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UIT refreshes Financial Wellness Center scheduling portal

Gabrielle McAllaster, Ph.D., Financial Wellness Center director and accredited financial counselor

The U’s Financial Wellness Center helps students make smart, informed decisions about their money. UIT's Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) Team recently revamped the online portal that students use to schedule meetings with peer mentors or accredited financial counselors.

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Teaching and Learning Portfolio improves Learning Spaces process

A student with curly short yellow hair and over-the-ear headphones works on a desktop computer in a University of Utah Division of Games computer lab while another student with long brown hair and glasses standing behind them watches. (Courtesy of the University of Utah)

The TLP updated the annual Learning Spaces-Student Computing Fees allocation process for FY2026 to give applicants more time to prepare proposals, provide Digital Learning Technologies more time to complete AV estimates, improve the user experience, and synchronize lab usage statistics.

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MobileU app redesign draws on student feedback

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The addition of a search function — a popular feature request — was just the beginning of a major overhaul of the University of Utah app that connects users to campus resources on the go.

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UIT preplanning avoids start of semester 'fires'

Two male University of Utah students sit at a study space in Marriott Library. The student on the left is wearing glasses and a gray hoodie. The student on the right is wearing beige shorts and a red polo shirt and is pointing at a laptop computer. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

Before each new semester, UIT teams and their IT counterparts across campus and University of Utah Health practice a proactive form of “fire prevention” that involves planning IT changes, maintaining software licenses, and leveraging cloud-based resources.

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Software savings make life at the U more affordable

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We get it — being part of the U community is an honor, but it often involves related expenses. Good news ... UIT’s Office of Software Licensing has negotiated campus agreements with top software vendors to provide students, faculty, and staff access to certain products for free or a reduced price.

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Indigenous students use digital technologies as storytelling tools

Image of two students attending the Indigenous Storytelling Camp, courtesy of Tony Sams, University of Utah.

Students from the the Uintah and Ouray Reservation and Navajo Nation used digital technologies to express themselves creatively during the Indigenous Storytelling Camp, supported in part by UIT’s Digital Learning Technologies group, at the university on June 3-6, 2024. 

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$3.7M earmarked for student-related technologies and services

A female student wearing a green hoodie scrolls on the trackpad on a MacBook Air in Lassonde Studios. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

The University of Utah has earmarked approximately $3.7 million next fiscal year for student-related technologies and services. The funding is the result of the annual Learning Spaces-Student Computing Fee process.

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IT efforts help Herriman campus prepare for fall opening

The Juniper Building at Herriman campus

The planning and vision of Digital Learning Technologies staff and considerable legwork by their fellow UIT and Marriott Library colleagues helped the U's new satellite campus in Herriman get up and running in time for fall semester.

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DLT helps Ute students learn graphic design skills

In the Adobe Creative Cloud workshop, Ute students created posters using their photos and various words to describe themselves. (Photo courtesy of University Marketing & Communications)

About 50 students from the Ute Indian Tribe visited the University of Utah in early June for the annual Ute Storytelling Camp, which included an Adobe Creative Cloud workshop hosted by UIT Digital Learning Technologies.

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Last Updated: 4/11/22