(Formerly HighEdWeb) Learn on demand through the Professional Development Library!Full access included with membership paid by UT System. The UTC Web Team want to let you know about an excellent resource: Digital Collegium’s 2025 Accessibility Summit webinars. As a part of the UT System, all employees have free membership available through UTK, which would normally…
WordPress Blog Migration to Cloud Servers: NEW DATE!
Friday, September 26, 2025 Saturday, October 25, 2025 On Friday, September 26, 2025 Saturday, October 25, 2025, UTC will migrate all WordPress sites from onsite servers to new cloud-based servers. This affects ALL blog.utc.edu websites. This upgrade is part of our ongoing efforts to improve reliability, security, and performance for all university websites. Moving to…
New Federal Accessibility Rule:What It Means for Content Editors
On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice finalized a new digital accessibility rule. This rule requires all state and local government websites and mobile apps to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. For the UT System, this means all campuses—including UTC—must be in full compliance by April 24, 2026.…
Editor Spotlight: Bryan Wootan
As a Graphic Designer and Web Design Specialist in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Bryan Wootan plays a key role in developing print materials, social media graphics, and web pages to promote the college’s degree programs. His work supports events, recruitment, and communication efforts across the college. He also helps coordinate the promotion…
Content Tip: Add a News Widget!
The UTC News Widget automatically pulls the latest stories from the UTC News blog directly into our website, keeping content fresh and relevant without having to manually update. Designed to showcase campus achievements, research breakthroughs, student success, and more, the news widget is filtered by specific programs, colleges, or topics—making it easy to deliver targeted news to…
Do you know about UTC’s new Generative AI…ChattUTC?
UTC IT is deploying a new enterprise generative AI platform that gives employees access to multiple leading AI models including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Mistral AI. The platform operates entirely within UTC’s network boundaries, protecting your data. (Note: While this tool maintains strong security controls, it is not currently approved for sensitive, confidential, or…
Byte-Sized Briefs: July 23, 2025
Scheduled Maintenance – Friday, July 25We’ll be performing maintenance on both www.utc.edu and blog.utc.edu on Friday evening, July 25, 2025. Keep in mind: any updates or content added to the test site will be overwritten during this process. If you’re working on pages, make sure to save your changes on the live site or back them up elsewhere before the 25th. Suggestion: Create unpublished…