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New U of T service desk to streamline over 78,000 annual help requests
May 29, 2019
U of T recently kicked off the start of the Enterprise Service Centre – a new service desk solution projected to streamline over 40,000 annual Human Resources & Equity (HR …
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Massive tech upgrades to transform U of T employee experience
May 1, 2019
From human resources to financial and research applications, technology touches all aspects of the U of T employee experience. Now, the U of T Enterprise Modernization Program is set to …
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Show Me the Numbers – Data Visualization Workshop Apr 30, May 1
April 5, 2019
Do you create tables and graphs as part of your day-to-day work? Have you struggled with which visualization best communicates the data you’re working with? Have you encountered issues with …
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EASI Retirements: May 2019
March 25, 2019
Congratulations to Diana Avon, who will be retiring on May 31 after 21 years of dedicated service to the university. Learn more about Diana below, and please join me in …
U of T staff can soon request, track vacation online
March 21, 2019
Vacation – it’s a time of relaxation and rejuvenation. But in the past, requesting vacation and other types of leaves involved multiple spreadsheets, emails and a lot of hassle. Soon, …
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U of T kicks off new comprehensive budgeting tool project
March 18, 2019
An intuitive interface, multi-year compensation planning, and detailed five-year compensation forecasts are just some of the benefits of U of T’s new planning and budgeting application, a project that officially …
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EASI Executive Director for an hour
February 1, 2019
What does it take to be Executive Director (ED) of Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI)? Darshan Harrinanan, a project manager with EASI, found out on Thursday, January 31, when …
U of T’s Course Information System gets facelift
January 24, 2019
The Course Information System (CIS) is kicking off the New Year with a new look and feel – ready to save U of T faculty and administrators hundreds of hours of work. After three months of usability testing and a survey conducted in early December 2018, CIS will display a redesigned homepage and other functional … Continue reading “U of T’s Course Information System gets facelift”
U of T introduces online admission deposits
Applying for programs can be a stressful experience for many students – from writing personal statements to requesting references to hoping for good news. Now, U of T has simplified one part of the process for admitted students, and will soon allow them to pay program admission deposits online. In the past, students had to … Continue reading “U of T introduces online admission deposits”
Revisiting U of T’s faster registration, future modernization
It’s been over two months since U of T completed a three-year project to upgrade its student information system. After converting millions of lines of code and replacing an aging server, where does U of T stand and how will the system fare in the future? The project, launched on November 19, 2018, was one … Continue reading “Revisiting U of T’s faster registration, future modernization”