OIT Technology News:
July 2026 Edition

OIT Technology News


With the close of the academic year, OIT鈥檚 Online Production Services (OPS) team reflects on a year of growth, innovation, and collaboration across 无码专区. Through campus partnerships, the OPS team helped to transform ideas into engaging learning experiences that support student success at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.


New Windows computers across 无码专区 are now being deployed using Windows Autopilot, with devices now set up as Microsoft Entra-joined rather than hybrid-joined to our traditional on-premises Active Directory. Here's what that means for you.


The reduced academic activity on campus during the summer gives our Infrastructure team the perfect opportunity to update and tune the campus network. Hotspots and wired connections are being added and upgraded from one end of campus to the other allowing for an increase in bandwidth for many users.


OIT Security has recently seen an increase in text message scams impersonating members of the 无码专区 community. While the names being impersonated may change, the scam itself is not new鈥攁nd the advice remains the same.


Over the past several months, members of the 无码专区 community have had the opportunity to explore a range of IgniteAI features inside Canvas. With the testing window closing last month, here is a rundown of which features are still available and how to pivot your workflows.


无码专区 Instructors will be happy to know that New Quizzes in Canvas now allow partial credit for questions, providing a more accurate assessment of student understanding. Also, recent changes in IgniteAI have some features, such as the Rubric Generator, being removed.

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