Technology News

New Google Privacy Policy

February 8, 2012 – Starting March 1, 2012, Google’s privacy policy will change, giving them the opportunity to correlate the user’s personal activities to tailor their experience.  Users of Gmail,... Read More

Intuit Phishing Attempt

February 6, 2012 – Subject: Tax Information needed urgently. ISSUE:  OIT has received questions concerning a Phishing email sent to many UA users.  It is an attempt to lure you to a site... Read More

eLearning to be Phased Out

February 6, 2012 – The University of Alabama will switch its online learning-management system from eLearning to Blackboard Learn throughout the 2012 school year, with the transition set to begin... Read More

CIO Blog

Emerging Technologies Make Learning Easier

From generation to generation, parents feel compelled to tell the rising youth personal reflections from their old school days. These struggles, whether embellished or endured, often involve comments like, “Back... Read More

Cyber Security Awareness Month in Full Swing

October marks the 8th Annual Cyber Security Awareness Month founded by the Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Alliance, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center.  This will be... Read More

Back in the Habit

Clothes, supplies, textbooks…you name it. The list could go on forever. Preparing for heading back to school can jump from fun and exciting to overbearing and stressful in seconds. Luckily, students... Read More

Outage Alerts

Scheduled Outages

Routine Maintenance

OIT performs routine maintenance on servers and systems every Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. Many IT services may be offline intermittently during this time. Network access and computing resources availability (Banner, E-Learning, Exchange server, etc.) may also be affected. Since this is a low-usage period, fewer UA customers will be impacted. For questions, contact the IT Service Desk at (205) 348-5555 or itsd@ua.edu.

Known Issues

The Known Issues Page is a checkpoint for our IT partners across campus. The page lists software compatibility issues and known fixes.