This summer, prospective undergraduate students experienced an improved entryway for their interactions with UBC. The UBC Future Student Portal (https://account.you.ubc.ca) officially launched this past June and allows UBC student recruiters to see a 360° holistic view of the prospective…
Before graduating, every UBC electrical and computer engineering student must complete a Capstone project, a course study that requires students to design a product that solves an open-ended problem for an organization. The project should also highlight their knowledge and skills acquired…
UBC IT has released its Critical Incident Review (CIR) on the EduCloud outage incident that occurred on May 15, 2018. The unexpected outage was one of the largest experienced by UBC, impacting a number of campus-wide services including our wireless network, Faculty and Staff Email, Finance and HR…
UBC’s Emerging Media Lab (EML), a collaboration between UBC IT and CTLT, is this year’s recipient of the CUCCIO Innovation Award, announced at the 2018 CANHEIT-TECC conference on June 20, 2018 at Simon Fraser University. “Being recognized nationally among a room of our peers for…
On Friday, June 1, 2018, join Professor Santa J. Ono and a panel of UBC experts on an exciting and thought-provoking Facebook Live conversation bout Technology in Education. Topics that will be covered that day include augmented and virtual reality, Lightboard, as well as online learning and…
Important changes are coming to UBC's wireless connections (UBC Secure, Eduroam, UBC Private) as of May 9, 2018. These changes affect all faculty, staff and students at all UBC campuses and hospital sites.To ensure a seamless transition from the existing wireless connection to the new one, please…
A virtual reality project on Stanley Park’s geography is being touted as an early success of UBC’s Emerging Media Lab, utilizing multi-disciplinary students and faculty in a collaborative effort. Field trips are pivotal for geography students to enhance their knowledge and…
Earlier this month, more than 100 students, researchers, and instructors gathered for UBC’s Learning Analytics Hackathon hosted by the UBC Learning Analytics project and LAVA (Learning Analytics, Visual Analytics). The event gave participants the chance to deep dive into the world…
On Friday, March 23, 2018, network security upgrades will be implemented at the Okanagan campus to university-based networks (wired connections and ubcsecure wireless). This upgrade will add a layer of protection to prevent unintentional visits to known high-risk websites through the internet…
To ensure that UBC’s confidential data and information systems are safe from a data breach, the university has Information Security Standards that govern the use and protection of university data and computing resources. As required by Policy SC14, Acceptable Use and Security of UBC…
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