UITS Monitor: Where will you roam?

The cloud-based tool is now available at IU without a fee

Nearly half of Americans wear the same pair of underwear for two or more days in a row, according to a survey from underwear maker Tommy John.

This is the kind of valuable insight you gain when you create a survey. So, while you may not need stats about underwear habits, the introduction of university-wide access to Qualtrics means you can create surveys about any topic without a fee.

Qualtrics is a cloud-based survey tool that can be used in browsers, mobile applications, and SMS text. Here’s how to put it to work for you:

• Streamline the survey process so you can spend less time developing surveys and more time analyzing the results
• Support research by introducing survey techniques to students or sharing information with peers at other universities
• Gather data in the classroom, for a student organization, or for personal research

Whether you’re seeking delicate data or data about actual delicates, fee-free access to Qualtrics will help you get the information you need.

Get started with Qualtrics

Fixing public discourse, safeguarding democracy, and preserving a civil society

Nikolas Guggenberger, executive director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, will discuss how social media platforms exploit our attention, privacy, and behavioral autonomy beyond sustainable levels. This leads to side effects, like political polarization, hate crimes, mass surveillance, and data leaks.

This fee-free talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research and the Maurer School of Law.

What: Resolving the online tragedy

When: October 10, noon–1pm

Where:

IU Bloomington:

• Maurer School of Law, Room 335 (lunch provided)
• Video streaming to Luddy Hall, Room 3006 (lunch provided)

IUPUI:

Video streaming to ICTC Room IT 395 (lunch provided)

Online:

go.iu.edu/CACR-speakers

Learn more about the CACR Speaker Series

New IU website hosting service is now live and ready for use

For those of you who maintain an IU website on Webserve, this message is for you. UITS has been working on a replacement infrastructure for Webserve called the IU SiteHosting service.

In some cases, the people maintaining the website are not the Webserve account owner, and that’s why we’re sharing the message here. We’ve already contacted the Webserve account owners and contacts by email.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Webserve is scheduled for retirement December 23, 2019, and will be replaced by IU Sitehosting.
• All Webserve sites that you want to keep must be migrated to IU Sitehosting by that date.
• The new hosting environment will improve service in many ways.
• We have a dedicated web page where you can find more information.
• We have a lineup of Knowledge Base docs ready to assist you.
• We recorded an infoshare where you can learn more.

Support questions?

For technical assistance, contact your local IT Pro, or contact the Support Center Tier 2 Web Services Support team.

For site development and coding support, you may wish to contract with IU Studios.

Tip: If you are using Webserve just to store documents for easy access, try Box instead.

Learn more about IU Sitehosting

Faculty members can make a tech match at three upcoming events

Want to know more about teaching and learning tools? Stop by this interactive event, where you’ll spend a few minutes “speed dating” a specific tool or service before moving on to your next “date.”

Matchmakers from UITS Learning Technologies will be on hand to discuss the tools and answer your questions. If you’ve been looking for tech love in all the wrong places, you might be able to find the tool that completes you here.

IUPUI: October 11, 11:30am–1:30pm in Lecture Hall 104 (LE104)

RSVP by October 4

IUPUC: October 17, 10:45am–12pm or 12-1:45pm in Learning Center 2207 (LC2207)

RSVP by October 10

IU Bloomington: October 18, 11:30am–1:30pm in Student Building 015 (SB015)

RSVP by October 11

Participants from all campuses are welcome, and lunch will be served.

Watch a video from last year’s event

Daily deals available on several campuses through May 2020

Did you know that you can get discounts from local and online retailers when you use your CrimsonCard? Just present or pay with your card to get savings on everything from food to entertainment to phone service.

The following campuses offer the Deal of the Day promotion, featuring daily discounts from local vendors through May 2020:

• IU Bloomington
• IUPUI
• IU Southeast

Don’t miss another day of deals!

Make a deposit or sign up for payroll deduction

Weekly workshops at IU Bloomington will cover advanced media topics

Are you enthralled by 3D? Intrigued by the IQ-Wall? Think augmented reality is awesome? Make plans to attend the Augmented, Virtual, and Extended Reality Seminar Series, where you’ll hear from experts from the UITS Advanced Visualization Lab, the Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Humanities & Creative Activities group, and guest lecturers.

When: Thursdays from 4–5pm, ET

Where: Wells Library, Room E157H or remote via live stream

See the topics and register to attend

• IU receives Lilly Endowment grant to address ethical challenges of digital world
• Graduate student awarded time on Hubble Telescope
• Seminar: Integrated Services for Computational Science: From WLAN Access to HPC
• Coffee & Conversation: Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Bias
• In case you missed the last Monitor, find it here