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Changes applied to your login experience Aug. 1

New login changes make authentications more secure, streamlined, and accessible

How to prevent spear-phishing

You may be familiar with phishing—scam emails (or direct messages, or social posts) that try to con you into giving up a password, downloading malicious software, or otherwise opening yourself up to a cyber-attack. But have you heard of spear-...

Introducing the New IT Self-Service Portal

In an effort to better support the University of Iowa community, Information Technology Services (ITS) has deployed a new IT self-service portal called Enterprise Service Center (ESC). The self-service portal provides faculty, staff, and students a...

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2018 OneIT Year in Review now available

Monday, February 11, 2019 - 11:53am

The 2018 OneIT Year in Review tells the stories of investments in research technology, new tools to support student success and data-driven decision-making, savings and efficiency initiatives, and IT projects that foster outreach and engagement.

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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards announced

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 12:00am

The Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA) fund significant, innovative projects that have the potential to improve teaching and learning throughout the University of Iowa.

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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

UI announces move to TopHat for clicker service

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 12:00am

Spring 2019 is serving as a transition semester when both Turning Point and Top Hat will be supported, allowing instructors time to learn the new system and prepare for a more robust platform.

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New tools help students plan courses to graduate on time

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 1:18pm

A new tool, MyPlan, lets students map out their courses for several years, helping them plan the courses they need to graduate on time and helping UI colleges anticipate course needs.

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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

ICON for Everyone - Creating an Accessible Course

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 12:00am

The Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool (UDOIT) can be implemented to check areas of ICON courses for accessibility, and provides an easy way to identify areas of a course’s ICON site that may prevent people using assistive

January 16, 2018 - Turnitin offers Faster Formative Similarity Reports

Friday, January 5, 2018 - 12:01pm

Beginning January 16, 2018, Feedback Studio will offer faster formative Similarity Reports - Give students more support to master paraphrasing and citation conventions. For instructors who allow resubmissions within their assignment settings,...

Avoid holiday cybercrime

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 4:35pm

Cyber criminals love to take advantage of the holiday season. People are busy and perhaps less vigilant—particularly given the volume of email advertisements and online transactions happening this time of year. University IT security experts are...

MAUI and ICON to require Two-Step Login in 2018

Monday, November 20, 2017 - 10:07am

Starting in early 2018, UI faculty and staff will need to use Two-Step Login when accessing MAUI and ICON, a measure designed to protect student information and academic records. MAUI will require Two-Step Login starting Jan. 2, ICON starting Feb. 5.

Mobile phone and laptop displaying two-step login and verification screens

Celebrate GIS Day on Nov. 9

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 10:21am

GIS Day is an international forum for users of geographic information systems technology to demonstrate real-world applications.

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Everything you need to know to fight phishing

Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 10:22am

A handful of tips can help you avoid the bait.

Photo illustration showing a fishhook on a computer keyboard

Large-Scale Storage helps 'save Brinton'

Friday, June 30, 2017 - 4:39pm

Saving Brinton, a new Iowa-made documentary about a cache of century-old films preserved with help from the UI Libraries, just saw its world premiere in Washington, D.C. Washington, Iowa, resident Mike Zahs—who discovered the films once shown around...

Photo of old movie ticket reading "Tonight! Brinton's Famous Moving Pictures"

ICON & Office 365 integration

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 9:52am

The ICON and Office 365 integration allows instructors and students to use, create, share and collaborate on files stored in Office 365 within their ICON course sites. Office 365 is now available in several areas in ICON, including Assignments,...

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Corey and Weissenberger win Diversity Catalyst Award for web accessibility progress

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 12:40pm

Kirk Corey and Todd Weissenberger have won a 2016-17 Diversity Catalyst Award in recognition of their contributions to improving website accessibility at the University of Iowa.

Kirk Corey and Todd Weissenberger with Diversity Catalyst Awards

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Being a Good Wi-Fi Citizen @ UIowa

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:24pm

Being a Good Wi-Fi Citizen What Does it Mean to be a good Wi-Fi Citizen? It may not be obvious at first, but what you do when you’re in your office, classroom, or walking around campus CAN affect Wi-Fi performance for those around you. Setting up...

UI earns top slot in university website accessibility ranking

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 9:42am

The University of Iowa ranks first in the nation in an assessment of how accessible its websites are to people with disabilities.

Mike Hoenig, a program coordinator in the Center for Disabilities and Development at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, uses a screen-reading program on the computer.

Information Management/Human Resources transitioning to ITS

Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 2:46pm

As part of task force recommendations to elevate the role of human resources on campus, the Information Management/Human Resources (IM/HR) workgroup is transitioning into ITS-Administrative Information Systems.

Security office warns of email scams

Friday, September 9, 2016 - 8:49am

UI IT professionals are seeing a rise in phishing scams. Use these tips to avoid an account compromise.

Announcing a new tool for users to customize the Alerts and Outages RSS feed

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 3:15pm

Information Technology Services (ITS) is always looking for new ways to help users get the information they need. During a recent website redesign process, ITS analyzed the various ways users get information from the website. Among that analysis was...