CCIT This Week: Stay tech safe during Spring Break, GIS fundamentals workshop Intermediate Spatial Analysis

Bailey Troutman, CCIT Communications
March 17, 2025

Welcome to CCIT This Week, where we give you a rundown of news, tips, upcoming maintenance and more. This page will be updated throughout the week. Follow us on Twitter @ClemsonIT for information and timely updates.

News

The CCIT Support Center offers real-world experiences and skills for students! Clemson University students, faculty and staff rely on technology every day, and the Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) Support Center is often their first stop when issues arise. Students working in the Support Center develop professional skills while still studying full-time, which differentiates them from others when they prepare for the job market after graduation.

Learn more and check out opportunities to work in the CCIT Support Center

The Clemson VPN login process has been changed. On Friday, February 14, CCIT upgraded the virtual private network (VPN), changing the login process. When connecting to the VPN, rather than seeing a pop-up that requires you to enter your Clemson credentials plus the word “push,” you will now be directed to the standard Clemson login page and Duo prompt.

Learn more about the VPN login process

Events

The next Research Computing and Data live workshop is a two-part series on advanced deep learning in Pytorch! Join the RCD team on March 25 and 27 at 2 p.m. for these live sessions on advanced PyTorch development topics including model fine-tuning, using multiple GPUs during training, experiment tracking, and more. Registration is required; open to all Palmetto users. Participants must have basic familiarity with Python programming and a good grasp of Pytorch fundamentals.

View the full schedule of upcoming RCD workshops

The popular GIS Fundamentals Workshop Series wraps up next week! These workshops have been streamlined to cover six critical topics that guarantee coverage of all the GIS fundamentals. The next workshop topic will be “Introduction to Spatial Statistics” on Friday, March 28. These hybrid workshops are free and open to all Clemson students, faculty, and staff; no previous experience is necessary! Sessions will be delivered both online and in person every other Friday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Note: Attendance at the first two workshops is mandatory to participate in the remaining sessions.

Learn more on the Clemson GIS website

Join Clemson Online for an introduction into streamlining your course planning with Simple Syllabus! Clemson University has recently introduced Simple Syllabus, a centralized syllabus management system for educators designed to simplify course planning and ensure compliance with University policies. This tool provides structured templates that make syllabus creation more efficient while maintaining consistency across multiple courses. Clemson Online will host a Simple Syllabus virtual training session on Tuesday, April 8 from 3 to 3:30 p.m. over Zoom. Learn how to use the Simple Syllabus tool to build and publish an effective syllabus for your course, how to integrate Simple Syllabus with Canvas and the benefits of using this tool in your course.

Learn more about Simple Syllabus on the Clemson Online blog

Clemson Online will lead a presentation on best practices for designing a welcome course in Canvas! Join Clemson Online on Wednesday, April 2 at 1:30 p.m. to learn helpful tips and techniques to make your Canvas course inclusive to a wide variety of learners.

Learn more and register at the Clemson Online website

Get ready to get creative at Makerday XVIII! Makerday is Clemson’s largest show-and-tell event, promoting creativity, innovation, and design. It allows students, clubs and faculty to show off the things they’ve made this semester, as well as interact with stations to make buttons, stickers, t-shirts and more. Drop-in to Makerday on Tuesday, April 15 between 3 to 6 p.m. in the Watt Family Innovation Center atrium.

Learn more on the Clemson Makerspace website

March Tech Tip

Follow these tech tips to help you stay safe during Spring Break! Spring Break is right around the corner and itineraries may be well underway. Now more than ever, staying safe on trips extends far beyond applying enough sunscreen, staying hydrated and moving in groups. In fact, technology can play a key role in keeping you safe, especially when so many of our plans involve our smartphones and different applications.

Check out these tips to ensure you can stay tech safe this Spring Break