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  • Proctoring RFP Aims to Improve Assessment Solutions

    Randi Honkonen | December 7, 2023
    The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) is leading a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an enterprise-wide proctoring tool or tools to support teaching and learning at the university.Ohio State has been using Proctorio and Respondus Lockdown Browser to help encourage academic integrity for online and in-person assessments. These tools provide a variety of proctoring solutions, from vi...

  • Changes Planned by Gmail May Affect Email Account Forwarding  

    Beth Varcho | December 5, 2023
    If you forward your Ohio State or BuckeyeMail account to Gmail, security changes announced by Google could impact delivery to Gmail beginning in February 2024. While Google will make several security changes, the one that we anticipate impacting those forwarding their email account is the new requirement for sender domains to keep the number of messages sent below a specific quantity thresho...

  • Tuition Assistance Key Dates Spring 2024

    Richard Hunter | December 4, 2023
    This article shares information about key dates for Spring 2024 tuition assistance (or fee authorization) processing as well as links to more information about the tuition assistance programs at the university.Employee and Dependent Tuition AssistanceMore information about Faculty and Staff Tuition Assistance and Dependent Tuition Assistance, including eligibility and enrollment de...

  • Roll Out of OneDrive for Web “Offline Mode” Starts in December

    Beth Varcho | December 4, 2023
    Microsoft is enabling a new feature called “Offline Mode” that will allow you to continue working with the OneDrive web app in your browser, OneDrive PWA (Progressive Web App), or Microsoft Teams even when you are offline. This update will be made to OneDrive on Windows and for macOS devices running the OneDrive sync app.This feature will begin gradually rolling out, so you may see it implemented...

  • Email Management: How to Use Retention Tags 

    Bethany Varcho | December 4, 2023
    As Ohio State works to decrease its email storage footprint, OTDI is publishing a series of articles that will help you take steps to reduce the number of emails you are storing. The first articles covered simple ways to clear emails that do not need to be saved and how to reduce storage in your account using your online email archive. This article explains how to use retention tags and policies ...

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