[U]Tech
January 29, 2021
Due to scheduled maintenance, PeopleSoft HCM will be unavailable Saturday, Jan. 30, from midnight to 8 a.m. EST. 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,…
January 28, 2021
The Information Security Office advises CWRU community members with iOS and iPadOS to update their devices to version 14.4 immediately due to a critical security update. The update fixes critical vulnerabilities that allow for malicious applications to elevate privileges and allow remote attackers…
January 27, 2021
In order to make the Zoom experience consistent across the Case Western Reserve University community, the minimum software version requirement has been set to the latest version. Many new features implemented over the past several months require the latest version of the application. If your Zoom…
January 27, 2021
A hardware upgrade for the campus network will take place Friday, Jan. 29, from midnight to 1 a.m. On-campus users may experience a brief disruption of internet connectivity during this time. Off-campus users may experience brief disruptions when accessing on-campus applications and systems. For…
January 26, 2021
University Technology ([U]Tech) will upgrade the campus wireless network authentication servers Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 3 to 4 a.m. Users may experience a brief delay when trying to connect to CaseWireless network during the maintenance window. As part of the upgrade, connecting to CaseWireless…
January 21, 2021
University Technology ([U]Tech) has iPads available to loan to faculty and a limited number of graduate assistants/teaching assistants to support teaching in the upcoming semester. iPads provide a resource for remote and hybrid instruction, and help give flexibility for teaching in an ever-changing…
January 21, 2021
Last summer, CWRU user login requirements were changed to promote stronger security and improve usability. This change required users to convert passwords associated with their network ID (abc123) to passphrases. The update fully went into effect Jan. 18. Passphrases are an improvement over…
January 20, 2021
Due to scheduled maintenance, multiple systems will experience a brief outage Thursday, Jan. 21, from 3 to 6 a.m. The following systems will be affected: Advance and WizardAPEX (Oracle Application Express) ApplicationsAurora Maintainer Account SystemCampus MapCourse Evaluation SystemIdentity…
January 20, 2021
Last fall, Zoom experienced a significant worldwide outage on the first day of classes for Case Western Reserve University. Although this turned out to be a rare event, University Technology ([U]Tech) would like to remind faculty that it is always good to have a backup plan when relying on…
January 14, 2021
The University Technology’s ([U]Tech) Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) team will offer four remote delivery workshops to help faculty members prepare for teaching in the January term and/or spring semester. These workshops will be recorded and made available on the faculty training…