EMIS Newsflash – March 28, 2023
3/28/2023
Contact Verification for User Profiles
On March 27, the following item was included in the department’s EdConnection. Although it was not mentioned in the article, the ODE User Profile is what links your OH|ID account to applications that use ODE systems for authorizations—this includes ODDEX. Therefore, the first time you log into ODDEX (or any other ODE application) after this change using your OH|ID, you will be prompted to update your contact information after you click on the tile to access the application. The information you provide is used as your default contact information in several applications, including ODDEX. Please take the time to make sure your contact information is correct. Note that the updated software may be released late Tuesday afternoon, so some users may see the prompt before Wednesday, April 29.
Contact verification for Department of Education User Profiles begins March 29
Beginning March 29, the Ohio Department of Education will begin asking anyone with an ODE User Profile to verify their contact information once a year. Like other online services, the Department's applications need basic information including name, address and contact information. The Department uses the ODE User Profile information for contact purposes when necessary, for example to alert educators to status changes to a submitted license or grant application.
An ODE User Profile is different from an OH|ID. Even though the OH|ID signup process also collects some contact information, OH|IDs are used only to log in to state systems and the contact information simply enables secure logins.
The Department automatically will check annually to verify contact information. If it has been more than a year since a user’s last verification, users will be asked to verify their contact information before proceeding to the application. If there are no changes, verification is fast. If updates are necessary, it takes most users a few minutes to enter the updated contact information.
Read more about the contact verification update.