Important technology-related changes, deadlines and opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students in the Humanities. Your office phone line will switch to Zoom Phone on May 15. To ensure we…
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Articles By: Annelie Rugg
Humanities Technology Brief 001
Published: January 26, 2023Important technology-related changes, deadlines and opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students in the Humanities. The Bruin Voice migration for Humanities phone lines is scheduled to go live at the end of…
Read MoreTechnology support and resources this fall
Published: September 21, 2021
Welcome back to campus, everyone! We are pleased to provide nearly all of our technology services this fall, and want to summarize the key ones for you here. Questions? Email…
Read MoreHumTech FunTech: Inaugural Pumpkin Carving Contest
Published: November 12, 2020
Research shows that high-performing teams like HumTech are able to sustain excellence by building team connections, so we took advantage of the Friday before Halloween to spend an hour carving…
Read MoreGoing Serverless with the UCLA Writing Center’s Scheduling App
Published: October 23, 2019
In Fall 2017, UCLA Humanities Technology was faced with needing to undertake a major PHP version upgrade of a locally hosted, custom application that provides web-based 24/7 scheduling for thousands…
Read MoreInsufficient Storage
Published: November 6, 2018
It’s happened to all of us. Maybe we’re downloading a vacation’s worth of photos onto our computer, or maybe our new laptop comes with half the hard drive space of…
Read MoreBecoming HumTech: Things to know as we change our name
Published: October 25, 2018
On October 17, 2018, our Dean of Humanities announced the launch of Humanities Technology — “HumTech” — as part of an expanded approach to technology support for the Humanities at…
Read MoreHow to use tech to facilitate small-group work
Published: October 5, 2017
Are you looking for ways to improve the results of your small-group collaborations? Here are six different technologies that can facilitate small-group work — not because they are computer-based, but…
Read MoreScholarly Web Design Best Practices for Sustainability
Published: June 14, 2017
We’ve prepared this guide to help scholars understand the level of risk associated with various digital publication methods (based on our collective experience) and how to minimize that risk.
Read MoreReimagining Humanities Education in the 21st Century
Published: January 4, 2017
There’s no question that higher education is undergoing a transformation. Over the past few years, rising tuition costs and a slow economic recovery have driven tremendous interest in, and experimentation…
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