Information technology exists to help the College realize its mission - and values - related strategic goals through a portfolio of services, and the IT Group is accountable for responsible stewardship of a reliable and sustainable technology infrastructure.
Technology will further organizational integration and agility by developing coherence among technologies and the college's services.
Instructional technology will support programmatic effectiveness by providing services and resources for teaching and learning innovations.
Applying the theme of organizational agility and programmatic effectiveness to campus-wide systems, the following IT goals and initiatives emerged for FY2008:
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Project Summary
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Project Sponsor
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Project Lead
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| Media Enhanced Classrooms |
Expand current baseline for classroom technology through building new and/or adding technology enhancements to current classroom inventory. (approx 10 classrooms impacted) |
Project Sponsor: Academic Affairs Council |
Project Lead: Irene Herold / Laura Seraichick |
| Titanium Schedule Implementation |
Upgrade current counseling scheduling software. Upgrade is driven by HIPAA requirements and loss of vendor support for current system. |
Project Sponsor: Corinne Kowpak |
Project Lead: Candace Wiggum / Diane LeBlanc |
| Campus Safety Switchboard System Upgrade |
Replace existing system, software and hardware, that runs the campus switchboard. Current system is no longer supported. Consider upgrading IVR system in tandem. |
Project Sponsor: Corinne Kowpak |
Project Lead: Amanda Warman / Beth Williams |
| Datatel R18 Migration |
Complete SIS upgrade to Release 18. Release 18 is the delivery of a database independent Colleague system. Technical upgrade that will allow efficiencies in Datatel programming and increased development of the product. This is a vendor driven upgrade. |
Project Sponsor: Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: Elizabeth Nieckoski |
| Datatel User Interface (UI) Upgrade |
Implement Datatel UI interface and migrate away from character interface. |
Project Sponsor: SIS Directors |
Project Lead: Elizabeth Nieckoski |
| RAC Ticketing System |
Migrate Redfern Arts Center current ticketing application to tickets.com. Migration includes new e-commerce capabilities |
Project Sponsor: Bill Menezes |
Project Lead: Jackie Hooper / Diane LeBlanc |
| Alumni E-services |
Implement Alumni e-services including email for life forwarding and community portal. |
Project Sponsor: Melinda Mosier/Jeff LeValley |
Project Lead: Beth Martin |
| Enhanced Student e-Learning Support |
Provide students with the services and support necessary to use e-learning effectively. Delivery of services will come from HelpDesk, Rhodes Public Lab, etc.. Phase 1 is to conduct research and define scope and partnership with CACE project. |
Project Sponsor: Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: TBD |
| e-Portfolio Planning |
Creation of a team responsible for providing leadership for the integration of e-portfolio curricular and co-curricular at KSC. Implementation of an e-portfolio system through a phased approach. |
Project Sponsor: Irene Herold |
Project Lead: Sue Castriotta / Jenny Darrow |
| CACE - Center for Academic & Community Engagement |
Creation of a support structure whereby there would be support for faculty to teach and students to learn. Components might include sponsored research, service learning coordination and instructional technology support. Phase 1 is to conduct research and dedfine scope and partnership with Student e-learning Support project. |
Project Sponsor: Ann Rancourt |
Project Lead: TBD |
| Campus Utilities & Maintenance Information System Upgrades |
To secure a replacement for DataStream's MP2, which currently tracks Physical Plant's Work Orders, Central Stores Inventory, and On-Campus Office Supply Orders. To identify, evaluate, and purchase replacement of Faser (software package used to track energ/utilities use and expenses for the campus. |
Project Sponsor: Frank Mazzola |
Project Lead: Ralph Palmer / Diane LeBlanc |
| Campus Data Reporting Study |
Research and recommend common reporting tool for campus. Review reporting alternatives (with particular focus on, but not limited to) other Datatel schools which work seamlessly with Datatel and Banner. |
Project Sponsor: Jay Kahn |
Project Lead: TBD |
Applying this theme to campus-wide services, the following IT goals and initiatives emerged for FY2007:
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Project Summary
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Project Sponsor
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Project Lead
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| Software Licensing Management for KSC Computers |
Research and recommend a software metering tool that will improve efficiency and compliance with campus wide and specialized lab software licensing. Metering tools provide protection against the introduction of pirated software while allowing system administrators to control software usage and enforce licensing policies. |
Project Sponsor: Pat Piper |
Project Lead: TBD |
| Network Wiring Upgrades: Blake, Whitcomb, Owls Nest |
Network wiring upgrades due to end of life cycle for equipment standards and performance degradation. |
Project Sponsor: Greg Scholz |
Project Lead: Tomi Gibson / Ken Whittaker |
| Network Infrastructure Equipment Upgrades |
Upgrade of core distribution equipment due to end of life, increasing bandwidth and addition of redundancy among equipment |
Project Sponsor: Greg Scholz |
Project Lead: Ken Whittaker |
| Campus Paper Reduction Study |
Research and recommend ways to reduce waste of resources and costs regarding paper. (i.e. double sided printing as default, decreased margins, etc..) |
Project Sponsor: Sustainability Council |
Project Lead: Mary Jensen |
| Campus File Storage/Backup Upgrade |
Phase 1) Research and implement short-term solution(s) to meet data storage and backup needs until January 2009. Phase 2) Develop data management strategy plan and action steps that will include faculty, staff and students. |
Project Sponsor: Pat Piper |
Project Lead:John Parsons |
| Communications Convergence |
Technologies such as voice, video, data, and power are now converging over the communications infrastructure. Locally, KSC is realizing that plain old telephone service for students is a dying business and we need to re-define the business. |
Project Sponsor: Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: Greg Scholz |
| Campus Intra-net |
Create a campus Intra-net web infrastructure that would provide the campus with 'campus only' access |
Project Sponsor: Susan Peery |
Project Lead: Mike Caulfield |
| Network Access Policy and Architecture |
KSC wide policy and architecture for managing access to KSC network |
Project Sponsor: Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: Greg Scholz |
| Server and Application Management and Monitoring |
Implement an automated method for managing and monitoring Windows based servers in Data Center |
Project Sponsor: Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: Erik Ullman / John Parsons |
| Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan |
Develop an IT disaster recovery plan for the data center that will restore server, applications, and communication services in the event of an emergency. Phase 1) collect/collocate of existing information and develop templates for appropriate information |
Project Sponsor: CITC/Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: Greg Scholz |
| Data Access Policy |
Implement/operationalize Data Access Policy |
Project Sponsor: CITC/Laura Seraichick |
Project Lead: TBD |
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