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1. Sign on to JIRA 2. Click on the portlet from which you want updates. 3. Found under Current View is RSS ( Issues | Comments ). Click on either “Issues” or “Comments” (you’ll want an RSS feed for both). 4. In the new window/tab that will open, locate th...

BruinAlert is a system developed to notify members of the campus community of emergencies on or near the campus.UCLA faculty and staff with valid email addresses in the UCLA Campus Directory and URSA are automatically enrolled in BruinAlert to receive email al...

First Fridays is a monthly open clinic for Emeriti/Retirees to get one-on-one help on specific technology problems.from the announcement —The Emeriti Retirees Relations Center and the UCLA Office of Information Technology invites all UCLA retired faculty and s...

CareConnect, a new name for UCLA’s innovative electronic health record (EHR) program. It is based on EpicCare. The name CareConnect reflects both the breadth of the program and the benefits that will result from its implementation.While the CareConnect progr...

The Information Technology Planning Board (ITPB), a joint Administration-Senate committee, is the primary governance and oversight body for information technology1 and services at UCLA. The Board has purview over UCLA’s information technology strategies, which...

The Committee on IT Infrastructure (CITI) is appointed by the Executive Vice Chancellor on behalf of the Deans and Vice Chancellors. Members of the committee are academic and administrative directors responsible for business and fiscal aspects of IT applicatio...

The Common Systems Group (CSG) provides the technical expertise and operational perspective for UCLA’s IT governance process.The CSG is responsible for ensuring coordination between distributed and central IT activities. It does so by: Proactively seeking inp...

If you ever find yourself in the situation where you have to match a typeface but don’t have the original file, then this web site may be of use. Simply scan or take a screen shot of said font and upload it to this web site: What the Font?!I have found this to...

How to bookmark protected UCLA application sites and ALL other UCLA-logon-required sites that are protected— this is an issue with many sites that require a logon and do not have a bookmark-friendly first landing page.This is not limited to just UCLA Shibbolet...

This article assumes you are using InCommon-Comodo Certificate Service, and that you intend to use openssl to generate your Certificate Signing Request (CSR). If you are using other Cert providers, please check with your vendorIf your host name has multiple DN...

Summary Here at UCLA, the team that runs the main campus Moodle installation has decided to move to GIT from SVN. The primary motivation behind this move is that Moodle.org is moving to GIT. It makes sense for us to move because GIT is a distributed VCS, and ...

If It’s in the Cloud, Get It on Paper: Cloud Computing Contract Issues by Thomas J. Trappler in Educause Quarterly. The article’s focus is on how to mitigate the risks of Cloud Computing through the contract terms with the cloud services provider.If you’re lo...

These videos by the National Foundation for the Blind are helpful in understanding where web apps can fall short of being accessible:http://www.nfb.org/nfb/googleaccessibilityvideos.asp

A helpful overview of Open Source Software is available in Educuase Quarterly.Today’s higher education environment is marked by heightened accountability and decreased budgets. In such an environment, no higher education institution can afford to ignore altern...

Email on Acid provides a service that allows you to preview your email in 48 variations of the most popular email clients and mobile devices.http://www.emailonacid.com/email-preview/

This is a script that displays a notification message informing the user to upgrade their browser to a newer version of Internet Explorer or alternate browser such as Firefox, Chrome or Safari.All of the necessary files and instructions can be downloaded at: h...

http://www.2epub.com/ – If you want to convert a file to another format like Kindle’s mobi to the more universal epub or pdf, this online site does it on the fly. http://calibre-ebook.com/ – or download and install Calibre, open-source e-book management and c...

These are two primary clients used to connect to a Windows Terminal Server (Remote Services) or any other Windows machine (7/Vista/XP/2003/2008) that may have remote desktop access enabled over port 3389.(RDCC) The official Microsoft client for the Mac/OSX is ...