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Training Resources

Welcome to the Office of Business & Finance training and onboarding resources to help inform new employees about university policies and procedures found in the one-time training section. Also, current staff can access annual required training and other recommended skills and financial training.

Ohio State has a number of professional development opportunities, in-person or self-directed. All employees are encouraged to review their personalized transcript of training opportunities found at BuckeyeLearn.

Accommodation Requests: If you are registered for any training or on a waitlist and require accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate, please contact FinancialTraining@osu.edu. 

 

Required Annual Training

In addition to the B&F annual required training below, financial training by business area is provided to address specific policies, procedures or systems. For accommodation requests or to inquire about additional training, please contact FinancialTraining@osu.edu.

Institutional Data Policy
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Institutional Data Policy

 

This course will describe your role and responsibilities in preserving security and confidentiality while sharing and storing this information.All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

ODTI Digital Security and Trust

IDP-Support@osu.edu

IT-training@osu.edu

Ethics and You
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Ethics and YouIn this 14-minute, video you will learn about why Ohio Ethics law is important to you, conflicts of interest and prohibited activities and guidelines for accepting things of value.All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Human Resources

gatewaytolearning@osu.edu

Digital Accessibility
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Digital Accessibility Policy

 

The Digital Accessibility policy establishes minimum standards for the accessibility of Ohio State’s digital information and services.

When you have completed this 9-minute course, you will be able to

  • Define digital accessibility
  • Describe the purpose of the Digital Accessibility policy
  • Explain how your work must comply with the Digital Accessibility Policy
All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Security

IT-training@osu.edu

STEP UP Against Sexual Misconduct

Report=Support! Identifying and Responding to Sexual Misconduct 

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STEP UP Against Sexual MisconductThis interactive, easy-to-follow online course takes about 30 minutes to complete and informs employees about how to recognize sexual misconduct (including sexual assault or harassment, relationship violence and stalking), explains the impact of sexual misconduct and provides tools to address, disrupt and report inappropriate and harmful behavior. This is a mandatory sexual misconduct prevention online course for all faculty, staff and student employees.All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Institutional Equity

equityeducation@osu.edu

Security Awareness
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Security Awareness

 

This one-hour online training explains general cybersecurity topics about your use of email, web browsers, social media and mobile devices. Learn how being aware of phishing emails can protect you from harm.

All Staff

 

Online BuckeyeLearn

OTDI Digital Security and Trust

IT-training@osu.edu

Last Modified: December 2025

 

Required One-Time Training

To introduce new employees to the Office of Business & Finance culture within The Ohio State University, the following one-time training is required. 

Building Emergency Action Plan
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Building Emergency Action PlanThis training provides an overview of the university wide plan describing what to do in the event of an emergency. Topics covered include evacuation plans, severe weather emergencies, fires, bomb threats, utility outages, and workplace violence.All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Administration and Planning - Environmental Health and Safety

ehs@osu.edu

 

Digital Accessibility
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Document Accessibility: MIcrosoft WordThis course provides an overview of how to make a Microsoft Word document accessible to users with disabilities.Content writers, document designers using WordOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (ODTI)

IT-training@osu.edu

Document Accessibility: Microsoft PowerPointThis course provides an overview of techniques to make a Microsoft PowerPoint document accessible to user with various disabilities.Content writers, document designers using PowerPointOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (ODTI)

IT-training@osu.edu

Document Accessibility: PDF

PDF stands for Portable Document Format. This file format was created by Adobe in the 1990s to offer a way to preserve visual formatting from various authoring programs and allow people to share files anywhere on any machine.

PDF offers many accessibility features, but they must be deliberately incorporated — they don’t happen by accident. Although the process can be time-consuming, you’ll see that it’s nothing more than adopting an accessible design approach and following an explicit checklist of items.

Content writers, document designers using basic PDFsOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (ODTI)

IT-training@osu.edu

Document Accessibility: Advanced PDF - Complex Tables and Forms

Complex Tables and Forms are advanced topics in PDF Accessibility. Before beginning this course, ensure that you have read the course Basic PDF Accessibility, as the concepts here build on those topics.

As in all PDF remediation, you’ll need Adobe Acrobat. In this course, we’ll focus on documents that first start in Microsoft Word and end up in Acrobat for touch-up.

Content writers, document designers using PDF forms and tablesOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (ODTI)

IT-training@osu.edu

Document Accessibility: Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel is the most popular spreadsheet software in use today. It is an excellent tool for storing and analyzing data, creating graphs and charts, performing mathematical computations, identifying patterns, and much more. This course focuses on making accessible workbooks with Microsoft Excel.Content writers, document designers using ExcelOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (ODTI)

IT-training@osu.edu

Hazard Communication
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Hazard CommunicationThis training provides an overview of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard as it relates to occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in the workplace.All StaffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Administration and Planning - Environmental Health and Safety

ehs@osu.edu

Workplace Violence Awareness
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Workplace Violence AwarenessThis 15 minute online course outlines the important role of supervisors and managers in preventing and addressing workplace violence at The Ohio State University.SupervisorsOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Human Resources

gatewaytolearning@osu.edu

 

Recommended Training

Recommended Training for Employees
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Introduction to BuckeyeLearn

When you have completed this 18-minute curriculum, you will be able to 

  • Log into BuckeyeLearn
  • Find Training
  • Register for training
  • View your training
  • Take and complete training
Student and StaffOnline BuckeyeLearn

BuckeyeLearn Support 

IT-training@osu.edu

Surviving an Active AggressorIt’s scary to think about, but an active aggressor could strike any place, at any time. That’s why Ohio State’s Department of Public Safety has released a new “Surviving an Active Aggressor” video to educate the campus community. The 9-minute video provides important updates to the university’s original safety tutorial released in 2015. The safety of our students, faculty and staff is our top priority and we encourage all Buckeyes to watch.All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Administration and Planning

apcommunications@osu.edu

New Hire Retirement and Health & Welfare Benefit Webinar

This 150-minute webinar will provide faculty and staff with the information needed to make an informed choice regarding Retirement and Health and Welfare options as a new hire. 

Part 1: Retirement

You have 120 days including the effective date of your eligible appointment to choose a retirement program. 

Part 2: Health and Welfare 

You have 30 days including the effective date of your eligible appointment to enroll in health benefits.

All staff

Live session via Zoom

Sign-up via BuckeyeLearn

Office of Human Resources

gatewaytolearning@osu.edu

Paper And Bytes B&F recorded versionThis is a two-hour recorded webinar of the Paper and Bytes course regarding record retention.All staffOnline BuckeyeLearn

Office of Business and Finance

financialtraining@osu.edu

Recommended Training for Supervisors
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Manager's Introduction to BuckeyeLearn

After you complete this 17-minute curriculum, you will be able to:

  • Review an employee's transcript
  • Assign training to an employee
  • Report on employee training
SupervisorsOnline BuckeyeLearn

BuckeyeLearn Support 

IT-training@osu.edu

 

Resources

Contact HR Panel

Scott Millard
HR Business Partner (HRBP)
614-688-4252
millard.20@osu.edu

Jennifer Klipfer
HR Consultant (HRC)
614-247-1966
klipfer.2@osu.edu 

Kim York
Talent Acquisition Sr. Analyst
614-247-1966
klipfer.2@osu.edu 

HR Connection
hrconnection.osu.edu
(614) 247-myHR (6947)
HRConnection@osu.edu

Compass 
compass.osu.edu

HR Policies and Forms