, watch out for phishing email that
For the past 3 weeks, IS&T has been pulling together a wide variety of donation items for the OC Animal Care adoption center. All items donated were brand new consisting of different toys, large bags of food, treats, water bowls, shampoo, beds, blankets, towels, leashes and much more. On behalf of the entire IS&T team,
IS&T is excited to announce the completion of phase one of the open collaboration area project at 635 W. Palm. This project has been a collaborative effort between IS&T and Campus Planning, to give the IS&T building a more inviting and welcoming makeover. The new open concept features a large mural,
Looking for a way to gather live time data during a lecture without using unreliable clickers? Well look no further! PollEverywhere is now available for all Chapman University Faculty members. PollEverywhere allows students to respond using their mobile devices or through the web. Here is how it works! PollEverywhere allows faculty to poll their students
In collaboration with the Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (IETL), student course evaluations are transitioning to a cradle-to-grave digital format. In the past, students have been completing paper course evaluations in class near the end of each semester. In terms of paper usage, it was estimated that the University was using over 100,000 sheets of
Over the weekend it was announced that over 339 million names, addresses and phone numbers of registered users at the AdultFriendFinder website, an adult social media site, were hacked. All these records are now owned by cybercriminals, exposing highly sensitive and personal information. These cyber attackers are going to exploit this in many ways, sending spam, phishing
In September 2016, Chapman University’s Crean College of Health & Behavioral Sciences installed its very first Virtual Cadaver Lab. This new lab is housing three anatomage tables that are able to display a very detailed and lifelike 3D image of a cadaver. These tables allow students to rotate image giving them a unique perspective of their subject
Bad guys are continually coming up with new ways to scam you out of your money. Their latest trick is a Tech Support scam that puts a big warning screen on your computer, claiming that if you do not call the support number, your whole hard disk will be deleted in 5 minutes. DON’T FALL FOR IT!!! There are
On Friday, October 7th, the Office of the Provost sponsored a town hall discussion on data analytics and big data at chapman. The panel discussion was facilitated by Dr. Tom Piechota, Vice President for Research. The panelists included: Georgiana Bostean – Assistant Professor of Environment, Health & Policy Douglas R. Dechow – Digital Humanities and