ALL-IT Email: Jan. 7, 2025 

This email is sent to everyone with the UF_N_ALL_IT_WORKERS security role.
Please read and share relevant content with the faculty, students, and staff you support.

Changes to M365 Default Sharing Settings Begin Tuesday, Feb. 4
In order to improve the security of files and links shared from Microsoft 365 products, including OneDrive, SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams, UFIT is implementing new measures that will take effect on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

More information about the new default sharing settings is available at https://cloud.it.ufl.edu/m365-default-sharing/. The UFIT Help Desk is prepared to help users who need assistance updating the sharing permissions on their links. Users may contact the Help Desk at 352-392-HELP/4357 or visit our team at 132 Hub.

New IAM Website – it.ufl.edu/iam
UFIT Identity & Access Management has refreshed its web presence. Visit https://it.ufl.edu/iam/ for streamlined access  to IAM’s services, including SailPoint, identity coordination, and multi-factor authentication. 

The NaviGator Toolkit Self-Service Capability is Live 
As part of the NaviGator AI suite, NaviGator Toolkit provides students, faculty, and staff the capability to generate API keys and leverage AI models in their current applications. Each UF user has a $5 monthly budget they can spend on locally deployed models, such as Llama, Mixtral, Gemma, Codestral, Stable Diffusion, and Mistral.
 
Access now: https://it.ufl.edu/ai/navigator-toolkit/. 

New Usernames for UFIT’s Social Media Accounts
As part of an effort to modernize UFIT’s digital presence, IT-Communications has updated UFIT’s social media usernames. Follow us to stay up-to-date on campus IT announcements, training opportunities, and new videos intended for the faculty, students, and staff you support. IT Email: Dec. 10, 2024 

Spring 2025 Auto-Course Creation Begins Dec. 18
Faculty and staff are now able to request Spring 2025 courses. Please be aware that in order to facilitate earlier roster loading than in previous terms, the auto-course creation date has been set to Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at 12 p.m. Rosters will begin to load when this process is completed. Instructors needing to combine sections into a single shell must submit their requests  before this deadline.
 
Faculty can request their courses via ONE.UF by following these instructions. Please note, instructors must be listed as the instructor of record to use ONE.UF. For staff or faculty submitting requests on behalf of others, please use  myUFL instead.
 
UFIT e-Learning Support offers one-on-one consultations to help instructors prepare their course(s) for the upcoming term: http://go.ufl.edu/CanvasHelp.

Spring 2025 SPSS & Sample Power 3 Course
Registration is now open for UFIT’s free SPSS & Sample Power 3 Spring 2025 course. This virtual course takes place from Jan. 13, 2025 - March 14, 2025. All UF staff, faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and teaching assistants who have completed at least one graduate-level statistics course are welcome to enroll.

The course has seven self-paced modules focused on navigating SPSS & Sample Power 3, preparing and conducting data analysis, performing inferential statistics, and more.

To register, visit https://training.it.ufl.edu/training/items/spss-and-samplepower-3.html.

AI Across the Curriculum: Video Series
UFIT, the AI2 Center, and the Center for Teaching Excellence are collaborating on a video series to spotlight how AI is being utilized in the classroom through innovative teaching solutions.
New videos are uploaded each month: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxU0QlRdSx8JPdbNJboSu-pCoEN6bWKxN