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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Stay safe by enabling multi-factor authentication

September 30, 2022 1 min

Every October, Ohio University, along with thousands of other organizations, participates in Cybersecurity Awareness Month activities to champion safer and more secure online practices.

OIT event highlights OHIO Esports Arena’s many academic uses

September 23, 2022 2 min

With its launch earlier this month, the OHIO Esports Arena not only became the home of OHIO's varsity esports team, but also a leading-edge academic space.

A photo of someone working on a laptop computer, and an OHIO coffee mug is next to the computer

Data Security Day conference set for Oct. 17

September 23, 2022 2 min

All OHIO students, faculty and staff are invited to join Ohio University’s Information Security Office for Data Security Day.

Technology Review request form moving to Technology Help Center

September 22, 2022 2 min

The Technology Help Center will soon be the new home of the Technology Review process.

Reduce authentication requests with Microsoft Azure

September 14, 2022 2 min

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) announced an update that allows users to extend the length of time between Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication sessions from 30 to 90 days.

OIT announces transition to new centrally supported course evaluation technology

September 9, 2022 3 min

The new course evaluation technology is set to be implemented over the next academic year.

Get ready for fall semester with new Microsoft Teams features

August 5, 2022 3 min

Microsoft has upgraded Teams with a variety of new features and functionality, including the ability to assign co-organizers to your meetings, chat with yourself, and use Planner within Teams.

Familiarize yourself with OHIO’s classroom technology setup

August 5, 2022 1 min

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has been hard at work this summer putting together resources to make it easier than ever to learn about the technology in OHIO classrooms.

OIT announces learning management system evaluation project

July 8, 2022 2 min

OHIO’s preferred learning management system, Blackboard, has been an important technology platform to support student success and teaching and learning goals over the past 20 years.

Fall semester Blackboard updates announced

June 24, 2022 3 min

More updates are coming to Blackboard tools in August that will require some instructors to rebuild content for fall courses as vendors continue to upgrade their technology.

University Announcement

Technology Help Center now official home for all IT help content

June 21, 2022 1 min

The Technology Help Center is now the official home of all IT help content.

Retention policy extended for Microsoft Teams recordings

June 17, 2022 2 min

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has recently extended the retention policy for Microsoft Teams meeting and event recordings.

University Update

Technology Help Center expands help content, adds new features

June 8, 2022 2 min

Ohio University’s Technology Help Center is expanding to include an easy-to-search listing of all technology help pages and IT services offered by the Office of Information Technology.

Internet Explorer to be retired in June - here are tips on switching browsers

May 27, 2022 1 min

Microsoft will be retiring Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022.