Discover how we modernized the document creation and editing interface at the heart of the widely used KnowledgeBase (KB) application. Learn our approach to balancing technical constraints with significant user experience improvements while ensuring seamless transitions for campus users. This session reveals the careful and thoughtful planning that guided our successful update of this popular campus tool.
Tag: Accessibility/Usability
From the Notebook to the Cluster
Room 112
This session demonstrates how to move your R analysis to the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC). Follow a workflow that simplifies the job application submission process by automating key steps. See how R can package your analysis into containers, work with UW–Madison GitLab’s registry, generate necessary files automatically, and transfer your data between your computer and CHTC’s high-performance computing environment.
You can find the presentation materials in the following GitHub repository: https://github.com/erwinlares/single-submit
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Making Digital Accessibility Work: Practical Strategies that Stick
Room 112
Creating truly accessible digital experiences takes all of us. In this session, you’ll discover how small, practical changes to your daily workflow can make a big difference. Learn how integrating accessibility into your routine can be simple, effective and sustainable—no matter your role.
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Welcome & Keynote – Change is The Only Constant
Alumni Lounge
Welcome 9:00-9:15am – IT Professionals Conference co-chairs David Berg and Elizabeth Kraege-Soechting will provide introductory remarks for the conference.
Keynote 9:15-10:15am – Lois Brooks, the outgoing CIO at UW–Madison, will deliver the keynote address.
Keynote Description:
In “Change is the Only Constant,” Lois Brooks explores how transformation in higher education IT requires both resilience and intentional adaptation. Drawing from her 40-year career in technology, Brooks shares insights on understanding institutional resistance and navigating in times of change. This keynote offers a candid look at lessons learned through major transitions—from pandemic-driven pivots to strategic realignments— with emphasis on the human elements that ultimately determine whether initiatives succeed or fail.
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Is that a tick? Engineering a human-in-the-loop Tick ID system
If you spend time in wooded areas, you probably know how important it is to check for ticks afterward. Join us to learn about the Tick App, a citizen science project developed by researchers at UW–Madison with collaborators across the U.S. In this informative talk, we’ll show how the Tick App enables users to submit pictures of ticks they’ve found and how researchers identify what kind they are. We’ll discuss the evolution of this identification system and how we’ve started integrating AI into it.
Attendees will:
- Discover how the Tick App enables users to submit pictures of ticks they’ve found and contribute to valuable research
- Learn about the semi-automated, human-in-the-loop identification process used by researchers to classify tick species
- Gain insights into the evolution of the Tick App’s overall system and the lessons learned during its development
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Museums and libraries: A roadmap for collaboration
Room 325/326
In this session, UW–Madison Libraries staff will share their experience and lessons learned from a recent partnership that extended the Libraries’ digital collections infrastructure to meet the needs of the Chazen Museum of Art. Join us to learn valuable lessons from a successful cross-campus collaboration, and take away strategies to effectively engage in large, complex IT projects with external partners you can apply to your own work.
Attendees will:
- Learn how the Libraries’ existing architecture, built from loosely coupled components, ensures that new features automatically become available for future collaborations
- Discover how project partners can take advantage of selected components that best suit their needs
- Understand how sustainability features of the core infrastructure are automatically applied to new partnerships
- Gain insights into standardized, flexible project management techniques that contribute to successful collaboration
- Explore ways to engage with stakeholders with varying levels of expertise and resources to gather requirements, meet usability goals, and participate in the design process
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Welcome & Keynote – Lead Where You Are
Room 313 (Overflow in Room 325/326)
Welcome 9:00-9:15am – IT Professionals Conference co-chairs Sarah Lien and Elizabeth Kraege-Soechting will provide introductory remarks for the conference.
Keynote 9:15-10:15am – Dr. Joe Sanfelippo, the nationally recognized superintendent of Wisconsin’s Fall Creek School District, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s IT Professionals Conference.
Keynote Description:
I’m just…It’s a phrase we hear all the time. I’m just a sysadmin, I’m just a security analyst, I’m just a instructional designer….the list is long and is often followed by reasons why something CAN’T happen. Leadership is an action and it starts with you. Leading with INTENTION creates purpose. Leading with CONNECTION creates momentum. Leading with DIRECTION creates collective efficacy. Leading with all three in mind will build your capacity and foster an environment where everyone in your organization has the best opportunity to lead from where they are.
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Opening Remarks (9:00-9:15am)
YouTube LiveStream
Accessible Presentations
Conference Session
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From formatting accessible slides, to best practices while presenting, to captions and considerations when sharing meeting materials after-the-fact, we’ll share best practices to create and deliver accessible presentations.
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Designing and Developing an E-Learning Training
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This session presents a behind-the-scenes look at the process of using instructional technology) to design and develop an engaging and self-guided elearning training on how to recognize and address hostile and/or intimidating behavior around the UW-Madison community. This flash talk will cover instructional design models, learning theory, online learning tools, accessibility for the web, and user experience.
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Measure Twice, Cut Once – How to add UX and Accessibility into your Development Process
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Hey developers and content creators! Learn UX and accessibility best practices that you can bake into the beginning of content creation or the development process to prevent the remediation of barriers later on.
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