eduroam is coming to CUNY
CUNY will soon offer free, secure internet access via eduroam. Once implemented, eduroam will allow students, faculty and staff to use their CUNY Login credentials to connect to the internet from an eduroam Wi-Fi hotspot anywhere in the world, including CUNY campuses and libraries. Visitors from other institutions participating in eduroam will be able to access the internet through CUNY eduroam Wi-Fi hotspots as well.
See eduroam is coming to CUNY... on the CUNY website for more information and the list of currently available eduroam hotspots at CUNY.
CUNYBuy Marketplace - coming soon!
CUNY has been live with CUNYBuy since April 2022 with
supplier onboarding process and contract authoring and
repository. As the next part of our phased deployment strategy, the CUNYBuy team will be introducing an eMarketplace
in November 2022. The eMarketplace will offer
several new punchout opportunities to accommodate our
University’s supply needs with access to Grainger/Edge,
Proftech, CDWG, and several University-wide contracted
vendors. The eMarketplace will continue to expand as
CUNY onboards additional vendors.
The marketplace will be accessible through CUNYfirst to users with Creator and Requestor roles. The new functionality will replace the existing Edge/Grainger punch out.
What’s Next
The CUNYBuy Team will focus on executing system
integration and user acceptance testing to ensure user
experience is optimized for the November launch.
Additionally, we’ll be offering training opportunities in the
weeks leading up to the November launch.
For More Information: Visit the CUNYBuy Portal in SharePoint online for more information.
IT Conference
The 21st Annual CUNY IT Conference will take place on December 1st and 2nd. The topic of this year’s conference is “The Power and Perils of Scripting.” Keynote speakers are CUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost Wendy F. Hensel and Matt Sigelman of the Burning Glass Institute. The conference will be held in-person at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
To register for the conference, see a list of participating vendors or to read a brief overview, please visit the CUNY IT Conference website.
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, a global effort to help everyone stay safer and more secure online when using technology whenever and however you connect. CUNY is once again participating in the National Cyber Security Awareness Month program run by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to create awareness about cyber security.
This year’s 2022’s awareness theme is “See Yourself in Cyber. #BeCyberSmart.” For each week in October, CUNY shares information and tips from leading Cyber Security organizations on protecting yourself online.
There are also many CUNY resources to keep you safe:
- Students, faculty, and staff can take CUNY’s online cybersecurity awareness course on the web or through Blackboard (learning management system). The course duration for students is 25 minutes and faculty and staff is 40 minutes.
- When using Zoom, follow CUNY’s Zoom Security Protocols
- CUNY requires that all students, faculty and employees follow these Cybersecurity Best Practices
- Follow CUNY’s Best Practices for Secure Learning, Teaching and Working Remotely
You may also find a growing security resources list on the CUNY Information Security site. Additionally, you can subscribe to OUCH! – the world’s leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for technology users.
CISTraining Thinks You Autumn Know...
CISTraining is always here for our Faculty and Staff to offer technology training webinars on CUNY-provided cloud platforms such as Microsoft 365, Zoom, and Dropbox. Our Fall calendar includes all-new topics, such as Visio and What’s New in 2022 in Microsoft 365, as well as twists on old favorites, such as Teams Chats and Creating Accessible Documentation in M365. If you ever miss a webinar that sounds interesting, every webinar is recorded and all recordings are available in the Full Webinars Stream channel, a video playlist available to all CUNY Faculty and staff with their Firstname.Lastname##@login.cuny.edu login.
Check out the updated CUNYfirst webpage containing tips, videos explaining your processes and access to step-bystep documentation.
You may access our CISTraining SharePoint site to view the upcoming webinar calendar, register for training, access hours of full webinar recordings from the past year, and view curated video playlists on a variety of technology training topics. You will be required to enter your CUNY Login credentials to access this site.
DegreeWorks Upgrade Completed
DegreeWorks, CUNY’s degree audit and advisement tool was upgraded on October 15. Although the basic functions remain the same, DegreeWorks is now much simpler in design and more streamlined. The updated user interface provides:
- Navigation and accessibility improvements
- A visual card design supporting drag and drop operations between semesters
- Automatic content scaling and arranging to fit the device display in use
For the latest information about this upgrade, visit the updated DegreeWorks web page on the CUNY website.