Updates
Sunday, March 29, 2020
MIT does not recommend allowing attendees to join any Zoom session without requiring either Touchstone authentication or a meeting password.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
IS&T has updated the Webex conferencing platform to enable the automatic creation of transcripts for all recorded meetings and events by default.
Friday, March 20, 2020
MIT has increased Dropbox default storage quotas to 500 GB for all MIT users; faculty, lecturers, and Spring 2020 TAs get 10 TB.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
With Slack Enterprise Grid, MIT faculty, students, and staff are eligible to create Slack workspaces and all members of the extended MIT community are eligible to participate in MIT’s Slack workspaces.
Topics: slack
Monday, March 16, 2020
IS&T is taking action to reduce the number of people on campus by shifting staff to remote work, minimizing time spent on campus and ensuring the continuity of IS&T’s operating activities.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Based on widespread feedback from the MIT community, IS&T has secured an enterprise license for Zoom. To learn how to get started with Zoom in education, register for this webinar.
Friday, March 13, 2020
MIT has increased Dropbox default storage quotas to 10 TB for MIT faculty, lecturers, and Spring 2020 teaching assistants at no charge.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Exercise caution when handling any email with a COVID-19-related subject line, attachment, or hyperlink. Be wary of social media pleas, texts, or calls related to the virus.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
IS&T will be migrating current individual paid Slack instances in use across the Institute into a new MIT-wide Slack Enterprise Grid instance.
Topics: slack
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
MIT community members can work together in real time, no matter where they are, using Webex online meeting spaces.