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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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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...
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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.
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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.
GIS Day

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...
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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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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...
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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.

Reminder: UI-owned laptops and tablets must be encrypted by Dec. 31

Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 9:31am
If you have a university-owned mobile device that has not yet been encrypted, the Information Security and Policy Office recommends reaching out to your local technology support provider to help the university meet its Dec. 31 deadline.
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Events

Data-Informed Teaching Community of Practice meeting
Monday, September 25, 2023, 1:30pm to 2:30pm Data-Informed Teaching Community of Practice meeting
Technology Tools for Writing Instruction
Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm Technology Tools for Writing Instruction
Pressbooks Workshop
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 10:00am to 11:00am Pressbooks Workshop
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Data-Informed Teaching Workshop
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 1:00pm to 2:30pm Data-Informed Teaching Workshop
Data-Informed Teaching Workshop
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 10:30am to 12:00pm Data-Informed Teaching Workshop
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