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Your 24/25 Faculty Technology Guide

January 13, 2025
The 24/25 Faculty Technology Guide is here! Inside the guide, you will find: A Welcome Back Bobcats section, detailing important information on new services from IT and how to access our resources. A  section dedicated to Classroom Technology, including useful tools in and...

Winter Curtailment Service Closure

December 9, 2024
  The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Service Desk, Classroom Support, and Event Support will have adjusted hours leading up to the winter curtailment. Adjusted Hours: Monday, December 23rd | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Our offices and support services will be closed for curtailment...

Thanksgiving Service Closure

November 18, 2024
  The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Service Desk, Classroom Support, and Event Support will be closed starting Wednesday, November 27th, at noon. We will reopen on Monday, December 2nd. Please plan accordingly (and happy Thanksgiving!). Though our offices will be closed during...
ProtectUs: System-wide Cybersecurity Initiative

Unable to attend the first ProtectUs Town Hall?

November 18, 2024
ProtectUs is a UC wide cybersecurity initiative implemented in the 2024 academic year. Not to worry! We will be making recordings of all the town halls available.  Additionally, we have opened our feedback forms to gather questions, recommendations, or concerns for our project teams to...

DUO Verified Push

January 22, 2024
Changes to our Duo Two Factor Authentication OIT and the Information Security Office are working to be two steps ahead of bad actors and keep you and your sensitive information safe and secure. Part of that effort is a switch from the existing Duo Push method to Duo Verified Push. ...

Canva Coming to UC Merced

December 18, 2023
The Office of Information Technology is aware of an announcement from the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) announcing a systemwide agreement with the graphic design resource: Canva. We are currently working with UCOP on the launch of Canva at UC Merced. Stay tuned for our...

Winter Service Closure 2023

December 4, 2023
Normal Service Closure The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Service Desk, Classroom Support, and Event Support will be closed from Friday, Dec. 22 at noon through Tuesday, Jan. 2. We will reopen for typical campus support on Wednesday, Jan. 3.  Though our offices...

Understand the Risks of Sharing Copyrighted Materials - On & Off Campus

October 20, 2023
At UC Merced, we have recently seen a surge in Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) violations related to the inappropriate sharing of copyrighted content such as downloading and sharing copyrighted movies, games, TV shows, books, and music. While file sharing itself is not inherently illegal,...

Updated Experience for UC Merced Connect

October 8, 2023
UC Merced Connect will be undergoing maintenance on Monday, October 9 from 3:00 am through 5:00 pm. During this maintenance window, the student checklist and admissions messaging to applicants and admits will be unavailable. The rest of Connect will continue to function as expected. Once...
COB 1 rooms 263, 265, and 267 before and after the update

COB and SSM: Recent Upgrades Fall 2023

August 30, 2023
What's New? Changes and Upgrades Exciting news, with the assistance of Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) and Degree Completion funding, many classroom and academic spaces within the Classroom and Office Building 1 (COB 1) and Social Sciences and Management (SSM) have been...

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