Have a process you want to improve? Learn about blueprinting, a key piece of service design in this UW Design Community workshop: Aug 19, 11am via Zoom.
Aug 2024 BigFix patch notes
Aug 20 is our monthly patch day. We will be applying various operating system and application updates to managed computers.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 16
What’s happening? Atomic Assessments – User interface update Atomic Assessments has a new Simplified View. For details on how to toggle the Simplified View on and off, refer to this KB Article. On January 8, …
DoIT Help Desk resumes normal hours
Starting Aug 26: The Division of Information Technology Help Desk will switch to fall semester hours. On Labor Day, you can reach the Help Desk via phone, chat or email.
Stopping IT burnout before it starts
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: As we move forward with major university IT initiatives, we must ensure the added stress doesn’t lead to burnout. Here’s what to watch for—and how to prevent it.
Students say Top Hat ‘makes large lectures feel smaller‘
Find out what UW–Madison students think about Top Hat—a tool instructors can use to bring real-time polling and other feedback interactions into their classrooms. Top Hat training sessions: Aug 20 & 30 via Zoom.
Active Directory Migrations: July project updates
A summary of recent updates and milestones, plus a look ahead at what’s on the horizon for the Active Directory Migrations project.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 2
What’s Happening? Canvas – New “Smart Search” Available as Feature Preview A new Canvas “Smart Search” course search tool is available as a feature preview for instructors to enable. Students and instructors can use the …
CIO Lois Brooks to retire
Brooks’ 6-year tenure as chief information officer and vice provost for information technology follows an impressive 40-year career in higher education IT.
You’re invited: IT Ice Cream Social, Aug 15
UW IT professionals are invited to join us on campus for a fun ice cream social at the Health Sciences Learning Center.