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Digital Accessibility Learning Community workshop
All faculty and staff are welcome to join the Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) team at this month’s Digital Accessibility Learning Community workshop Monday, March 28, from 10 to 11 a.m. During the workshop, members of the TLT team will discuss how to create accessible PDFs using Microsoft…
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Access to Zoom removed upon departure from CWRU
University Technology ([U]Tech) would like to make the campus community aware that upon departing the university, Case Western Reserve faculty, staff and students will lose access to their CWRU Zoom accounts the following day. Scheduled upcoming meetings and any recordings will be retained for…
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Expiration time set for Microsoft Teams recordings
Beginning Friday, March 25, Microsoft Teams recordings will expire 150 days after creation—the same time period as Zoom recordings. Previously recorded video will expire Sunday, Aug. 21. Owners of the video may download the file or change the expiration of individual videos. This information is…
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[U]Tech offers practices to avoid “Zoombombers” in online meetings
University Technology ([U]Tech) has had a few recent reports of “Zoombombing” (a term for malicious individuals who look for open Zoom meeting links and disrupt the meeting or class or share inappropriate material). The meeting URLs are often posted to social media allowing multiple agitators easy…
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PeopleSoft Financials to be unavailable Sunday, March 13
PeopleSoft Financials will be unavailable Sunday, March 13, from 3 to 6 a.m. for scheduled maintenance. For assistance with any technology product or service at Case Western Reserve University, contact the University Technology Service Desk at help@case.edu or 216.368.HELP (4357) or visit…
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Duo two-factor authentication required to access Echo360 beginning March 10 
In an effort to increase security and better protect the data Case Western Reserve University users have in Echo360, everyone in the campus community who has registered for two-factor authentication with Duo Security will be required to use it to access Echo360 beginning March 10. This additional…
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PeopleSoft HCM to be unavailable early Saturday
Due to scheduled maintenance, PeopleSoft HCM will be unavailable Saturday, March 5, from midnight to 4 a.m. ET. During this time, employees will be unable to view or update employee information, including entering updated personal information, entering time, approving time and viewing paychecks,…
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[U]Tech leader to retire from CWRU this summer; deputy to serve as interim VP
After nearly eight years as the university’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer, Sue Workman has announced that she will retire from Case Western Reserve at the end of June. Sue Workman “This [U]Tech division has been a source of great pride and amazement for…
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PeopleSoft HCM to be unavailable early Saturday
Due to scheduled maintenance, PeopleSoft HCM will be unavailable Saturday, Feb. 26, from midnight to 8 a.m. ET. During this time, employees will be unable to view or update employee information, including entering updated personal information, entering time, approving time and viewing paychecks,…
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Beware of a rise in student job scams
Scammers are actively emailing students with a fake job opportunity to swindle students out of money. These scammers are posing as professors or job recruiters from other companies and offering large sums of money. Often, the work will involve "administrative tasks," such as finding the price of…