The Nelnet Commerce Manager training is a half-hour course and introduction to using Nelnet Commerce Manager. Nelnet Commerce Manager is a simple but flexible option for accepting credit card payments online. As a payment collection gateway, a website or an existing application can redirect customers to Commerce Manager to securely process credit card transactions or integrate payments through a Qualtrics survey. Commerce Manager can also be set up as a standalone site to sell simple individual items (for example, a ticket to a fundraising dinner) or to collect customer information (order number, invoice number, etc.) and accept payment in an amount entered by the customer. This course includes demonstrations using the tool including finding a transaction, canceling a transaction, processing a refund, and building and running a report. These processes are documented in a new Nelnet Commerce Manager job aid in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC).
The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) will be hosting its next Informational Microsoft Office Hours on Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 2-3 p.m. There is no cost to attend this session, but you must register to attend . This session is designed for faculty and staff within the university; instruction provided does not apply to staff using the medical center version of Office 365.
The changes described are scheduled to be moved to production during the week of Monday, October 7 . Based on user feedback, the "Sources and Uses – Variance Analysis" report was updated to provide a streamlined solution for viewing Actuals and Encumbrance columns side by side. Encumbrance and Pre-Encumbrance columns have been added alongside the existing Actuals and Plan columns. This will allow users to compare actuals and outstanding encumbrances to plan estimates in a seamless way. Additionally, new dynamic column headings were added to the report to provide greater clarity to the selections made at report runtime that drive the values in the Plan and Forecast columns.
A summary of these changes is listed in the full post. Questions or concerns with these updates can be sent to ctl-businessprocesses@osu.edu .
Effective Tuesday, October 1, 2024 , the Travel Policy will be updated to reflect guidance for childcare costs and travel costs for children as outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations. Changes are listed below.
Adding definitions for child, conference, and research Permits travel costs for children when a university employee is traveling for research with a trip duration of 6 months or more Permits childcare costs above and beyond normal childcare costs when traveling to a conference that lasts 5 consecutive days or greater Provides additional requirements for the approval and submission of these expenses
The Travel Office FAQs will be updated on Tuesday, October 1 .
CarmenCanvas has just recieved an update which enables Rich Content Editor (RCE) features when commenting on assignment submissions, such as in SpeedGrader. Instructors can now edit drafts. These features include:
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Amid the hustle and bustle of a new academic year, it's easy to neglect basic cybersecurity measures. But with increasingly frequent reports of cyberattacks and data breaches, following basic steps to protect yourself and Ohio State’s data is crucial. This article provides strategies on avoiding phishing scams, enhancing your account security with BuckeyePass, and responsibly using AI tools to help you stay cyber secure.
In June we announced that Ohio State is making changes to storage allowances for email, OneDrive, and Teams. This is partly because Microsoft has made changes in pricing for education licensing, requiring us to make changes to ensure the university is fiscally responsible in managing these services. Automatic email account forwarding policies are also changing, resulting from both Microsoft changes and from growing problems caused by new security measures enacted by outside email vendors (such as Gmail, Yahoo!, etc.) that are increasingly causing inconsistent delivery.
During summer 2024, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) Learning and Collaborative Environments team completed renovations in 11 centrally scheduled classrooms in McPherson Chemical Laboratory in partnership with the Classroom Readiness Committee.
The Controller's Office recommends that units do a periodic review for worktags that are no longer being used and submit inactivation requests through an FDM Request in Workday. Prior to submitting worktag inactivation requests, please ensure that the Inactivation Checklist has been completed and the balances are clear.
Note that the checklist was recently updated to differentiate reports that should be run for FOD projects beginning with PJOSU. Contact CTL-FDMRequests@osu.edu with any questions.
Below are details about recent and upcoming report changes.
Find Journals – OSU
The "Find Journals – OSU" report has been enhanced with two additional fields in the output of the report. The field names are "Cost Center" and "Worktags."
Report Retirement Reminder
The reports "Find Accounting Adjustments" and "Find Accounting Adjustment Lines for Organizations" will be retired on Friday, September 27 . The recommended replacement for these reports is "Accounting Adjustment Status - OSU."
