Register today for Hacks with Friends 2022—a fun-filled event where you have two days to break out of your confines, form a team, build a project (or hack) from scratch, and show it off in a competition! This event is open to all IT and technology professionals and advocates who work at the university.
Editor’s note: This project’s timeline has shifted from July to November 2022. Michigan Medicine Headlines has full details. This July, MLearning – the system Michigan Medicine faculty, staff, and students use to register for and complete many regular, required training activities – will be replaced. In conjunction with this change, the “MLearning” brand is being retired, and will… Read More »
The Michigan IT Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Practitioners welcomes two experts from the disaster recovery field. You’re invited to join them on May 10 and June 21 to learn more about IT disaster recovery. This is a great opportunity for professional development. May 10: Ray Holloman, Determining Recovery Order Ray Holloman, M.B.A., M.S., CBCP, CCRP, MBCI will… Read More »
Get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these professional development opportunities!
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an online writing tool called Frost. It provides a clean, minimalist interface that can help you focus on the writing process by eliminating distractions.
This month in EDUCAUSE: A review of methods of connecting with students using technology, the evolution of digital transformation, and a free mentoring program.
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Mark your calendars and make plans to participate in the 2022 Hacks with Friends! This year’s event will be a hybrid two-day event on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 at Arbor Lakes. Participants are welcomed to join in person or virtually. HWF is a spirited event open to any and all University of Michigan IT and… Read More »
This month in EDUCAUSE: A review of methods of connecting with students using technology, the evolution of digital transformation, and a free mentoring program.
Get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these professional development opportunities!
This year’s Enriching Scholarship conference will highlight the range of instructional tools and approaches that reveal the implicit or unspoken assumptions and expectations in the curriculum. Submit your proposal by March 1.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares a recent Google Calendar update that makes it easy to list your working location. This is especially valuable with hybrid schedules.
The eighth annual Michigan IT Symposium, “Moving Forward Together,” took place December 14–16, 2021. The three half-day virtual event offered something for everyone, hosting 16 breakout sessions, two spotlight sessions, and 36 poster presentations. Dr. Ravi Pendse, vice president and chief information officer for the university, kicked things off and closed out the symposium, hosting a leadership panel… Read More »
This month in EDUCAUSE: A review of methods of connecting with students using technology, the evolution of digital transformation, and a free mentoring program.
Get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these professional development opportunities!
Tech Tip: This month’s tip is a bookmark manager tool called Raindrop.io.
Information and Technology Services (ITS) is working with partners in schools, colleges, and across the university’s three campuses and Michigan Medicine to roll out a new design and additional functionality for time reporting. The upgrade will impact all employees who report, approve, or modify time. The upgrade will support a more mobile-friendly time reporting experience and ensure that… Read More »
More than 450 people joined technology leaders to hear how the University of Michigan is “Moving Forward Together” at the Michigan IT Symposium on Tuesday, December 14. The recording is now available.
There is a new workspace on Slack that is specifically for members of the Michigan IT community: the Michigan IT Slack workspace.
Use Slack to effectively build community to share important organization information and create a sense of belonging. Start by considering your audience (which might be based on common interests, jobs and work environments, age, or some other factor), and then create guidelines for an inclusive community standard.