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The MS 365 authentication issues have been resolved. Users can now access NVCC Webmail. If you are still experiencing issues while logging into your NVCC email, please contact the IT Help Desk. Thank you. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

Users are unable to access NVCC Webmail when not connected to VPN, resulting in an HTTP error 500 message. Engineers are investigating the issue. Updates will be provided when we receive more information. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

ITSS will be updating the security certificates on the Microsoft 365 authentication servers from 10pm to 11pm tonight. For already authenticated sessions (e.g. Outlook client or Outlook mobile app), there should be no disruption to Microsoft 365 services (Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, or Teams). Users who attempt to make new connections to Microsoft 365 services (e.g. Outlook Web App via an Internet browser) may experience a brief inability to authenticate. If this scenario is...

NOVA will be launching the Jumpstart program again for the summer 2021. Graduating seniors with schools that NOVA already has a dual enrollment agreement with will be eligible to take two free courses at NOVA during the summer semester. The program will be expanded this year with additional courses available.

The application for the Jumpstart program will open on April 5, 2021 with applications due by April 30, 2021. The courses will be offered in a 10-week semester format and will run...

Microsoft Teams

Meet Teams, a hub for teamwork in Office 365

Get ready for Microsoft Teams: Launching this Friday, April 9!

ACTION REQUIRED If you haven’t done so already, please review and acknowledge the Microsoft 365 Acceptable Use Agreement by Friday, April 9 Enroll in Microsoft Teams Training – details below. Checkout the other training resources and FAQs



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The VCCS’ move to online learning has presented us with a storage challenge. Our Zoom recording cloud storage is at capacity. In order to prevent a mass deletion of recordings in the next couple of weeks, we are asking all faculty and staff to: Delete any cloud recordings that you do not absolutely need. Anything that you can download and store in Google Drive instead of Zoom, we ask that you make that transfer. Please note that bulk uploads to Google Drive will result in your Google...

The vendor has resolved the Canvas issue. Please call the IT Help Desk if you continue to experience issues. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

Canvas is down. The vendor is investigating the issue. Updates will be provided once we receive more information. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

Get Skilled. Get a Job. Give Back Initiative to Make College Possible for Qualifying Students

March 29, 2021 - Today, Governor Ralph Northam signed the “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back” initiative, or “G3” program bill at Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria Campus. The “G3” program provides $36 million each year over the next two years to make program-targeted, tuition-free community college possible for qualifying students.

Northam was joined by the Honorable...

Northern Virginia Community College alongside seven other Virginia institutions, has been given a national recognition as a ‘Voter Friendly Campus 2021-2022’. NOVA is one of 231 campuses in 37 states and the District of Columbia with this designation. This recognizes the work of NOVA’s faculty, staff and students in promoting positive voting activities through the ‘Virtual Student Union’.

The institution’s efforts, despite great challenges presented by Covid-19 worked to break down...