UNC-Chapel Hill will retire the Andrew File System (AFS) on November 13, 2018. The statement is simple. More interesting and intricate, however, are the prudent steps the campus is taking to assist users through the decommissioning process and the history … Read more

Since February, instructors and students at Dey Hall have benefited from a new active-learning classroom created with a seldom-used approach to renovation. ITS Teaching & Learning and other University groups collaborated to convert Dey 205 and 207 into one larger, … Read more

Down the hill and through the woods, Carolina’s Outdoor Education Center on Country Club Road needed more reliable and less expensive phone and internet service. The center’s carrier wasn’t promising service improvements any time soon, and leasing an energy company’s … Read more

ITS Enterprise Applications has launched another round of “Most” Lunches to recognize hands-on users of ConnectCarolina and to learn from attendees what works and what can be improved in the ConnectCarolina system. The monthly lunches also enable peer-to-peer sharing of … Read more

In January, ITS Digital Services delivered a new custom WordPress website to the University’s Arts Everywhere group. The website provides Arts Everywhere with the comprehensive platform the organization needs to communicate about the initiative — what Arts Everywhere is, its … Read more

Since rolling out a new exam-scanning system last semester, ITS cut the average wait time for instructors as well as ITS’ own staff time to provide the service in half. Launched on campus in Fall 2017, InstructorTools by DigitalDesk also … Read more

The new Carolina Planning website better serves the department’s needs while also attracting attention. Since ITS Digital Services created and launched the WordPress website for the Department of City and Regional Planning in October, other UNC-Chapel Hill departments have been … Read more

ITS ResNET doesn’t rest. ResNET, the program that provides onsite IT support, education and the technology infrastructure for UNC-Chapel Hill residence halls, has been as busy as ever the last few months. ResNET, which is short for Residential Networking, Education & … Read more

Beginning on February 15, ConnectCarolina will require 2-Step Verification when accessing the student financial portion of ConnectCarolina. This includes student bill pay and direct deposit account access.  How 2-Step Will Change Your ConnectCarolina Experience How you log in to ConnectCarolina will not change – how your access student … Read more

Dear Carolina Community, I am writing to inform you of our plans to expand the use of 2-Step Verification on campus in 2018. This continues the work that ITS has already completed to put select digital resources, such as the online W2, VPN and administrative IT applications, behind 2-Step Verification protection. A … Read more

A new makerspace is now available to students, staff and faculty at Carmichael Residence Hall, thanks to a collaboration between ITS ResNET, Carolina Housing, BeAM, OASIS and the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Launched Fall 2017 The 3,000-square-foot center, called Blue Makerspace, … Read more

The newest addition to the Alert Carolina Emergency Notification System is now available for desktop and laptop Windows and Mac OS computers on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Alert Carolina is now offering the Alertus Desktop Notification client to campus as … Read more