Tech Bytes

ASU is excited to receive the Slack in Education Award, as part of Slack’s first-ever
ASU Airtable Enterprise is now available for employees and students.  To secure ASU’s Airtable usage and provide users with a single sign-on experience, our team will be converting your current Airtable associated account with an ASU email address. 
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series from ASU CIO Lev Gonick, featuring two key trends: real-time video instruction and artificial intelligence. Read the previous installments now and check back soon for the final…
Transfer Credit Guide, uAchieve and eAdvisor systems will be down due to a migration to Amazon Web Services from Friday, Feb. 19 at 5 p.m through Saturday, Feb. 20 at 5 p.m.During this maintenance window, all scheduled processes for these systems…
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a five-part series from ASU CIO Lev Gonick, featuring two key trends: Engagement and collaboration platforms. Read the first  and second  installments now and check back each Wednesday during the month…
It's in Me
Editor's note: On Thursday, February 11, UTO family member Cheryl Johnson recited an original poem titled "It's in Me" to over 300 UTO family members at the monthly virtual Town Hall. Together, UTO explored the powerful symbiotic relationship…
Editor's note: The following news brief covers Larry Irving's discussion on how to take action on digital poverty, shared at UTO's Town Hall on February 11, 2021. 
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a five-part series from ASU CIO Lev Gonick, featuring two key trends: cities as classrooms of the future and next-generation wireless and wired networks. Read the first installment now and check back…
Data Privacy
Ever walked past a surveillance camera in a public space and wondered just how private is your image and data that has been captured? During the January installment of Innov8: A Speaker Series, Dr. Dijiang Huang, Associate Professor of Computer…
Donna Kidwell
OxymoronNoun. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction That was the most popular response when over 140 people were asked “What comes to mind when you hear ‘digital trust?’” at UTO’s Data Privacy Day on…
Editor’s note: This five-part blog series is authored by ASU CIO Lev Gonick, who shares his top 10 predictions for higher education in 2021. New installments will be published every Wednesday during the month of February (and beyond).By: Lev Gonick
For FY21 Q2 UTO By the Numbers, we felt it was necessary to highlight a new aspect of ASU work and life. By looking at the way we scale, the greater impact of learning, serving, protecting and thriving becomes more clear. Over 310,000 unique…
Editors note: To read the full article and learn more about EdScoop's newest podcasst series, check out PrioritiesEDU episode one "Tech alignment ‘single most important’ issue for higher ed CIOs"
Editor's note: Special thanks to the ASU CIC team for contributing their insights and experiences, including Ryan Hendrix, General Manager, ASU; Jubleen Vilku, Program Manager, AWS; and Jason Whittet, Digital Innovation Lead, AWS.
What do education and smart region design have in common? A goal of creating smarter campuses, cities and regions, so that we can ultimately create a smarter world for generations to come.
Screenshot of virtual reality concert experience by student Xavier McDonald
The visual above is a screenshot of virtual reality concert experience created by students Xavier McDonald and Dani Pogue
ASU ShapingEDU brings together a community of changemakers who not only envision a more positive future, but undertake concrete actions to create those futures together. With this driving motivation, ShapingEDU’s most recent digital immersive event…
At UTO, we are always looking towards the future of technology, especially to understand how it can be leveraged to create more impactful experiences for our community and beyond. In fact, that is the goal of the Learning Futures Collaboratory (LFC…