AHC-ISNEWSLETTERNovember 2015

News & Information from the Academic Health Center Office of Information Systems

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All systems will be down on the Twin Cities Campus

The University's annual maintenance outage will begin Fridaynight, January 8th with non-critical IT systems on the TwinCities campus. On Saturday, January 9th it will affect allsystems, click here for detailed list of IT systems. Cloudhosted systems such as University Gmail will not be affected.

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Download any needed content that is housed on theservers. For up-to-date information visit IT Systems Statuspage.

Actively Testing Windows 10Microsoft recently released its newest version of the Windowsoperating system, Windows 10. AHC-IS is actively testing Windows10 to ensure compatibility between University and UMN Healthapplications. AHC-IS hopes to begin supporting the new operatingsystem in early 2016. Initially AHC-IS will be focusing only ondevices specifically designed for Windows 10 (i.e.,touchscreen ortablet devices).

El Capitan - Mac OS 10.11In September 2015, Apple released the newest version of OS X, ElCapitan. For several weeks, AHC-IS has been deploying all new

Phone Numbers &Helpful Links

AHC-IS Help Desk:(612) 626-5100Classroom Support-Option 1Computer Support-Option 2

AHC-IS WebsiteAHC-IS Online Forms

Hours:7:30A.M-6:00P.MMonday-Friday

Please send Newsletterquestions and commentsto: ahc-is@umn.edu

Holiday Helpline HoursUniversity Closed

November 26th - 27thDecember 24th - 25thJanuary 1st

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Apple devices with the latest version. Additionally, anytime amachine needs to be re-imaged it will be loaded with El Capitan ifthe machine can support it.

AHC Academic Technology (AHCAT)Upcoming Meetings

Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 2:00PM - 3:30PMBen Pomeroy 215: Student/Alumni Learning Center1964 Fitch Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105

Topic: UMN Vet Med Students Use of ALC Classrooms &Digital Labs

Christopher Ober, DVM, PhDObserving the Upper Urinary LabDiscussion of ALCs (Active Learning Lab) &Digital Labs

Hosts: Kristy Lashbaugh & Chava GarciaVisit the meat/dairy lab afterward

Thursday, Dec 3rd, 2:30PM - 4:00PMMoos Tower 5-125

TTooppiicc: Designing for Optimal Memory Retention with TracyKing, InspirEd

RSVP: z.umn.edu/memoryDescription: In order to help our students build complexknowledge structures adding layers of concepts to mastertheir major - we've got to consider ways to assist thememory and retention process. In this workshop we'llidentify and apply key strategies to eLearning course designchallenges.Audience: Instructional Designers, interested students,faculty & Staff, and anyone with interest!Objectives:

Identify proctices often used that do not aid inmemory development or retention.Illustrate what it takes to acquire new memories -and what factors compete with our learners brainresources.Discuss key strategies for maximizing memory andretention of new material.Design a sample approach applying at least twostrategies to promote retention.

Challenge: Before attending consider these questionsWhat are you doing now to promote memoryretention?Why have you chosen these strategies?How do you currently measure memory retention?Case Challenge: A new clinical guideline has beenpublished on sports concussion. It's your job todevelop training on the initial nursing assessment ofa patient presenting with MTBI. What strategieswould you employ to help learners differentiate andadopt these new practices?

There is no EmergencyWeekend support over

University holidays

Tableau DataAnalysis &

VisualizationUpdate

We now have 32 sitesand nearly 300 users

throughout the Universityactively using or

exploring the use ofTableau. Some of theuses have been data

analyses andvisualizations ranging

from student enrollmentand faculty performanceto classroom and libraryutilization. If you thinkTableau and AHC-IS

service might work foryou visit

z.umn.edu/ahctableaufor more information.

AHC-IS New Team MembersLeft to right:

Jordan BellAnalyst/ProgrammerApplication DevelopmentDepartment

Shannon DanielsInfo. Tech. ProfessionalTechnology Services Center

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