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This month in EDUCAUSE: Marketing and IT, AI for solving problems, designing virtual ed tech

By | May 1, 2023
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My name is Irina “Irene” Knokh. I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and your advocate for EDUCAUSE. I will provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter.  Collaboration is key: Why IT Needs to Pay More Attention to Marketing Technology Carrie Shumaker (Chief Information and Strategy Officer, UM-Dearborn), and Rebecca Joffrey (Cornell), write that it’s critical… Read More »

Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for April/May 2023

By | April 26, 2023
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We invite you to get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these meetings! IT Governance meetings: The full calendar is on the IT Governance web page. April Meetings Recap: Upcoming May Meetings: IT Communities of Practice meetings: The full calendar is on the Community of Practice web page. April Meetings Recap: Upcoming May Meetings

Tech Tip: Easily extract images from PowerPoint

By | April 25, 2023
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Tech Tip

For this month’s Tech Tip, I’m sharing a tip that I’ve found very useful over the years. It’s a simple technique to extract all images (and other content, such as the fonts used in the presentation) from within PowerPoint files just by changing its extension. You can do this with files you’ve saved directly from the Microsoft PowerPoint… Read More »

Registration now open for U-M Enriching Scholarship 2023

By | April 14, 2023
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Enriching Scholarship

Registration is now open for the 25th annual Enriching Scholarship conference, taking place May 1-2, 2023. Enriching Scholarship is an opportunity for instructors, and those who support instruction on all U-M campuses, to share ideas and connect with one another. The theme of this year’s conference is, “Taking the Lead – Dancing with Disruption in Higher Education.” Sessions will… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: XR in the clinical setting, ChatGPT, resilience and personal agility, faculty and student mentoring

By | April 5, 2023
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My name is Irene Knokh. I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and your advocate for EDUCAUSE. I will provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter.  I took a brief hiatus in February and I’m back! Welcome to Spring 2023 (at least officially it’s Spring)! Extended Reality (XR) in the clinical setting Hail to the Victors… Read More »

Call for impactful internship projects

By | March 29, 2023
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The Information and Technology Services (ITS) Summer Internship Program is looking for impactful projects for the 2023 cohort to invest in this summer!  As the program enters its ninth year, interns have made a difference in many areas of ITS and the Michigan IT Community through cohort projects. Some examples from previous years include: Interns will work on… Read More »

Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for March/April 2023

By | March 28, 2023
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We invite you to get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these meetings! IT Governance meetings: The full calendar is on the IT Governance web page. March Meetings Recap: Upcoming April Meetings: IT Communities of Practice meetings: The full calendar is on the Community of Practice web page. March Meetings Recap: Upcoming April Meetings

Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for February/March 2023

By | February 24, 2023
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We invite you to get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these meetings! IT Governance meetings: The full calendar is on the IT Governance web page. February Meetings Recap: Upcoming March Meetings: IT Communities of Practice meetings: The full calendar is on the Community of Practice web page. February Meetings Recap: Upcoming March Meetings:

Highlights from the 2022 Michigan IT Symposium

By | February 2, 2023
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Michigan IT Symposium. Helping shape the future of learning, research, and care. November 16 and 17, 2022.

The 2022 Michigan IT Symposium was held November 16 and 17, co-chaired by Dush Fernando, director of Support Services, LSA, and Asmat Noori, assistant director, ITS, with a total of 592 members of the Michigan IT community participating over both days. Day 1 of the symposium kicked off with 359 people joining virtually to watch a leadership presentation… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Privacy & security in higher ed, DEI efforts, and AI

By | February 1, 2023
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My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I share articles of interest, upcoming trends, and advocate on your behalf for EDUCAUSE. I provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter. Welcome to 2023! I will provide EDUCAUSE articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter. Welcome to 2023! Data Privacy Day was… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Year-end wrap, highlights, and best practices

By | December 9, 2022
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My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I share articles of interest, upcoming trends, and advocate on your behalf for EDUCAUSE. Welcome to the December edition! ‘Tis the homestretch! For the different perspectives on the top 2023 issues from federal, corporate, teaching and senior IT leaders’ view, visit the 2023 Top IT Issues report. Below… Read More »

Register today for the 2022 Michigan IT Symposium

By | October 31, 2022
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Michigan IT Symposium. Helping shape the future of learning, research, and care. November 16 and 17, 2022.

Register today and join colleagues from across U-M for the 2022 Michigan IT Symposium, November 16 and 17 in a hybrid format! The theme for this year’s Symposium is Helping Shape the Future of Learning, Research, and Care. Experience this energizing opportunity to learn new skills, connect with other technology professionals and advocates, and hear from campus leaders and innovators who are empowering the leaders and best through their work!

New Collaboration & Productivity Community of Practice!

By | October 27, 2022
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We are excited to announce the creation of the Collaboration & Productivity Community of Practice! Collaboration and productivity services (like Google Workspace, Slack, Dropbox, and more) are widely used and critically important across the university community. They support cooperative work through real-time collaboration and discussion, shared access to resources, and the facilitation of day-to-day tasks, like the creation… Read More »