It is the start of another great fall semester. Many new employees are working at the University and being given access to different Webtools. We want to help make learning Webtools as easy as possible by providing links to our Training Videos. The videos can also be found at the bottom of every Webtools screen via the Training Videos button.
UIS Foot in the Door Fair
August 31, 2023 | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Student Union Ballroom
In alignment with UIS’ commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, the Access & Equity Office is taking steps to help the campus community integrate inclusive practices into the search and hiring processes.
It has been a busy summer in our classrooms - we have successfully converted 34 classrooms to be hyflex! Our classroom technology refresh project has also involved installing annotating monitors, second monitors, bring-your-own-device capabilities, document cameras, and easy-to-use control units to manage the technology.
We are inviting all faculty who haven't yet seen the upgraded classrooms to join us Tuesday, August 22 at 11:30am in UHB 1007 for a tour!
UIS Professional Development Retreat | Sept. 15 | Register by Aug. 31!
In response to faculty and staff feedback, UIS is offering a Professional Development Retreat next month for Civil Service/Academic Professional staff and Faculty. A multidisciplinary team of UIS colleagues has developed an exciting half-day retreat focused on Workplace Wellness.
Formerly referred to as our faculty convocation, this event is a renewed all-employee assembly intended to kick off the new academic year together! Join us from 3-5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in the Student Union Ballroom to hear briefly from Chancellor Gooch and each vice chancellor about our goals for this year, and we will share introductory information about our newest faculty colleagues and administrators. This event will be capped off with snacks and time to catch up with colleagues.
ITS is offering a new service to campus that allows employees to make/receive phone calls to their office number on their cell phone or laptop/desktop.
This service will replace IP Communicator, which has been used as a 'soft phone'. IP Communicator will be retired as of September 1 for legal compliance reasons. Ray Baum's Act requires that location information be included with a 911 call and IP Communicator does not provide that information. Support for IP Communicator ended as of September 30, 2022.
UIS employees that purchase their parking hang tag through payroll deduction were sent an email reminder in July that payroll deduction for their parking hang tag would automatically renew and that a new parking hang tag would be delivered to their campus address.
Please be aware that those parking tags were distributed last week and remember to look for your new parking hang tag!
Web Services has released two new updates to Webtools Forms and Surveys. 1) A Files tab has been added for supporting documents and 2) the Access tab has been updated with new settings. These updates position Web Services for upcoming enhancements to the Forms tool which will allow for form editing, event registration, and an approval process.
Access tab
