Originally published on August 26, 2024 in Today @ Geneseo
If you are interested in the possibilities of generative AI, try Microsoft Copilot AI on your laptop or mobile device. Copilot, fueled by technologies like GPT-4 and DALL-E, can use the hidden patterns in previously seen text and images to generate new human-sounding text or images in response to your questions and prompts.
There are several reasons to choose Copilot. First, when you sign in with your Geneseo account, your prompts and responses are protected by commercial data privacy. Microsoft doesn’t save your information or use it to train the AI models. Second, Copilot can rapidly generate ideas, rescuing you from a blank canvas.
Generative AI tools, like Microsoft Copilot, have costs and tradeoffs, and they exist in a social context. They require unprecedented electricity, capital, and training data. Geneseo is exploring these ideas and more in our Ideas That Matter: Artificial Intelligence event series this academic year.
Originally published in Today at Geneseo on August 26, 2024
All Geneseo accounts held by Geneseo faculty, staff, and students are protected by multi-factor authentication (MFA). Please configure multiple MFA methods so that losing one does not prevent you from accessing your Geneseo account!
Access your Microsoft security info, or sign into http://my.geneseo.edu, click on your initials in the upper right corner, and select "Manage Security Info".
To Add a method, click + Add method.
Select the type of method you want to add and follow the prompts.
Common ways to lose access to MFA methods are deleting the Microsoft Authenticator app, transferring the Authenticator to a new phone, and traveling abroad and losing access to text messaging or phone calls on your primary phone number.
Don’t be stuck without your MFA – configure multiple methods today! For more details about MFA Management visit CIT’s self help document.
Originally published in Today @ Geneseo on August 23, 2024
SUNY has renewed system-wide access to Deque University through August 2025. Access to Deque University is made possible via funding from the Enhancing Supports and Services for Students with Disabilities for Postsecondary Success grant program administered by the New York State Education Department.
Deque University is an online training platform that focuses on digital accessibility. It offers over 30 courses covering accessibility for various platforms and digital types, including web, mobile, and documents (MS Word, PDF). SUNY procured the service university-wide, and all courses in the curriculum are available to Geneseo employees free of charge.
Please visit the Deque University information page for more details, including how to request an account.