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ICS Teams with UW-Madison for Live Stream of Titan Arum Blooming

The ICS Instructional Media Services team partnered this week with the UW-Madison to provide a live stream of the Titan Arum, better known as the corpse plant, blossoming at the D.C. Smith Greenhouse.  ICS provided the webcam and streaming services

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Posted in ICS, Instructional Media Services, Streaming Video, UW-Extension

ICS Client Wins National Rich Media Award

Congratulations to ICS client, the UW-Madison Center for Financial Security, for receiving the Rich Media Impact Award for Excellence in Education from Sonic Foundry. Nicole Truog, associate director of the center, and Greg Cichy, ICS Teleconference Technician, accepted the award

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Posted in ICS, UW-Extension, Webcasting, WisLine

Wisconsin Supreme Court conducts first videoconference public hearing

Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson thanks UW-Extension Instructional Communications Systems for assistance UW-Extension’s Instructional Communications Systems (ICS) recently supported the Wisconsin Supreme Court to successfully host the court’s first-ever public hearing using videoconferencing. Members of the Court needed to receive

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Posted in ICS, UW-Extension, Videoconferencing, WisLine

ICS Colleagues to Retire Today

Retiring from ICS today: Jamie Poindexter, Director of Engineering and Service Development with 35 years of experience at ICS, and Michele Jacques, Manager of Digital Media and Web Development, with 13 years of experience at ICS. Please join us in

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WisLine Suite of Telecommunication Services in Jeopardy

The Joint Finance Committee Omnibus motion related to higher education, including telecommunications, which passed last Friday jeopardizes Instructional Communication Systems (ICS)’s suite of WisLine services. The impact of the JFC proposal for ICS clients, partners, and customers would be devastating.

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Posted in Audioconferencing, ICS, UW-Extension, Videoconferencing, Webcasting, Webconferencing, WisLine