Announcing UW–Madison Zoom: a secure, supported version of the popular web conferencing tool that enhances the virtual classroom experience.
User Services
User Services provides Help Desk support, computer repair, open computer lab support, technology-use consulting, departmental support and educationally discounted product purchasing.
New Box FAQ available now
In response to questions around the future of the UW-Madison Box service, we compiled an extensive UW-Madison Box: Contract & Quota FAQ.
Zoom is coming to UW–Madison, fall semester 2020
UW–Madison is working toward site licensing Zoom to provide our campus community with a secure, supported version of the popular web conferencing tool.
Use this template to inform list members of your move to a new email service
WiscList list administrators across campus requested that we provide a template to help notify their list members of the switch to Google Groups or Office 365 Groups.
Join the next WiscList migration Lunch & Learn, or watch video from July 8
If you can’t attend upcoming dates, watch the recorded presentation and download the slide deck.
Join us for a WiscList migration Lunch & Learn
Next one happens July 8. Discuss the project, get insight into features offered by Google Groups, ask questions and get answers from the project team.
New storage quotas for Box after unexpected contract changes
Beginning Jun 15, 2020, UW–Madison Box accounts will no longer have unlimited storage and all accounts will be subject to a storage quota.
Box Evaluation Project Findings
In late 2019, Box announced changes to their pricing model for educational institutions that eliminates unlimited file storage with Box at our current annual spend. In response to this announcement, a task force was assembled and charged with developing short-term and long-term strategies to reduce the campus storage footprint in Box and contain costs to address the contract changes that Box presented to the university.
Attend a Box cloud storage discovery session (Update: postponed)
Update: The last 2 sessions, 3/12 & 3/16, have been postponed.
Box evaluation project underway
Box notified us of a change in pricing structure that may result in a significant cost increase as of Jan 2021. We’re assembling a task force to evaluate our storage in Box and to address the licensing changes.