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New UCI Web Single Sign On (WebAuth & Shibboleth)
On October 28, OIT will launch a re-designed single sign on for UCInetIDs. The new responsive design will provide a better mobile experience and follows UCI’s branding guidelines. Continue Reading New UCI Web Single Sign On (WebAuth & Shibboleth)
New UCI Directory Launched
OIT deployed a new version of the UCI Directory. This change merges the functionality of PSearch into the new UCI Directory. Continue Reading New UCI Directory Launched
New Network and Telecommunications Service Request
On September 12th, OIT moved to our Service Request Form (SRF) application to ServiceNow requests. This single SRF is now broken up into 3 forms, one for each area of work, which should make using the form simpler. Continue Reading New Network and Telecommunications Service Request
Supporting Inclusive Teams: Tools and Practices
We hear the importance of having inclusive, collaborative teams, but often lack effective tools and practices needed to support this change. To truly leverage diversity within teams, they need to actively foster open communication and dialogue, prioritizing different perspectives as input into decisions. Continue Reading Supporting Inclusive Teams: Tools and Practices
Realigning the Wheel: Facilitating the Adoption of a Data-Informed Culture
We have witnessed a lot of extra effort wasted over the years in the UC system, costly endeavors to build huge and expensive one-off projects as well as efforts to build even bigger systems to consolidate and centralize these systems. This session will cover an alternative IT strategy that will make data-informed decision making more accessible for campuses. Continue Reading Realigning the Wheel: Facilitating the Adoption of a Data-Informed Culture
Lecture Capture Uncorked – Enabling advanced and efficient video at the enterprise level with YuJa
Instructional media is ubiquitous in higher education. Whether it is lecture-captures, just-in-time instruction, fully produced videos, or quickly recorded feedback, we are all creating a significant amount of media! In this presentation, you’ll hear the story of one campus’ approach to supporting media capture and providing media management solutions. Continue Reading Lecture Capture Uncorked – Enabling advanced and efficient video at the enterprise level with YuJa
Enterprise Workload Automation – Transforming IT Services for Campus-Wide Benefit
UC Campuses are all growing, and sometimes the way we provide our IT services must grow and evolve from small, localized practices, to more of a Centralized, and Enterprise-driven approach. Enterprise Workload Automation has been around for years as a powerful IT tool for driving Organizational goals. Continue Reading Enterprise Workload Automation – Transforming IT Services for Campus-Wide Benefit
Let Agile Be Agile
It can be easy for a team to get so caught up in doing agile “correctly” that the team stops actually being agile. When applying agile methodologies to different teams, it can be more beneficial to respond to the needs of the team than to adhere strictly to one agile framework or another (ex. Scrum, Kanban). Continue Reading Let Agile Be Agile
Securing International Student & Scholar Success
The team at UC-Irvine has created different applications for UCI International Center. These applications have not only created a user-friendly experience for international students and eased their transitions into UCI but also made the International center processes related to SEVIS compliance paperless, efficient and cost-effective. Continue Reading Securing International Student & Scholar Success