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PeopleSoft HCM to be unavailable early Saturday
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,…
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Critical security update: Apple iOS 14.4
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…
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Update Zoom to the latest version
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…
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Campus community may experience brief network connectivity disruption Friday Jan. 29
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…
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Brief delay connecting to CaseWireless may be possible early Wednesday
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…
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Borrow an iPad from [U]Tech to use in teaching
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…
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CWRU login now requires passphrase
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…
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Several systems to experience brief outage early Thursday
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…
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Prepare a backup plan in the event of a Zoom outage while teaching
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…
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Swing into spring with [U]Tech’s Teaching and Learning Technologies team
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…