Criminals are continually evolving to find your digital Achilles’ heel, so be sure you’re up to speed on the latest practices to prevent hacking into your data.
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Look Out for New Consolidation Prompt on UW–Madison Zoom
Effective Jan 4, anyone logging into Zoom with a @wisc.edu email address who hasn’t yet formally joined our Zoom service will be presented with a new consolidation prompt. Find out more.
New Canvas Feature Allows Individuals To Display Their Personal Pronouns
UW–Madison students, faculty and staff (with Canvas accounts) can now indicate their gender pronouns in use. Those who opt to use the feature will see their pronouns appear anywhere their names appear in Canvas.
Jess Jones Appointed Interim Center For User Experience Director
As User Experience Manager within the Center for User Experience, Jess has led a team of UX designers who work with partners across the university to design efficient, people-centered experiences.
Why TechNews has a new ‘From’ email address
You might notice that the Jan 27 TechNews has a new “From” email address: doit@explore.wisc.edu rather than the old doit@lists.wisc.edu. Why this change?
TeachOnline@UW: Facilitation & Management Course
This 6-week, collaborative online course is intended for instructors who are new to teaching fully online, credit courses—or want to explore and apply more in-depth best practices.
Farewell To Phyllis Treige
You’re invited to spend an hour on Wed, Jan 27, 3:30-4:30pm, saying farewell but not goodbye to our trusted colleague Phyllis Treige.
Attend presentations for ITSM assistant director finalists
Two finalists have been selected for the open Information Technology Service Management Assistant Director position. We’ve published names, resumes and presentation times for each finalist.
Our New Year’s Resolution: Improve our IT security posture
We are not immune to things going on in the rest of the world. Criminal hackers are well funded and becoming more sophisticated. So what can IT departments do to be more secure?
A Journey Begins: Highlights From DoIT’s Race & Diversity Dialogue
DoIT’s Race & Diversity Dialogue, held in Oct 2020, provided a welcoming place to learn and share in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Read some highlights and offer your input.