As the festive season is upon us, we wanted to keep you informed about our operating hours during Winter break. Please take note of the changes so you can plan your support inquiries accordingly!
News
Scheduled Telephone System Outage, December 13-14.
OIT has scheduled a required upgrade of the campus telephone system that will result in intermittent outages of campus telephone services from Friday, December 13 at 8:00pm until Saturday, December 14 at 4:00am.
Chat Messaging Retention Policy To Begin December 20, 2024
Beginning Friday, December 20, 2024, chat messages in Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom Chat that are more than 1-year old will begin to be auto-deleted. This new policy applies for all students, faculty, staff, and affiliates at UCI.
ZotGPT API Now Available for Research
Application programming interface (API) access for ZotGPT is now available for all faculty and staff.
Design-a-thon Winners: Celebrating Innovation in VR and Imagination at UCI
This past spring, the Office of Data and Information Technology (ODIT) partnered with the student group Design at UCI to offer a special VR track as part of their 2024 Design-a-thon competition, ‘True to You.’ Thanks to ODIT’s sponsorship and the leadership of Jessica Sotelo, Design-a-thon Director, and Keri Albers, Digital Innovation at UCI, nine students gained access to Meta Quest headsets and the opportunity to learn how to create immersive environments.
Zotsites: The UCI Search Engine Empowering Students to Navigate Campus
Conceptualized in Fall 2023 to enter the ANTrepreneur Center’s annual AI Innovation Challenge, Zotsites aims to assist students in navigating the vast expanse of UCI-related domains and webpages, including academic resources, student services, campus organizations, communities and even third-party UCI-centered discussion threads on Reddit – so students can always find the relevant information they need.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! The month was originally created through a collaboration with the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Department of Homeland Security.
OIT Launches ZotDefend, a Cybersecurity Campaign Protecting UCI’s Digital World
Over the next year, UC Irvine will be working diligently to update, strengthen and elevate our security processes to achieve new security standards that all UC campuses have committed to upholding. This initiative, named ZotDefend, will focus on protecting UCI’s digital world.
New GenAI Learning Paths Available in Udemy
The OIT web content team is thrilled to share that new Generative AI (GenAI) starter learning paths have been activated in Udemy, UCI's chosen online learning platform. UCI affiliates with access to Udemy can now explore the new learning paths to enhance their GenAI...