SERVICES OF INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

One of the divisions of the Central Office Division of Academic Affairs is the Office of Information and Instructional Technology (OIIT). OIIT is responsible for providing centralized and common information and instructional technology services for the Central Offices and for all units of the University System. OIIT divisions perform the following functions:

Academic Administration Systems

• develops and maintains software for applications systems and supports and coordinates internal data systems which supply information from System institutions to the Central Office
  • Faculty Information System
  • Facilities Inventory, Curriculum Inventory, and Room Utilization Reporting Systems
  • Student Information Reporting System
  • High School Feedback System
• provides installation, training, and on-going support of thirty-one BANNER student information and financial aid systems
• provides consolidated, accurate information to System institutions and produces reports for the Central Office.

Academic Services and Distance Learning

• supports the use of technology in instructional activities
• delivers seminars, presentations, and workshops directed at multimedia course development, the Internet, and distance learning
• serves as the communications liaison between the System and vendor-supported instructional technologies, such as NovaNET, satellite programming, and two-way interactive video (GSAMS)
• develops local support for faculty who integrate technology into instruction.

Business and Finance Systems

• provides support for the central financial software used by the regional universities, state universities, and associate degree colleges
  • College and University Fund Accounting (CUFA) Accounting System
  • Regents Budget Reporting System; Regents Payroll/Personnel System
  • Regents Property Inventory System
• provides coordination with other state agencies on matters relating to business and finance software.

Technology Support Services

• provides technical consulting to System institutions
  • centrally-selected RDBMS - Oracle
  • Control Data Cyber 960
  • centrally-supported minicomputer platforms - IBM RISC 6000, HP 9000, and TI 1500
  • desktop and Local Area Network (LAN) integration
• provides technical support for the BANNER student information and financial aid systems, payroll and human resource systems, and expanded PeachNet user services
  • provides support for the OIIT production services
  • World Wide Web
  • Gopher
  • FTP (file transfer protocol)
  • Electronic Software Distribution System (ESDS)
• supports TSS-managed OIIT Support Center - the first point of contact for problem determination and resolution of Wide Area Networks, LAN, and network utilization.

Telecommunications and Networking

• operates and maintains PeachNet - the University System electronic communications network
• assists with planning and coordinating future systems for voice, data, and video communications
• provides consulting to System institutions for networking and problem resolution.

Source: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Information and Instructional Technology