LSA Technology Services partners with Natural History Museum to unveil new facility and website
After months of collaboration, LSA Technology Services’ work will be apparent in the U-M Museum of Natural History opening on April 14.
Category Archives: Features
Can you hear me now? Cell coverage improves at NCRC
Many of you are familiar with the Verizon commercial “Can you Hear Me Now?” Thanks to the partnership between ITS, HITS, and Verizon, the answer to that question for folks in the North Campus Research Complex is a resounding “Yes!”
Profiles in IT: Sean Green ― stats superstar
During the day, Sean Green serves as the manager of web services for LSA Technology Services. But after hours, he becomes a stats superstar for the U-M Men’s Basketball Team.
Message from the VPIT-CIO
Massive amounts of data inform ground-breaking research and discovery, teaching and learning, and patient care each day. Our vision is for U-M to be an empowered community of data consumers who have on-demand, role-based access to enterprise data.
Three units use new automated access tool
“How do I get access to —?” is likely not an unfamiliar question. The ability to answer often relies on knowing a sometimes complex network of requests and approval processes, which can span academic and administrative offices. Three campus units partnered with ITS to take an important step towards improving how access is managed in their unit. The… Read More »
Two-Factor for Weblogin: Amaizin’ things happen when community pulls together
Michigan IT staff on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses and in Michigan Medicine were responsible for the successful Duo expansion. This journey as a community made U-M 106,000 people safer. Read how.
CTools retirement set for July 1, 2019
ITS has announced that the final step in the multi-year process to decommission CTools will take place on July 1, 2019 when the platform will be retired and content will no longer be accessible. For more than a decade, the U-M community had used CTools for learning management, file sharing and storage, project collaboration, and research support. The… Read More »
U-M staff advocate for universal design at World IA Day
ITS staff gave a presentation and demonstrated assistive technology at this event that focused on the impact design decisions have on humanity and society as a whole.
U-M adopts Blue, giving instructors freedom to customize evaluations
New course evaluation software helps provide instructors with more nuanced feedback from students that can be used to improve their courses.
Scholars & privacy experts examine privacy at Privacy@Michigan
The annual event, hosted by the UMSI and U-M Information Assurance, brings together faculty, researchers, students, and staff for multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society.
Center for Educational Outreach’s Youth Hub is a ‘game changer’
Youth Hub is an interactive marketplace offered by U-M Center for Educational Outreach that highlights pre-college K-12 programs and opportunities offered by schools and colleges.
A message from VPIT-CIO Ravi Pendse
2019 is going to be an outstanding year for technology at U-M. I look forward to working with the entire Michigan IT community to progress toward our vision to be a leader in the appropriate use of technology among our peers and beyond.
Privacy@Michigan takes the conversation online
To say Privacy@Michigan 2019 was well-connected would be an understatement. Online conversations happened throughout the day on Twitter and continued on Reddit Tuesday.
New MSetup wireless network connects more devices
MSetup enables the campus community to connect many more wireless devices to the U-M network than ever before—including smart speakers, wearables, game consoles, and more.
UM-Flint prepares for move to Google in 2019
UM-Flint will transition to G Suite for Education to replace Microsoft Exchange/Outlook email and calendar services, among other apps. See the project plan and timeline that focuses on staff and faculty.
Winter break tech bingo!
It’s that time of year again! We are slowing down for the end of term, and gearing up (geeking up?) for the winter break. It’s always a good plan to have some extra activities available for those days where so many people are stuck at home. Following on the heels of last year’s tech comics & coloring books,… Read More »
A message from VPIT-CIO Ravi Pendse
Collaborations across our campuses can help magnify what can be accomplished in a single unit. Working together, we can collectively provide a frictionless, cohesive digital experience for students and our entire U-M community.
A look back at the 2018 Michigan IT Symposium
Now in its fifth year, the Michigan IT Symposium continues to be the premiere event that brings together IT staff throughout the university to share ideas, meet new people, and reconnect with former colleagues. This year, more than 425 IT professionals from across U-M came together on November 28–29, to celebrate the expertise, innovation, and talents of the… Read More »
Earn a free U-M certificate in UX, web apps, & more
Looking to gain some new skills? There is no better place to start than the online course offerings available through Michigan Online.
My Learning Analytics offers new insights to learners
ITS Teaching and learning (T&L) is partnering with the School of Information (SI) and the School of Education (SOE) to develop learning analytics tools aimed at improving student performance. Equipped with evidence from past learning dashboard efforts, research faculty and graduate students in SI and SOE have been working with development staff from T&L on designing —and then… Read More »