September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 By Jessica Fink, InCommon Community Advocacy Program Manager InCommon needs enthusiastic volunteers to bring their unique expertise to our community groups. Serving on advisory committees is an excellent way to serve the community, broaden your professional network, and develop and hone leadership skills. We invite you to start thinking about people to…
September 10, 2020
September 10, 2020 Please plan to join a community presentation and discussion of the second round of Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation, which has just entered the community consultation phase. The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) will open the webinar with information about Baseline Expectations in general and the new elements under…
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020 InCommon will offer the third Collaboration Success Program (CSP) cohort starting later this summer. A June 3, 2020, webinar will provide a quick overview of the program and the experiences of two organizations that are just completing the 2020 CSP. Through the CSP, organizations solve common challenges using the community-developed, standards-based software and…
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020 Educational and research organizations continue to improve their support for collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since a March 26 call to action, 35 institutions have joined more than 160 InCommon campuses and other organizations to help their faculty, staff, and students work together. You can see the full list here. How can…
May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020 The nationwide shuttering of schools and businesses and stay-at-home orders have made network connectivity more important than ever to educational institutions, particularly those with staff and student populations who are underserved by existing broadband solutions or might also be economically disadvantaged. Securely enabling these students, faculty, and staff to continue to participate…
May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020 A major new release of the InCommon Federation Manager sports a new and friendly interface, streamlining the process for adding and editing information. Site administrators use the Federation Manager to manage their organization’s information, which is then used for communication with other InCommon participants. Version 5.0 of the Federation Manager provides a…
May 4, 2020
IAM Online – Special Edition Monday, May 18, 20202 pm ET | 1 pm CT | Noon MT | 11 am PT Wi-Fi access has become critical for universities all over the world. Many research and education organizations have turned to eduroam – the global roaming WiFi service – to help students, faculty, staff, and…
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020 The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) has scheduled an open office hour to discuss the proposed new Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation. The session will take place Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 1 pm ET (Noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT). Zoom coordinates are at the bottom…
April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020 Making things simpler for students, faculty, staff, and researchers has become even more important over the last several weeks. But “simplifying” can mean different things to people in different roles on campus. And it may mean something different for the publishers of scholarly content, too. A group with representation from librarians, publishers,…
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020 Registration has opened for the Virtual BaseCAMP 2020, a five half-day workshop providing an introduction to identity and access management, the InCommon Federation, and the InCommon Trusted Access Platform suite of software and services. The BaseCAMP website includes the detailed program and registration details. Virtual BaseCAMP 2020 includes the same great content…
