Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for July 2024 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Time-based passcodes in Duo to help combat fraud: To help combat significant increases in payroll fraud and other scams, EITS is changing the process for generating passcodes in Duo, the application behind ArchPass, UGA’s two-step login solution. Passcodes are one of the methods, along with push notifications and a phone call, that can be used to verify your identity when you log in to a UGA application. Moving forward, passcodes generated in the Duo Mobile App will expire 30 seconds after generation, rather than after they are used to log in. This helps ensure the passcodes are not used by threat actors, who may gain access to a user’s credentials through a phishing attempt. Additionally, starting August 2, passcodes sent through SMS texting will expire after five minutes. EITS is also working to implement push and email notifications to users whenever a device is enrolled to their DUO account; this will help ensure scammers can’t add devices and use them to access your information or UGA systems. For more information, contact Ben Myers at bmyers@uga.edu.
2. Services for Students •
MyUGA module in UGA Mobile App shows assignments and deadlines from eLC: Effective June 30, the UGA Mobile App has been updated to pull in assignments, quizzes and other content with deadlines from eLearning Commons (eLC). Once logged into the MyUGA module, students will see a color-coded dashboard indicating when assignments are due. They can navigate to the My Week or My Day to view more detailed information. Please note, submissions must still be made in eLC as the app is only designed to display deadlines. The official UGA Mobile app is free to download in the App Store or Google Play. For more information, visit mobileapps.uga.edu.
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Work continues on more than $1M in campus wireless upgrades: Work is underway on more wireless upgrades in academic buildings and student housing across the Athens, Buckhead, and Griffin campuses. These upgrades are part of EITS’s work to continuously improve Wi-Fi connectivity and coverage to support teaching, learning, and student life. The $1.2 million a year project, funded by Student Technology Fees, includes wireless refreshments and redesigns in many buildings. Wireless upgrades have been recently completed for the J.W. Fanning and Fine Arts buildings. Technicians are also working on more improvements to other buildings and wireless spaces across campus; work for phase three is under way and expected to be completed next summer. For more information, contact David Stewart at stewart@uga.edu.
3. Other General Services •
Google to decommission Jamboard at the end of the year: Effective December 31, Google will decommission Jamboard, their digital whiteboard that lets you collaborate in real time. Starting October 1, users will no longer be able to create new or edit existing Jams on any platform. Between October 1 and December 31, Google will place the app in “viewonly” mode. During this time, users will be able to back up their Jam files. On December
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