FAST FIVE for the week of March 3, 2013


Mobile site replaces portal: The University of British Columbia has replaced its myUBC web portal with a mobile website and native app. With the increased smartphone and tablet use on campus, the new site proveds a more streamlined and accessible tool for accessing exclusive UBC content. A video explaining the new tool is here: UBC mobile website and app

Digital tax receipts: Thompson Rivers University put their student tax receipts online. Students can now download their T2202A directly from their myTRU portal and paper receipts will longer be mailed to their home. Online T2202A's

Recycling IT: Queen's University ITServices and the campus Sustainability Office have teamed up to create the Recycle IT Games. The games are designed to encourage e-waste recycling and include events such as the laptop toss (throw your laptop into a recycling bin from behind a designated line) and the mobile phone accuracy toss (throw your mobile device into a recycling tote). e-waste recycling

New CIO: The University of Windsor has appointed Bala Kathiresan as the Executive Director of Information Technology Services. He was the former Executive VP and COO for a teaching hospital prior to his new position. uWindsor CIO

No CIO: Brian Stewart, the VP IT and Chief Information Officer at Athabasca University, has resigned from the institution. AU CIO

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