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2021 UIC Cyber Security Awareness Campaign: True Stories

Posted on September 28, 2021

Each year in October, UIC Technology Solutions develops a unique campaign promoting cyber security. This year’s NCSAM campaign – True Stories – features real scam attempts at UIC and teaches students to stay…

How Instructors Can Use LinkedIn Learning for Teaching

Crystal Ortega | Posted on September 15, 2021

LinkedIn Learning, previously known as Lynda.com, has over 15,000 online courses available to watch on-demand, with 30-60 new classes uploaded every week! LinkedIn Learning is available to UIC students and faculty, and is…

Pronouns feature enabled in Zoom

Posted on August 05, 2021

Technology Solutions has enabled the Pronouns feature in UIC Zoom, allowing you to add pronouns to your user profile. When you add pronouns to your user profile, they will be visible to your Zoom contacts as part of your Zoom profile card in the Zoom

Sign up for Duo 2-Factor Authentication

Posted on June 26, 2021

This past year, Technology Solutions has been working diligently to mitigate and prevent the significant increase in cyber attacks targeting the UIC Community by continually enhancing the online security of, and information available…

Safe Links Spam Protection Available in Microsoft Outlook & Gmail

Posted on June 09, 2021

Part of Microsoft's Defender platform, Safe Links helps better protect the UIC Community from malicious links sent via email. In addition to protection for Microsoft Office Online and desktop versions, Safe Links is now also available for UIC Gmail.

Online Learning Terms & Definitions

Crystal Ortega | Posted on June 02, 2021

Every industry has its own terminology, but luckily it’s not rocket science to understand that of eLearning. Don’t let acronyms and IT jargon hinder your understanding of the tech services, tools and resources…

Qualtrics to Complete Transition to New Experience Effective June 1

Posted on May 25, 2021

Qualtrics introduced a new design for its survey builder, project creation, platform navigation, and line/bar charts in the XM Platform back in March. While users have been able to switch between the old…

Effective Saturday, May 29, 2021, email routing to uic.edu will be updated to improve overall UIC email delivery security. As a result of this change, UIC email users may see more email routed to Junk or Spam folders.

New Spam Filters Help Reduce Phishing Attempts - Checking Your Spam Folder is Suggested

Posted on May 24, 2021

Effective Saturday, May 29, 2021, email routing to uic.edu will be updated to improve overall UIC email delivery security. As a result of this change, UIC email users may see more email routed to Junk or Spam folders.

VoiceThread: Encourage student discussion and build community in online courses

Crystal Ortega | Posted on May 17, 2021

VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration tool available in Blackboard that can be used to encourage student discussion and build community in asynchronous learning settings.

A Talk with UIC CIO Matt Riley

Posted on May 12, 2021

Joining the university as CIO in 2020, Matt Riley says his top priority is to transform UIC IT into a strategic partner and enabler for innovative tech solutions.