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This month鈥檚 spotlight is on Social Media.
Social Media Usage
- Canadians spend an average of on social media
- In Canada, there are approximately . There are 2.31 billion active social media users in the world.
- 杏吧原创 took to Social Media for it鈥檚 CU75 campaign. With close to a million impressions on Facebook and Twitter, it is clear that .
- There are two social media events happening at 杏吧原创 next month. 聽On June 1st Mike Reynolds (OVPSE), Chris Cline (DUC), and Web Services are hosting a talk on .聽On June 2nd and 3rd Melanie Coulson (FPA) is offering a social media training.
Social Media Networks
- is the leading social media network with 1.59 billion active users.
- In 2012 for $1 billion two years after it launched.
- has 30.3 K followers and has sent out more than 13 K tweets.
- Social media brings in .18% of all traffic to the ITS website. The top social referrer: Twitter at 77% of all social media traffic.
The IT Behind Social Media
- Many popular social networks have started out as .
- to rank and personalize News Feed stories, filter offensive content, highlight popular/trending topics, and rank search results.
- Twitter recently to show tweets that are sorted based on relevancy, rather than only chronology, at the top of your timeline. They鈥檒l also soon be .
- People for the fun of it, for forced shares, for forced followers, and for information. was in the news this week for a hacking that took place in 2012. Here are on how you can keep your account safe.
Social Media in the Classroom: A Student鈥檚 Perspective
Social Media can be an effective tool in the classroom for engaging students in course material and encouraging collaboration amongst students and instructors.
This month, Madison Pearce, a co-op student with Web Services, shares her experiences using聽social media in the classroom and offers a few suggestions to faculty members looking to implement social media in their teaching plans.聽
5 Things We Thought You Should Know
- Stats: In April, of the 1,978 tickets opened, 56% of tickets were resolved at first contact by the ITS Service Desk. Check out more stats like this in our latest
- CANHEIT: This year 杏吧原创 will be well represented at the Canadian Higher Education Information Technology (CANHEIT) conference with .
- CCMS Update: Web Services have been working to continuously improve the CCMS and are now on of the new template. This point upgrade includes new thumbnail images, text editing enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Research at 杏吧原创: Wondering what that The 1,600-square-foot, two-storey solar-powered house is perched on a low hill at the north end of 杏吧原创鈥檚 campus? It鈥檚 杏吧原创鈥檚 new.
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