Information Services Announcements

We Stand with You. We Support You.

Posted on by Katrina Frank
text stating: "We stand against racism anywhere, everywhere.

To our campus community: As many of you know, our department typically publishes content related to technology resources, system maintenance, and user education of our tools. We’re reminded that questions of technology, digital access, and data are not separate from social justice and racial equity. We must further admit that, although we try to be […]

Microsoft Teams Now Supports Up to Nine Cameras

Posted on by Josh Moon
K College Librarians with a 3x3 camera view on a Microsoft Teams meeting.

We’re pleased to share that Microsoft has successfully implemented a 3×3 camera view in Teams and this is now available at Kalamazoo College! The ability to view nine participants simultaneously should be activated by default for all Calls participants. Seeing additional participants has been a popular request, and we hope this will encourage more users […]

Introducing Tech Talk!

Posted on by Katrina Frank

Information Services would like to announce the revival of our video series, Tech Talk! Tech Talk is the Information Services channel on Microsoft Stream answering good questions and providing even better solutions. On the Tech Talk channel you can watch tutorials showcasing the technology offered at Kalamazoo College. All K College faculty, students, and staff […]

Safeguarding PII While Working From Home

Posted on by Greg Diment
Safeguarding PII

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is information that, when used alone or with other relevant data, can identify an individual. Many employees work with PII about students, staff or alumni. Find a more detailed definition of PII and Kalamazoo College’s policy for protecting it on the IS Policies page. Follow the steps in our earlier post […]