Research in View (or RiV), developed by Thomson Reuters, goes live today at The Ohio State University! It replaces OSU:pro for P&T Dossiers and Annual Reports.
After almost four years of supporting OSU:pro, a part of me is a little sad to watch it sunset into the annals of Ohio State University technology history.
OSU:pro, the expertise database used to produce dossiers for promotion and tenure, was purchased earlier this year by Thomson Reuters, a leading international firm specializing in gathering and organizing information. This purchase showcases one of the quality products developed by Ohio State University staff to serve the needs of faculty.
Did you notice anything different about the Open Enrollment process this year?
The Ohio State University is piloting Adobe Connect for academic and non-academic units. Adobe Connect is a powerful interactive tool that can be used for both web-conferencing and webinar sessions.
You have probably been seeing the mysterious squares on posters, grocery items or business cards a lot more lately. Many of you may have even scanned one of the black and white pixelated barcodes with your smart phone to see what happened. To leverage this new technology, OCIO has created an application that uses these QR (quick response) codes to identify hardware in Ohio Stadium to improve the game-day maintenance process; yielding better service and quick and efficient resolution to problems
Earlier this month senior leadership at Ohio State engaged Apple’s Higher Education Team in an executive briefing at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. The goals of the meeting were to: Better understand Apple’s vision for higher education and how it aligns with current initiatives at Ohio State
The OCIO Information Technology Resource guides for students, faculty, and staff are now available online. The reference guides highlight university-provided information and learning technology resources and services available at Ohio State. A limited number of printed copies are available at the IT Service Desk, 025 Central Classroom Building, 2009 Millikin Road. To view and download your copy, visit ocio.osu.edu/guides.
Effective October 1, 2011 the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) will no longer provide Meet Me Conferencing service currently requested through Ohio State’s Directory Assistance operators (2-OHIO). The decision to end this service is the result of a year-long evaluation of OCIO service offerings with the objective of determining how to maximize resources to best serve the greater needs of the university community.
A site redesign for the eLearning Inventory is now live and available for use by all Ohio State faculty and staff. Following on the heels of our "Year of eLearning" events, our community has never been more aware of the positive impact that engagement in online learning has on their students. Demand for just-in-time learning modules, "snack learning" tools, and available-anywhere content will increase with each new class of incoming students.
The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and several university partners achieved a huge milestone for Ohio State that has resulted in the streamlining of several processes. The completion of the foundational release of the Identity and Access Management (IdM) Program has consolidated the once disparate processes of: creating individual accounts, managing e-mail delivery, changing passwords, and managing sponsored guests.
