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The Office of Information Technology (OIT), in partnership with 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.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Academic Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC) welcome you to attend our first pecha kucha-style event on Wednesday, December 2, 2 - 4 p.m., in the Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
303BC Coffman Memorial Union
Twin Cities campus/East Bank
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Coffey Hall room 50
Twin Cities campus/Saint Paul
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