A Successful Start for SciCoCo.nrw
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From September 21 to 23, 2026, the first SciCoCo.nrw – Science, Compute, Connect took place at the IT Center. Organized by HPC.nrw, the event brought together four scientific computing communities: High Performance Computing (HPC), Research Software Engineering (RSE), Research Data Management (RDM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The three-day event provided a space to share knowledge, learn about new approaches, exchange experiences, and engage in dialogue with one another.
The IT Center at Welcome Week 2026
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On October 1, 2026, the IT Center participated in the Freshers’ Fair for new international students. This year, the event took place in the C.A.R.L. lecture hall building and, together with over 40 exhibitors, marked a great start to the 2026/27 winter semester.
Welcome to RWTH: Get Off to a Strong Start in Your Studies With TreMoGe
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A warm welcome to RWTH Aachen University! To help you get off to a good start in your studies, make sure your smartphone, tablet, and laptop are set up and ready to use for RWTH’s most important IT services.
Spotlight on Moodle Tools: The Organizer
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Whether for oral exams, exam review sessions, or office hours, scheduling appointments between students and instructors is an important part of the academic experience. The RWTHmoodle “Organizer” plugin is a helpful tool for this purpose. It allows you to plan and manage appointments. In addition, learning space managers can enter grades.
In this blog post, you’ll learn how the plugin works and how you can use it as a student or instructor.
The End of an Era – The IT Center’s Printing Service Locks Its Doors
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For many decades, the IT Center’s Printing Service has provided professional printing solutions for the departments and chairs at RWTH Aachen University. Unfortunately, the Printing Service as we know it will soon be a thing of the past. In this blog post, you’ll learn what’s behind the Printing Service’s closure and what happens next.
Pilot Phase for RWTHmoodle Plugins in the Winter Semester 2026/27
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The 2026/2027 winter semester is just around the corner, and for all instructors and learning space managers, this means that new RWTHmoodle learning spaces need to be created. Once again this semester, we are looking for testers for plugins in the pilot phase.
In addition to the thoroughly revised course templates, the Sharing Cart and Learning Map plugins are once again available for testing.
A Look Back at Learning AID 2026: AI in Higher Education and Ritchy as a Practical Example
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On September 1 and 2, 2026, the fifth Learning AID took place at Ruhr University Bochum. More than 350 participants gathered at the conference to discuss artificial intelligence, learning analytics, and data mining in higher education. Learning AID was launched in 2022 by the KI:edu.nrw project and has been organized by its successor project, KI:Expertisezentrum.nrw, since July 2026.
The IT Center was also represented this year: At the “Market of Opportunities,” we presented our support chatbot Ritchy and engaged in conversations with numerous interested attendees.
In this post, we provide insights into the event, the diverse program, and the discussions surrounding Ritchy.
From Campus to Cloud – Four Days of Exchange, Innovation, and Networking
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Four days, numerous presentations, exciting tours, in-depth discussions, and plenty of new insights: From September 7 to 10, 2026, the 27th DINI Annual Conference & ZKI Fall Conference took place at RWTH Aachen University under the theme “From Campus to Cloud – Confidently Connected.”
Together with the RWTH University Library, the IT Center co-hosted this year’s conference. At C.A.R.L., experts from universities, research institutions, and the IT sector came together to discuss current developments, share experiences, and take a joint look at the digital future.
Data Backup in RWTHmoodle
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Twice a year, learning spaces are deleted from RWTHmoodle. During this process, all learning spaces older than three years are deleted. We will notify you of the deletion well in advance via email and a banner on RWTHmoodle. This November, it’s the turn of the learning spaces from the 2023/24 winter semester. When learning spaces are deleted, all content is also deleted. To save yourself trouble and time, you should back up all important learning materials beforehand. Find out about the data backup options available to students and instructors in this blog post.
A Journey Through IT History III – From the Suitcase Phone to the Smartphone
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Welcome to the third part of our IT journey through time! This time, we’ll trace the rapid evolution of the portable phone—from a suitcase-sized device weighing several kilograms, to the “brick” that fit in your hand, all the way to today’s smartphone, which combines a camera, navigation device, media player, and powerful mini-computer all in one.
