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Keep teaching in times of high absenteeism or campus closure

Keep Teaching

A flu epidemic or service outage due to weather can cause serious disruption of classes.

IU has two key resources to provide you with information about remote teaching and collaboration technologies: The keepteaching.iu.edu web site and the IU Knowledge Base (KB).

IU’s IT communicators bring home 2009 SIGUCCS awards

NU2ITIU's IT communicators won a Best of Category award and four Awards of Excellence at the 2009 Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

The SIGUCCS awards go to leaders in the field of IT communication in higher education. Several of IU's Awards of Excellence went to campaigns and products focused on communicating to students about IT, a goal outlined in the latest UITS strategic plan, Empowering People.

Winning with Windows 7

Windows 7 UltimateAlready purchased or seriously considering Windows 7? Your cost for the DVD is only $20 thanks to the IU/Microsoft Campus Agreement. You're anxious to get started with the latest from Microsoft. So what's next? How can you get the most of out of Windows 7 and learn to use it like a pro?

UITS has all of your bases covered -- from helping you make sure your computer meets all the minimum requirements to upgrade your operating system, to learning about all of the new Windows 7 features and keeping your computer secure.

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Earth as Art contest: GIS Day 2009
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