Here’s a page to round up recurring meetings that may be of interest to the campus IT community and how to get connected to them.
This page is public-facing, so if you don’t want your meeting’s existence to be wide open to the world, consider using the “contact” option in addition to or instead of (for example) a Zoom URL.
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| Event name | Event description | How to join | Contact person / group |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Office Hours | Office hours with Amazon Web Services experts on and off campus | https://answers.uillinois.edu/illinois/113242 | aws-uiuc-team@amazon.com |
| Caffeine Break | Weekly meeting on a variety of topics, Fridays at 9 am Central | Subscribe to either CCSP or caffeinebreak@lists.illinois.edu . (KB article on how to subscribe) | Dena Strong and the Caffeine Break committee |
| Cybersecurity Liaisons Group | Regular meeting of people interested in cybersecurity | Sandra Thompson | |
| Cybersecurity Office Hours | Informal meeting to discuss cybersecurity issues or seek advice on securing systems and services. | Thursday’s 1:00 PM | Sandra Thompson, David Lewis, Taylor Judd |
| Explore with Hadi | Monthly meeting on accessibility-related topics and conversations with Hadi Rangin, who uses a screen reader regularly | Subscribe to accessibility@lists.illinois.edu (KB article on how to subscribe) | Michael McKelvey |
| GitHub Campus User Community | Places for campus Git and GitHub users to pool their knowledge | Microsoft Teams group and GitHub site | Jon Gorman |
| Interest Group for Educational Technology (IGET) | Monthly meeting on topics related to educational technology. To learn more about our community you can review meeting agendas and other info on our website: https://publish.illinois.edu/edtechnology/ | https://publish.illinois.edu/edtechnology/join-iget -subscribe-to-our-listserv/ |
iget-steering@lists.illinois.edu |
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Illinois Teaching and Learning Technologies Bi-Weekly Knowledge Sharing |
Bi-weekly meetings. Very informal; about 80% professional and 20% social, on average. Meets via Teams & maintains a discussion there. | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting | Mark Reynolds; Tech Services |
| IT Accessibility Liaisons | Monthly meeting of IT accessibility liaisons for cross-campus coordination of efforts | Visit https://itaccessibility.illinois.edu/ | Keith Hays |
| PowerShell Users Group | Monthly meeting for PowerShell presentations and collaboration. Also a teams channels for help/discussion between meetings. | https://go.illinois.edu/PowerShellUsersGroup | Dominic Pickert |
| Research Support Community | Monthly meeting and an email list serve | Visit https://researchit.illinois.edu/about/research -support-community for more info and https://airtable.com/shrmhTWob1kYvk1B2 to sign up |
Amy Hovious, Michelle Lore, Maryalice Wu |
| Sitefinity Birds of a Feather | Monthly meeting on Sitefinity CMS, Azure, and other .NET topics. Meets second Tuesday of the month. | Subscribe to sitefinity@lists.illinois.edu | Bryan Jonker, David Zeiders |
| Splunk Office Hour (Weekly) | Informal gathering to ask questions and to explore issues or tips/tricks with Splunk Service team. | Tuesdays 10-11 am. Visit Office Hours channel in Microsoft Teams (https://go.illinois.edu/splunkofficehours) Or go directly to the Splunk Office Hours Room in Microsoft Teams |
Ryan Thomas, Jim King |
| Tableau Users Group | Led by University of Illinois, this group focuses on the needs of higher education. We welcome members of all skill levels and want to foster and encourage open discussion, innovation and problem solving. The group usually meets 2-3 times per year. | Subscribe to ihetug@lists.aits.uillinois.edu and/or join https://community.tableau.com/s/group/ 0F94T000000gQZNSA2/illinois-higher-education |
Tara Sadler |
| UX Lunch Club | Monthly meeting on user experience related topics | https://www.meetup.com/uxchambana | Dena Strong and Cordelia Geiken |
| Web Conversations | Monthly meeting on topics related to the web hosting services provided by Tech Services | Visit the Web on Campus Teams channel or contact Julieanne Chapman to be added to the meeting invitation | Julieanne Chapman |
| Webmasters Workshop | Monthly meeting providing training on topics of interest to webmasters | Subscribe to webmasters@lists.illinois.edu (KB article on how to subscribe) | Webmasters mailing list owners |
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Women in Technology |
The Women in Technology Group (WIT) Provides a forum for discussion of issues facing women in IT in general and on campus, networking and coaching, and coordination of outreach efforts to girls considering IT as a career. Regular social and professional development meetings. | Visit https://wit.illinois.edu/ for more information Subscribe to wit@lists.illinois.edu or visit find Women in Technology in MS Teams |
WIT Leadership team |