Popular Services
Retired December 2023. Formerly a customizable webpage to organize frequently accessed links and content.
Catmail offers Microsoft 365-based email accounts for OHIO students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Canvas is an online Learning Management System designed to facilitate communication and the sharing of course content between instructors, teaching assistants, students, and guests.
Enterprise application for storing, managing and updating student data. Specific functions within PeopleSoft are supported by offices outside of OIT. Those offices include Admissions and Transfer Credit, Financial Aid, Registrar (Student Records), and the Bursar (Student Financials).
Qualtrics Research Suite is an easy to use, powerful tool for creating online surveys. It supports a wide range of approaches, from simple questionnaires and event signup lists to sophisticated social science research instruments with extensive scripting, randomization and interactive question presentation. Use of Qualtrics is restricted to Ohio University’s central missions of academic teaching and research. The software may not be for commercial purposes or on behalf of a governmental entity.
The OHIO Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) provides remote access to specific Ohio University software using a full Windows desktop environment from any PC, Mac, iOS or Android device. This access allows users to connect to select University resources from a personal device.
A technology review is required for all information technology, communication technology or software purchases/renewals, including "free" services and services developed in house
Fast, secure off-campus access to online resources such as remote desktop, remote printing, or shared network storage that normally would require you to be connected to the on-campus network.
Microsoft 365 (M365) is a subscription service that includes access to Microsoft applications, online productivity services, and business services such as web conferencing, hosted email, and online storage. It also includes mobile versions of Microsoft applications for smartphones and tablets.
File storage and sharing with collaborative editing capabilities using Microsoft 365.
Centrally managed printing, copying, scanning, and faxing for academic and administrative departments.
Subscription access to popular Adobe titles like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Audition, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, and many other desktop and mobile applications.
Online calendar tool for scheduling meetings with colleagues, students, and other OHIO account holders.
Course instructors and organizational leaders can request retrieval of select course materials from the Blackboard archive. Archived content will remain available through June 2028 to support the transition from Blackboard to Canvas.
A web-based application for temporary, secure file storage and sharing.
If you have an IT need that is not met by an existing service, we can work with you to identify possible solutions and provide detailed price estimates on implementing those solutions.
Turnitin helps instructors support academic integrity by comparing student submissions against a broad collection of sources and generating a Similarity Report that identifies matching text.
Web-based tool to allow students and advisors to view a student's progress toward the completion of a degree. Can also be used as a planning tool for students looking to declare or to change majors.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) protects you against lost or stolen passwords by adding a verification step to your OHIO login with the Microsoft Authentication App (Azure).
Canva is a graphic design platform that provides tools for creating designed materials. The service offers design tools, and its offerings include templates for info graphics, posters, and social media content, as well as functionalities for photo and video editing.
Proctorio is OHIO's online proctoring solution for Canvas exams and quizzes. If an instructor enables Proctorio for an assessment, students can complete the exam on their own device from a location of their choice. Proctorio is available to OHIO instructors and students and costs $3 per exam.
Centrally managed, Bobcat Cash-based printing for students.
A powerful team-based collaboration tool that provides group chat, channeled conversations, instant messaging, live document collaboration, audio or video calls, and meetings (from one-on-ones to fully-featured audio/video conferences). Teams works in conjunction with other Microsoft applications such as OneDrive and OneNote via Microsoft Groups. Persistent histories make it easy to review past conversations and shared documents.