Information Technology Services

by Matthew Schmitz

The Cougar Store, SIUe Textbook Services, and Information Technology Services have collaborated to bring RedShelf to your Blackboard courses.

RedShelf is the Content Delivery System used on campus for all digital course materials. RedShelf grants students access to their digital course materials on the first day of class through the link installed in Blackboard. The program originally started with all publisher courseware and is now moving towards transitioning print adoptio...

by Curt Price

If you take your laptop to places where an outlet might not be available, a high-wattage USB-C battery can be used to keep your laptop powered while on the go and while you use it.

Everyone is likely to be familiar with smaller battery packs that charge your phone or tablet when you aren't around a wall charger. They're small, convenient, affordable, and invaluable when your battery is low. But what about your laptop? Laptops require a lot more power & juice than the small wattag...

by Curt Price

Security should probably be a bigger priority than it is for most people. Protect your passwords and secure your accounts....at all costs.

Why? (Really? Someone would ask why? I mean...really?)

Because there is always someone out there who, given the chance, would LOVE the chance to hack into your stuff, steal your identity, siphon money out of your bank account, etc.

With Google's new physical security key feature (which is an advanced form of 2-factor authentication), any And...

by Curt Price

Robocalls are a growing problem. 48 billion robocalls were placed in the US last year, which is 46% more than the year before. And while major phone providers are working on new technology as a fix for the robocalls, it isn't out yet and it likely won't be enough to completely solve the problem, at least not right away. Experts agree that a multi-pronged attack against robocallers is what needs to be done, and consumers can take action as part of the attack.

1) If you haven't alr...

By Emily Macios

Our computers contain a lot of important documents and files that we use and rely on everyday. Whether it's work documents, family vacation photos, tax documents, etc., your data is usually invaluable. What would you do if you were to lose it?

Data loss can happen at any time. With the constant reading and writing of data, hard drives are prone to failure over time. And this usually happens at the worst time, and without warning. The blue screen of death is never a welcome sigh...