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Dear Instructors,
As 2020 comes to a close, the EEE team wanted to share a few updates that will hopefully help ensure a smooth beginning in the new year.
A New Home for Evaluations The new home for final evaluations, as well as self-activated midterm evaluations, is EEE+ Evaluations. This new, full-featured tool, is where administrators and instructors can go to create and review evaluations, and where students will go to complete them. If you’re looking for older evaluations results from the EEE Legacy system, you will need to contact your Department Evaluations Administrator while we transition the data over to the new tool. We expect that instructors will be able to obtain this data themselves by Spring 2021. For more information on viewing results and using EEE+ Evaluations, please click here.
Other Updates and Tips
We are always reviewing and integrating new Educational Technology tools into UCI Canvas. Visit https://edtechtools.eee.uci.edu for a list of available and under-review tools.
Respondus users: If you’ve copied your UCI Canvas course space from a previous term, make sure to click into the Respondus dashboard before students attempt to access your exams. The connection to Respondus isn’t active for copied exams until you do this.
Physical security can be just as important as cybersecurity in protecting your devices against crime and breaches of security. We would like to share a reminder to periodically check your physical computing environment for anything suspicious connected to computers.
Keylogging hardware devices capture and record all of the keystrokes between the keyboard and computer for an attacker to collect and view. Similar to software keylogging malware, the data collected could include email and chat messages composed, as well as websites visited, passwords used, and other personal data. Hardware keyloggers are difficult to detect and require a physical inspection of your environment, especially if your USB inputs are not very visible. See below an example of what they may look like.
Tips for maintaining physical security of your devices
Check computers for anything suspicious or unrecognized connected via USB or other ports
Store your devices securely when not in use
Use a password manager, limiting the need to key sensitive information
Use multi-factor authentication to limit the impact of a stolen password
Stay current with the latest security updates and anti-virus software to prevent software keylogging malware
If you find anything suspicious connected to your device or in a computing area on campus, please report it to security@uci.edu.
The holiday season is an important time to be aware and alert to cybersecurity threats and attacks. Due to COVID-19 many of us are conducting our holiday shopping online this year. The ease and convenience of online shopping provides a perfect opportunity for cybercriminals to take advantage of unsuspecting online shoppers. Below are some helpful online shopping tips that can protect you, your purchases, and your identity when shopping online:
Shop at reliable websites. Use the sites of retailers you know and trust, and get to their sites by directly typing a known, trusted URL into the address bar instead of clicking on a link.
Beware of seasonal scams. Fake package tracking emails, fake gift cards, and fake charity donations are very common around the holidays.
Conduct research. There are a lot of fake and malicious companies out there this time of year. When considering a new website or online company for your holiday purchases, read reviews and see if other customers have had positive or negative experiences with them.
Look for https:// (not http://) in the address bar before using your credit card online.
Always think twice before clicking on links or opening attachments
Use a credit card when making purchases online. If your payment card number gets stolen it is easier to report a fraudulent charge to your credit card company than to try to recover money pulled out of your bank account from a fraudulent debit card transaction.
Let’s work together to be safe online this holiday season.
For any questions or additional information, please reach out to OIT Security at security@uci.edu.
Sincerely,
Josh Drummond Chief Information Security Officer
April Sather Assistant Chief Information Security Officer
