UW-Milwaukee HD Knowledgebase UW-Milwaukee HD Knowledgebase Glossary

A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web. This includes Web pages, videos and images. The word "browser" originated prior to the Web as a generic term for user interfaces that let you browse (navigate through and read) text files online. Many people will use web browsers today for access to the internet and is seen almost as a necessity in how many navigate their daily life.

Definition from: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/browser

Browser friendly refers to settings on a web browser that ensure the browser will be as compatible with UWM services like PAWS and Canvas as possible. Browser friendlies include steps like clearing the cache and changing the top language in the web browser to English-United States.

Electronic Waste (e-Waste) is used to refer to electronic devices that are at the end of their usefulness, or are obsolete.  A few good examples would be VCRs, CRT monitors, and old stereo equipment.  These products, while no longer useful in everyday life, are useful for their recycling/scrap potential.

Email forwarding generically refers to the operation of re-sending an email message delivered to one email address to one or more different email addresses.

Email forwarding can also redirect mail going to a certain address and send it to one or more other addresses. Vice versa, email items going to several different addresses can converge via forwarding to end up in a single address in-box.

Definition copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_forwarding

"eWorkflow", otherwise referred to as BP Logix,  is a workflow software currently used by FAA HR that allows UWM employees to create and complete form requests.

Forms created through this software include the Outside Activities Report and Data Access Request. 

A word or phrase used to search for content online, in search boxes, or to tag content. 

A collection of documents accessible by internal and external users, which describe how to use, configure or troubleshoot technical applications and devices.  Sometimes referred to as "the KB".

Power BI is a unified, scalable Microsoft Power App used for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI).   It allows users to connect to, model and visualize data sets, as well as to create dashboards for themselves and their colleagues. 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students and staff can receive a free license of this software, by requesting it via https://uwm.edu/dar. 

 A neural network is a machine learning model designed to mimic the function and structure of the human brain. Neural networks are intricate networks of interconnected nodes, or neurons, that collaborate to tackle complicated problems.

(Panther Access to Web Services) - Online student services application used by University students, instructors, and advisors. Otherwise known as PeopleSoft. 

Student Features:

• Class registration
• Grade reports
• Graduation requirements/status
• Online statement access
• Check for "holds" or "to-do" items on an account
• Change contact information, address, phone numbers, etc.
• Check financial aid status

Instructor/Advisor Features:

• View and/or print class rosters
• View advisee lists
• Enter grades and/or import grades from Canvas

RWI means "Relationship with Institution" and is used by the Help Desk as a way to define the current status of a UWM account holder.

The UW Flexible option is offered at Milwaukee, Parkside, and Madison. Students follow a session-based schedule, being allowed three months to complete each course. Students can choose either the "All You Can Learn" or the single competency options, to complete their program in the most efficient manner possible. The program is self-paced and mainly online, although some programs do require in person attendance for clinical or laboratory content. Courses are offered across all campuses enrolled in the program, so Flex students will have multiple login credentials, dependent upon the campus at which their current competency set is being offered.  

UWM Office of Legal Affairs

Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

Telephone: 414-229-4278
Fax: 414-229-3919

For more information use the link below:

https://uwm.edu/legal/contact-us/

UWMWiFi is a wireless network which can be accessed by users on any UW-Milwaukee campus and who have an active ePanther Account.  To join UWMWiFi, the user must authenticate, using their UWM credentials.

WEPA is the student printing solution on UW-Milwaukee campuses. This print service allows users to print on demand around campus and will accept payment via Student ID Cards (utilizing the Gold Account services), Credit/Debit Cards, or funds added directly to the user's WEPA account.  

WEPA accounts may be accessed by navigating to https://wepanow.com/, choosing UW-Milwaukee from the listing of schools and then using your UWM credentials. 

A map of Kenwood campus WEPA Print Stations can be accessed via https://uwm.edu/technology/wp-content/uploads/sites/422/2016/12/Wepa-Location-Map.pdf 

More information is available at https://uwm.edu/technology/printstations/

A term which references wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

For more information, please see:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi

WISER is an improved, redesigned version of WISDM. WISER’s modern, robust enterprise platform will provide enhanced, efficient and more agile reporting.

WordPress is an open source content management system, which allows for the creation of websites and blogs.  At UWM, most websites are created through WordPress, with personal sites available to faculty and staff through an adjacent product called CampusPress.  For the purposes of functionality and support, the two terms can be used interchangably.  

For more information on the use of WordPress at UWM, please visit https://uwm.edu/ties/websites/wordpress/