Tech Times

Author: Cody Bryant

  • Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse – Summer 2021

    Tennessee Tech endeavors to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to investigate allegations of such. If you have any knowledge of fraud, waste, or abuse, please report it to one of the following:

    Your supervisor
    Tech Internal Audit – (931) 372-3045
    Tech Online Reporting – https://tf.tntech.edu/machform/view.php?id=42101
    Tennessee State Hotline – (800) 232-5454
    Tennessee State Online Reporting – https://comptroller.tn.gov/office-functions/investigations/fraud-waste-and-abuse.html

    Additional information along with reporting options that allow the complainant to remain COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS can be found at https://www.tntech.edu/internalaudit/fwa.php or by contacting Tech Internal Audit at (931) 372-3045.

  • iLearn: Getting Your Course Ready for the Next Semester (Replay)

    iLearn: Getting Your Course Ready for the Next Semester (Replay)

    The end of the semester is the time to prepare iLearn courses for copying components to the next semester’s courses. This process involves updating Master iLearn courses as well as cleaning up existing semester courses. In this session, we will discuss the exact procedures for adding, deleting and modifying content topics, quizzes, assignments, discussions, and other iLearn components. The process of copying, exporting and importing entire courses and between semesters will be explained in detail. I will also include elaboration on the steps for selecting specific items to be copied as well as how to manage or offset start, end, and due dates.

    Register.

  • Faculty/Advisor SSB Access Request Process Updated

    ITS has recently improved the request process for instructor & advisor access to Self Service Banner (SSB). The Banner SSB Faculty/Advisor Access Form has been introduced in a digital method with automatic routing. We will no longer accept paper or PDF forms starting Thursday, July 23. This is required for instructors who need to be added to teach a course or courses. The information required for the form:

    • Submitter’s name & contact info
    • Instructor’s Name & T-Number
    • The instructor’s supervisor (Name & Email)
    • The starting Term for access
    • Doctoral or Clinical qualification (if applicable)

    The department may submit the request on behalf of the faculty or advisor. The form will be signed by the instructor’s supervisor, and SSB approver. The form can be found on the ITS Banner Information page:

    https://www.tntech.edu/banner

    Please contact Information Security for any questions regarding the new form.

  • Food Pantry Closed this Week – Maintenance Work

    Food Pantry Closed this Week – Maintenance Work

    The Campus Food Pantry will be closed the rest of this week due to unexpected maintenance work that needed to be done.

    We will be open back on Wednesday, July 28th, and will remain open on Wednesdays, through August.

    We will resume regular hours (Mon – Thurs, 8am – 5pm) beginning August 30th, once our student volunteers are back on campus and new students are trained.

    ***REMEMBER: We do still have the auxiliary pantry available to you in the library at the front desk during times like these***

  • Submissions OPEN Through July 24th for the WCTE-PBS Downtown Film Festival

    Submissions OPEN Through July 24th for the WCTE-PBS Downtown Film Festival

    Tennessee Tech’s iCube is working with our local PBS station on this year’s WCTE-PBS Downtown Film Festival scheduled for August 28th on Cookeville’s West Side. Submissions will be accepted now through July 24th.

    Categories for competition this year include Best Documentary, Best Mini-Documentary, the Stanger Award honoring the best-unfinished documentary, the Young Filmmakers Award, and the Tennessee Filmmaker Award, a new award category this year open to native Tennessee directors, producers, writers, or films shot primarily in Tennessee. Winners will receive recognition and have their work featured on WCTE in 2022. To submit your film or to find more information, visit DowntownFilm.org. We are encouraging local submissions by offering the coupon code: LOCALSUBMISSION, which will waive the entry to any of our award categories at https://filmfreeway.com/WCTE-PBSDowntownFilmFestival.

  • Collection Drive for School Supplies

    Collection Drive for School Supplies

    The Service Learning and Community Engagement Center is partnering with the West End Connection Team to host a supply drive for the kids who live in that community.  We will be collecting backpacks and school supplies (as well as lunch bag items such as juice boxes, crackers, gold fish, Gatorades, raisins, etc.) July 19 – July 30.  These supplies will be given out to the kids in the West End Community on July 31 as part of a fun park day planned for them.  We will have some TN Tech students out there playing games with them and helping to hand out supplies.

    School supplies are on a huge sale right now, so if you would like to donate to a child, you can drop off your donations in the Roaden University Center, front lobby, first floor.  Or you can also text Shaquawana at 931-650-0115 if you need the supplies picked up.

  • Support the TTU Spirit Program at Buff City Soap on 7/19!

    Support the TTU Spirit Program at Buff City Soap on 7/19!

    Come out to shop and support the TTU Spirit Program at their first Buff City Soap fundraiser on Monday, July 19th from 4 to 7pm. Shop your favorite soaps, bath bombs, lotions, detergents and more! A portion of your purchase will go to support the TTU cheerleaders, dancers, and our main bird Awesome and his crew.

  • Associate Vice President of Human Resources Interview Session

    You are invited to participate in question and answer session with the candidate interviewing to be our next AVP for Human Resources.

    For faculty, staff and students the session is scheduled for the following in the President’s Conference Room: Derryberry Hall 210

      July 21 10:30-11:15 a.m. – Kevin Vedder

    Candidate information is provided at:  https://www.tntech.edu/private/hr/avp-candidates.php . A survey will also be posted to this page for you to use to evaluate the candidates.

    We appreciate your attendance and look forward to hearing your feedback on each of the candidates.

  • YuJa Media: Tips & Tricks

    YuJa Media: Tips & Tricks

    Now that we have begun the transition to YuJa Media, you can learn how YuJa provides courses with media tools to take them to the next level. In this session, members of the CITL staff will provide an overview of YuJa, general how-to instructions for creating and sharing your videos, and how to best use this type of technology in your courses. There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the session.

    Register 

  • Congratulations to sponsored award winners from June

    Externally sponsored award winners from June:

        • Mohammad Albakri: NSF via Virginia Tech
        • Mary Fornehed: National Institutes of Health via University of TN
        • Barbara Jared, Jason Hurley (Co-PI), and Kimberly Hanna (Co-PI): Appalachian Regional Commission
        • DuckBong Kim: Managing Institute and Joint Research Institute-Hanyang
        • Amanda Powell and Kevin Liska (Co-PI): TN Dept. of Health
          Ambareen Siraj and Eric Brown (Co-PI): NSF via Whatcom Community College

    Visit https://www.tntech.edu/research/reports/grants-awarded.php.