On April 15, 2015 from 9:00am – 11:30am, UBC Information Technology and Professor Rachel Kuske, Senior Advisor to the Provost on Women Faculty, will host the event: “Women in Leadership & Technology” to put the spotlight on gender issues that impact women with leadership…
Microsoft recently acquired the mobile application Acompli and has rebranded it as “Microsoft Outlook” for iOS and Android. This is a concern for staff and faculty at UBC who choose to use the application, because it is not compliant with the Freedom of Information and Protection of…
UBC Studios, part of UBC Information Technology, has won the Times Higher Education 2014-2015 World University Rankings video competition. The winning video was selected from a shortlist of five videos, which included contenders from Canada, Russia, and Australia.The competition asked…
As part of the campus agreement, UBC IT is now offering NVivo software at no cost for UBC staff and faculty across campus. NVivo software is primarily used by researchers, evaluators, social workers and educators. It allows users to collect, organize, and analyze content from interviews, focus…
The UBC IT Help Desk has officially moved to a new location on the main floor of the Koerner Library. Open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, the IT Help Desk is available for students, faculty, staff, and researchers who need IT assistance. Currently, the IT Help Desk provides walk…
UBC Studios, part of UBC Information Technology, recently accepted an Award of Excellence in the Integration of Technology in a Formal or Non-Formal Education Program from the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) along with Faculty of Land and Food Systems and CTLT.The award was…
Campus-Wide Login (CWL) pages are getting a new user interface! Starting on June 24, 2014, services that require CWL information for access, such as Student Service Centre, Faculty Service Centre, Connect e-Learning and CareersOnline, will have a newly designed CWL page that will enhance user…
Beginning on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, the size of user mailboxes for all Faculty and Staff email accounts (FASmail) will be increasing from 1GB to 5GB of free space. There is no price increase associated with this change, and no action is needed on your part as your mailbox size will be…
File sharing has become a prominent tool for our daily tasks as we move towards a collaborative and innovative nature in today’s society. UBC IT is offering a new cloud file sharing service called UBC Workspace that allows users to share files through folders with colleagues internal and external…
Approximately 8 out of every 10 internet users have browsers that are vulnerable to attacks.1 Browsers and plug-ins need to be regularly updated in order to stay secured and up-to-date with new malwares and infections that cybercriminals are conjuring up. Some browsers may automatically update…
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