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  • Mastering Microsoft 365: New Features Add New Collaboration Options

    Beth Varcho | September 11, 2023
    Microsoft has added features to Microsoft 365. Now you can create Shared Channels in Teams for users outside the team, use Bookings on the web instead of via the mobile app and display your work location in Teams and Outlook.The most significant addition is Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams. Shared channels in Microsoft Teams create collaboration spaces where you can invite people who are not in...

  • Learn to Use Microsoft 365 at Instructor-Led Training in June

    Beth Varcho | May 30, 2023
    Need to learn more about using Microsoft 365? Then mark your calendars for June 13-14! Microsoft will be presenting Microsoft Academy, an instructor-led online training. The training is open only to university employees and is a free to attend. Attendees must register for both days. Register here for Microsoft Academy, Part One - Tuesday, June 13: 9 a.m.-noonRegister here for Microsoft Acade...

  • Updates to Teaching and Learning Tools for Summer 2023

    Randi Honkonen | May 9, 2023
    As you start summer term and begin preparations for autumn, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) wanted to share some updates and reminders about teaching and learning tools available at Ohio State. You may experience some new features in CarmenCanvas and CarmenZoom, and you might start noticing more use of tools like PebblePad, Adobe and OneDrive. You’ve likely also seen the em...
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  • BuckeyeBox Applications to be Removed from MITS Devices August 26

    Sydney Kuehn | August 23, 2022
    On Friday, August 26, 2022 BuckeyeBox related applications will be removed from all Managed IT Services (MITS) devices. Following the retirement of the BuckeyeBox service and the migration of all files to OneDrive in 2021, as well as account deactivation in May 2022, users no longer have access to BuckeyeBox. By extension, applications related to BuckeyeBox are no longer supported by th...

  • Upcoming Microsoft 365 changes: Personal Bookings in Outlook, Accessibility add-in and Mendeley add-in

    Sydney Kuehn | June 8, 2022
    New Microsoft features and add-ins will be available by the end of June. Personal Bookings, Accessibility Review and Mendeley Cite will be available to all faculty, staff and students at The Ohio State University. They are not available to guests or employees of the Wexner Medical Center. For a complete list of approved Office add-ins please see microsoft365.osu.edu. Learn mor...

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