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January 6, 2025

New OIT Application Administration Standard

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has developed the Application…
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December 19, 2024

Generative AI Tools Now Available to PSU Faculty, Staff, and Students

OIT is pleased to announce that Google is now providing access to its Generative AI…
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December 17, 2024

OIT Named One of Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT 2025

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) at Portland State University is proud to…
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December 9, 2024

Migrating Your Content from Google Jamboard to Zoom whiteboard

Hello creative collaborators! In this post, we bring you some important news regarding…
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December 5, 2024

Classroom Updates: Winter 2025

OIT has made several changes to general pool classrooms since the pandemic. In an…
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December 5, 2024

Accessibility Advice for Using AI Tools

As generative AI tools become increasingly more mainstream, there are a lot of…
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December 5, 2024

AI Compliance – How to prepare now to be compliant later

As AI becomes increasingly relevant, various regulators around the world have been…
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September 11, 2024

Turnitin: Your Guide to Academic Integrity

Turnitin is a tool that your professor may choose to use for written assignments in…
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August 30, 2024

Name Change: Datamaster to Cognos

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will no longer be using the name DataMASTER…
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June 14, 2024

Security Advice for Using AI Tools

With the ascendant popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google's…
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May 21, 2024

Windows 11 Migration

Starting in the spring of 2025, OIT will require upgrades from Windows 10 to Windows…
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May 6, 2024

Google Storage Changes Coming in October 2024

Google has made a shift away from providing unlimited storage to schools and…