Computing Essentials
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Computing Essentials for Faculty and Staff
Publications, Tech Communities, and Online Information
Computing@UW-Madison
Computing@UW-Madison is a newsletter published monthly by DoIT during the academic year that is distributed to faculty and staff and inserted into Wisconsin Week. Computing@UW provides information on information technology news and trends, services and resources available to faculty and staff, and IT-related events on campus.
IT Bytes
DoIT provides computing information to students through IT Bytes, a newsletter which appears monthly in a campus newspaper and also online. IT Bytes includes usage tips, computing advice from the DoIT Help Desk, training schedules, information on new products available at the DoIT Tech Store and more.
TechNews
TechNews is a bi-weekly email synopsis of technology-related issues sent by DoIT to faculty and staff. It has easy-to-understand tips for making the most of technology--from safe computing practices and free classes to software features and shortcuts. Most of the tips and resources in TechNews are free.
Information Technology ListServes
Tech Partners
Tech Partners is a forum of more than 700 UW-Madison computing professionals who discuss campus computing and technology issues online. Discussions cover a variety of topics including opinions about hardware and software, how-to questions, requests for resources, and the good and bad aspects of new technologies.Community of Educational Technology Support (ComETS)
ComETS is a UW-Madison technology support community of those who are involved with teaching and learning with technology in any way (e.g., instructional designers, multimedia experts, IT administrators). They come together online and through meetings and brown bag presentations to network with one another and share expertise and resources.
RSS Feeds and Podcasts
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds are a method of distributing simplified web content (generally in text form) to users. Users can "subscribe" to different DoIT RSS feeds to automatically be notified and receive new news content when it is posted.
Digital Academic Television Network (DATN)
DATN delivers live digital television broadcasts from nearly 20 different stations, including NASA, C-SPAN and the Weather Channel. Service is available only in areas of campus that have been upgraded to the 21st Century Network.
CIO and DoIT Web Sites
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the UW-Madison oversees and coordinates campus-wide technology services. While many of these services are provided by DoIT, some are hosted or managed by other departments. As the primary source for campus information technology resources, the DoIT site is jam-packed with helpful information, including an online version of this guide, links to the Help Desk knowledge base and the Tech Store, breaking technology news, classes and events, streaming broadcasts and software downloads.