IT News You Can Use - August 1

Did You Know?

Ohio State accounts are being targeted in an increasing number of phishing attempts.  Bad actors who send these campaigns often try to get login credentials to gain access to account details, and thus Ohio State’s internal systems and protected information.  The Digital Security and Trust (DST) team constantly monitors for these threats and works to mitigate potential damage.  However, phishing attempts are growing increasingly sophisticated and bad actors are learning how to bypass some security measures.  Play an active part in protecting your information from scammers by evaluating external emails for possible risks, reporting suspicious emails and changing your password. if you notice unusual activity.   Read More>>

Accessibility Tips and Tricks

Word documents are one of the most convenient ways of conveying and relaying information. Creating accessible Word documents can be done easily by implementing a few simple guidelines. To learn more about creating accessible Word documents, take a look at the Microsoft Word Accessibility Guidelines page.

Upcoming Work

• Between Friday, August 5 and Tuesday, August 16, ETS will be replacing some of the network switches and upgrading others in multiple CoE buildings.  During those periods, wired network connections will be down or have intermittent operability in the affected areas. These updates do not affect wireless networks in the building and those services will not be impacted.

The schedule is as follows:

·         Friday, August 5 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.- CEMAS

·         Monday, August 8 from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. – Baker Systems Engineering basement, 2^nd, and 3^rd Floors

·         Monday, August 8 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. – Fontana Laboratories

·         Tuesday, August 9 from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. – Bolz Hall 2^nd Floor

·         Tuesday, August 9 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. – CBEC

·         Wednesday, August 10 from 1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. – Hitchcock Hall 3^rd Floor

·         Wednesday, August 10 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. – Caldwell Laboratory (ECE and CSE)

·         Thursday, August 11 from 1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. – Hitchcock Hall 2^nd Floor

·         Thursday,  August 11 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. – Dreese Laboratory (ECE and CSE)

·         Friday, August 12 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. – Bevis Hall and 1314 Kinnear Road

·         Monday, August 15 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. – Baker Systems Engineering (CSE only)

·         Tuesday, August 16 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. - EJTC

If you encounter any issues after these updates please contact ETS by one of the methods below, and someone will assist you as soon as they are available.

• ETS is kicking off the imaging process of all Engineering computing labs now that summer activities have come to an end.  Our tentative schedule is as follows:

Note:  * - Some machines contingent on completion of summer classes.