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15
Sep.
2020

Community

InCommon Fun Facts – September 2020

September 15, 2020 Show your participation InCommon has a nice badge logo for use by current participants. Take a look and download your very own. New InCommon Participants As of September 14, 2020, InCommon had 1,021 participants. Here are the new participants since the August newsletter: Higher EducationUnited States…

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15
Sep.
2020

Community

Nominations for Advisory Committees Opens October 1

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…

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10
Sep.
2020

Federation Community

Webinar: Baseline Expectations 2 Community Presentation and Discussion

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…

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13
May.
2020

Federation Community

Academic Collaboration Continues to Grow

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…

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04
May.
2020

eduroam Community

How are YOU using eduroam?

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 –…

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30
Apr.
2020

Federation Community

Open Discussion Slated for New Baseline Expectations

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…

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29
Apr.
2020

IAM Webinars Academy Community Federation

May 13 IAM Online – Simplfying Access to Scholarly Content

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…

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16
Apr.
2020

Community Software

Get connected to the InCommon Trusted Access Platform

April 16, 2020 We talk about the InCommon Trusted Access Platform as “community developed.” That development happens through working groups. And working groups need people to participate, and also people to contribute and collaborate on best practices and integration patterns. In this case, the Software Integration Working Group helps to…

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16
Apr.
2020

Academy Community

Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together.

April 16, 2020 Do you have Identity and Access Management challenges that would benefit from dedicated expertise and community collaboration? Consider joining the 2021 version of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP).  The 2021 CSP program will target four common challenges:  using groups to manage access and for quick…

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15
Apr.
2020

Federation Community

InCommon Metadata Signing and the Pandemic

April 15, 2020 By Nicholas Roy Everyone in the InCommon Participant community has been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. One of the best things about this community is how it responds to shared challenges, divides up the problem space, and offers solutions rapidly.  A recent example is quickly changing…

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