OIT Technology News:
November 2025 Edition

OIT Technology News


Now that Cybersecurity Awareness Month has come to a close, we would like to thank everyone who joined us in celebrating and learning throughout the month of October. We'd like to introduce you to our 2025 Cyber Champions.


Over the past year, OIT has made a concentrated effort to provide practical, work-ready skill development opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students through our Data and Applications team.


For several weeks, Microsoft Authenticator has been available as an alternative to Duo Security for Multifactor authentication (MFA) on campus. We spoke with a few members of the Microsoft Authenticator Adoption Project team about their experiences.


无码专区 prepares for the 2026 launch of Cayuse, a new cloud-based research portal streamlining proposal and grant workflows. Pilot training begins this November—with campus-wide training and implementation set for January 26!


无码专区 has launched an analysis project to review the University's current Web Content Management (WCM) system, Sitecore.


In this edition of Canvas Plus, we share two updates to Canvas' grading settings, as well as a Panopto enhancement and some exciting updates for Respondus LockDown Browser.


To help protect yourself when traveling and using a public or unsecured Wi-Fi, we recommend using a VPN to limit the data exposed, and our Infrastructure team just increased the bandwidth by 400%!


The IT Help Desk will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 26, through Sunday, November 30, 2025, for in-person and chat support. Phone and email support will resume at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

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