Our Offerings

The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) uses a multi-pronged approach to support faculty who wish to explore affordable alternatives to expensive textbooks and course materials.

Stay connected and productive with an audio conferencing service that allows several people in different locations to participate in a real-time conversation. 

Broadcast Transmission Services provides national transmission of live, commercial broadcasts for sports and media events on campus utilizing campus infrastructure to connect with Vyvx services.

BuckeyeBox will be retired in 2021 and data will be migrated to Microsoft OneDrive. Ohio State uses Box.com to offer faculty, staff and students an easy way to store and share files online.

BuckeyePass (powered by DUO) is a multifactor authentication service provided to Ohio State faculty, staff, students and student employees. It helps protect your account even if your password is stolen.

Call Center Services provide a complete customer interaction solution for campus colleges and departments.

CarmenZoom is the academic audio and web conferencing solution for Ohio State. CarmenZoom provides faculty, students and instructional staff with all the functionality of a Zoom pro account that includes up to 300 participants in a meeting, CarmenCanvas integration and the ability to request webinar spaces.

Classroom Services provides on-demand support services to our classrooms at no cost, including classroom technology support, technology equipment loan and routing/addressing all classroom related issues, including HVAC, lighting and furniture concerns.

Collibra is a business glossary, data catalog and data dictionary that hosts a repository of information on university and Wexner Medical Center data.

Enterprise Security works to ensure that users adapt safe practices when they use technology to keep their information safe as well as securing the data entrusted to The Ohio State University.

The Cybersecurity for You (C4U) awareness platform provides cybersecurity training and awareness on topics that help you in role at the university and beyond. You'll earn points while learning which can be redeemed for rewards.

Data Privacy Days provide information about university privacy strategy and practices as well as opportunities to share your ideas, ask questions and collaborate with others from across the university.

Databas Services provides a range of database packages that all include an SQL Server instance and a database, daily backups, monitoring, patching, encryption and compliance.

Digital Flagship is a comprehensive, university-wide digital learning initiative to support educational innovation for students and economic development opportunities for the community, including a Swift Coding and App Development Certificate Program and a Mobile Design Lab.

We work alongside colleges to develop distance education programs. We'll be with you through the program development and approval process and beyond.

Endpoint Defense service offers an agent-based solution to detect and stop the spread of malicious software threats (virus, malware, adware, etc). A centrally-hosted management console provides agent configuration management and malware activity reporting.

IT offers a variety of public domain, bulk purchase and site-licensed software to the Ohio State community.

ExamSoft's suite of software provides a powerful solution for exam creation, exam delivery, grading and recording scores. It also provides item banking functionality to create a repository of test questions mapped with learning objectives, as well as robust, real-time reports providing performance feedback.

The Fax Gateway Service is a digital fax service that allows sending and receiving of fax documents through the university's email system for the purpose of conducting university business.

GIVE back. GO forward (GBGF) is a program coordinated through partnership between the Ohio Department of Higher Education and The Ohio State University that incentivizes community service among Ohioans 60 years and older by offering the opportunity to earn free college tuition.

Identity Management provides a web-based user interface (my.osu.edu) that allows users to manage their Ohio State digital identity: username, password, email delivery, preferred name and more.

The IT Academy is a collection of self-paced and curated learning resources designed to support the diverse learning needs of the entire university technology community. It provides access to LinkedIn Learning.

The ServiceNow environment allows you to perform many different IT Service Management tasks including managing assets, incidents, requests and changes.

Log Management Hosting supports department and college server administrators who manage large volumes of machine data (aka audit records, event logs, etc.). This service includes an initial consultation, access to the Splunk web console with powerful analytic capabilities, training and technical support.

Managed IT Services (MITS) provides Ohio State units with consistent service from IT experts and more secure services while reducing operating costs and allowing you to focus on the technology necessary for your unique unit.

Microsoft 365 allows the university to collaborate through one cloud platform delivering a wide range of productivity apps. Access email with Outlook, store and share files on OneDrive, communicate with your coworkers or students through Teams, create documents with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and so much more.

This service allows you to conduct university business on the go through university-owned smartphones, tablets and Wi-Fi hotspots for Ohio State departments with service through AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon.

Ohio State makes custom apps with your experience in mind. From your first days on campus to your lifelong Buckeye connection, these apps put Ohio State in your pocket. Easily access tools to get around, get business done and get connected to communities across campus and beyond.

The Ohio State University provides wireless network services for Ohio State students, faculty, staff and guests.

The Privacy Program's mission is to cultivate our community’s long-standing trust that Ohio State collects, uses and shares personal information transparently and appropriately.

Program 60 is a tuition-free, noncredit, non-degree program available for Ohioans age 60 or older. Program 60 participants may attend Ohio State courses on an instructor permission, space-available, audit basis.

ScarletCanvas is Ohio State's public Learning Management System that allows Ohio State colleges to provide online course registration and delivery by leveraging a combination of Instructure’s Canvas and Catalog tools. Through ScarletCanvas, colleges and units can offer continuing education, including professional and workforce development courses and other non-credit programming, to learners who are not enrolled as Ohio State students.

The Security Portal provides an interface with Enterprise Security for notifcations, reports, logs and tools to assist your security efforts.

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) provides a set of on-premises tools and services that create, deploy and manage traditional paginated reports. These reports are ideal for fixed-layout documents optimized for printing, or for downloading to Excel for further manipulation.

State authorization refers to federal, state and professional licensing board regulations that impact online and on-ground education offered across state lines. Our state authorization team researches regulations to determine where Ohio State is authorized to deliver education and whether Ohio State programs meet licensure requirements in each state, ensuring students invest in programs that will be recognized by states and licensing boards, while expanding access to educational activities offered by Ohio State. 

Tableau is available as Tableau Server, the enterprise data tool anyone at Ohio State can use, and Tableau Desktop, an individually licensed tool that report developers and data analysts use. “Tableau” used in relation to enterprise reporting refers to Tableau Server and focuses on reports and datasets related to the university’s finance, human resources, payroll and supply chain functions.

This service offers telephone services to administrative offices at the Columbus campus.

The Third-Party Contract Courses service helps Ohio State academic departments facilitate contract credit course offerings to a select group of individuals determined by a third party or external entity such as a private business or governmental agency. 

Top Hat is a web-based student response system that allows instructors to create an interactive lecture experience for students. Use Top Hat to poll students, present discussion prompts, display lecture material, track attendance and sync grades with Carmen.

Unified Communications (UC), which includes Skype for Business, provides a rich set of features and functionality for university employees based on the type of UC account assigned. 

Vita is Ohio State's faculty information system. Ohio State faculty, staff and students can use this service to view, report and search their accomplishments in teaching, research and service. Faculty and administrators in departments and colleges can use Vita to generate a promotion and tenure dossier that aligns to the requirements of Ohio State's Office of Academic Affairs (OAA).

Web Hosting services include integration with Shibboleth, snap shots of production files for emergency backups, incorporation of the University Code Repository (UCR) and other benefits. Create a site in Drupal, WordPress, MODx or one of many other supported CMS platforms and we'll handle the rest.