Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for August/September 2021
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Category Archives: Professional Development
This month in EDUCAUSE
My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I will provide articles of interest, upcoming trends, and generally be your advocate for EDUCAUSE. Learning better: How am I doing in class? What do I need to study? In the blog “Show Students Their Data: Using Dashboards to Support Self-Regulated Learning,” Jennifer Love, Sean DeMonner and Stephanie Teasley,… Read More »
New phishing curriculum for your unit
To help you provide phishing awareness training in your unit ITS Information Assurance (IA) has published new phishing curriculum materials on Safe Computing!
Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for June/July/August 2021
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This month in EDUCAUSE
My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I will provide articles of interest, upcoming trends, and generally be your advocate for EDUCAUSE. Security, collaborative, data, teaching: All in summer’s day of work June and early July 2021 means an extensive discussion of security at EDUCAUSE. The theme this year is “Cybersecurity turned inside out.”… Read More »
Tech Tip: Plume
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
2021 Hacks with Friends — a completely different experience
The pandemic kept many events from happening over the past year, but the 2021 Hacks with Friends (HWF) was not one of them. The first-ever virtual Hacks with Friends kicked off on May 7 with the first of three Friday sessions thanks to the organization and resourcefulness of the planning committee, led by co-chairs Joe Lubomirski (Dearborn ITS)… Read More »
Enriching Scholarship a success
The U-M Teaching and Technology Collaborative (TTC) was proud to hold the 23rd annual Enriching Scholarship (ES) conference. Hosted by U-M’s Teaching and Technology Collaborative, Enriching Scholarship is a free, multi-day event held annually the first full week of May and focused on improving teaching, learning, and research through the effective integration of technology and pedagogy. The theme was “sharing and celebrating… Read More »
Tech Tip: The Marvellous Suspender
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
New! Technology Leadership Community of Practice
We are excited to announce the creation of the Technology Leadership Community of Practice (CoP)! This new group offers those within the U-M technology community an opportunity to come together with others interested in leadership development, skill advancement, and next practices. The new CoP will create an environment that seeks to discuss, shape, and guide each other through collaboration… Read More »
My LINC adds LinkedIn Learning and Business Objects Reporting
U-M staff and faculty have new learning and reporting opportunities in My LINC with the addition of LinkedIn Learning courses and data reporting in Business Objects. ITS has partnered with Organizational Learning and Information Quest to improve personal and professional development and help make data-driven business decisions. LinkedIn Learning LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) has been integrated into My… Read More »
Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for May/June 2021
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Vote for your favorite 2021 HWF hacks Friday, May 21
The 2021 virtual Hacks with Friends (HWF) kicked off Friday, May 7 with 13 hack teams collaborating to build a project (or hack) from scratch. Join us at 10:30 a.m., Friday May 21, via livestream, on the last day of competition for the first public reveal of what each team has created. Teams will present their hacks in… Read More »
This month in EDUCAUSE
My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I will provide articles of interest, upcoming trends, and generally be your advocate for EDUCAUSE. Shielding Campus Data from the “Bad Guys” Bad actors just itching to get your data. What’s happening? IT departments and compliance departments are overwhelmed. IT employees are stressed – they are often… Read More »
Michigan IT Governance & CoP activities for April/May 2021
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Use the new Safe Computing Curriculum in your unit
As U-M employees and community members, we all share in the responsibility to help protect U-M IT systems and data. But how do you do that? ITS Information Assurance has developed a Safe Computing Curriculum that offers IT security and privacy/confidentiality best practices to help safeguard the university’s digital assets.
Tech Tip: OneLook Dictionary Search
OneLook Dictionary search helps you find the exact word or phrase that you’re looking for.
Enriching Scholarship 2021
Hosted by the University of Michigan’s Teaching and Technology Collaborative (TeachTech), Enriching Scholarship is a free, multi-day event held annually the first full week of May. Taking advantage of the remote nature of our collective work, this year, instructors from six institutions, including Miami University, Michigan State University, and the University of Minnesota will present on the ways their teaching… Read More »
Protect your data: Learn the best ways to protect yourself online through this new eLearning series
To help the Michigan Medicine community protect organizational and personal data, a new Cyber Safety Best Practices series was added to MLearning.
Registration for Hacks with Friends is open
Register today and make plans to participate in the 2021 Hacks with Friends (HWF) — a fun-filled event where you break out of your everyday work, join a team and collaborate to build a project (or hack) from scratch to show off in a competition! The 2021 HWF event will take place virtually over the course of the… Read More »