Electronic Application Systems Infrastructure

Electronic applications are indispensible tools for teaching, learning, research, administrative and student services, and communication.

Central IT supports a variety of electronic applications vital to the campus, including email, a learning management system, telephone services, and a wide variety of web services and applications. The suite of web applications includes vendor software, open-source solutions and locally developed applications.

UM has remained on the leading edge of web technologies. In 2004, Central IT embarked on a web portal project aimed at providing single sign-on to a variety of secure web services. The portal, branded as "OneStop", aggregates and integrates data and web services from multiple systems and sources (including Banner), and extends functionality to users that was not previously available. OneStop continues to grow and evolve to help the University meet student success goals.

Roadmaps

Email roadmap	Web roadmap	Cloud computing roadmap

Milestones

Notification system	Single sign-on

Electronic application systems infrastructure priorities

• Enhance student experience by continuing with outsourcing of student email

• Enhance support for e-discovery and freedom of information obligations by capitalizing on and revising/reorganizing newly downsized staff-only campus email systems

• Support Academic Affairs in plans to upgrade learning management and library system

Tactical plans in support of electronic application systems infrastructure

Outsourced applications 

• Add/enhance support for student email, iTunes U, Pearson Class Content, and MoodleRoom’s/Moodle

On-campus third party systems

• Continue support for Blackboard LMS

• Continue support for various “Banner Edge” third party systems

• Funding Permitting Enhance oncampus faculty/staff email and email support systems (filtering, antiphishing, etc.)

• Funding Permitting Launch/support “virtual computer lab” pilot project

Locally-developed systems and systems integration

• Continue development and support for local “recruitment and retention” focused software OneStop, Academic Planner, and Campus Notification System

• Continue application system “desiloization” by enhancing interfaces with Web content management system