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Starting September 15, 2024, temporary and affiliated Cornell employees who previously had been granted rights to install Microsoft 365 desktop applications will be affected by a change Microsoft has made to their licensing.The terms for these employees’ licenses will now grant access to Microsoft…
OverviewDigital instructional tools have become increasingly utilized at Cornell, whether for primary content delivery (online courses), supplemental course material, meetings, or remote consultations. Individual units and departments have implemented a variety of tools and platforms to support…
Cornell launched Secure Connect as Cornell’s passkey service. It only takes a few minutes to register your device and start using the most secure form of account protection available.
When entering into a contract with a vendor for digital products or services, the products or end product of the service must comply with Cornell's Policy 5.12, Web Accessibility Standards. The following language can serve as a template:
On May 29, 2024, Chief Information Officer Ben Maddox is hosting a free, all-day symposium where faculty, staff, researchers, and students from the New York campuses can share ideas for using artificial intelligence tools in teaching, learning, research, and daily tasks.
Register to join us online by noon on Tuesday, May 28. In-person registration closed on May 17, 2024. Links to the recordings can be shared with faculty, staff, students, and researchers who missed the registration deadlines.
Videos are available from Emerging Tech Dialogues - The Future of Work II: Shaping What’s Next! View them online.
SecureW2 provides a selection of help guides if you need more assistance setting up Eduroam on your device. It provides resources for:
The Avaya telephone system and its related services will be retired next year on May 15, 2025. On that date, Avaya will no longer be supported on the Ithaca campus.
Why now?
The successful progression with our RingCentral migration along with concerns regarding the aging Avaya…
Hiding your campus phone number from the public is one way to help deter harassing calls.
Custom Development is conducting a Web Inventory Initiative to gather information about all “.cornell.edu” websites. This web inventory will build a comprehensive understanding of Cornell’s digital landscape. By participating, faculty and staff contribute to a valuable resource. Custom Development…
Reminder: If you need options for backing up your Cornell device, see the information at Certified Desktop. Cloud storage at Cornell is not intended to store device backup files.
On February 19, 2024 storage caps were placed on Box and Microsoft 365 cloud storage services. This reflects similar limits added to Cornell Google Workspace accounts in 2022.Individual Cloud StorageWe encourage you to practice good data management and remove files that you no longer need.…
Manage Personally Identifiable InformationFirst, check the Regulated Data Chart to see if the tool is approved for Personally Identifiable Information (PII, also see What is Covered by FERPA).
What is Covered by FERPA The following table is a guide to the categories of information FERPA covers. Remember that this is about preventing harm to a student if the information is disclosed outside of legitimate use or stolen by someone with malicious intent. The risk depends on the specific…
FERPA Defined
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a 1974 federal law protecting the privacy of student educational records.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a 1974 federal law protecting the privacy of student educational records. FERPA safeguards student privacy by limiting who may access student records, specifying for what purpose they may access those records, and detailing what rules…
As a result of pricing changes from vendors who supply Cornell with cloud document and file storage services, Cornell added storage quotas to Microsoft SharePoint sites in 2024. The maximum storage quota for SharePoint is 50 GB.Check Your Current StorageStarting in February 2024, most Microsoft…
As a result of pricing changes from vendors who supply Cornell with cloud document and file storage services, Cornell added storage quotas to Microsoft Teams accounts in 2024. The maximum storage quota for a Teams group is 50 GB.Check Your Current StorageStarting in February 2024, most Microsoft…
Active staff, academics, and faculty are currently eligible for Secure Connect.