Information and Technology Services

  1. August 25, 2021

    NameCoach pronunciation tool now available in Canvas

    NameCoach, a tool that allows students and faculty to create an audio recording to help peers better pronounce their names, is currently available in all officially provisioned Canvas courses.

  2. August 4, 2021

    Simplified placement exams save time by going digital

    Information and Technology Services, the LSA Language Resource Center and the Registrar’s Office partnered to move four language placement exams to an online format in Canvas.

  3. July 7, 2021

    Zoom supports new DEI features in latest update

    U-M faculty, staff, and students can now take advantage of new features in Zoom video conferencing that support an inclusive campus environment.

  4. June 29, 2021

    New research computing package supports data-intensive research

    Information and Technology Services has launched a new package of supercomputing resources for researchers and Ph.D. students on all U-M campuses: the U-M Research Computing Package.

  5. June 21, 2021

    ITS staffer whets appetite for art through collection

    Darin Leese, a business systems analyst for My LINC through Information and Technology Services, and his partner, U-M Law Professor Frank Vandervort, have a collection of hundreds of paintings.

  6. June 15, 2021

    U-M begins cloud storage migration to Dropbox

    Starting this month, the U-M community is migrating to U-M Dropbox, which will become the institution’s primary cloud file storage option once U-M Box fully retires in December.

  7. June 9, 2021

    Wi-Fi upgrades to help transform campus network capabilities

    Starting this summer, Information and Technology Services will upgrade campus Wi-Fi so it continues to meet the campus community’s growing demand for fast and secure connections.

  8. May 3, 2021

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  9. April 30, 2021

    University retires BlueJeans videoconferencing service

    One of the university’s original videoconferencing services, BlueJeans, is retiring Saturday. Information and Technology Services will continue to offer Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

  10. April 19, 2021

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.