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One of the questions faculty and staff are likely to receive from the incoming class of new UWindsor students pertains to UWin Accounts.

To help explain the importance of UWin Accounts — as well as the steps incoming students need to take to get theirs fully operational — watch (and share with students) this 115-second Tech Talk video.

More information about UWin Accounts for incoming students can be found on ask.UWindsor.ca. A few key articles include:

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

Ericka Greenham

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As of today, users will be required to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to sign in to myUWinfo.uwindsor.ca from an off-campus network.

UWindsor’s gateway to human resource information, myUWinfo joins Blackboard, Office 365, UWinsite Finance, and UWinsite Student as an MFA-protected online resource.

MFA combines two or more independent credentials or “factors” — what you know (i.e. your password) with something you have (e.g. mobile phone) — to create a second layer of security. The security measure was introduced at the University of Windsor during the Winter 2020 semester and is already familiar to most faculty, staff, and students.

“MFA offers our faculty, staff, and student employees an additional layer of protection for their UWindsor employee information,” says Ryan Kenney, executive director of Information Technology Services. “It augments the security measures such as data encryption and local storage already in place.”

If you have not set up your MFA options, you can do so from an off-campus location following the steps outlined at www.uwindsor.ca/its/mfa-setup.

Additional myUWinfo support resources can be found at www.uwindsor.ca/myuwinfo/help or by signing into myUWinfo.uwindsor.ca and selecting a link on the Help tile.

—Ericka Greenham

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A scheduled upgrade of UWindsor’s gateway to human resource information will make myUWinfo unavailable Friday to Sunday, July 17 to 19.

“This upgrade will add myUWinfo to the online resources at UWindsor protected by multi-factor authentication,” says Susan Holiga, assistant director, Information Technology Services. “At the same time, it will put in place technical enhancements which will allow us to add new functionality to the system in the future.”

During the upgrade, any updates will be posted on the IT Services’ system status webpage at www.uwindsor.ca/itservices/status.

—Ericka Greenham

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When a new member joins the UWindsor faculty or staff, one of the first things they need to do from an information technology-perspective is set up their personal digital identification, commonly known as their UWin Account.

Watch IT Services team member Carl Amlin as he walks through UWin Account activation for new employees in this 89-second Tech Talk video.

If you want more information about UWin Accounts, click on the link in the Comments section below the video.

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

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Current UWindsor faculty, staff and students have access to the full desktop version of Microsoft Office 365 (soon to be known as Microsoft 365 Apps) for use on up to five devices.

Watch Information Technology Services team member Mike Ritzer as he demonstrates how to install Office 365 using your UWin Account credentials and portal.office.com in this 123-second Tech Talk video.

If you want more information about Office 365, click on the link in the Comments section below the video.

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

—Ericka Greenham