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New year, new site, new features!
We got great feedback and suggestions from our Michigan IT readers about how to make the newsletter more useful, timely, and informative. Here are a just a few improvements you’ll find on the new Michigan IT News site:
- The ability to comment on and “favorite” stories
- Social media sharing
- Subscribe/unsubscribe to email updates via MCommunity
- Real-time posting with option for RSS notifications
- A training and events calendar that integrates with Google (Yay!)
- Improved search capabilities with the addition of categories and tags
We know many of you still like your monthly Michigan IT Newsletter email, so that won’t go away (unless you want it to). We plan to add other features and enhancements over the coming months. Use the comments below or send us an email to let us know what you think of the new site and how we can make it even better. We’d love to hear from you!
A little history
The first issue of the Michigan IT Newsletter in February 2015 had about a dozen items. Since then, the newsletter has become an important channel of communication, reflecting Michigan IT’s increasing importance to the university mission, expanding influence, and growing responsibilities. Along the way, it even picked up a Best of Category award from the Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services. A few items of interest:
- The average content volume of the newsletter has more than doubled since 2015.
- We’ve added regular sections that cover IT-related campus news, safe computing, and updates on major IT projects and services.
- We assembled a dedicated working group of “frontline” IT staff who make sure we keep focused on the issues, interests, and developments that are important to the Michigan IT community.
- We have a diverse and growing group of story contributors from across all campuses and from many areas of specialization.
