User experience (UX) activities help us learn about our users and how best to design for them. The UW Design Community shares tips for talking to users, implementing other UX activities and avoiding pitfalls.
UW–Madison IT Connects
UW–Madison IT Connects recognizes that people are the highest value of a successful information and technology organization, and given that the information and technology community at UW–Madison is highly distributed, UW–Madison IT Connects and the individual groups therein provide diverse engagement, leadership, relationship building, and professional development opportunities for our community to learn and grow together. Learn more at https://it.wisc.edu/it-community/committees-groups/uw-madison-it-connects/
Share Your Ideas With The 2022 UW–Madison IT Professionals Conference
Help shape this year’s conference. The planning committee wants your ideas for session topics, keynote speakers and format. Survey closes Fri, Feb 25!
Miss The Plain Language Session? Watch The Recording
In a Jan 24 Design Community session, participants got to practice their skills with expert advice from UW–Madison Plain Language instructors. Miss the session? Check out the recording for some valuable tips.
The Hidden Benefits Of Plain Language: Jan 24
Whether you’re developing new content or jazzing up your existing copy, plain language can improve the overall experience for your readers. Need some expert advice? Join the Center for User Experience for a UW Design Community session.
Missed I&TLC? Watch The Recordings
Recordings of the Information & Technology Leadership Conference (I&TLC 2021) virtual sessions are now available. This year’s theme was “Lead with bold IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access(ibility).”
I&TLC 2021: Tell Us Your Thoughts
Did you attend last week’s Information & Technology Leadership Conference (I&TLC)? If so, please fill out this 5-minute survey to tell us what you thought and help shape next year’s conference.
What Should Go On Your Homepage?
When it comes to designing a website’s homepage, it’s easy to get hung up on the aesthetics. Join a lively Design Community discussion to talk through balancing content and design, featuring members of the WiscWeb team. Virtual via Zoom: Wed, Dec 1, 11:30am.
Digital Accessibility: A Pandemic Look Back—And Forward
Digital accessibility advocates across our university reflect on the many critical ways in which accessibility challenges became more apparent during the pandemic—and the lessons learned for UW–Madison going forward.
Tate-Pederson Takes Advocacy For Women In IT To The Big Ten
From a golf course conversation in Madison to leading the Big Ten Academic Alliance Women In IT community, Sara Tate-Pederson discusses her new BTAA role and goals as a change agent.
IT Leadership Programs: Apply By Nov 12
Are you an IT professional at UW–Madison who’s looking for growth and development opportunities? Applications are open for the UW–Madison IT Leadership Programs (ITLP): All Lead and Lead From Where You Are.