BuckeyePass powered by Duo is Ohio State’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) service that protects your account even if your password is stolen. Starting Feb. 11, technical updates to the tool will make logging in easier—you'll authenticate less often! In addition, changes to Alternative Bypass Codes will improve security around how they're generated and used.
Over the past 5 years, Ohio State interior design students have actively shaped campus spaces based on peer research and industry insights as part of their coursework. The Junior Interior Design Studio (JIDS) course has given students real-world experiences designing learning spaces on the Columbus campus. The course is a partnership between Learning and Collaborative Environments, the Department of Design, and Ohio State furniture partner, MillerKnoll Brand Collective. Other industry partners and internal OSU departments also contribute as guest speakers and in final critique.
New functionality will be available starting Friday, February 14 , which will allow business travelers to email or mobile scan receipts into Workday. The functionality uses AI to read receipts and create a Quick Expense record. The Quick Expense will not automatically generate payment or reconcile PCard transactions. The Quick Expense must be linked to an Expense Report to finalize processing. See the full post for more details.
Requirements have been updated to provide guidance on how employee vs independent contractor work at Ohio State should be classified.
If you plan to hire certain types of individuals or businesses for work in your area, you must follow these requirements to ensure they are correctly classified as employees or independent contractors. The Independent Contractor Guidelines provide an overview of the process for how to evaluate independent contractors and are available on the Purchasing website.
Additionally an Independent Contractor form is available on the Policies and Forms page of the Business and Finance website. This form is a decision-making and documentation tool which is to be used by departments when purchasing services from individuals.
OTDI’s Digital Security and Trust team has released an updated Information Technology (IT) Security Policy . The new policy outlines the IT security requirements for all information assets and systems managed by the university and guidelines for the...
OTDI’s Digital Security and Trust team proactively identifys tools that are reliable and secure for faculty, staff, and students to use as listed on Ohio State’s ai.osu.edu site . Faculty and staff should never enter institutional data into any tools that have not been approved, and should only use those for the level of data approved as listed in the Cloud Assessment Registry . Students should use GenAI tools only with the explicit permission of each instructor, in the ways allowed by that instructor.
Effective today, changes have been made to the university’s Adobe Creative Cloud funding and purchasing process. Additionally, we’ve paused our implementation of Microsoft Storage limits, which were planned to go into effect this summer. Read on for more details.
In the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) , we strive to provid e instructors and students with the tools and resources necessary to achieve learning outcomes . That’ s why we routinely solici t feedback from those who use our tools to help us improve our offerings or decide when it’ s time to pivot to something new.
Microsoft 365 has rolled out new features and updates across its key apps, including Microsoft Teams, Copilot, and OneDrive. These enhancements elevate user experience by enabling customization of how you view Teams on your screen, improved filtering of extraneous noises during calls, and new ways to collaborate.
Instructors now have the option to use a set of improvements for creating and using rubrics to assess assignments in CarmenCanvas.
These improvements make it easier to create, edit, and reorganize rubrics when they are created by clicking on Rubrics in the course navigation. The...
