UMD researchers, research support staff, and IT pros are invited to AWS Research Day! On Tuesday, May 6, Amazon Web Services team members and UMD researchers will discuss the roles AWS offerings can take in accelerating UMD research projects. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.

Cybercriminals have taken a classic security feature, CAPTCHAs, and turned it into a clever trap. The ClickFix attack tricks users into proving that they are “not a robot” by following keyboard commands that secretly download malware onto their devices. This particular scam usually starts with a website popup that looks something like this:

Technology continues to advance, and humans continue to find ways to make technology do more work for them. Automation can be used to enhance efficiency, save time, and decrease effort. Implementing automation in your home is growing in popularity since it may increase comfort in our homes, decrease effort in keeping up with them, and become more efficient so we have more time to do things we enjoy. In my home, I have an automated vacuum (that also can mop) and an automatic litter box.

In an age where everything is connected and every action online is tracked, privacy has become a rare commodity. But lately, it seems like even that brief notion of privacy is slipping through the cracks, especially when companies, big and small, are making decisions that lean heavily toward profit at the cost of your privacy. 

Bring a PDF (either that you have created or that you use in your course) to our remediation workshop! UMD’s Web Accessibility Specialist will walk you through your remediation questions step-by-step as you work together to find solutions.

Please Note: While all are welcome, participants are encouraged to attend or view a recording of the PDF Basics Webinar before attending Beyond the Basics. Learn how to go beyond automated tools for a more accurately accessible PDF!

PDFs are one of the most frequently used types of documents in higher education, and one of the most complicated to make accessible. Learn how to use the automated tools Adobe provides to evaluate and modify your documents to be more accessible, often with just a few clicks!

With Spring among us, it is time for a good reset. While you are going through spring cleaning at home, consider also doing some spring cleaning at work and within your Google Drive. All University of Maryland faculty and staff have access to Google Drive and likely utilize this on a daily basis. Google Drive makes file management and collaboration an easy process. While the use of Google Drive is encouraged, it is important to recognize that not everything can be done through or stored on Google Drive.

In an era of rapid technological and societal change, traditional ethical approaches to ethics no longer suffice. Universities, now more than ever, collect vast amounts of personal data, ranging from academic performance and demographic information, to health records and financial status. As this data is utilized for services, research, and regulatory compliance, it raises crucial ethical questions, specifically regarding the release of personal information without explicit consent.