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The eLearning Services team would like to make you aware of two upcoming vendor maintenances that will impact a few different Pearson products offered at IU:
–eLearning Services
Posted on by tnvelasq
On Monday, December 2 at 8am ET, University Endpoint Management Services will be making a build change to the IU Common Build for macOS, enabling the Jamf Onboarding feature. This change will assist with ease of macOS device builds and future maintenance.
Jamf Onboarding is a built-in Jamf feature that allows for an automated installation of all standard IU software with the first launch of IU Self Service. It will give the client a graphical interface of what step the installation is on, and will indicate if there are any failures during the installation process.
Potential impact:
If a device has not checked in for the last 60 days, it is unlikely to have gotten the policy to exempt it from going into onboarding. After December 2, if those devices begin to check in, they will go through the onboarding installation the next time IU Self Service is opened.
For site administrators:
Those with site access to ADM01 can create an impact list by creating a saved search looking for devices with the profile:
Global – Disable Onboarding installed or Onboarding Complete labeled as Complete
Devices that have not checked in for more than 60 days will also likely be impacted.
For questions, contact EMS through the IU Endpoint Management Services form.
– Endpoint Management Services
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ITCP Weekly Update November 18 – 22 – A weekly digest from IT Community Partnerships of what our IT colleagues need to know
In today’s issue
Announcements
Upcoming events
Mailings
Resources
Did you know
Announcements
RedShelf will be performing scheduled maintenance on their eReader, also known as Unizin Engage, starting at 11:00pm ET on Monday, November 25 and concluding at 12:30am on Tuesday, November 26. As a result, Unizin Engage will be unavailable during this time.
Upcoming events
Wednesday, November 27
IT Leadership Community reading and discussion groups – ITLC Book Club: Disability Visibility
3-4pm ET
Session 4 of 7 of the ITLC book club discussion of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong, with discussion facilitated by Aaron “Fish” Miller. Book IUCAT link, meeting Zoom link, and weekly reading assignments are available at the event link.
Monday, December 2 – Friday, December 6
EdCert course – CompTIA Linux+
8:30am-4:30pm ET
[Registration is full. Please contact edcert@iu.edu to be placed on waitlist.]
The CompTIA Linux+ course builds on your existing experience with systems operations and administration to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to configure, manage, operate, and troubleshoot a Linux environment by using security best practices, scripting, and automation. This course assists in the preparation for the CompTIA Linux+ certification exam (XK0-005).
Wednesday, December 4
IT Leadership Community reading and discussion groups – ITLC Book Club: Disability Visibility
3-4pm ET
Session 5 of 7 of the ITLC book club discussion of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong, with discussion facilitated by Aaron “Fish” Miller. Book IUCAT link, meeting Zoom link, and weekly reading assignments are available at the event link.
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Learn about and register for upcoming trainings, infoshares, coffee hours, and more. Visit the ITCP calendar for the full list of events currently scheduled. Find recordings of previous infoshares by logging into the ITCP Kaltura page.
Mailings
Stay current on the latest service changes, security concerns, and information sharing events. Visit the ITCP blog for a searchable archive of ITCP mailings.
Resources
On the IT Community Partnerships homepage, find the tools and support you need and connect with the IT community.
Did you know…
If your group owns content in the Knowledge Base, you can still email the Knowledge Management team at kb@iu.edu to work on your documentation, and all questions are welcome! For more, see Use the new ServiceNow IU Knowledge Base.
IT Community Partnerships (ITCP) supports those providing local UITS support at Indiana University through timely communications of important IT information, opportunities to connect with the IT community, and data resources to aid in decision-making for their unit or service.
Posted on by tnvelasq
RedShelf will be performing scheduled maintenance on their eReader, also known as Unizin Engage, starting at 11:00pm on Monday, November 25 and concluding at 12:30am on Tuesday, November 26. As a result, Unizin Engage will be unavailable during this time.
–eLearning Services
Posted on by mkleine
The recording of the coffee hours by Endpoint Management Services, originally presented on November 15, 2024, is now live. Chis Brown and his team provided information on the macOS Common Build and answered live questions from attendees.
For more videos, visit our ITCP Kaltura Page.
Posted on by tnvelasq
ITCP Weekly Update November 11 – 15 – A weekly digest from IT Community Partnerships of what our IT colleagues need to know
In today’s issue
Announcements
Upcoming events
Mailings
Resources
Did you know
Announcements
On Saturday November 16 between 8am and 12pm ET, Instructure (Canvas) will be performing a regularly scheduled monthly release in the IU Canvas instance. There is no downtime expected for this maintenance.
Upcoming events
Monday, November 18
IT Leadership Community Conversations on Leadership – To do all the work yourself or not – delegation and building trust within your team
2-3pm ET
Discussion will cover the up and downs of delegation. You can help crowdsource team trust building, how best to distribute workloads, and improving professional development. This IT Leadership Community sponsored series of informal discussions about leadership is open to anyone in the IU IT community. Whether you are a current, emerging, or future leader, these discussions are for you. Meeting Zoom link, recommended pre-work, and discussion questions are available at the event link.
Wednesday, November 20
IT Leadership Community reading and discussion groups – ITLC Book Club: Disability Visibility
3-4pm ET
Session 3 of 7 of the ITLC book club discussion of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong, with discussion facilitated by Aaron “Fish” Miller. Book IUCAT link, meeting Zoom link, and weekly reading assignments are available at the event link.
Wednesday, November 27
IT Leadership Community reading and discussion groups – ITLC Book Club: Disability Visibility
3-4pm ET
Session 4 of 7 of the ITLC book club discussion of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong, with discussion facilitated by Aaron “Fish” Miller. Book IUCAT link, meeting Zoom link, and weekly reading assignments are available at the event link.
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Learn about and register for upcoming trainings, infoshares, coffee hours, and more. Visit the ITCP calendar for the full list of events currently scheduled. Find recordings of previous infoshares by logging into the ITCP Kaltura page.
Mailings
Stay current on the latest service changes, security concerns, and information sharing events. Visit the ITCP blog for a searchable archive of ITCP mailings.
Resources
On the IT Community Partnerships homepage, find the tools and support you need and connect with the IT community.
Did you know…
Currently, all instances of AI are being individually vetted and require an additional review. When attempting to procure IT software that contains AI at IU, you may be required to first review Acceptable uses of generative AI services at IU, and the existing capabilities of Microsoft Copilot to determine if it will meet your needs.
IT Community Partnerships (ITCP) supports those providing local UITS support at Indiana University through timely communications of important IT information, opportunities to connect with the IT community, and data resources to aid in decision-making for their unit or service.
Posted on by mkleine
Adobe account domain enforcement – November 25
IT colleagues:
To prevent personal data loss and protect institutional data, as of November 25, it will no longer be possible to create a personal, non-institutional Adobe account with an email address that is tied to any of the following domains:
This restriction will help clients 1) place institutional data in the appropriate account and 2) retain access to their personal, non-institutional Adobe accounts even after their IU-provided email account and/or address has been revoked. Enterprise Adobe accounts that have been created and provided by IU will not be impacted by this change.
Additionally, beginning November 25, individuals who have created a personal, non-institutional Adobe account with an IU-provided email address will be prompted to update their account so that it is associated with a non-IU provided email address. This prompt will appear wherever clients sign into their Adobe account, either in a browser or in-app. Clients will have 30 days after their first login to adjust their address, at which point Adobe will block all logins until they select a new email address for their personal account.
For more information about the client experience of this change, please refer to Learn to access your apps and data on a restricted domain.
–IT Community Partnerships on behalf of eLearning Services
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IT colleagues:
The Endpoint Management Services (EMS) coffee hours session for tomorrow, Friday, November 15 at 3pm will cover the macOS Common Build and then open up to questions on all EMS topics.
The series will conclude with this session. Endpoint Management Services and IT Community Partnerships will investigate creating a new coffee hour series starting next semester.
If you have questions, please email sct2@iu.edu.
–IT Community Partnerships on behalf of Endpoint Management Services
Posted on by mkleine
IT colleagues,
On Saturday November 16 between 8am and 12pm EST, Instructure (Canvas) will be performing a regularly scheduled monthly release in the IU Canvas instance. There is no downtime expected for this maintenance.
Included in this release are:
Full release notes may be found here.
–IT Community Partnerships on behalf of The eLearning Services team
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ITCP Weekly Update November 4 – 8 – A weekly digest from IT Community Partnerships of what our IT colleagues need to know
In today’s issue
Announcements
Upcoming events
Mailings
Resources
Did you know
Announcements
The recording of the coffee hours by Endpoint Management Services on BeyondTrust, originally presented on November 1, 2024, is now live.
Upcoming events
Monday, November 11 – Friday, November 15
EdCert course – Microsoft 365 Endpoint Administrator
8:30am-4:30pm ET
[Registration is full. Please contact edcert@iu.edu to be placed on waitlist.]
In this course, students will learn to plan and execute an endpoint deployment strategy using contemporary deployment techniques and implementing update strategies. The course introduces essential elements of modern management, co-management approaches, and Microsoft Intune integration. It covers app deployment, management of browser-based applications, and key security concepts such as authentication, identities, access, and compliance policies. Technologies like Azure Active Directory, Azure Information Protection, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are explored to protect devices and data. This course will assist in the preparation for the MD-102 certification exam.
Wednesday, November 13
IT Leadership Community reading and discussion groups – ITLC Book Club: Disability Visibility
3-4pm ET
Session 2 of 7 of the ITLC book club discussion of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong, with discussion facilitated by Aaron “Fish” Miller. Book IUCAT link, meeting Zoom link, and weekly reading assignments are available at the event link.
Thursday, November 14
IU Women in IT – Candid Conversations for Caregivers
10-11am ET
Registration required
Join us for a virtual, informal, and candid discussion about caregiving. Whether you care for someone who is elderly, disabled, a relative, a child, a spouse, or any other loved one, IUWIT recognizes that being a caregiver can be extremely stressful. In this virtual setting, we invite you to vent, share resources and experiences, and find support from other caregivers. All sessions are open to anyone of any gender.
Thursday, November 14
Supercomputing For Everyone Series: Advanced Topics in Deep Learning
2-4pm ET
Registration required
This intermediate-level Storage Options and Data Management Best Practices workshop will discuss techniques and best practices for administering shared access to data, ensuring continuity of access, securing research data, and establishing a data lifecycle management policy. This workshop is intended for power users, lab PIs, and collection managers actively involved in generating, managing, and/or administering data. Topics covered include migrating data from cloud providers to on-premises IU digital storage (and vice-versa), best practices for storing and managing data, the distinction between backing up and archiving, and how to manage permissions for a data share. Registration information and session prerequisites and information are available at the above event link.
Friday, November 15
Endpoint Management Services – coffee hours: macOS Common Build
3-4pm ET
Endpoint Management Services (EMS) invites you to the final one-hour Microsoft Teams coffee hour to discuss and field questions about the IU Common Build and IU Print. This session is focused on macOS Common Build. These sessions provide you the opportunity to become more informed about these services and to ask questions. This is the last session this calendar year.
Monday, November 18
IT Leadership Community Conversations on Leadership – To do all the work yourself or not – delegation and building trust within your team
2-3pm ET
Discussion will cover the up and downs of delegation. You can help crowdsource team trust building, how best to distribute workloads, and improving professional development. This IT Leadership Community sponsored series of informal discussions about leadership is open to anyone in the IU IT community. Whether you are a current, emerging, or future leader, these discussions are for you. Meeting Zoom link, recommended pre-work, and discussion questions are available at the event link.
Wednesday, November 20
IT Leadership Community reading and discussion groups – ITLC Book Club: Disability Visibility
3-4pm ET
Session 3 of 7 of the ITLC book club discussion of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong, with discussion facilitated by Aaron “Fish” Miller. Book IUCAT link, meeting Zoom link, and weekly reading assignments are available at the event link.
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Learn about and register for upcoming trainings, infoshares, coffee hours, and more. Visit the ITCP calendar for the full list of events currently scheduled. Find recordings of previous infoshares by logging into the ITCP Kaltura page.
Mailings
Stay current on the latest service changes, security concerns, and information sharing events. Visit the ITCP blog for a searchable archive of ITCP mailings.
Resources
On the IT Community Partnerships homepage, find the tools and support you need and connect with the IT community.
Did you know…
If you have a recommendation for an entry in the Did you know section of the ITCP Weekly Newsletter, please send it to itcp@iu.edu.
IT Community Partnerships (ITCP) supports those providing local UITS support at Indiana University through timely communications of important IT information, opportunities to connect with the IT community, and data resources to aid in decision-making for their unit or service.