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
The following table provides a brief description of the available lists: (see below for procedures and how to obtain permission to send)
Description
List Name
Institutional Officials
President, provost, vice presidents and library and college deans
HRS-Inst-Off
Academic Administrators
Academic department heads, associate/assistant deans, associate/assistant provost, and directors or administrators who supervise bargaining unit faculty
HRS-Acad-Admin
Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty
Probationary or tenured faculty...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Panopto is a lecture capture software that allows you to create, save, search and share rich media presentations instantly with your students. The software can be installed on Apple or Windows machines. All you need is a microphone and a computer to get started.
For more information about Panopto and how you could use it for your classes, please contact via Service Hub or call 273-5555 and ask for more details.
View sample videos recorded at UNI.
Apply for a Panopto Account
Faculty/staff:
If using Panopto with eLearning there is no need to apply for an account. Please see "Link your...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
When traveling in China, you may find that access to Google's GMail service is blocked at the country's "Great Firewall." This can often be circumvented by use of a third-party VPN service that you've purchased prior to your trip. However, please keep in mind that electronic eavesdropping is considered to be widely prevalent in China, and the computers of foreign travelers are often compromised in an attempt to gain access to research and corporate data. In short, if you can live without your e-mail for the duration of your stay, that's the safest thing to do. If you can't, consider taking...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
My Roles
The User Roles area contains all your current roles. The highlighted roles are the one generated automatically. By left clicking on any of the column headings you can also sort by ascending or descending order.
In this case the three E-Business roles are automatically generated. The two Web Custom roles were requested and added.
The search option under the User Roles can be used as a filter.
If you select the Web Custom selection in the system pulldown tab and hit search, the following will come up. This can be used to filter out what you don’t wish...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Search Roles
Search Roles is a function that allows you to get information on different roles.
In the system pulldown box select a system and left click the "search role" button.
You left click the radio button to the left of the role under the select column and can then select to view the role or request the role by left clicking the corresponding button.
When you click the "View Role" button the following information on the role will appear.
To return to the Search Role page just left click the "back to role search" button.
If you have...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
SRS (Security Request System) Frequently Asked Questions
What is the SRS system and why do I need to use it?
There are many reasons for the SRS system. A good explanation of the system and what is does can be found at:
https://www.uni.edu/its/kb/9041
How long do I have to complete the workflow items?
We understand those back offices with large numbers may take weeks to get through them all. All we ask at this point is that you spend some time each week focused on getting these done. Our goal is to have them all completed by mid October. As we approach that time, we will begin...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
The Oracle e-Business Suite will be upgraded on Tuesday, October 2nd, and will receive a new login experience. This new experience requires a one-time setup to function properly. Follow the instructions below to configure your Secure TextPad and phrase.
When you navigate to ebiz.uni.edu on September 14th, you will be greeted by the new login experience. You'll notice it is slightly different. The first screen asks only for your CatID user name. Enter it and click Continue.
You'll be greeted by the Secure TextPad. This device has a space to enter your password. Enter your password and...
July 24, 2018 - 1:57 pm
Students
Students that graduate from UNI are eligible to use a tool called Google Takeout to easily make a back up of or migrate their account data to a different Gmail account while their current UNI account is still active. You can find instructions on how to use Google Takeout in Google's support documentation. If you run into an error message transferring content, you may need to use a private web browser session.
Employees
Employees, both current and former, are not allowed to use Google Takeout for migrating or downloading personal data from their UNI Google account. Such individuals...
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