Although the process for registering mobile devices is not automatic, it shouldn’t be too complicated. All that is necessary is to submit a work order at http://www.juniata.edu/services/cts/jcticket/submit.html with the device’s wi-fi address and we’ll take care of the rest.
Because of the increasing numbers of mobile devices on our network (over 400 currently) as well as others, the vendor that developed our registration process is reviewing other methods to allow users to self-register their devices. Although we have no concrete plans to change the process now, it will likely be driven by what options are available from our vendor in the future.
“What prompted the change to announcement format making it now necessary to login before reading the detailed announcement?”
The change was made to protect announcements that are not intended for the general public. Although many announcements would suffer no consequences from being exposed to an outside audience, there are those that would. As an example, candidates interviewing for a faculty position at the College are often required to give a lecture as part of the process. Many of these candidates are currently employed as faculty at other institutions and, while we want to publicize these lectures to our internal audience, we need to provide them some level of discretion.
We normally review the announcement process at the end of the year. If anyone has suggestions on how to improve upon them for next year, please let us know.
-Joel Pheasant
Director of Technology Solutions Center