Posters from the fourth annual ITS Internship Showcase.
There were two major steps in this project. First, we created an Identity Verification Web Service for alumni. This Web Service ensures that the user is indeed an alumni who is eligible for a uniqname. Second, we called the Web Service from the Uniqname and Account Setup application
There were four different phases of my internship. It started with a crash course in Ansible and how to utilize it. At the end of this phase I had automated the deployment of my own basic server. Then I moved on to automating the configuration of a RedHat basic install to our ITS Gold standard. Once that was completed the next phase was taking that Gold image script and configuring it into a RedHat 7 Login Server. The final phase was taking the Gold image script and extending it to create a RedHat 7 version of the ITS Statistics and Computation Servers.
Selenium is an application that allows web browsers to be automated for testing purposes. It is compatible with most of today’s web browsers. Selenium pairs well with the Behave framework. Below, on the left is a visual of a feature file in Behave, which is written in plain English. On the right is a visual of a step file, which is in Python.
Cohort Project
One cohort group migrated the ITS internship website using a Drupal platform. The layout was updated and made to be more cohesive with other ITS websites. Content within the page was added and the existing content was updated.
Cohort Project
One cohort group migrated the ITS internship website using a Drupal platform. The layout was updated and made to be more cohesive with other ITS websites. Content within the page was added and the existing content was updated.
Cohort Project
A group worked mainly within the Communications department to research the ITS Twitter page along with other Big10 IT Twitter pages and conduct student and staff interviews. This research was used to create a guidelines document to provide recommendations to increase engagement with the Twitter account.
Cohort Project
This group worked together to develop an interface that allows students to view and understand the various data that is collected of them by the University of Michigan, as well as provide them control over what is being collected and help them understand how the university is protecting their data.
perfSONAR is a network monitoring toolkit, used at the University to monitor and test the strength of networks. Since many of our newer networking devices are able to run third-party software via containerization, an interest has been taken in running perfSONAR in containers, as well as automating the processes involved.
Cohort Project
One cohort group worked on an interface that non-technical people could use to provision themselves temporary dev-servers that live in the cloud. The idea was that the end user would have full control of their instance from the created web application. This project was just a technical proof of concept to see if it would be worth pursuing this concept.
The dashboard will provide a transparent view of students’ standing in the course, reveal behavioral patterns that are associated with good studenting skills, and guide decisions about possible actions students can take that may improve their academic outcomes.
Make user-centric improvements to content and features within the new Michigan app using user interviews, contextual inquiries and field studies, affinity diagramming, wireframing and prototyping, and other methods to survey the motivations, goals, and needs of the U-M community. The result is an entirely new interface, with simplified navigation and feature enhancements to help students, staff, faculty or other members of the campus community find places, dining, transportation, news, events, and more.
Cohort Project
A group continued the work of a 2017 cohort group, who created a tool that allows ITS employees to find the right person or team to talk to when they have a problem with a technology or service. This group worked on making the application more useful and maintainable, by updating the existing information, adding new fields, and creating a system that allows the data to be updated regularly automatically.
