Yesterday, you may have received invitations in either your FIT or personal Gmail accounts to share a Google Drive document from a recognizable name at FIT, mailing list you belong to, or personal contact. This was a nationwide email phishing scam that lured the reader to click on an “Open in Docs” button. When individuals […]
FIT and other SUNY campuses have recently seen a number of spoofed requests to open documents in Dropbox. The requests come in email and appear to come from legitimate FIT email addresses, but the “sender” is not someone who would communicate with you over Dropbox and the subject line is blank or nonsensical. The phish […]
To the FIT Community: Apple has announced vulnerabilities on the iPad and iPhone that allows an attacker to take full control of your device, including turning on your microphone and camera and/or recording all your keystrokes. The attack is delivered by sending you a specially designed text that includes a link: If you click on […]
Banner, by Ellucian, is the college’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Access to the system will require proper approvals and the completion of the Banner/Hyperion/BDM/Nolij Access Form that can be found in MyFIT. To navigate to the form, log into MyFIT >MyFIT tab > Quick Links at the bottom of the page > Forms > IT Forms > Banner/Hyperion/BDM/Nolij […]
A generic email account provides a unique email address and mailbox that is generally used as a contact method for a specific service or group. An FIT employee must be named as the owner of the account and will be held responsible for the administration of the account including password changes. While the service is only available […]
To have computer or AV equipment removed from an office space an Inventory Control Form must be filled out. The form can be found on MyFIT by navigating to the MyFIT tab > Quick Links at the bottom of the page > Forms > Asset Management Forms > Inventory Control Form A [Computer and A/V Equipment]. Steps: […]
FIT has two wireless networks available on campus; FITAIR, which is FIT’s primary network and supports everyday internet use for the campus including classrooms, public spaces, offices, and the dorms. The second network is FITGuest which is temporarily accessed for campus events, guest speakers, and consultants and is only available in the academic buildings. FITAIR:Any […]
The FIT mascot has a new name! Welcome STITCH the FIT Tiger!
It was brought to our attention that a few users have experienced an error message when trying to use the “Undo Send” feature in Gmail. Undo Send is a Google Lab feature in Gmail, meaning it is experimental, and changes may be made to the feature which seems to be the case here. If you experience […]
When Google gave Drive a facelift back in June the “Shared With Me” link where you can find all of the folders and files others have given you permission to either view or edit changed to “Incoming.” Apparently, not all lovers of Drive loved the new name. Google changed it back.
