Meet PDFebruary, a month-long event in which participants tackled a common challenge: making digital documents more accessible. The challenge encouraged campus members to inventory and remediate inaccessible documents, especially PDFs, on their websites — and transformed the process into a … Read more
When you receive an Alert Carolina message — whether you hear a siren or see a text, email, social media post, flashing beacon or a message on a screen — you stop and pay attention. And that’s the point. Alert … Read more
In February 2023, Paul Rivers came to UNC-Chapel Hill to oversee information security and identity and access management as Chief Information Security Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Security. During Rivers’ first two years, his teams have made remarkable … Read more
On March 20 and 21, the CFE Showcase on Teaching will return for its 10th event. Held every year and a half for the past 15 years, the Showcase on Teaching celebrates teaching at Carolina and provides a unique platform … Read more
After almost 30 years of use, ITS has retired Heimdal Kerberos, a longstanding login service at Carolina. ITS’ Identity & Access Management team transitioned Carolina’s logins from using Heimdal Kerberos to Microsoft Active Directory. Even for many IT professionals, Heimdal … Read more
Most everyone at Carolina knows of the ITS Service Desk. What typically comes to mind is using walk-in, chat, phone or online tickets to request service for universal, straightforward things like password resets and software installations. But there’s another Service … Read more
If you’re following the Digital Accessibility Office’s accessibility compliance plan, you know that step two is to create an accessibility audit. This audit is an inventory of your, or your unit’s, current digital content and technologies. The audit is a … Read more
‘Fabric’ will reshape UNC network One of the most exciting advancements is the exploration of “network fabrics,” a cutting-edge concept that promises to revolutionize how our network operates. “This past year, our engineering team, led by Jerry Woodside, and our … Read more
To protect user privacy, individual Zoom AI Companion features will be disabled by default. You will see a new AI icon in the Zoom toolbar, even if you choose not to enable or use Zoom AI features. When Zoom AI … Read more
The CFE Showcase on Teaching will return for its 10th event March 20 and 21. Held approximately every year and a half since 2010, the showcase celebrates teaching at Carolina by helping instructors learn from each other and connect with … Read more
On December 3, the Digital Accessibility Office hosted a panel discussion covering frequently asked questions about the April 2024 Department of Justice update to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the new rule, all of UNC’s … Read more
ITS Digital Services has renewed UNC-Chapel Hill’s Digital Collegium institutional membership. Digital Collegium was formerly known as HighEdWeb. The organization was founded in 1999 and rebranded last year to better encompass all things digital in higher education. Digital Collegium offers … Read more
