Support Articles
July 24, 2018 - 2:41 pm
The official UNI web colors are used on any screen-oriented content, including websites, kiosks, displays and presentation slides.
UNI Purple
Hexidecimal: 4B116F
RGB: R=75, G=17, B=111
UNI Gold
Hexidecimal: FFCC00
RGB: R=255, G=204, B=0
The color combinations of black and gold or red and gold should never be used in close proximity to each other on the UNI web site. Those are the colors of the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.
Questions? Contact DeWayne Purdy.
July 24, 2018 - 2:38 pm
Drupal is the official open source content management system chosen for university-wide use. Some of the advantages of Drupal are:
User friendly interface: While the developer side of Drupal requires a fair amount of web and programming skill to build the initial site, the interface for updating sites once they are created is user friendly and easy to learn.
Plenty of functionality is available to you at little cost. There are hundreds of free modules available that plug into Drupal adding complex programming features with very little effort, meaning that the cost of adding certain...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Faculty Focus - Intersession Technology Workshops
Faculty Focus features a number of workshops to assist faculty in learning skills to more effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning. These workshops are offered the week just prior to the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters. The team of Instructional Designers and Faculty Integration Specialists from IT-Educational Technology & Media Services are available during Faculty Focus week to work with faculty through workshops and consultation.
Seating is limited.
Reservations are required.
Click here to view...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Some groups are configured such that anyone who wants to join can do so without needing an invitation from a manager.
To join a group that allows self subscription:
Send an email to myunigroupname+subscribe@uni.edu. (Substitue myunigroupname with the address of the group you'd like to join.)
Within a minute or two, you will receive an email that includes steps to confirm your membership.
To leave a group:
You can remove yourself from a group using any of these steps:
Option 1: Reply to an email from the group with REMOVE ME as the subject of your message.
Option 2: Send an email...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
The CatID Account Recovery Tool allows you to register alternate contact information, either a non-UNI email address or a cell phone number, in order to allow you to reset your CatID passphrase sometime in the future should you forget it. Follow the instructions below to set up your recovery capabilities.
Step 1: Log into MyUNIverse. Once logged in, look in the upper-right-hand corner for the pagelet titled My Account. There you'll see a link titled CatID Account Recovery Setup. Click that.
Step 2: If you've not yet registered to use the new Account Recovery Tool, then you'll be presented...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Request Role
You can request a role for yourself or any other user. By default you are requesting a role for yourself unless you change it by selecting the change user button. Note: you can never request the same role twice for the same user. If there is an active request for that role, the role cannot requested again.
To change users left click the “change user” button and the following screen will come up.
You can select a user based on their username/UNI ID number or by first name/last name. After searching for the user make sure to left click the radio button for that user...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
How to share your worklist
How to give another person access to your worklist for a period of time. You might want to do this if you are going to be gone for a period of time, or if you have a large number of approvals to go through. Remember who you are giving this access to, is acting on your behalf, and you should trust that they are able to make the decisions that need to be made.
First log in to e-Business and click on the Worklist Access as shown below:
Selecting worklist access produces the screen below; at this point click on the Grant Worklist Access button.
The...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Information Technology has deployed the eduroam network to select outdoor locations on campus. Work will continue to install access points in places where students, faculty, and staff congregate outdoors. The following map shows the current coverage area in purple. The areas in yellow will be coming soon.
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
UNI Alumni are eligible to have a Google Alumni email account after graduation. To sign up, follow the steps below:
You will receive an email with signup instructions, directing you to sign up through emailrequest.uni.edu
Use your CatID to sign in.
After signing in, your eligibility will be shown.
Eligible Alumni
If you're eligible for a new account, you can sign up and log in:
Click on the Request an Alumni account link:
Select a new email address in the @alumni.uni.edu domain:
Type in a password for your account (at least 15 characters long). Tip: Write this down to help...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Anti-virus and anti-spyware software, more easily defined as anti-malware software, are probably the most important pieces of software any Windows system can have. While Macs, Linux, and other systems are vulnerable to virus and spyware attacks as well, the design of their systems and their lower market share has made them less desirable to malicious software developers.
PLEASE NOTE: This article is intended for personally-owned machines only. UNI systems should have their anti-virus and anti-spyware software managed by the appropriate support staff.
Why do they want to Attack my System...
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