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Keep yourself and your devices safe during the upcoming travel season
Traveling this summer for work? Learn how to keep your mobile devices and your data safe — and pick up other travel tips with this handy guide.
UW-IT is improving the UW’s Shared Web Hosting infrastructure
Owners and administrators of content management systems like WordPress and Drupal and collaboration and documentation platforms like MediaWiki will experience significant performance improvement starting Aug. 1. Read about the improvements.
Celebrate GAAD May 18 by improving IT accessibility across the UW
Attend any or all of the free in-person or online presentations and workshops on various accessibility topics offered by UW-IT Accessible Technology Services as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18. Activities include training on web accessibility testing tools, writing good alt text for images, creating accessible charts, accessible tables in Word and PDF, among others.
Celebrate GAAD May 18 by improving IT accessibility across the UW
Attend any or all of the free in-person or online presentations and workshops on various accessibility topics offered by UW-IT Accessible Technology Services as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18. Activities include training on web accessibility testing tools, writing good alt text for images, creating accessible charts, accessible tables in Word and PDF, among others.
New data retention policy for Panopto begins June 12
Panopto recordings not viewed in the previous 24 months will be archived. Starting in December, recordings created or edited that are older than five years and have not been viewed in the last 12 months will be deleted. Read more about the changes.
Learn how you can manage your organization’s passwords, tokens and API keys
If you manage your organization’s access to data, a CISO risk advisory resource can help you identify the tools you need to secure your organization’s work.
Metrics highlight UW-IT’s service to UW community
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) uses data to regularly measure its performance in key areas to consistently deliver a positive customer experience. See its third quarter FY23 numbers.
IMPORTANT: Implementation of UW Panopto Lecture Capture Retention Policy begins this June
To comply with the University of Washington’s records retention policies — and to adapt to a new Panopto contract that charges for the number of recordings created, archived and stored — UW-IT will begin implementing a retention policy for Panopto recordings in June 2023.
Upgrades planned for UW Shared Web Hosting PHP will improve performance
Owners and administrators of content management systems like WordPress and Drupal, and collaboration and documentation platforms like MediaWiki, will be able to take advantage of significant performance improvements when UW-IT upgrades the UW Shared Web Hosting servers.