Video: Guiding principles for accessibility
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Tag Archives: software
ITS to retire Adobe CS6 Aug. 1, opens ETLA enrollment
ITS is retiring Adobe CS6 products from its services (Campus Computing Sites, UMichITAM, and MiWorkspace) by August 1 and recommends units transition to the Adobe Enterprise Term License Agreement (ETLA) or Value Incentive Program (VIP).
New sign-in process for all ITS Adobe licenses
ITS has announced that, effective immediately, users of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 must sign in with an Adobe/Enterprise ID to use Adobe software purchased through ITS.
New software tool supports student collaboration
Academic Innovation teamed up with faculty from the College of Engineering to create Tandem, a tailored software tool that supports students working on group projects. Tandem is currently being piloted in Engineering 100 with a group of 60 students. Tandem’s asks students about their personalities and work preferences in a beginning of term survey. The tool then uses… Read More »
U-M grad helps create first ever image of a black hole
It was considered impossible. It was said to be like taking a picture of a grapefruit on the moon but with a radio telescope. That’s how 29-year-old computer scientist Katie Bouman explained an international effort to capture an image of a black hole. She finally made history Wednesday morning after she and a team working on an Event… Read More »
Tech Tip: Print Friendly & PDF
This month’s tip is a simple, online tool that can be quite helpful if you would like to print a web page or download it as a PDF. Many websites include advertisements, menus, comments, and other items that may not be useful or relevant to your needs. Rather than printing/downloading the page in its entirety, this tool automatically… Read More »
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.
New ITS Software Store improves ordering experience
On February 4, ITS Software Services rolled out a new way for U-M faculty and staff to purchase software licenses.
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.
U-M procures full access to MATLAB tools & training
Michigan scientists rejoice: MATLAB, a popular mathematical computing, simulation, and analysis platform, is now available to the entire U-M community.
Inbox by Gmail ending
Google will discontinue the separate email interface, Inbox by Gmail, at the end of March 2019 as it incorporates its popular features into Gmail.
Tech Tip: Teleprompt.me
Check out this free website that offers functionality typically found in paid apps: an interactive teleprompter.
Sessions @ Michigan reaches new milestone
Sessions @ Michigan, the registration and attendance tracking system developed by Student Life Technology Solutions, has logged 250,000 combined registrations and peaked at over 100 ongoing events tracked.
Dearborn professor achieves “holy grail” of software engineering
Cleaning up messy legacy software is a bane of companies big and small, but it’s long been considered an unclimbable mountain. Now, UM-Dearborn faculty member Marouane Kessentini might have found a solution. His software refactoring tool—which helps automate the process of cleaning up messy legacy code—was impressive enough that U-M’s Office of Technology Transfer named if one of eight… Read More »
Keep your personal software up-to-date
We all should be in the habit of keeping our software up-to-date. This is necessary because vendors and others regularly identify security vulnerabilities in software and apps, and then release updates and patches to fix them. Additionally, keeping your software current enables you to take advantage of other improvements, such as better performance or new functionality. Personal computers… Read More »
Software companies lead 2018 tech startups at U-M
The number of startups launched at U-M nearly doubled in fiscal year 2018 to 21 as U-M inventors went to market with a broad array of discoveries. Nine of the 21 startups are software companies. The majority of this year’s startups are also headquartered in southeast Michigan, where they’re creating jobs and helping to diversify the economy. “We… Read More »
WebNow and Perceptive Content system compatibility update
WebNow, also known as Perceptive Content, will not work with some newer operating system versions and with certain browsers. WebNow is the university’s document imaging system, which can be used to upload and store documents as electronic files in a secure online environment. These system limitations will be eliminated after the system is upgraded this summer. More information… Read More »
Use antivirus software to protect U-M and personal computers
Antivirus software should be installed and kept up-to-date on all of your computers—both your own and those owned by the university. MiWorkspace computers already have antivirus software installed, and it is updated automatically. For U-M computers Information Assurance (IA) recommends these antivirus products that are licensed for use on UM-owned computers: Windows 8 and 10. Use Windows Defender,… Read More »
Tech Tip: Wakelet turns many links into one
Starting in about 2011, Storify dominated the niche of tools to harvest, collect, and organize social media and related content into meaningful collections or “stories.” But by early 2018, when Storify announced it would be closing, the market was wide open for a replacement and Wakelet came to the forefront. My colleague, emerging technologies librarian Patricia Anderson (who co-authored this post),… Read More »
Test your websites with these screen readers
Most blind people on Windows either use JAWS or NVDA as their screen reader of choice. Here is a summary of some of the best screen readers available today.