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Spring 2018 Conference

June 14-15, 2018

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosted the IT Professionals Forum on June 14-15, 2018. The theme for the 2018 Spring IT Professionals Forum event was "Next Level."

Logo for the upcoming IT Pro Conference

  • Thursday, June 14th: A full day of sessions, posters, vendor partners and food at the I Hotel and Conference Center located at 1900 S. 1st Street, Champaign IL 61820.
  • Friday, June 15th: optional day of workshops and demonstrations at the Siebel Center for Computer Science, 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana IL 61801

Download the Conference Agenda

Video Presentations

Many sessions were recorded and are now available online! Log into the Campus IT Pros Mediaspace channel.

Session Tracks

We want to thank all the IT Professionals who submitted a proposal for a presentation, workshop, and/or poster session for #ITPF18 to conquer the Next Level through one of these tracks:

  • Game On: IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
  • Leveling Up: Personal and Professional Development
  • Multiplayer Adventures: Collaboration and Coordination
  • The Sandbox: Experimental and Adventurous
  • Wild Card: Anything goes!
  • Level 2: Second day workshops

Technology Services: Diamond Sponsor

A special thank you to Technology Services,
premier sponsor of the IT Professionals Forum Conference
for the past 20 years!

Fall 2017 Conference Agenda

 

Day 1: June 14 - Main Conference

  • 7:30am-9:00am: Registration and Breakfast
  • 8:30am-9:00am: Welcome and Featured Speaker Charley Kline - Chancellor Ballroom
  • 9:00am-9:45am: Keynote Address -Andreas Cangellaris, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost -Chancellor Ballroom
  • 10:00am-10:45am: Sessions 1
    • A Dongle Free Campus? (1E)
      Matthew Drain, Technology Services; Teesh Shahi, Technology Services
      Wireless collaboration is growing in popularity in the classroom and this summer, Technology Services is implementing the Mersive Solstice across campus, in dozens of General Assignment Classrooms. Come learn more about how the Solstice will be implemented across campus and learn what the IT Pro needs to know to support it. Together we can eliminate the dongle!
      Location: Humanities
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Azure Services at the University of Illinois (1A)
      Kevin Bird, Technology Services
      Learn about the status and availability of Azure Services at the University.
      Video link
      Location: Chancellor Ballroom
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Chatbots Anyone? (1G)
      Shawn Lee, AITS
      Have you deployed a chatbot as part of an IT solution? Have you experimented with Facebook Messenger, Amazon Lex, or other technologies to build a chatbot? Please come and share your experiences, solutions, and ideas with each other and also to those who are just starting to explore the chatbot space, like we are.
      PDF link
      Location: Knowledge Room
      Track: The Sandbox - Experimental and Adventurous
    • Embedding Tableau Visualizations in Web Pages or Applications (1B)
      Michael Wonderlich, AITS
      Many units are creating Tableau visualizations they wish to include in a web page or application. Based on the requirements, there are two methods which may be used. This presentation will review the various scenarios for embedding Tableau visualizations and provide a guide to selecting the best method. Then we will demonstrate the steps to embed a visualization into a web page.
      Location: Lincoln Room
      Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
    • How to Herd Cats - Managing Affiliate Identities (1C)
      Ester Cha, Technology Services; Pat Schlehuber, AITS
      Is your unit or department struggling with identity and access management for your affiliate users? Managing accounts and access for non-traditional users can be cumbersome, and requesting UINs and netIDs to access resources requires going through numerous channels. Managing these accounts after a sponsor has left and transferring ownership without an audit trail is an ongoing security concern. Come learn about how University Identity and Access Management teams are streamlining the netID provisioning process for affiliates, and what that means for you.
      Location: Alma Mater
      Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
    • Taking Training to the Next Level with Captivate (1D)
      Lilly Haas, Technology Services
      Have you ever wondered if there is a more engaging way to share information than through a static powerpoint, KB article, wiki page, etc? There is! Join me to learn about Adobe Captivate, a low cost software available to campus community members that allows you to generate self-paced, interactive, responsive training modules that can help meet a variety of training needs. From training student employees on office policy, to allowing staff to learn specialized software in a simulated environment, Captivate will help you take your training materials to the next level.
      Location: Technology Room
      Track: Leveling Up - Personal and Professional Development
  • 10:45am-11:00pm: Focused Discussion with GFI Digital Solutions - Loyalty Room
  • 11:00am-11:45am: Sessions 2
    • "Everything" You Didn't Know You Needed to Know About Office 365 (2A)
      Bobbi Hardy, Technology Services
      It's here! Start using it! We have Office 365! There are a lot of misconceptions about what that means. I will explain the difference, using the Microsoft terms - there may be a pop-quiz at the end! I will cover some of the most useful and exciting services already available to you and your customers. It's coming! Let me explain! We are migrating your mailbox soon, if we haven't already. I'll share some of the other efforts we are working on to improve your email and Microsoft Office experience. You need to know this! Please pay attention! I will cover some of the major changes headed our way and answer many of the common questions about what's happening with Office 365 and related services.
      PDF link
      Video link
      Location: Chancellor Ballroom
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • It's Not Just a Game (2C)
      Ethan Conner, Engineering IT Shared Services
      An investigation into what Video Games have to offer us in terms of "real world" skills and various health benefits. This presentation uses popular games as examples to show how some skills can be practiced or even learned for the first time virtually. Also, it examines theories and research concerning what video games can do for a player's mind, body, and soul.
      Location: Alma Mater
      Track: Wild Card - Anything goes!
    • Masters of Chaos: Config Management Panel (2E)
      Nick Haggin, Technology Services; Leandro Avila-Diaz, NCSA; Joel Franzen, Engineering IT; Stephen Butler, Technology Services
      A panel discussion about configuration management tools in use currently on campus, and possible trends for the future.
      Location: Humanities
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Next Wave: Updates from Research Computing Services (2F)
      Eric Boyer, NCSA; Mark Fredrickson, NCSA; J.D. Maloney, NCSA
      Come get the inside scoop and up your game in supporting researchers who need to access high-speed computing and storage. We'll be giving an update on new offerings, talking about successes from existing ones, and maybe hinting about what new services are on the horizon.
      Location: Quad Room
      Track: The Sandbox - Experimental and Adventurous
    • Tame The Chaos Monkeys: Building A Resilient Team Through Tech Leadership (2D)
      Alina Banerjee, NCSA
      "Chaos Monkey" is a term used in system/infrastructure engineering to describe events that bring major disruptions to web services. For a team that develops applications, a missed deadline, a high number of defects, or broken production build are indications that more than unanticipated changes are in play, that the how and with what the team works with needs to change. To build a team that actively works to prevent such failures requires good tools, efficient processes and a resilient team culture. This presentation will cover how individuals in a development team can choose tools, address technical debt, help build a healthy culture and in the process, learn what it takes to be a technical leader
      Location: Technology Room
      Track: Leveling Up - Personal and Professional Development
    • What the Students Need: In Their Own Words (2B)
      James Quisenberry, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Dan Steward, Sociology
      Undergraduate student panel
      Video link
      Location: Lincoln Room
  • 11:45am-1:00pm: Vendors, Poster Sessions, Networking, Lunch
  • 12:00pm-12:45pm: HPE Lunch-N-Learn on Nimble Storage - Excellence Room
  • 1:00pm-1:45pm: Sessions 3
    • Campus Monitoring Service: What Do We Need to Know? (3F)
      Eric Frahm, Technology Services; Rob Murdock, Technology Services
      An opportunity for campus IT teams already doing monitoring, planning to do monitoring, or needing a plan to do monitoring to come and discuss their needs and what the service can offer.
      Location: Quad Room
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Controlling Your SharePoint Sites (3D)
      Larry Gibson, AITS; Phil Nyman, Technology Services
      ControlPoint provides a robust set of solutions for automating and simplifying common administrative tasks leaving administrators with time to focus on higher value activities.
      Location: Technology Room
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Engage Your Online Audience (3E)
      Sarah Holmes, University of Illinois
      Social Media and other online platforms are used to increase awareness, create customers and influence behaviors. How do we increase engagement from people we have never met? This workshop explains techniques to increase engagement from the public on social media and other online platforms (including online communities, e-mail lists, websites, and published articles).
      Location: Humanities
      Track: Leveling Up - Personal and Professional Development
    • Group Communication: Never Split the Party! (3B)
      Debbie Fligor, Technology Services; Bobbi Hardy, Technology Services; Isaac Galvan, Technology Services
      With the increase in remote workers the need to keep everyone on your team in the loop when they aren't just down the hall has become critical. Picking the tool that will work most effectively for your group is key to keeping your team working smoothly. With Skype for Business, Office 365's MS Teams, and Google Hangouts available from the University and other options like Slack out in the market, how do you pick which will work best? Each program has different strengths and weaknesses. Come and hear people that use them and support them talk about what they do best. Bring your questions and information to share.
      PDF link
      Location: Lincoln Room
      Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
    • Making IAM Work for You (3C)
      Erik Coleman, Technology Services; Keith Wessel, Technology Services
      Come see the latest and greatest improvements in the IAM landscape at Illinois-- tools that will help academic units and researchers improve the experience with authentication and authorization. We will reveal exciting new alternatives to authentication using social IDs, and how you can authenticate using Shibboleth without a browser. We'll also give an updated look at Authorization Manager, the new framework for application authorization.
      Video link
      Location: Alma Mater
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Research Success in the Cloud (3A)
      Tony Rimovsky, Technology Services
      Some of the most innovative use and adoption of cloud technologies at Illinois are happening in the research community! Medical imaging, nuclear engineering, genomics and artificial intelligence are all areas capitalizing on the cloud. This presentation will provide a broad overview of the research strategy and deployment of Amazon Web Services on campus and will highlight a few individual research projects from various disciplines where the use of AWS has played and important role.
      Video link
      Location: Chancellor Ballroom
      Track: The Sandbox - Experimental and Adventurous
  • 2:00pm-2:45pm: Sessions 4
    • 20 Year Reminiscence Room (4G)
      Location: Knowledge Room
      Track: Wild Card - Anything goes!
    • DNS Deep Dive (4A)
      David Zych, Technology Services
      Learn about this summer's IP Address Management (IPAM) service upgrade, including new DNS Traffic Control features for Global Server Load Balancing. Along the way we'll review some lesser-known details of how DNS works.
      PDF link
      Video link
      Location: Chancellor Ballroom
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Managing Consistent Cross-Website Design with Maximum Flexibility at a Large Scale (4C)
      Nate Baxley, College of LAS/ATLAS
      ATLAS is in the middle of a move to CMS driven unit websites. Learn how we are using Drupal with a consistent design and navigation structure to improve LAS websites. With departments covering a wide range of subject matter, faculty and student counts, and available resources, we maintain flexibility within our framework to bring added functionality while helping a small team keep up with the demands of a large college. Our framework brings consistency to design and toolsets without limiting the flexibility needed to allow for unit needs and limitations. We will cover the process we used in developing the design, our collaboration with communicators in the college, the modular content based approach to site structure, and some of the technologies we are using to manage the large number of units in LAS including Drupal, GIT, Ansible, Basecamp, Google Docs and Docker.
      Video link
      Location: Alma Mater
      Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
    • Research IT Portal - A Campus-Wide Collaboration to Serve Our Researchers (4B)
      Amy Hovious, Research IT, Tech Services
      Come check out the Research IT Portal and give us feedback! The mission of the Research IT Portal is to be a one-stop solution for researchers and those who support them to find technology tools, training, and support from all across campus. The portal has been developed in direct response to the need identified across campus during Year of CI. The Research IT Portal is a truly collaborative effort with the contributions, help and guidance of MANY campus groups. And we want that to continue and grow. The Research IT Portal is now up and running. This is version 1 - a foundation. Come take a look at the Portal, how we developed it, and how we are planning for the next version already. Version 2 and beyond will continue to be community driven. Help us to determine what would be useful for future versions.
      Location: Lincoln Room
      Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
    • Secure, Scalable Computer-Based Exams as a Service Using PrairieLearn LMS (4E)
      Dave Mussulman, Engineering IT; Matt West, Mechanical Engineering; Craig Zilles, Computer Science
      Hear about the College of Engineering's specialized computer-based testing facility (CBTF) and online problem-driven learning system (PrairieLearn) which enable efficient and effective computer-based testing at scale. From pilot to successful program, we will share our practices, lessons learned, research outcomes, technology evolution, and future plans.
      Location: Humanities
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • State of Macintosh @ UIUC (4D)
      Matt Childress, Mathematics; Paul Roberts, Technology Services; Drew Coobs, Tech Services; Keith Mountin, Apple, Inc.
      Come, ask questions, bring problems we'll solve them. On the panel will be a combined 40 years of supporting macintoshes on campus at UIUC, as well as our Apple Engineer. We'll go over some hot topics on campus and what tools and tricks & best practices for keeping your Mac customers happy.
      Location: Technology Room
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
  • 2:45pm-3:15pm: Focused Discussion with Service Express - Loyalty Room
  • 3:15pm-4:00pm: Sessions 5
    • +10 Speechcraft: Campus IT Bulk Purchasing (5G)
      Melvin Fenner, McKinley Health, Aux Shared Svcs; Andres Irigoyen-Au, Engineering IT; Allison Payne, Admin IT, College of ACES; Dan Wood, LAS Admin, Appl Tech Learning A & S
      Sure, we can all use base influence points to save a little money when bargaining with the local merchant for desktops and laptops for our kingdoms, but what if we joined forces and used our combined powers of Speechcraft for better prices across the land? That's just what the Campus IT Bulk Purchasing group has done. Please join us around the campfire for a tale of struggle, of persistence, of triumph! Bring your own ideas for how to approach the next campaign! - This open forum will cover the ongoing campus IT bulk purchasing initiative, including where we started, where we're going, and resources for everyone to get a little more out of their IT equipment budgets. The leads from the campus initiative will be present to share info, answer questions, and most importantly, gather feedback to make the next round even better. Join us!
      Location: Knowledge Room
      Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
    • Building a More Perfect Web Application (5E)
      Alina Banerjee, NCSA
      Ever worked on a web application and thought that it really could be improved? Adding a few fixes or tests to existing code helped in the short-term but could a redesign have been far more effective? And if you had wanted to do so, how could you have gone about it? This session will present an example of how an existing web application, using the Ruby on Rails framework, was redesigned. This was done for user interface as well as the application feature set. Building an extensive set of tests at various levels i.e. the interface, the application, and the database helped ensure that existing and new features worked seamlessly. The use of a light-weight deployment system made the entire process of deploying code easy and less error-prone.
      Location: Humanities
      Track: Wild Card - Anything goes!
    • Communicate with Impact - Elevate Yourself as a Leader (5B)
      Olinda Hubbs, Office of Information Technology
      Although bright, brilliant, and even articulate, many IT professionals struggle with communication - a skill that when lacking can diminish success and stifle a career. Improving your communication skills is a step toward success in the organization and will serve you well throughout your career. What would it mean to your success if you could communicate with impact? Would you be better equipped to: * Build strong relationships with colleagues? * Build consensus among stakeholders? * Gain support for initiatives? * Strengthen your teams? * Justify budget increases? * Sell your ideas? * Elevate yourself as a leader? There are nuances to communication that go beyond the basics - nuances that give your message impact. This session will help you understand what it means to communicate with impact and give you actionable tips to improve your communications skills. It is also a primer for the IT Pro Forum Day 2 Workshop: Communicate with Impact.
      Location: Lincoln Room
      Track: Leveling Up - Personal and Professional Development
    • Email Fraud Defense: SPF/DKIM/DMARC and Changes That Will Impact Us All! (5C)
      Eric Frahm, Technology Services; Terry McClaren, Technology Services; Martin Bargon, Technology Services
      The Campus Email Relays team and Security are beginning the process of strengthening the campus domains' SPF records, signing email with domain keys, and working toward a DMARC reject policy. These changes will impact us all and require a more conscientious use of email than in ages past.
      Location: Alma Mater
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Insanity from the Real World (5D)
      Chris Kuehn, Technology Services
      We've talked a lot about the next steps for IT, but what comes after that? Some companies out in private industry have succeeded with IT practices that sound implausible from a campus perspective. Learn about chaos engineering, immutable systems, the future of network security, and how to automate destruction on a massive scale.
      Location: Technology Room
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
    • Technology Services Endpoint Services Roadmap (5A)
      Drew Coobs, Technology Services; Evan Taylor, Technology Services; Paul Roberts, Technology Services; Keith Sumlar, Auxiliary IT Shared Services
      The Technology Services Endpoint Services team has been hard at work for the past few months developing new and exciting things! Come see how Endpoint Services can help you support your unit, see what new features are available to existing services as well as what new services are on the horizon.
      Video link
      Location: Chancellor Ballroom
      Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
  • 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM: Closing Remarks and Sponsor Kahoot Quiz / Prize Raffle
  • 4:30 PM: ITPF Connect Event at Houlihan's (located in iHotel) sponsored by CDW-G and Dell EMC

Day 2: June 15 - Post-Conference Workshops

  • 1UP Your Service with the KB: Easy Mode
    John Cowsert, AITS; Wesley Pate, AITS; Allison Payne, ACES
    Take an easy mode lesson in the University KnowledgeBase (KB) by learning the basics of document creation and sharing as well as some bonus levels. This 2 hour hands on session will level you up in the KB. Tour the application powers so you too can take your information to new heights. Attendees will learn the basics of the University KnowledgeBase. We will have a demonstration site set up so that attendees will be able to create, share, and view their documents in a real-time learning experience. Topics include: creating and sharing documents, dashboard elements, document lifecycle, and image management.
    Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
  • 1UP Your Service with the KB: Hard Mode
    John Cowsert, AITS; Michael Curtin, Technology Services; Allison Payne, ACES
    Engage Hard Mode: tackle advanced levels and hidden secrets. In this advanced session, we'll level you up to an advanced level of the University KnowledgeBase (KB) by learning advanced levels for document development. Learn how to get the top score out of this application and its powers so you too can raise your game in the KnowledgeBase. In this 2 hour hands-on session, attendees will learn advanced tools of the KnowledgeBase. Attendees must have basic working knowledge of the KB in advance. We will have a demonstration site set up so that users will learn how to use Java Scripting, advanced sharing, the include document, document security, version control, user management and HTML to get the most out of the KB.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • Advanced Git
    Maxim Belkin, National Center for Supercomputing Applications; Dena Strong, Technology Services
    For those who are already familiar with the basics of Git and would like to explore more advanced uses and real world collaboration methods, Maxim Belkin of NCSA goes beyond the basics in order to explore the power of collaborative version control. Branching, rebasing, checkout, and other Git tools help you find the version you want of the section of code you want, isolate development code from test and production code, and reintegrate when a feature is ready for prime time. You'll need to be comfortable with the command line and with Git basics in order to benefit from this class. If you already have Git on a laptop, you can bring it with you, or you can borrow one of the Linux computers available in the computer lab where the workshop will be held.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect -- Associate Review Session
    Chris Kuehn, Technology Services; Brent Tuggle, Technology Services; Phil Winans, Technology Services
    Preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect -- Associate exam? We'll run through the exam topics, discuss the most important aspects of each, and answer questions. This session is targeted toward individuals who have already studied and are planning to certify.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • Campus cPanel Service for Web Professionals, IT Support Staff, and Admins
    Julieanne Chapman, Technology Services; Stephen Butler, Technology Services; Dena Strong, Technology Services
    The Campus cPanel Web Hosting Service is a new offering providing flexible web hosting to students, faculty, staff, and departments. You can install WordPress, Drupal, and an array of development options with a single click, and Softaculous-managed sites will be automatically updated. Campus IT Pros may choose to use cPanel themselves, may support unit customers with cPanel sites, or may wish to coordinate sites for their unit as resellers. The first half of this workshop will focus on the features of cPanel, including how to create an account and launch a website in cPanel. The second half will focus on reseller functionality. IT Pros who support customers in the creation and management of websites can learn about the available features and decide whether becoming a reseller is right for their units. Hands on labs will be included for customer, support, and reseller tasks and features.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • Communicate with Impact - Elevate Yourself as a Leader
    Olinda Hubbs, Office of Information Technology
    Although bright, brilliant, and even articulate, many IT professionals (including executives) struggle with communication - a skill that when lacking can diminish success and stifle a career. Understanding that communications skills are critical to you as a technology professional, and taking action to improve your skills will add to your success within any organization and throughout your career. Better yet - what if could communicate with impact? Would you be better equipped to: * Manage difficult personalities or situations? * Build strong relationships with colleagues? * Build consensus among stakeholders? * Gain support for initiatives? * Strengthen your teams? * Justify budget increases? * Sell your ideas? * Elevate yourself as a leader? There are nuances to communication that give messages real impact. This session provides techniques to communicate in person and to create email, presentations, and other written documents that have impact, encourage action, and create results. Bring a document that needs "adjustment."
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • Creating Personal Learning Plans for Tech Skills
    Elizabeth Wickes, School of Information Sciences
    Overwhelmed by trying to sift through long wish lists of skills and tools you need to learn or the number of unread technical manuals on your desk? As technology grows and our jobs evolve, so must our professional development. Prioritizing and organizing these items is the only way to survive. This workshop will guide participants through a completely hands on activity to categorize items by priority and time, work through dependencies, and unpack broad goals. Completed learning plans are meant to be living documents that are revisited and updated. Participants in any technology role are welcome, as are management and coordination staff who use regularly use advanced technical skills.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • From Ordering to Desktop Deployment, How to Mac @ UIUC
    Paul Roberts, Technology Services; Matthew Childress, Math; Keith Mountin, Apple, Inc.
    Using Apple DEP and Airwatch you can deploy macOS and iOS devices to your customers with ease. We will go thought how to request your device be enrolled in DEP and Airwatch. -How to apply profiles and settings. -Security policies -Lost mode -Activation Lock (remove) -Remote Wipe Installing Apple Apps Bring your question burning Airwatch questions. To have the full benefit of the workshop Please bring a DEP Mac and be provision in the Airwatch.
    Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
  • Getting Started Creating Content for PrairieLearn LMS
    Dave Mussulman, Engineering IT; Matt West, Mechanical Engineering; Craig Zilles, Computer Science
    This workshop follows our presentation about PrairieLearn: an online problem-driven learning system for creating homeworks and tests. It allows questions to be written using arbitrary HTML, JavaScript, and Python, thus enabling very powerful questions that can randomize and auto-grade themselves, and can access client- and server-side libraries to handle tasks such as graphical drawing, symbolic algebra, and student code compilation and execution. Participants should bring a laptop running Docker (https://www.docker.com/community-edition), a git client (https://desktop.github.com/), and a code-editor like Atom (https://atom.io/). We will get you bootstrapped using those tools to create course content for PrairieLearn. We'll walk through examples of basic questions with randomization and auto-grading and more complicated scenarios like client-side JavaScript and containerized grading environments.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • How to use CPanel and PIE to Build Your Website
    Sarah Holmes, University of Illinois; Ed Delaporte
    We will cover how to build your website using CPanel or Pie. Session Information: Hour 1: Build Your Website Using CPanel and PIE Hour 2: How to Design Your Website and Create Website Content Geared Towards Your Target Market Hour 3: Keep Hackers Out! Securing Your Website and Q&A
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • Introduction to Bash and the Unix Shell
    Samniqueka Halsey, School of Integrative Biology; Maxim Belkin, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
    If you're new to the command line or spend most of your time on Windows machines, our campus Software Carpentry instructors will teach you about the Unix shell (specifically Bash). Topics covered will include navigating files and directories, searching with grep and find, using pipes and filters to combine commands, using loops to perform the same actions on many files, and using shell scripts to store your commands. For a general outline of the workshop, see http://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/ . You can bring your own laptop if you wish (even Windows -- you may want to install Git Bash if you're interested in the Git workshops as well). We plan to offer this lesson in a computer lab if you'd like to use a Linux system. If you're interested in the Git lessons but haven't had much command line experience, we recommend taking this workshop before the Introduction to Git workshop.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops
  • Introduction to Git
    Maxim Belkin, National Center for Supercomputing Applications; Dena Strong, Technology Services
    For those who've wondered about Git and GitHub, but haven't had the opportunity to work with it, campus Software Carpentry instructors will provide guided hands-on experience. You'll learn how Git-style version control works, how to get started, the differences between adds and commits, the differences between pushes and pulls, what a pull request is good for, and basic conflict resolution. This introductory workshop is for people who are either new to Git or unclear about the way the different commands work. The next workshop, Advanced Git, will delve into topics like checkouts, rebasing, branch management, and the ways developers use Git for collaboration in the real world. Basic familiarity with the command line will be helpful. You can either bring your own laptop (including Windows or Mac machines) or use one of the Linux machines available in the computer lab where we plan to hold this workshop.
    Track: Level 2 - Second day workshops

Spring 2018 Poster Sessions

  • 20 Years of CCSP / IT Pro Forum Retrospective Poster
    Dena Strong, Technology Services
    A blast from the past! Take a look back at the past 20 years of CCSP, UnCCSP, and IT Pro Forum conferences.
    Track: Wild Card - Anything goes!
  • Azure Services at the University of Illinois
    Kevin Bird, Technology Services
    Learn about the status and availability of Azure Services at the University.
    Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos
  • Campus Status Dashboard: An Experiment in New Models
    Eric Frahm, Technology Services; Andrew Nichols, Technology Services
    We will present details of an ongoing test of possible 'dashboard' sites for IT services status. What the new model has to offer, and provide a channel for input on interest, concerns, or suggestions.
    Track: The Sandbox - Experimental and Adventurous
  • Digital Signage Services: Moving to Multiplayer Mode
    Thomas Kunka, Technology Services
    Content sharing is turning the digital signage game from a single player game into a multi-player collaborative one. With that come opportunities - and challenges. Stop by our digital poster session and check out what is new with Digital Signage Services.
    Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
  • Expansion Packs
    Gegg Richard, Records and Information Management Services; Julie Wagner, Records and Information Management Services
    This poster sessionr will provide information on ways to manage, store, and dispose of data, as well as the assistance the Records and Information Management Services (RIMS) team provides. Will have information on how to ensure compliance when working with records, storing physical files and digital information, as well as electronic media destruction. The focus is limited to NON-RESEARCH information.
    Track: Multiplayer Adventures - Collaboration and Coordination
  • KnowledgeBase
    Rita Bates, AITS; John Cowsert, AITS; Mark Pollard, AITS
    Poster Session only
    Track: Leveling Up - Personal and Professional Development
  • Year of Email
    Josh Mickle, Technology Services; Larry Dunham, Technology Services; Taylor Judd, Technology Services
    Email is one of the most-used tools at the university, a tool that was invented at a time when security was not a primary consideration for work processes. For that reason, today it is one of the most-used attack vectors to gain illicit access to information. Email can be used to deliver malware, to trick people into providing their password to an attacker, to send messages pretending to be from a trusted source, and even normal business communications can be intercepted. The University has declared 2018 to be the Year of Email, with various service managers operating on multiple fronts to reduce the risk that email presents to the university. Come see what steps the university is taking to better protect email.
    Track: Game On - IT Pros Vs. Team Chaos

Acknowledgements

Spring 2018 IT Pro Forum Planning Committee

  • Lori Beeson, Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Malinda Carlisle, Beckman Institute
  • Gina Duello, College of Engineering
  • Melvin Fenner, Auxiliary Shared Tech Services
  • Debbie Fligor, Technology Services
  • Maranda Harden, Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Rick Hazlewood, Technology Services
  • Joyce Humes, Facilities and Services
  • Drew Kenton, Chair, Facilities and Services
  • Maged Messeh, Vice-Chair, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Todd Nelson, Administrative Information Technology Services
  • Frank Penrose, Chair, College of Engineering
  • James Quisenberry, IT Shared Services
  • Candice Solomon-Strutz, Administrative Information Technology Services
  • Dena Strong, Technology Services
  • Bradley Woodruff, The Career Center