The IT@WashU Leadership Committee and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) are bringing an inspiring speaker series to the University. The Lessons in Leadership Speaker Series brings local thought leaders, innovators, humanitarians and change-makers to Washington University in St. L...
article by: Julie Szaj The WashU IT Canvas team continues to prepare our WashU community for the final changeover from Blackboard to our new learning management system (LMS), Canvas. To do this, we have instituted a diverse training and communications plan. Our instructional support specia...
Washington University Information Technology will be migrating your site(s) to SharePoint 2013 this week. The sites that will impacted by the migration are listed below. Phase 2 SharePoint sites addm.wustl.edu alumni.wustl.edu depts-ecm2010.wustl.edu/sites/facilities depts-ecm2010.wustl.edu/site...
We began 2019 with renewed efforts to enhance our community’s understanding of data privacy and how to navigate security threats and pitfalls. Recent efforts include the celebration of Data Privacy Day on January 28ththis year, which coincided with the beginning of Tax Identity Theft Awareness we...
On December 19, the university announced the appointment of Chris Kielt as the new Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. Kielt is currently the Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will begin his new position wit...
Microsoft Teams provides a wealth of new options for communicating and collaborating with colleagues, bringing tools and services like chat, videoconferencing, group communications, file storage and more into a unified interface. As we onboard more groups to the Teams platform, we thought it woul...
The WashU IT Enterprise Applications team closed out 2018 with a long list of accomplishments including meeting project milestones, improved service delivery and more. In addition to running large operation projects such as student registration, fiscal year end and open enrollment, the team also ...
WashU IT progressed with several high profile technology projects in 2018, making advancements toward digitizing university systems, implementing software for efficiency and integration, and protecting university data. Take a look at some of the highlights below. Research Storage Pilots Be...
The IT Passport campaign’s primary focus is listening to the collaborative needs of groups within our institution, then reacting with appropriate solutions. When we asked about the collaborative challenges our users were facing, we heard that faculty staff and students want to collaborate easily ...
The WashU IT Canvas team has been very busy this semester, and it doesn’t look like things will slow down anytime soon! The team has been actively engaged in planning and preparing our WashU community for the launch of Canvas, the university’s new, online Learning Management System (LMS). Canvas ...
