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Read recent news articles, blogs, and announcements featuring IT at UIC. Articles share best practices, important UIC IT news, service announcements and keeps you updated on the innovative and exciting IT services and projects we are working on.

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.

UIC Vice Chancellor for Innovation Announces Expansion of Live Classroom Streaming Capabilities to Support Flexible Teaching & Learning at UIC

UIC Announces Expansion of Live Classroom Streaming Capabilities to Support Flexible Teaching & Learning at UIC

Posted on May 10, 2021

Following a year of successful remote teaching and learning, UIC is investing in technology which will further enable flexibility for students to attend classes in person, remotely, or a mix of both for…

Student using VoiceThread New Assignments image

VoiceThread New Assignments: Improved student experience, grading features and course organization

Crystal Ortega | Posted on May 02, 2021

VoiceThread is a video-based discussion tool available in Blackboard that can be used to encourage student discussion and build community in asynchronous learning settings. The conversations are not live; they take place whenever…

GitHub Shared Enterprise License Now Available

Posted on April 08, 2021

GitHub Enterprise is a code hosting platform for version control, issue tracking, and collaboration on software development projects. At U of I, this platform provides a means for collaborative software development within departments and across various units and…