Winona State Information Technology Services

03/12/2026

Keep that eWarrior Digital Life & Learning Program laptop of yours squeaky clean with complimentary cleanings at the Winona State University Technical Support Center. 🧽🧼💻

10/28/2025

Hey Winona State University Warriors, this is the last week of Cyber Security Awareness Month!

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month - This year’s theme highlights the need to strengthen infrastructure against cyber threats, ensuring resilience and security.

The 2025 campaign is highlighting four essential Behaviors to stay safe online . . . Week 4 tip is:

Recognize and Report Phishing Scams.

10/21/2025

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month - This year’s theme highlights the need to strengthen infrastructure against cyber threats, ensuring resilience and security.

Cyber threats don’t take time off. Remember to take one action today to improve your cybersecurity.

The 2025 campaign is highlighting four essential Behaviors to stay safe online . . .
Number 3: Turn on Multifactor Authentication

10/15/2025

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Implementing cybersecurity best practices helps protect intellectual property and other sensitive data, as well as networks and systems that support your operations.
The 2025 campaign is highlighting four essential Behaviors to stay safe online . . .
Number 2: Use Strong Passwords

10/09/2025

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Cybersecurity is the protection of computer systems and networks from attacks by malicious actors that could cause unauthorized information disclosure, theft, or damage to hardware, software or data.​

Wherever there is technology, there needs to be cybersecurity.

The 2025 campaign is highlighting four essential Behaviors to stay safe online ... Number 1: * Update Your Software

10/02/2025

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month—a time dedicated for public and private sector organizations to come together to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October) is an initiative that highlights essential actions to reduce cybersecurity risks. This year’s theme is Building a Cyber Strong America, highlighting the need to strengthen the country's infrastructure against cyber threats, ensuring resilience and security.

Follow along all month as we share tips, advice, and ideas on you you can help to build "A CYBER STRONG AMERICA"!

09/26/2025

Congratulations Winona State University!
#1 in Minnesota State system
"Winona State University has once again secured its position as the number one ranked college in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (according to) The 2025-26 rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report . . . ."
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Winona State University has once again secured its position as the number one ranked college in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2…

09/12/2025

Tech Support availability for Winona State University

09/12/2025

Special celebration🎉🎆
25 years of the eWarrior Digital Life & Learning Program.

From the laptop in your hands, to the apps that fuel your creativity, and the network that keeps you connected, eWarrior is all about giving you the tools to thrive at Winona State University and beyond.💻

05/20/2025

ITS Technical Support is still available with Summer Support Hours.

04/29/2025

Winona State University's Teaching, Learning & Technology (TLT) team is continuing the weekly series – Teaching and Technology Tips and Tricks, or “T(4)” for short. This week’s topic: End of Semester Tips and Planning.

The end of the semester is approaching . . . Are you ready?!

1. Check your gradebook for these common mistakes. Work with TLT to do a double-check.
a. Do you have ungraded items?
b. Are ungraded items dropped from the final grade? Check out Step 3 of the Setup Wizard in the Gradebook to confirm. (See Attached "Ungraded Items" Image)
c. Do you have grades that are excluded from the final grade calculation? Grade items that come from publisher tools are excluded from the gradebook by default. (See Attached "Excluded Items" Image)
2. "Release" final grades. If you want your students to see their final calculated grades in D2L Brightspace, you must release them (https://learn.winona.edu/wiki/Release_final_grades_in_Brightspace).
a. Remember, these are not "official" grades and you will still need to submit those using the Minnesota State eServices (https://learn.winona.edu/wiki/Post_official_course_grades_online).
3. Closing your D2L Brightspace course. Courses will automatically close on May 16 at midnight. If you want to adjust this date/time, visit our Wiki page (https://learn.winona.edu/wiki/Setting_Brightspace_course_start_and_end_dates). If a single student needs access to your course beyond this date, email TLT ([email protected]) with the course ID, student name, and access end date.
4. Submit Final Grades. Final grades are due by noon on May 14 on Minnesota State e-Services (https://eservices.minnstate.edu/esession/authentication.do?viewLoginForwardName=employeeLogin&campusId=&postAuthUrl=http%3A%2F%2Feservices.minnstate.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fpublic%2Fsecure%2Fhome%2Findex). Grade changes may be submitted during the grading period (without Dean's approval) on WarriorSpace (https://warriorspace.winona.edu/) (form: Change of Grade) and after this period with Dean approval.
a. You can also import your final grades directly from D2L Brightspace by converting them into an approved letter format (https://learn.winona.edu/wiki/Preparing_Grades_in_Brightspace_for_Automatic_Export_to_ISRS_Grade_%26_LDA_Entry).
b. Remember: D2L Brightspace grades are not final official grades.
5. Save Your Course. You can export your course as a .zip file for future use or sharing.
6. Get ready for Summer and/or Fall semester. Create a sandbox course. Merge multiple sections. Check your content for accessibility.

All T(4) emails will be posted to our WSU Technology Knowledge Base Wiki page (https://learn.winona.edu/wiki/T(4)_Teaching_and_Technology_Tips_and_Tricks), in case you miss one or need to reference a tip in the future.