New Feature: Change your background in a Meet on your smartphone or device

You can now change your background in a Google Meet when you are on your smartphone or device! 

Google has announced the roll out of this new feature for both Android and Apple operating systems. To download the Google Meet app for Android OS, click here and to download the app for Apple OS, click here.

For more direction on how to change your background on your smartphone or device, please check out this link. 

Important Reminder: Update VIA App

ITS is aware that some clients are experiencing issues when using the Kramer screencasting program. We will begin to update the Kramer Systems soon and ask that you do the following:

We are asking that you check to make sure that your App on your device is fully up to date. When you open the app up and it prompts you to update to the latest version, please do so. This will help to mitigate potential issues during usage. 

Important Message About The Manhattan College Transition to Google Chat on June 15th

We’re excited to share that we’ll be transitioning everyone at Manhattan College to Google’s newest enterprise-grade collaboration product, Google Chat. Chat has a modern/easy viewing interface as well as team rooms that support better team collaboration, emoji reactions to make work fun, and bots to help you be more productive. Manhattan College is receiving early access to some great new features, such as an upgraded Gmail integration and the ability to chat with external users (non-Manhattan College users).

Beginning Monday, June 15th, 2020, all teams will be using Chat for direct messages (DMs), group messages, and team discussions. Classic Hangouts apps will no longer be accessible in Gmail..

How do I get Google Chat?

It's important to do the following before 6/15 as classic Hangout apps will stop working:

1. Explore the new Web experience at chat.google.com
2. Download the new mobile app for Android or iOS.
3. Please make sure you install the Chat mobile app (Android or iOS) before 6/15 to minimize chances of missed messages.
4. Download the new standalone desktop app if you've been using the classic Hangouts Chrome extension or app. You'll be able to access the desktop app from a prompt that will appear inside chat.google.com
5. On 6/15, refresh your Gmail to get the new Chat in Gmail experience.

Where do I find my old chats?

1. You will be able to continue recent direct messages from classic Hangouts in Google Chat, but group messages from classic Hangouts (including their history) will not be migrated to Google Chat. This means on 6/15 you will no longer see any group messages you had using classic Hangouts in your Google Chat.
   
2. All previous chat history from classic Hangouts will be accessible in the Gmail Chat label.
   
3. The classic Hangouts web interface for chat, hangouts.google.com will remain available during this transition in case you need more time to access and move certain group conversations. Users cannot chat in classic Hangouts by visiting hangouts.google.com in a mobile browser. Using hangouts.google.com will be the only way to access your classic Hangouts group chats.
   
4. The classic Hangouts bot in Chat will also notify you of missed group messages from classic Hangouts. This means if you are using Google Chat and someone messages a classic Hangouts group you are in, you will receive a message with a link to the conversation. Please use this link for further assistance if you need to add the classic Hangouts bot to Google Chat. 

What are the limitations of Chat?

1. Google Voice and Google Fi are not currently available through Chat:

• Users who already have a Google Voice account can access Google Voice at voice.google.com, by selecting Voice from the App launcher , or by downloading the Google Voice app (Android, iOS).
•  Google Fi users must use the default SMS app on their mobile device to send and receive SMS messages

2. Group messages from classic Hangouts (including their history) will not be migrated to Chat. Users can still access these group messages in hangouts.google.com.

       If you have important group messages in classic Hangouts, we recommend that you recreate them as Rooms in the new Chat.


3. Group direct messages and rooms that are started in the new Chat will not send messages to users who are still on the classic Hangouts apps.

Where do I go for help?

G Suite Learning Center for more information about the new Chat.

Introducing Jasper Pay for IOS

Download the new Glance MC App, use your Digital Jasper Card, win prizes.

Starting on Monday 9/12, students who download and install the new Glance MC app from the App Store and use the Jasper Pay feature of the new Digital Jasper Card will be entered for a chance to win one of (4) $25 Dining Dollars credits.  Each day we will announce where and when to use Jasper Pay via Campus Announcements found on https://inside.manhattan.edu  or the Glance MC app.  Be sure to check in each morning Monday - Thursday starting on 9/12.  The time and location will be revealed starting at 6AM.

iOS users can download the app by searching "Glance MC" in the Apple App Store.  After installing the app, be sure to activate your Digital Jasper Card.  

Student-created Mobile App Release on the Horizon

Be on the lookout for the release of Manhattan College's first student-created mobile app!

Currently named Glance, the app was developed by ITS student interns to meet the needs of mobile users who always carry around smartphones and are looking for information for just-in-time needs. The app attempts to centralize access to Manhattan College services, events, and information into a single useful and convenient app. The target audience is students, but employees will find the app useful as well.

To be available initially for IOS devices, followed shortly by Android devices, the app will offer the following features:

"At a Glance" Search, the flagship feature of the app.  The search, currently across campus services and the employee directory, uses a search product developed with mobile in mind, where search needs to be instantaneous and tolerant of typos.  Search queries can be parts of relevant words, eg, tasks, departments, names, etc. As-you-type search predictions then contain deep-links to actionable items, insuring that the user can get directly to what they need in the shortest steps or clicks.

Real-time activity feeds from various campus sources, including

• Announcements + News
• Featured Events
• Twitter (various accounts)
• Emergency (e2Campus)
• ITS Notices and Outages

25Live Events Calendar(s)

Student newspaper (Manhattan College Quadrangle)

A digital version of one's Jasper Card will be available via Apple's native Wallet / Passbook app. while users with Android devices can view the Jasper Card passbook pass via an alternate viewing mechanism. Beacon and bluetooth technology will notify mobile card users when they are in proximity to a location where the mobile version of the card is accepted.

Future releases of the app will incorporate maps and campus locations, profile and class information, computer availability in the labs, dining menus and more.

The app compliments the college's new website and intranet portal.

ITS's Web and Collaboration group provides technical direction, oversight and other developmental assistance for this project.  Marketing and Communication provides branding oversight and has compiled the campus services database used for the search.

More on the availability of the app will be forthcoming.