UW 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 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.
Sponsored by the Office of the CIO and Vice Provost of Information Technology in partnership with campus affiliates, UW IT Connects cultivates a robust, diverse, and engaged community through information sharing, professional development events, and opportunities to build strong relationships within the information and technology communities across the university.
Why UW IT Connects?
UW IT Connects serves campus IT professionals by
Developing leadership skills
Promoting individual career growth
Fostering an environment of leadership
Building relationships across campus
Facilitating information-sharing among peers
Providing diverse programming centered around engagement and learning
Agile – A group for professionals who want to improve skills, expand minds, and continuously raise the day-to-day effectiveness and satisfaction of teams across campus.
Campus AD Community – The goal of the group is to be an informal place for discussion for the everyday administrators of their department’s AD instance or OU within Campus Active Directory.
data science @ uw Machine Learning Community – The goal of this community of practice is to bring together machine learning (ML) practitioners, novice and experienced, across a variety of departments and disciplines.
Data Wonks – A space for individuals who work with data and technology at UW–Madison.
Design Community – Teaching user experience design skills so partners can create better digital experiences.
DevSecOps – A group for people interested in DevSecOps in the UW–Madison Community.
Distributed Developers – This is a space for Distributed Developers across campus to chat and collaborate.
Event producers group (EPG) – A group to discuss relevant topics related to the production of in person, hybrid, or virtual events. We have an active Teams Channel, a book club, and social networking time designed to connect with one another, troubleshoot, and support each other in the post-COVID event landscape.
PowerApps User Group – This group is for collaborating and community building around MS PowerApps.
Microsoft Teams User Group – This space empowers Teams users to openly discuss their use cases, questions, problems, innovations, and more.
Sharepoint Power Users – This space is for community building, collaboration, and questions around MS Sharepoint.
UW–Madison Endpoint Management – A collaborative space for campus IT to share and learn about endpoint management tools and best practices.
WebEx User Group – This group is for users to discuss questions, ideas, problems and updates
WordPress Users – This is a space for WordPress admins and editors to share their experiences, offer guidance, and ask questions of the larger group.
Do you want to learn more about IT Communities of Practice
Campus Supervisors Network – Campus Supervisors Network is a Community of Practice, formed out of the desire for more communication and discussion between managers in the various divisions and units of our vast organization. To join the mailing list, send a message to: campus_supervisors_network+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu
UW IT Connects events
We are in the process of switching from an Outlook calendar to today.wisc.edu. For a short time we’ll have events in both places as we complete the change. The partial list below comes from today.wisc.edu. For the rest of our events, here is our Outlook calendar link.