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Current Features
Beware of Fraudulent E-mails
Fraudulent e-mails that appear to have come from webmail, 8help, and businesses are being sent to
Ohio State faculty, staff and students. These e-mails, which ask recipients to provide their username and
passwords, appear to be part of a phishing scam. These e-mail messages were not sent by Ohio State, webmail or
8help@osu.edu. Please do NOT reply to these messages as they are fake. The IT Service Desk strongly recommends
that the messages be deleted. Anyone who replied to any of these fraudulent messages should contact the IT Service
Desk at 688-HELP (4357). <more> -Posted
June 2009
Ten Universities, One Federation: Sharing BCP Costs, Software, and Best Practices
In 2005, a handful of Ohio universities gathered together to share thoughts
on business continuity planning. Within a year, seven universities had joined
to form a consortium of business continuity practitioners. At the time of
this writing, the consortium has grown to ten members. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Changes Coming to the Columbus Campus Basic Channel Line-up July 1
OIT is implementing a number of changes to the Columbus campus basic (analog)
channel line-up. These changes will take place on July 1. Most of the changes
involve program stations moving to different channel numbers on no longer
be available on the basic line-up. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Office of the CIO Charters Two Critical Programs
Among the critical programs underway in the Office of the CIO are the Identity
and Access Management and Unified Communications System programs. These
programs represent foundational building blocks toward "One University" and
are icons of the organization’s change toward a performance culture. <more> -Posted
June 2009
SIS Launches New Online Service Centers
The Student Information System (SIS) launched new online
service centers at Buckeye
Link. The SIS provides separate centers where faculty (Faculty
Center) and staff (Student
Services Center) can access links that are specific to student-related
academic business. A separate center for students (Student
Center) is also available. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Andy Jackson is the New Senior Director for Application Services
The Office of the Chief Information Officer has hired John Anthony "Andy" Jackson to
oversee Ohio State's Application Services and Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems.<more> -Posted
June 2009
T&N
Billing Statements Changing to E-bills in July
In an effort to be more eco-friendly, OIT’s Telecommunications and
Networking area will change to e-billing and no longer provide paper bills
to administrative offices starting with the July 2009 bills. The July e-bills
will be available by August 2. <more> -Posted
June 2009
David Pike to Oversee Enterprise Architecture for CIO
David Pike is joining the Office of the CIO on June 15
as its new enterprise architect director. He comes to Ohio State from Nationwide,
where he served as director of Information Technology Architecture since
2002. <more> -Posted
June 2009
BuckeyeBar
Moving to Thompson Library Fall Quarter 2009
The OIT BuckeyeBar, currently located in 025 Central Classroom
Building, is moving to the Thompson
Library beginning fall quarter 2009. The BuckeyeBar offers one-on-one technology
consultation and problem solving. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Digital Union Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with Showcase
The Digital Union celebrated its fifth anniversary on May 21 with a showcase
highlighting its mission to foster instructional use of technology. CIO Kathleen
Starkoff was on hand to deliver opening remarks. She complimented
presenters on their creativity and urged the audience to take advantage
of the hands-on opportunities. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Buckeye
Mail, Ohio State's New Student E-mail System, has Successful Launch
The Office of the CIO recently announced that over 31,000 students have
activated their new Buckeye Mail accounts since the April 6 launch. Buckeye
Mail is the official e-mail system for Ohio State students. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Connected Campus and the iShoe
Like the final stone laid atop the pyramids, Ohio State’s Capstone
Courses seek to give graduate and senior level students real world experience
at the end of their college careers. The course is designed so that students
meet in groups with companies that have a need for a specific product. The
students then develop that product over the course of a 10-week period. Past
businesses such as Chase Bank and Quest have taken part in the programs. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Learning Technologies on Display During Five Minutes of Fame
TELR's Five Minutes of Fame took place on April 24, featuring 10 innovative
eLearning achievements and technologies submitted by Ohio State faculty,
staff and students. This session marked the event's fourth year and its second
occurrence as part of the Academy of Teaching mini-conference sponsored by
University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT), formerly FTAD. Approximately
90 people attended. <more> -Posted
June 2009
Carmen SID Project Launched
On May 3, the Carmen infrastructure team reached a major milestone with launch
of the Student Information Database (SID). SID transforms PeopleSoft data
into an XML format that can be imported directly into Carmen. For Carmen,
this marks the first time PeopleSoft data has been used to generate course
shells and instructor and student enrollments. <more> -Posted
June 2009
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