News, Articles, and Safety Warnings

News and Articles

7 Apr

Microsoft To Do: a Great Tool for Tasks Organization

We continue with serial articles about online tools designed for task organization and scheduling. This time we will introduce a lesser-known application from Microsoft To Do, which allows you to collect tasks, set reminders, and provides the opportunity to share everything with your colleagues.

25 Mar

Easily Manage Your Tasks Directly in Outlook

Today, more than ever before, you will probably appreciate helpers in the form of applications that will help you organize the tasks and commitments that come to you in the digital world from multiple sides. Therefore, we have prepared a series of articles about the tools you can use at the university for task management. Let's start with an application that is well known and used - MS Outlook.

8 Mar

I got rid of the word Impossible in my dictionary — Ili Ko about her journey through the world of IT

At the beginning of February, our cybersecurity team was strengthened by researcher Ili Ko, who moved them to the Czech Republic in cooperation with the ICS. What are her first impressions of our Institute and Brno? What are the plans and goals for the future? On today's International Women's Day, we symbolically shared an "international and women's" interview with you.

4 Mar

How do the Freshmen Perceive Online Teaching and Exams?

Anna Urbaničová is from a generation of students who have experienced entering university, teaching, and exams entirely in the online form. The trend of IT technologies in education was getting stronger in the past, but we could do nothing without them nowadays. How did this year's freshmen deal with the whole non-traditional situation?

23 Feb

4 Tips for Better Work and Communication in MS Teams

Live reactions, improved presenter mode, adding a Whiteboard card or pinning a frequently used file. Read about four small tweaks that will make work more pleasant and will improve your communication in MS Teams.

19 Feb

For Teachers: How to Set up an Appointment in MS Teams Directly from the MU IS

Teachers can now create events for teaching in MS Teams directly in the Information System. The opportunity will be appreciated, especially by those teachers who do not need teams - they can do everything required directly in MU IS.

12 Feb

Good News for Students. Access to NDK-COVID Books Has Been Extended Until the End of June

Thanks to the new agreement, students and university teachers can use access to the digital library archive for another five months, as has been the case so far.

4 Feb

New Features in MS Teams will be Appreciated not only by Teachers

Add a calendar to the team channel or the option to disable and re-enable chat. Take a look at an overview of what's new in working, teaching, and studying at MS Teams.

20 Jan

MUNI Desing Templates Are Available in MS Office 365 Applications

MUNI design templates have been added to the standard offer in Office 365 applications. They are available after logging in with a university account in the MUNI section.

Safety Warnings

27 Oct 2020

Warning: Ongoing spear-phishing campaign

The Cybersecurity team of Masaryk University is issuing a warning against a wave of spear-phishing e-mails.

5 Jun 2020

Warning: Masaryk University users targeted by malware

In recent days, Masaryk University's cybersecurity team has seen a new sample of malware targeted at Masaryk University users.

16 Apr 2020

Warning: Our university could face a massive wave of spear-phishing e-mails in the upcoming days

The cybersecurity team of Masaryk University would like to inform you about an increased risk of being targeted by fraudulent e-mails in upcoming days, so-called spear-phishing. Fraudulent e-mails could also misuse the current situation around the coronavirus pandemic. Given the nature and possible consequences of this situation, we would like to give you more details.

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