Need to make a Web site, edit images and video, or troubleshoot your computer? Get help with free computing workshops from UW-IT, aimed at beginner and intermediate levels. Hands-on experience with professional tools includes Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite, iMovie and Final Cut, Sound Studio technology, HTML and MySQL, and more. Workshops are held in Mary Gates Hall or Odegaard Undergraduate Library, and run one or two hours. Walk-in with your student, faculty, or staff UW NetID and Husky card, or sign up online to ensure your seat.

If you use the Administrative Gateway Web page as your guide to UW administrative and business services, please be advised that it is being retired April 30. You can find up-to-date links to these services on the MyUW Admin Svcs tab and on the IT Connect Administrative Systems page.

MyPlan, an online academic planning tool in development for Fall, will provide UW students with a new option for developing a multi-year academic plan, searching for and tracking courses, assessing their progress toward a degree, and having more productive discussions with their advisers. In addition to conducting usability tests with students, the MyPlan team is seeking feedback from undergraduate and graduate advising staff and have scheduled live MyPlan demos for them on April 6 and April 11, and a Webinar demo for graduate advisers on March 29. Information on the demos and MyPlan is online. This effort is part of the UW’s 2y2d Teaching & Learning in the 21st Century Initiative.

Insight into UW Seattle student and faculty technology use and trends, gleaned from recent surveys, is now available online. The Report on the 2011 Faculty, Teaching Assistant, and Student Surveys illuminates patterns of technology use and identifies unmet needs that help inform future campus technology decisions. The surveys are conducted every three years at UW Seattle. This effort is part of the UW’s 2y2d Teaching & Learning in the 21st Century Initiative. Key takeaways include: student proficiency with and access to technology is high, students use technology to support their learning beyond what instructors require, and students and instructors use educational technologies to make large classes more manageable and to increase collaboration and communication.

Now UW departments can list surplus equipment on the new uSwap online service, and also search for or request items before buying new equipment. Provided by UW Finance and Facilities, uSwap is for UW use only and is UW NetID secure. The site guides units through transferring UW-owned computers and accessories, audio/video equipment, and other items in compliance with UW rules, promoting reuse and saving money.

Scopus is a preeminent multi-disciplinary database for peer-reviewed research literature and scholarly Web sources. Track and analyze research activity using its rich treasure trove of citation data. See who has cited a particular author or article; discover the main journals, disciplines, and authors that publish in your areas of interest; compare journals using various metrics; and track research trends. This UW-restricted e-resource is brought to you by the UW Libraries and the Office of Research. 

Mathematician Persi Diaconis discusses this year's UW Common Book, The Meaning of It All by Richard Feynman, in this latest addition to UWTV’s video library series. Access his guest lecture, The Search for Randomness, by podcast or video for a lively discussion on the connections between his work and Feynman’s physics.

UW students can now access all the Adobe Creative Suite software—Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, and more—online 24/7 using ViDA (Virtual Desktop Access), right from the comfort of home, dorm, or coffee shop. ViDA works on laptops, iPads, iPhones, Androids—almost any Internet-connected device. More software is coming soon, thanks to UW-IT and the Student Technology Fee Committee partnership. This effort is part of the UW’s 2y2d Teaching & Learning in the 21st Century Initiative.