The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is continually working to improve OSU Wireless. We want to provide the best connection in as many places as we can, to better support our students, faculty, staff and guests. Regardless of at which Ohio State campus you are located, we want to keep you connected.
Adobe Creative Cloud Service is the latest addition to our library of site-licensed software, which contains public domain or bulk purchase software that OCIO offers to the university community at no cost. Faculty and staff can access this service beginning Friday, October 5!
You may have noticed that BuckeyePass, powered by Duo, is being added to more and more Ohio State systems beyond Buckeye Link and BuckeyeBox. Starting September 30, it will be protecting eTimesheet and eLeave, and beginning October 11, that same protection will be added to Carmen and Vita. (The full list of systems behind BuckeyePass can be found at the BuckeyePass site.)
The 2019 Ohio State calendar, featuring university holidays, semester start dates and commencements is now available from the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the Office of Distance Education and eLearning. The PDF version is available to download, print and share with colleagues.
These are meeting notes from the OCIO Leadership Meeting held on September 10, 2018.
Ohio State is expanding its use of multi-factor authentication in order to increase the level of protection that prevents unauthorized individuals from accessing your information. Adding BuckeyePass to the login process for the Carmen learning management system not only reduces the risk of credential theft—it also helps address academic misconduct.
The IT Service Desk is available at the BuckeyeBar during business hours and by phone at 614-688-4357 (HELP) around the clock to help you solve technology problems. When it’s time to purchase new parking passes, we generally get numerous requests for password resets. We are here to help if you need it, but often users can fix problems more quickly on their own if they have the correct information or visit our self-service site.
The latest edition of the Enterprise Project Digest was shared with the Ohio State community to provide updates about the project’s work. Check out the EP Digest archive to read the full June issue. Highlights of this issue: (1) Additional project scope items that will enhance business capabilities and user experience through technology and process improvements have been approved by Executive Sponsors. (2) Group spotlight on the project’s Organizational Change Management Team and (3) Change Coordinator Kelly Scheiderer, an administrator for the Ross Heart Hospital and University Hospitals, recently received with the Distinguished Staff Award.
The latest edition of the Enterprise Project Digest was shared with the Ohio State community to provide updates about the project’s work. Check out the EP Digest archive to read the full May issue. Highlights of this issue: (1) Executive Sponsor Susan Basso recently unveiled the HR strategic plan and how the Enterprise Project is a key initiative for the plan. (2) The Ambulatory Services Change Coordinators in the Wexner Medical Center created an email newsletter to introduce themselves and explain their roles as Change Coordinators to their colleagues.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new data protection privacy standard for individuals within the European Union (EU) that goes into effect on May 25. It also applies to the export of personal data to organizations outside the EU, including Ohio State.
To learn more about our approach to implementing GDPR, read Ohio State’s GDPR interim statement (osu.edu/privacy/gdpr.html).
Should you receive any external GDPR inquiries, please direct them to the IT Service Desk at 614-688-4357 (HELP) or via email at itservicedesk@osu.edu.
