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Session to offer training in website management system
Feb 12th, 2019

laptop screen showing Drupal

 

A free class Tuesday, Feb. 26, will help staff and faculty responsible for maintaining UWindsor websites learn the basics of the Drupal content management system.

Website Basic Training will focus on teaching site editors how to create pages and events, upload graphics and use menus and blocks, says instructor Rob Aitkens, web development team lead in Information Technology Services.

He will also cover the University and legislative guidelines for posting content.

The class is required for all employees responsible for maintaining UWindsor websites and is valuable for those with little previous experience with the system, for those upgrading their sites from version 6 to 7, or as a refresher. It will run 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the University Computer Centre’s lower-level classroom.

Registration is required through this online form.

Updated computerized test scoring Scantron forms now available
Feb 5th, 2019
Scantron form

The new Scantron forms — used for computerized test scoring and student evaluation of teaching — are now available from Patty Burnett in the purchasing department, reports Information Technology Services.

Computing consultant Mathew Chandler notes that submissions are acceptable in either the old format or the new, but not a mix of both.

“To mark a test, all forms either have to be the old form or the new form,” he says. “A mixture of old and new forms makes it impossible to mark as one test.”

Direct any questions on replacing the existing forms to Chandler at mchandle@uwindsor.ca.

New Student Information System necessitates changes in Scantron forms
Jan 21st, 2019
Scantron form

The new course number format has made obsolete the Scantron forms used for computerized test scoring and student evaluation of teaching.

Direct any questions on replacing the existing forms to computing consultant Mathew Chandler at chandle@uwindsor.ca.

Update available for statistical analysis software
Jan 18th, 2019
Statistics software and graphs

The University now has authorization codes to update the statistics software SPSS.

The current version is SPSS 25, available for download from the Software Depot. Users of the network version of SPSS will have received an expiry message indicating they are due for an update.

Wireless Upgrade
Jan 16th, 2019

Wireless is being upgraded on campus at 6:00AM. There will a brief 15 minute outage during this process.