Tag: technology
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More on partnership with Aver software, and student training in ‘Big Data’
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Aver Informatics, a Green Bay startup company with national clients in the fast-developing field of health care analytics, has agreed to provide the University a free, three-year license for the company’s Big Data Analytics Platform. Along with free remote access to the software and databases, Aver will train students in use of the platform and…
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Partnership with tech startup will train students in ‘Big Data’
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Students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will benefit from a new institutional partnership with Green Bay-based technology firm Aver Informatics that will bring hands-on opportunities with “Big Data” and advanced data analytics to the Computer Science curriculum. Aver Informatics, a startup company with national clients in the fast-developing field of health care analytics, has…
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Bukralia speaks at national conference on prescriptive analytics, retention
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Rajeev Bukralia, the University’s chief information officer and associate provost for information services, was a featured presenter in person and online at the 2013 Educause National Conference, Oct. 17 in Anaheim, Calif. His topic was “Using Prescriptive Analytics to Reduce Course Dropout.” Bukralia offered his audience a roadmap for creating a prescriptive, analytics-based system to…
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HR uses academic technology at off-campus Clerk of Courts presentation
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Melissa Pufall, HR assistant and training lead, along with Christine Olson, HR manager, presented last Friday as part of the annual Wisconsin Clerk of Courts Association conference. This session on How to Secure and Retain Quality Employees utilized UW-Green Bay academic technology (interactive clickers) and included information on interviewing techniques, best practices, and motivating and…
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SIS to be offline, temporarily
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SIS — the Student Information System — will be unavailable from 4 p.m. Thursday, July 18, until 8 a.m. Monday, July 22. The reason? An upgrade that will allow UW-Green Bay to stay current with new technology and provide enhanced functionality. Students, faculty and staff will be unable to log in to SIS at all…
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Kieper discusses smart phone security with NBC 26
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Our own Dave Kieper was featured Monday (May 20) in an NBC 26 news story examining the potential privacy pitfalls of smartphone use. With so many people now relying on smartphones for banking and other sensitive transactions, hackers increasingly are targeting the devices, the story says. “You have that phone and it’s unsecured, boom, very…
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Theyerl tech tip: Formatting for Excel users
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Many thanks to CIT’s Patricia Theyerl for passing on a helpful online tidbit about Microsoft Excel. Tech Republic’s “10 things” blog recently posted “10 Advanced Formatting Tricks for Excel Users,” which Theyerl tells us is particularly helpful. Check it out here.
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Valentine’s Day brown bag: More to love from Excel
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Patricia Theyerl, IT trainer and Help Desk professional with Computing and Information Technology, will lead another CIT brown bag session at noon Thursday (Feb. 14) in IS 1004. “Are you adding or updating information from one database to another? Want to know if “John Doe” is in both spreadsheets or missing from one? You might…
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‘What’s New in Internet Explorer 9’ is rescheduled to Friday
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A victim of late January’s snowstorm, the CIT Brown Bag Session “What’s New in Internet Explorer 9?” has been rescheduled to noon Friday (Feb. 8) in Instructional Services 1004. Pat Theyerl will demo what’s new in Internet Explorer 9 and remind us how to clear our browsing histories, set toolbars, and view favorites. Free and…
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Brown Bag Session: ‘What’s New in Internet Explorer 9?’
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Trainer Pat Theyerl of CIT will demo what’s new in Internet Explorer 9 this Wednesday (Jan. 30) and remind us how to clear our browsing history, set toolbars, and view favorites. All Brown Bag sessions are at noon in IS 1004. In the meantime, check out the “Explanation Experts” at Common Craft. Common Craft’s 3-minute…