Building an app from the ground up with {low-code} – Part I: design process

I am quite excited about the project upon which we are about to embark. I think that those who hang through this will definitely be some of the most awesome 365 Champions 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️🥇, especially if they remember that #sharingiscaring. Listen to a recording of this post:  This part of the {low-code} 🚍 journey will guide

Dissection of an app – and there is no gooey stuff to clean!

In this episode of the {low-code} bus journey 🚍 we go back to our childhood. Kids often take things apart in an effort to understand how they work. Listen to a recording of this post: I did it with an old tape deck and, as a biologist, I learned anatomy, physiology, and evolution through dissections

Let’s talk about making an app with {low-code}

Over the last few weeks, we have been on a journey to learn low-code. We started with a review of the Microsoft Power Platform. Then we built several automations using Power Automate. Now it’s time to start digging into another service of the Power Platform ecosystem – Power Apps.  Listen to a recording of this post: Power Apps is a

Did you hear that? How did they do it?

Have you noticed that lately a lot of posts or episodes in the IT Division Blog have audio entries associated with them? The voices in the narration sound quite natural. But more importantly, the sound is clean and without the sounds of dogs barking, leaf blowers, or children in the background. Where are the recordings

📱❓ I want to create my own tech solutions, but I am not a coder. Where do I begin?

In a previous post, “I want to develop an app, but …,” I mentioned how low-code platforms create new opportunities for users to begin developing solutions to their problems and their teams. As a result of low-code platform deployments, there is a democratization of innovation and the empowerment of underrepresented groups in the tech sectors.

I need a quiet space for online meetings, but…

¡Hola! Welcome to our second installment of a series of posts about Microsoft 365. Not only will this series help you stay on top of all things Microsoft 365, but it will also make you a star among your colleagues. You will impress them with all this useful information aimed at making your digital life

I want to develop an app, but …

Listen to the audio version here Sometimes I feel like this blog is my confessional, so here I go again. This time, I wanted to develop an app, but the last time I wrote code was sometime in the last millennium. Might as well not have done it ever before; things have changed too much.

AI buddy translates, captions and gives feedback on presentations and videos

In a previous post we discussed how PowerPoint can give users feedback on presentations using AI services. Here, we want to talk about another tool which offers you a richer set of services. This is part of our ongoing series on artificial intelligence and voice to text services. Imagine this scenario. You are someone who

New service lets Bobcats transcribe recordings for free!

There are many times when we would like to have a transcript of an audio recording. Sitting by the computer and typing while listening, pausing, rewinding, and typing is super time consuming. It frankly sucks. Your alternative used to be having to pay a professional to do it. For Bobcats there is a great new

Microsoft releases live captioning in MS Teams

Teams is one of the many applications available to members of Texas State University through Microsoft Office 365.  MS Teams provides users with advanced collaboration capabilities and allows them to leverage Office 365 applications through a single point of access.  One of it’s very useful capabilities is the ability to host video meetings right from