Administrative Services

At Pellissippi State, the IT planning process is an integral part of the college's overall strategic planning and budget process. Items from the Strategic Plan are fed into the budget process and into the Information Systems Plan.

As a part of the planning and budget process, the entire college fills out Action Plan forms detailing specific projects. For each Action Plan, the following is provided: the department, program, or office; the budget account code; the priority; the need which is being addressed; the intended objective(s); the intended outcome(s); the estimated time-frame; the related college goal; a statement of who will measure the progress of the specified need; a statement of how the progress will be measured; and a statement of how the assessment results are to be used.

The Action Plans for each Division of the college are consolidated and prioritized within the Division by the vice president for the Division in coordination with the senior staff of the Division. Copies of the prioritized Action Plans are provided to the Business Office for inclusion in the budget and to Information Services for inclusion in the IT Plan. Hence, the development of the IT Plan is an integral part of the development of the college's Strategic Plan and the college's budget, and there is no separate process for the development of the IT Plan. The resultant IT Plan provides for renewal of existing technology and deployment of additional technology in order to ensure Pellissippi State remains a leading institution in the instructional and administrative use of technology.

The 2009-2010 IT Plan provides for using TAF (Technology Access Fee) funds to provide:

technology refresh of computers, printers, and scanners in student computer labs

a major deployment of computers into new labs for DSP Math and DSP English

computerized teaching stations and ceiling-mounted LCD projectors for several non-computer classrooms

staffing of student computer labs with student lab assistants

support of student computer labs with lab technicians

deployment of library databases

technology refresh of servers that support students and student labs

software to support teaching and learning

partial funding for the college’s Banner project.

Major IT initiatives for the college this year include:

Ongoing support of the Desire2Learn (D2L) Course Management System

Implementation of Banner 8 and Luminis IV

Ongoing support of electronic databases and other electronic resources for the library

The implementation of a next generation “smart” classroom with leading edge technology

Ongoing support of the college’s project to transform DSP courses from face-to-face courses to reduce costs and improve student learning

Ongoing leadership and technical support for the college’s ERP project to support Banner

The IT Plan also provides for the following to be funded with non-TAF funds:

· Replacement and upgrades of obsolete computers in faculty and staff offices.

A new UPS for the computer room.

A generator to provide improved electrical power for the computer room in the event of extended electrical outage.

Microsoft Campus Agreement

Certification of Review of IT Policies.

All IT policies are reviewed on an annual basis, and certification of this review is included in the IT Plan. Following is the status of these policies.

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Status: Revised February 2009

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