New for 2017! The IT Summit will feature a Workshop Day for the opportunity to get in-depth, hands-on experience on a variety of topics. Reserve Wednesday, October 25 in your calendar to take advantage of this opportunity!
Workshop Registration and Information
The morning session will begin at 9:00 am, and the afternoon session will begin at 1:00 pm. Workshops will be two to three hours long.
All workshops will be held on the UA main campus.
You must register to attend a workshop! Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 24, unless otherwise indicated.
9:00 am Workshops
Programming a Big Data Unified Lambda Architecture Solution with "ApacheKafka/Hadoop/Scala/Spark/Spark Streaming/Cassandra"
Srinivasa Vemula, Applications Systems Analyst Developer, Senior, UITS
For: Researchers and big data users. Students with a CS major, MIS major seniors, and MS students are also welcome. You should have familiarity with basic Unix, SQL and any programming basics such as Python/Java script.
Information and Registration Register by Wednesday, October 18
AWS Storage Gateway: A Deeper Dive into Hybrid Storage
Jay Vagalatos, AWS Solutions Architect
For: IT Managers, systems administrators, storage administrators, and others interested in hybrid cloud/on-prem storage solutions.
Information and Registration
Cyber Simplified: Explaining CyberSecurity to Everyone Else
David Thompkins, Solutions Engineer, Dell Security Solutions, and Cary Spearman, Security Engineer, SecureWorks
For: IT professionals who have management and/or users with security questions.
Information and Registration
Get WIT the Program
Garnette Knoll, Systems Administrator, Principal, College of Law; Cheryl Novalis-Marine, Senior Applications Architect, College of Medicine-Tucson; Sheila Loebs-Bustamante, Business Analyst, Senior, College of Medicine-Tucson
For: Open to all IT personnel and anyone working with technology on campus.
Information and Registration Register by Sunday, October 22
Using Panopto Lecture Capture at UA
Josh Butcher, Instructional Applications Support Specialist, Office of Instruction and Assessment
For: Instructors who use or who are interested in using Panopto Lecture Capture, and who want to learn its features.
Information and Registration
Have Documents Signed Faster with Adobe Sign
Courtney Bitton, Enterprise Strategic Client Success Manager, Adobe Sign
For: Business managers, administrators, HR staff, IT professionals, enrollment managers, and anyone who works with works with signatures in their day to day business process.
Information and Registration Register by Thursday, October 19
1:00 pm Workshops
Evolution of a BlueCat Admin
Alex Alvarez, IT Support Analyst, Principal, UA Honors College
For: Current OU Admins, Prospective OU Admins, Future Delegated Role holders, Developers, security-interested folks
Information and Registration
Learn R-Studio from a Working Knowledge of Excel and Up Your Analytics Game
don-E Merson, Sr. Program Analyst-Principal, Student Financial Aid
For: Business Analysts and others who use Excel regularly but need more complex analysis and graphical capabilities.
Information and Registration Register by Monday, October 23
Beyond HTML & CSS: Intro to Coding for Designers
Mark Newhouse, Senior Web Developer, Steward/LSST/NOAO
For: Web designers, or anyone who wants a better understanding of PHP and Javascript coding basics.
Information and Registration
Creating a Customized UA Campus Map for Your Website
Grant McCormick, Campus Planner & Enterprise GIS Manager, with Drennen Brown, Naveed Ahmed, and Maree Archuleta, Planning, Design, and Construction
For: Web developers, marketing staff, and anyone interested in working with the UA Campus Web Maps. The workshop will accommodate both novice users and those with programming experience.
Information and Registration
Decisions, Decisions: Using Response-Based Routing to Guide your Qualtrics Survey Takers
Adam Brokamp, Business Analyst, Senior, Camus IT Operations, UITS
For: Researchers, instructors, administrative staff who collect registrations/applications, and any other Qualtrics users who want to dive deeper into its capabilities.
Information and Registration
Online Course Design Bootcamp: A Resource for Graduate Assistants Building and Teaching Online Courses
Kristen Chorba, Instructional Designer, Office of Digital Learning; Nicole Schmidt, PhD candidate, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching; Janelle Moser, PhD Candidate, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
For: Graduate Teaching Assistants for an online or hybrid course.
Information and Registration
Writing Across the Digital Curriculum: Supporting Student Writing in Digital Learning Environments
Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, Associate Director Writing Program, Online Writing, SBS/English
For: Instructors who have online or hybrid courses that include writing assignments
Information and Registration