The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has redesigned its UTools Web site. UTools provides a complete and comprehensive list of all U of M software and applications; not just software options available through OIT.

The UTools Web site provides students, staff, and faculty a single location in which they can browse for software that is available to them. The new design makes it easier for users to find software that is available to them based on their campus affiliation and the license type they desire.

In addition to making it easier for customers to find software, the UTools Web site also enables authorized staff from collegiate/administrative units and departments to submit their own software for inclusion in the catalog, making it available to the wider University community.

Check out the UTools Web site. If you have a question about software information, please send your question to the OIT Software License Team at software@umn.edu.

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Faculty, staff, and students at the University of Minnesota can purchase Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft, at academic prices through OIT's UTools Web site. Windows 7 is available to faculty and staff for $95 and to students for just $7.

There is a 32-bit and 64-bit version of windows 7. Depending on their current operating system and computer specifications, customers may experience some difficulties in upgrading to Windows 7. OIT's software licensing team and technical support staff have put together a FAQ sheet that lists things customers should consider before they purchase the new software. The FAQ sheet is available on the UTools Web site.

For questions and comments about upgrading to Windows 7, please software@umn.edu.

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Learn how to easily capture either the audio and/or video of a class session using the Camtasia Relay service, a software-based class capture solution. This learning opportunity is currently available as a 12-minute online presentation.

Topics include:

• setting up for recording


• making a recording


• processing and delivering a recording

To access the Camtasia Relay course go to the technology training Web site.

Posted 3:15 PM | Permalink

On October 19, the OIT Tech Stop located in Coffman Memorial Union was visited by its 10,000th customer.

The Tech Stop in Coffman opened in late January and over the last nine months has been busy providing students, staff, and faculty on the Twin Cities campus with face-to-face technology consultations, support, and training.

Recently, Tech Stop has expanded its reach by opening a new location in Coffey 50 in Saint Paul making it even easier for the University community to find technology support.

For more information about Tech Stop, please visit the Tech Stop Web site.

Posted 3:13 PM | Permalink

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) now has another way for customers to get help. Live online help is now available as an online chat feature. You can find out about all of OIT's technology support options at the Help and Support Web site.

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The Office of Information Technology offers a number of technology training courses through the University Technology Training Center (UTTC). Please visit the UTTC Web site for a complete listing of training courses.

November Training Opportunities

Collaborating with Web-Based Tools
November 3
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Excel 2007: Spreadsheet Basics
November 4, 6
8:30 a.m. - Noon
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

Dreamweaver CS4: Basics
November 4
8:30 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

SAS 9: Programming I--Essentials
November 10, 11, 12
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

Moodle 1.9: Assignments and Quizzes
November 10
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

NetFiles: Basics
November 11
9:30 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Web Development: University Template Fundamentals
November 11
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Hands-on
November 12
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Networking Basics
November 13
10:00 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Seminar

Geographic Information Systems: Analyzing Data and Creating Maps
November 13
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

Excel 2007: Managing and Analyzing Data
November 17, 19
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

UMCal: Managing Calendars for Others
November 18
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Macintosh/Windows

Moodle 1.9: Grades
November 18
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Mobile-Friendly Web Pages
November 18
8:30 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Web Development: Essentials--XHTML
November 19
8:30 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Moodle 1.9: Collaboration
November 19
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Hands-on
November 20
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

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9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
303BC Coffman Memorial Union
Twin Cities campus/East Bank

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Digital Technology Center is sponsoring a free program of events on Thursday, November 12, for World Usability Day. The purpose of the program is to promote awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design. World Usability Day was started in 2005 by the Usability Professionals Association and involves 36 hours of usability-related activities around the world in 30 countries.

You are invited to join us for a program including speakers on usability topics, a participatory activity dealing with recycling, and an Open House at the Usability Services Laboratory.

All students, staff, faculty, and the general public are invited to the World Usability Day events. Events will take place in Coffman Union and Walter Library on the East Bank of the Twin Cities campus. All events are free of charge and no registration is necessary.

A schedule of events is listed below. For more detailed information and directions to the World Usability Day events, please see the Usability Services Web site.

Schedule of Events

10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Mobile Application Design: Best Practices and Where the University is Heading"
by Nick Rosencrans (Usability Consultant, OIT) and RaJeev Cyrus (Software Developer, Office OIT)

11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Usability and Enterprise Applications: The Case of UM Survey"
by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT) Keith Brown (Technology Specialist, OIT) and John Starr (Technology Specialist, OIT)

Noon - 1:30 p.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Participatory activity: "Recycling Race"
The student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) will hold a participatory activity to evaluate different methods of sorting recyclables.

2:00- 4:00 p.m. B-26 Walter Library
Open House at the Usability Lab B26 Walter
The lab will be open for tours, and Usability Services staff will be available to do demos and answer questions. The lab recently upgraded its eye-tracking hardware and software.

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10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Coffey Hall room 50
Twin Cities campus/Saint Paul

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) are holding the grand opening for the new learning environment, computer lab, and Tech Stop located in Coffey 50. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the open house from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Friday, November 13.

The Coffey 50 open house is a great opportunity for the University community to explore the new learning environment, meet with Tech Stop staff and demo a SMART board and other great new teaching tools. At 10:30 a.m. on the day of the event there will be a short welcome by Associate Dean Jay Bell of CFANS and Associate Vice President and Associate CIO Ann Hill Duin from OIT.

For more information, please visit the Tech Stop Web site.

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2:00-4:00 p.m.
Mississippi Room; Coffman Memorial Union
Twin Cities campus/East Bank

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Academic Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC) will be holding our first pecha kucha-style event. Ten short, entertaining presentations will be given by faculty, staff, and students on the topic "Google@UMN," followed by breakout discussion sessions. Presentations will be Web cast, and a recording of the presentations will be published online. There is no charge for this event and it is open to the public; registration is not required.

To learn more about Pecha Kucha, please see 20 by 20: an OIT Pecha Kucha Event.

For more information, contact OIT's Cristina Lopez, Educational Technology Consultant, via e-mail at clopez@umn.edu.

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The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Digital Technology Center is sponsoring a free program of events on Thursday, November 12, for World Usability Day. The purpose of the program is to promote awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design. World Usability Day was started in 2005 by the Usability Professionals Association and involves 36 hours of usability-related activities around the world in 30 countries.

You are invited to join us for a program including speakers on usability topics, a participatory activity dealing with recycling, and an Open House at the Usability Services Laboratory.

All students, staff, faculty, and the general public are invited to the World Usability Day events. Events will take place in Coffman Union and Walter Library on the East Bank of the Twin Cities campus. All events are free of charge and no registration is necessary.

A schedule of events is listed below. For more detailed information and directions to the World Usability Day events, please see the Usability Services Web site.

We hope you can join us for these great events!

World Usability Day Schedule of Events on November 12

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Program Introduction: "About World Usability Day"
by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT)

10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Mobile Application Design: Best Practices and Where the University is Heading"
by Nick Rosencrans (Usability Consultant, OIT) and RaJeev Cyrus (Software Developer, Office OIT)

11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Usability and Enterprise Applications: The Case of UM Survey"
by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT) Keith Brown (Technology Specialist, OIT) and John Starr (Technology Specialist, OIT)

Noon - 1:30 p.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Participatory activity: "Recycling Race"
The student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) will hold a participatory activity to evaluate different methods of sorting recyclables.

2:00- 4:00 p.m. B-26 Walter Library
Open House at the Usability Lab B26 Walter
The lab will be open for tours, and Usability Services staff will be available to do demos and answer questions. The lab recently upgraded its eye-tracking hardware and software.

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The Google Apps for the University of Minnesota implementation remains on schedule.

Our next step is to begin a phased roll out to students, and we will begin to send invitations to the freshman class during the Oct. 30 weekend. We expect that all freshmen will have received an invitation by the end of the first week of November. This phased implementation will then move to the sophomore class and continue until all students have been invited by the end of the calendar year.

At the same time, OIT is in the final stages of finishing the due diligence work that will lead to faculty and staff adoption. This work involves the University's internal audit department and the University's internal IT security and assurance department. We expect to be in a position to offer Google Apps to faculty and staff from collegiate and administrative units near the beginning of December, and will continue to work with the IT leadership in these areas on that adoption plan.

For more information, visit the Google project Web site at www.oit.umn.edu/google-initiative, or send e-mail to gpilot@umn.edu.

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November 13
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Coffey Hall room 50
Twin Cities campus/Saint Paul

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) are holding the grand opening for the new learning environment, computer lab, and Tech Stop located in Coffey 50. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the open house from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Friday, November 13.

The Coffey 50 open house is a great opportunity for the University community to explore the new learning environment, meet with Tech Stop staff, and demo a SMART board and other great new teaching tools. At 10:30 a.m. on the day of the event there will be a short welcome by Associate Dean Jay Bell of CFANS and Associate Vice President and Associate CIO Ann Hill Duin from OIT.

For more information, please visit the Tech Stop Web site.

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Work in the WBOB data center is now complete. All systems should now be up and running. If you continue to experience issues with any systems, check the System Status page, or call 1-HELP on campus, (612) 301-4357.

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On Sunday, November 1, from 5am to noon, many important University of Minnesota IT systems and applications will be unavailable for use. This outage is necessary so that the Office of Information Technology (OIT) can resolve ongoing stability problems with the current configuration of our Cisco load balancer.

During the disruption, all Cisco load balanced servers will be impacted. Because of this, the applications, databases, or other services using this load balancer will be unavailable.

For a list of services that will be impacted by this work, to view OIT's timeline for completing this work, and to view our backout plan visit the System Status Outage page.

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Know the top 10 campus wireless locations? Based on the number of sessions this year to date, they are:

O. Meredith Wilson Library; Room 00590; 11,581 sessions
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Room 3166A; 6,420 sessions
Coffman Memorial Union; Room 0E446; 6,342 sessions
Coffey Hall; Room 00277; 5,180 sessions
Coffman Memorial Union; Room 0G002; 5,137 sessions
Carlson School of Management; Outside Room 213; 5,079 sessions
Coffman Memorial Union; Room 00119; 4,626 sessions
VoTech; Room 0325A; 4,595 sessions
Johnston Hall; Outside Room 102; 3,715 sessions
Walter Library; Room 537; 3,644 sessions

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The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is working on plans to provide the Google Apps Education Edition for use at the University. A University Google account will offer, in addition to e-mail, access to the University Google Apps suite, and will provide users the opportunity to share documents with others in the University Google space.

Since it was first announced, the Google Apps for the University of Minnesota project has generated a great deal of interest across the University. The project team has received many questions and comments since we began planning and developing the applications, and began informing the campus community about using Google Apps at the University.

The team invites you to attend one of our town hall forums, scheduled for 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in 402 Walter Library, East Bank campus.

Both events will be available via UMConnect at https://umconnect.umn.edu/townhallforum.

For more information, visit www.oit.umn.edu/google-initiative, or contact gpilot@umn.edu.

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At 2 a.m. on Oct. 24, many important University IT systems and applications will be unavailable for use, including PeopleSoft Financials, Student Registration, and approximately 1/3 of University e-mail accounts. OIT is working on a plan to keep some of the University's key applications running during this window--particularly those used by students and faculty. All applications supported by OIT are expected to be restored to service by noon on Sunday, Oct. 25.

You can read more about this outage, including a list of which systems and applications will be available and which will not. This site will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.

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The Office of Information Technology's Video Solutions has produced a half-hour documentary for the President's Office and University Relations about the U of M's new TCF Bank Stadium.

The program features opening game day footage of the Gophers defeat of Air Force on September 12 as well as interviews with key players in the planning, fundraising, and construction of the stadium. To document the opening day required two production crews shooting interviews, game day festivities in the stadium as well as at McNamara Alumni Center and crowd reaction. A highlight of the program is time-lapse footage of the stadium as spectators fill up the stadium through the end of the victorious game.

The spirit and excitement of the new stadium on campus is reflected in the documentary. It delivers a key message that this is truly Minnesota's Stadium; it's for every person in every county in the state. The documentary describes how others will use the stadium such as Kinesiology classes and the University of Minnesota Marching Band.

The documentary, "The Road to TCF Bank Stadium," is slated to premiere on the Big Ten Network on October 8 in Minnesota's programming block at 10 a.m. It will then re-air later that day at 4 p.m. and again at 4 a.m on the October 9. In addition it will be on the Web and distributed for local and state programming.

The program will be posted online featuring three components: the complete program, the two minute open, and the time-lapse footage of the entire opening day.

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The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is pleased to announce three technology training options being offered at no charge through the Coffman Union Tech Stop. Tech Stop is a hub for students, faculty, and staff to receive face-to-face technology consultations, support and training.

Tech Learning Bytes

• Excel Charts
• Transitioning to Google Mail

Tech Tutoring

• MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Google Apps
• WebVista and Moodle

Tech Previews

• Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment
• Other new enterprise-wide services

For More Information

Posted 11:05 AM | Permalink

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is working on plans to provide the Google Apps Education Edition for use at the University. A University Google account will offer, in addition to e-mail, access to the University Google Apps suite, and will provide users the opportunity to share documents with others in the University Google space.

Since it was first announced, the Google Apps for the University of Minnesota project has generated a great deal of interest across the University. The project team has received many questions and comments since we began planning and developing the applications, and began informing the campus community about using Google Apps at the University.

The team invites you to attend one of our town hall forums, scheduled for 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in 402 Walter Library, East Bank campus.

Both events will be available via UMConnect.

For more information, visit the Google Initiative Web site, or contact gpilot@umn.edu.

Posted 11:03 AM | Permalink

The video-sharing Web site, which started as a place to share funny home videos of your cat chasing string or your toddler dancing, has become so much more. As instructors explore using digital technology to reach students, social media tools like YouTube are at the center of attention.

Anne Minenko, professor of rheumatology, gained interest and expertise in integrating technology in teaching and learning during her time in the Faculty Fellowship Program, which is coordinated by the Office of Information Technology's Digital Media Center. Together, she and Paul Sufka, a rheumatology fellow, researched the use of instructional medical procedural videos online. They looked at videos from the New England Journal of Medicine and videos from YouTube and compared their content, instructional quality, and technical visual and audio quality.

Their abstract, "An Evaluation of Knee Arthrocentesis Videos on YouTube for Content, Technical, and Instructional Quality," has been accepted to the 2009 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting as a podium presentation.

From their research, Sufka and Minenko learned that knee arthrocentesis videos on the Internet are, at best, of moderate instructional quality with highly variable content. However, they see potential for instructional medical procedural videos online if they are of higher quality. Sufka said, "This work hopefully will encourage people to produce higher quality videos for medical education."

As for next steps, Sufka and Minenko are looking forward to the ACR meeting in October where they are hoping to hear about other innovative ideas for teaching with technology.

Their abstract can be found online at the ACR Web site.

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In preparation for the launch of Google Apps at the University of Minnesota, the Office of Information Technology is providing several training options to help users with the transition. Whether you want to investigate how Google Apps might assist you in collaborating with your colleagues or just have a few questions about transitioning to Google mail - we have a training option for you.

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment - Tech Preview Session

This 1.5-hour seminar provides a tour of the applications available with Google Apps for the University of Minnesota. This overview will demonstrate how to collaborate on a project with different people, and how the different applications are designed to facilitate collaboration. The overview will also identify some of the issues users may encounter with the transition to Google Apps, including efficiency tips and conceptual differences with other commonly-used software.

Topics include:

• Organizing and finding messages in Gmail
• Collaboratively authoring documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with Google Docs
• Using Google forms to gather information
• Chatting with individuals and groups using Google Chat
• Using a Web site in Google Sites to organize a collaborative project

This seminar is also available as a three-hour, hands-on class. Registration at University Technology Training Center (UTTC) Web site is required to attend either option.

• Tuesday, Oct. 13
  303 Coffman Memorial Union, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
• Tuesday, Oct. 13
  303 Coffman Memorial Union, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, Oct. 13
  303 Coffman Memorial Union, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

An online, self-paced learning opportunity is available at the Google Apps Collaborative Learning Space.

Google Mail: Making the Transition - Tech Learning Byte

This 20-minute informal session will include a brief overview of transitioning to Gmail, with the focus on answering participant questions. Topics include:

• Opting in and the mail migration process
• Using the Gmail Web client
• Accessing Gmail through a desktop client such as Outlook, Thunderbird, or Apple Mail
• Understanding account limitations
• Finding learning and support resources

This session is delivered at the Tech Stop in 101 Coffman Memorial Union. Registration at the UTTC Web site is required.

• Friday, Oct. 16
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 1 - 3 p.m.
• Wednesday, Oct. 21
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 9 - 11 a.m.
• Tuesday, Oct. 27
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 5
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 9 - 11 a.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 18
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 10 a.m. - noon
• Tuesday, Dec. 1
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 1 - 3 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 18
  Sessions held every 30 minutes between 10 a.m. - noon

Google Apps Tutoring

These 30-minute appointments provide an opportunity to meet with an instructor or learn specific skills and concepts for a project such as sharing documents with a group or collecting data with a form. Participants are encouraged to bring their project files as well as their laptop (if available).

• Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1 - 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. - noon
• Friday, Dec. 4, 9 - 11 a.m.

Register for a 30-minute appointment at the UTTC Web site.

For More Information

To learn more about the Google Apps training visit the OIT UTTC Web site.

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Turn down the brightness setting on your monitor. The brightest setting on a monitor consumes twice the power used by the dimmest setting.

Posted 9:53 AM | Permalink

On September 16, 2009, OIT hosted a town hall presentation to discuss adopting IPv6 at the University of Minnesota. You can view the slides (pdf) from that presentation.

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The Office of Information Technology offers a number of technology training courses through the University Technology Training Center (UTTC). Please visit the UTTC Web site for a complete listing of training courses.

October Training Opportunities

Web Development: Essentials--XHTML
October 1, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Relational Database Design Basics
October 2, 9:00 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Seminar

Excel 2007: Spreadsheet Basics
October 6 & 8, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

Web Development: Essentials--Cascading Style Sheets
October 6, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Access 2007: Basic Database Development
October 7, 8, 9, 9:30 a.m. - Noon
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

Moodle 1.9: Creating Basic Course Web Sites
October 8, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Seminar
October 13, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffman Memorial Union 303
Seminar

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Seminar
October 13, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union 303
Seminar

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Seminar
October 13, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union 303
Seminar

Dreamweaver CS4: Basics
October 13, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

WebVista 4: Creating Basic Course Web Sites
October 14, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

UMConnect and Presenter 6: Orientation
October 15, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Seminar

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Hands-on
October 15, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Macintosh/Windows

Web Development: Working Effectively in the University Environment
October 15, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Geographic Information Systems: Analyzing Data and Creating Maps
October 16, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

myU Portal: Group Collaboration
October 16, 9:30 a.m. - Noon
Walter Library 210
Windows

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Hands-on
October 19, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Coffey Hall 98
Macintosh/Windows

Designing Accessible Web Sites
October 20, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
180 McNamara Alumni Center
Seminar

Wikis: Collaborative Content Development
October 20, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Macintosh/Windows

Moodle 1.9: Collaboration
October 21, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

UMCal: Basics
October 21, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Macintosh/Windows

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Seminar
October 22, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Seminar

Relational Database Design Basics
October 26, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Seminar

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Seminar
October 27, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Walter Library 101
Seminar

SAS 9: Introduction to Programming Concepts
October 27, 29, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

Podcasting: Orientation
October 28, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Seminar

Moodle 1.9: Creating Basic Course Web Sites
October 28, 8:30 a.m. - Noon
Blegen Hall 90
Macintosh/Windows

UMContent: Contributor Basics
October 28, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Blegen Hall 90
Macintosh/Windows

Google Apps: Collaborating in the University Environment--Hands-on
October 29, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Moodle 1.9: Grades
October 29, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

Computer Security: Issues for System Administrators
October 30, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Walter Library 210
Macintosh/Windows

ImageNow 6: Basics
October 30, 9:00 a.m. - Noon
Blegen Hall 90
Windows

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October 12
3-4 p.m.
402 Walter Library
Twin Cities campus/East Bank

October 14
9-10 a.m.
402 Walter Library
Twin Cities campus/East Bank

Both events will be available via UMConnect.

For more information, visit the Google Initiative Web site, or contact gpilot@umn.edu.

Posted 9:09 AM | Permalink

Broadcast of talk, "The Internet, the Public Intellectual and the 'War on Terror,' given by Juan Cole at the IAS on April 5, 2007." Program will appear on TPT-Channel 17 on broadcast television, and on satellite and most cable stations; Channel 13 on the Comcast Cable system in Minneapolis.

A few excerpts of this program can be viewed online through the Institute for Advanced Study's Media Page.

Cost: Free
Contact: Institute for Advanced Study, (612) 624-2921 or by e-mail at ias@umn.edu.

Posted 9:06 AM | Permalink

Noon-1 p.m.
101 Walter Library
Twin Cities campus/East Bank

The University Video Users Community (UVUC) is holding its monthly brown bag session and would like you to join them. UVUC is a professional peer network of video professionals at the University of Minnesota. UVUC members work in all types of video, including production, presentation, networking, event coverage, and classroom use.

No RSVP required.

Posted 9:03 AM | Permalink

10-11 a.m.
101 Walter Library
Twin Cities campus/East Bank

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has developed a help desk consortium, bringing together representatives from nearly 40 campus IT help desks who provide direct computing support to their customers across the University of Minnesota and Fairview Health Services.

The next Help Desk Consortium meeting will take place on Thursday, October 29 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in 101 Walter Library. RSVP to KT Cragg at kcragg@umn.edu.

Posted 9:01 AM | Permalink

2:00-4:30 p.m.
402 Walter Library
Twin Cities Campus/East Bank

The University Video Users Community (UVUC) is holding its quarterly meeting and would like you to join them. UVUC is a professional peer network of video professionals at the University of Minnesota. UVUC members work in all types of video, including production, presentation, networking, event coverage, and classroom use.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to KT Cragg at kcragg@umn.edu.

Posted 9:00 AM | Permalink

10:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Coffey 50
Twin Cities campus/Saint Paul

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us in celebrating the grand opening of the new learning environment located in Coffey 50 on the Saint Paul campus.

More details will be coming soon.

Posted 8:58 AM | Permalink