Erin Trifunov
Join the UBCO IT Virtual Line this fall
Hate waiting in line to get IT help? Starting September 2021 you don’t have to! Join UBCO IT’s virtual line for the IT Service Centre and get notified by text message when it’s your turn. The Qless virtual line system gives staff, faculty and students the benefit of having a space in line without physically […]
UBCO Employee IT Onboarding & Offboarding Forms
Do you have new staff starting or staff leaving? Need IT equipment, phones or printing accounts for new staff? Have you requested the cancellation of phone lines or Zoom accounts for staff who have transferred departments or left UBC? Did you know that UBCO employees have unique accounts and equipment that aren’t coordinated via Workday? We’ve created two simple forms to help manage the IT needs […]
UBC Forms Retiring Fall 2021
UBC IT Okanagan will be retiring the UBC Forms service by the end of this year. Existing forms will be disabled by September 1, 2021 and the site turned off completely by December 1, 2021. If you no longer need your form(s), please unpublish them and ensure you have kept any data required. If you […]
Lunch & Learn: Using MS Teams @ UBC
UBC IT is decommissioning Skype for Business (UBC Collaboration Suite) on May 31, 2021. All remaining accounts will be automatically switched to Microsoft (MS) Teams to continue supporting your collaboration needs. MS Teams enables chat, video conferencing, and collaborating in real-time on documents. MS Teams Training for UBCO Staff & Faculty If you’d like to […]
May 2021 IT Update: IT Equipment and New Hires – Early Resumption Planning Tips
While the university is currently determining the approach and guidelines for the resumption of onsite teaching and learning, we wanted to highlight a few things to help you better prepare for any IT equipment purchases or new hires you may need for fall. We will provide additional information and resources to support your resumption planning when further details are confirmed. IT Accounts & […]
A Guide to Using MS Teams at UBC
UBC IT is decommissioning Skype for Business on May 31, 2021. To continue to support your collaboration needs, everyone will be moved to Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is a collaboration tool that was launched for UBC August 2020 to allow UBC groups to create content and share information that they need to work together. MS Teams […]
How to Defuse Zoom-bombs
To celebrate a year of working and teaching remotely, UBCO IT would like to share some reminders on what you can do to ensure your UBC Zoom events aren’t interrupted by uninvited guests. Unfortunately, incidents of Zoom-bombing at UBC continue, but there are some quick and easy steps that hosts or co-hosts can take to […]
Bulletins – IT, Media & Classroom Services News 2020-10-08 14:32:44
Interested in using public cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Want to learn how they can support your research? UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is hosting the UBC ARC Cloud Computing Research Fall Training from October 19 – November 3, 2020. This year, the program will be offered virtually in the form […]
UBC IT Okanagan Online Helpdesk is moving!
On November 2, 2020, UBC IT Okanagan will be moving to the UBC Self-Service Portal along with the Integrated Services Centre with the launch of Workday. This will make it easier for staff and faculty in the Okanagan, and across UBC, to access a variety of UBC support services from a single website: ubc.service-now.com (cwl […]
Planned Telephone Service Maintenance -Okanagan Campus, September 26, 2020, 08:00-12:00 PT
Planned maintenance will be conducted on the Okanagan campus telephone system Saturday September 26, 2020, between the hours of 08:00 to 12:00 PT. Incoming calls to campus may experience intermittent service interruptions during this time. Local calls …