2nd Generation Lightboard
Liam Moran, CITL; Bob Dignan, CITL; Eric Schumacher, CITL
Try your hand at the second generation of Lightboard technology at Illinois. Lightboards are edge-lit sheets of glass used as a visual aid for instructional video production. The teacher writes on it,chalkboard-style, with flourescent markers to vibrantly write and draw in midair. Either with mirrors or simple software, the video flips the video horizontally so that the writing flows in a readable direction
Track: Breaking Bottlenecks - Process Improvement, Workflows, Customer support
Approaches to High Resolution Network Telemetry & Analytics with Machine Learning
Corey Eichelberger, NCSA
Network measurement and analytics are key to the overall operations, planning and root-cause analysis of issues within network infrastructure. The increased line rate (100+Gbps) of network connections along with the explosion in data transfer needs for scientific datasets has changed the methodology of effectively monitoring network infrastructure. Network measurement utilizing 5 minute polling intervals with binary threshold based alerting has proven to be unreliable for accurate measurement and alerting of critical network systems. This presentation will discuss the ongoing efforts at NCSA to gather high resolution (< 10s polling period) network telemetry data utilizing SNMP and YANG with machine learning being utilized to analyze and generate alerts on the data being collected.
Track: Breaking the Sound Barrier (Fast Moving Targets in IT) - Programming, Development, Security, Networking
BARS Connects Business Office and ITS Together
Junhui Xiao, Beckman; Kara Haley, Beckman
BARS developed by Beckman ITS team replaces a more than ten years old delpi application BASE2. The SQL job behind daily imports expense, budget, appointment info from data warehouse, daily talks with engineering hosted Beckman appointment database, and update BARS database daily. BARS uses account code hierarchy to generate expense report and activity code report for business office to make business decision. It automates Beckman service billing and makes feeding Beckman billing data to Banner easier.
Track: Break Walls, not Teams - Project Management, Personal Development, Leadership, Communication
Campus IT Bulk Purchasing
Allison Payne, ACES Admin IT; Dan Wood, ATLAS
This poster will cover the ongoing campus IT bulk purchasing initiative, recapping our first year, looking ahead to new opportunities, and sharing resources for everyone to get a little more out of their IT equipment budgets. At least two of the negotiating 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. Stop on by!
Track: Breaking Bottlenecks - Process Improvement, Workflows, Customer support
Canvas Pilot at Illinois
Drew MacGregor, Technology Services of Illinois; Rick Hazlewood, Technology Services at Illinois
What does the future hold for Learning Management Systems at Illinois? In the Fall of 2019 the campus will conduct a limited pilot with Canvas, a Learning Management System used by many of our peers. The pilot will involve multiple units and colleges working together to determine if Canvas is the path forward, or if we should continue with our current environment. Technical and pedagogical aspects will be considered and reviewed. Come to the session for an overview of the project and to provide feedback to the steering team.
Track: Everything is a Hammer - Other topics
Communicating Training Needs and Opportunities
Ginna Moore, Technology Services, WebStore (FAST3)
This session will explore training opportunities available on the Urbana campus and how to communicate these opportunities effectively to all audiences.
Track: Break Walls, not Teams - Project Management, Personal Development, Leadership, Communication
Don't Let Records Be Your Bottleneck
Richard Gegg, Records and Information Management Services; Brent West, Records and Information Management Services; Julie Wagner, Records and Information Management Services
As one semester ends and another begins, it is a good time to think about BREAKING THE BOTTLENECKS in your Records Management process. Stop by our RIMS poster to find tips to improve your records process, records plans and Records & Non-Records workflow. There will also be opportunities to sign-up for the new Records Liaison educational opportunities.
Track: Breaking Bottlenecks - Process Improvement, Workflows, Customer support
High Throughput Computing (HTC) Project
Christopher Hendricksen, Technology Services; Gianni Pezzarossi, Engineering IT Shared Services
This poster session is about the High Throughput Computing Project, which is starting its Open Beta phase. We'll discuss the history of the project and the current state, how to get access, and what support is available.
Track: Breaking Out of the Box - Research, Data, Storage, Cloud Computing
iLeCT - IT Community Building and Professional Development at UIC
Phil Reiter, OAA - Pharmacy, UIC
The UIC IT Community is a broad set of skilled IT experts across a diverse landscape of academic, clincal, research and administrative support missions. The Community supports and R1 research enterprise and Health Enterprise, along with a robust LAS community, many service units, and others. The IT Community is geographically split across two local campuses near downtown Chicago - East and West, as well as across a number of regional sites across Illinois. The campus often has IT staff that commute an hour or more within or outside of the city, to and from work each day. Schedules are often limited, along with resources. UIC must build anIT community aware of each other's technical and leadership skills and works closely together to better align IT efforts to University missions and efforts Learn and discuss how UIC IT builds professional development that best serves this exciting environment and community.
Track: Break Walls, not Teams - Project Management, Personal Development, Leadership, Communication
IT Accessibility 101: More Than One Way to Swing a Hammer!
Christy Blew, DRES
No matter what your job title is, everyone has a role in accessibility, even in the IT world. Building accessibility into the process from the very beginning is the key to creating an output that is usable by everyone, including those with disabilities - but what are you looking for? How do you if it is accessible in the end? What does accessibility even mean? IT Accessibility 101 is and online, self-paced course, designed to increase understanding and awareness of accessibility whether you have no knowledge of IT accessibility or have been working with IT accessibility for years. The course is designed so there is something for everyone. Come visit this poster session and see how this course will help you build your professional development skills.
Track: Everything is a Hammer - Other topics
KnowledgeBase
Rita Bates, AITS
Information regarding the KB and how to begin utilizing it.
Track: Breaking Bottlenecks - Process Improvement, Workflows, Customer support
Microsoft Azure Services at Illinois
Kevin Bird, Technology Services; Joshua Mickle, Technology Services
Status of Azure cloud computing services at Illinois and information on training opportunities.
Track: Breaking Out of the Box - Research, Data, Storage, Cloud Computing
Strategies and Process to Create Accessible MOOC Video Lectures
Jinhee Choo, eLearning Office at the Gies College of Business; Baylee Shepherd, eLearning Office, Gies College of Business; Claire Kelly, eLearning Office, Gies College of Business; Sulaiman Sanaullah, eLearning Office, Gies College of Business
Online course materials are not always accessible for students with disabilities, such as visually or hearing impaired individuals. At the eLearning office at the Gies College of Business, we work to provide an accessible and robust online educational experience. This session/poster will provide viewers with methods to improve the accessibility of MOOC video lectures to engage all students. We will guide the audience through our process of copy editing, converting documents and videos to accessible HTML and distributing ePub while ensuring compliance with accessibility specifications.
Track: Everything is a Hammer - Other topics
What's New in Educational Technology
Rick Hazlewood, Tech Services
These are some of the new developments in the field of educational technology that It Pros may be asked about.
Track: Breaking Bottlenecks - Process Improvement, Workflows, Customer support
Women in Technology
Candice Solomon-Strutz, AITS; Cordelia Geiken, Technology Services; Laura Hayden, Engineering IT Shared Services; Debbie Fligor, Technology Services
The WIT Leadership team will facilitate an open discussion about Women in Technology Group (WIT) which provides a forum for discussion of issues facing women in IT in general and on campus, networking, and coaching, and coordination of outreach efforts to girls considering IT as a career. We will cover the successful spring events, upcoming summer events, and plan to promote the return of a fall mentoring/peer coaching program.
Track: Break Walls, not Teams - Project Management, Personal Development, Leadership, Communication