UW–Madison now has a formal institutional data policy. The policy takes effect Jan 1, 2021 and establishes minimum requirements for the management and stewardship of institutional data resources.
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High-Touch, High-Tech: How UW–Madison Online Is Using a CRM to Support Learners
In order to achieve a human-touch level of individualized support, the online undergraduate degree program is implementing the high-tech Salesforce CRM system.
Webex adds Breakout sessions and Co-host role
Place your meeting participants into smaller groups; assign other meeting participants to share host-level privileges.
Attend a Virtual UW–Madison Zoom Training Session
For faculty, staff and students. Tips and tricks for your Zoom meetings. Three 1‑hour sessions remain. What to do before your meeting: Oct 2, 6. Smoothly run a meeting: Oct 14.
InfoLabs open with reduced services, but new alternative available
InfoLabs are reopening for fall with reduced locations and services. A new service temporarily allows students to access InfoLab software remotely.
Important upgrade: Oracle UWP1 database migration Sept 27
An extended outage is needed to complete this migration. See a list of affected applications.
Kaltura MediaSpace Alternatives Available
Kaltura MediaSpace and the Kaltura Canvas integration are experiencing intermittent issues that may prompt instructors to consider using Webex, Zoom, Canvas or Google Drive as a temporary alternative.
Help us make a better, more inclusive digital campus for UW–Madison
Students: Improve the quality of your digital environment by joining the Student Experience Advisory Panel.
Instructors: Limited number of Adobe licenses for your students
There are a limited number of Adobe Creative Cloud and Acrobat licenses for use by students. Instructors, learn how you can provide access.
Research Cyberinfrastructure team helps researcher press play on YouTube study
As she studies how people consume science content online—from climate change to COVID-19—Kaiping Chen must analyze massive amounts of data. So she turned to the Research Cyberinfrastructure team for help.