A list of the major projects being worked by Information Technology is provided below. Projects have been selected because they are either of interest to or will have a significant impact on the university community.
This information is updated monthly and was last updated September 18, 2008. Click on the link, or name of the project, for more information.
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| 1 GB Mailboxes for Students; Replace Exchange Clusters (return to top) |
| Servers are being built to accommodate students and faculty increasing the size of their e-mail mailbox from 500MB to 1GB. The architecture for the system is also being improved. |
Latest Status:
Active and on revised schedule. |
Project Sponsor: Denise Stephens, Vice Provost for Information Services |
| IT Contact: Wayne Trowbridge |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 |
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| Blackboard Improvements: Blackboard Scholar (return to top) |
| Several tools are being implemented to enhance Blackboard. Blackboard Scholar is being implemented to support social bookmarking. |
Latest Status:
Completed. |
Project Sponsor: Susan Zvacek, IDS |
| IT Contact: Beth Warner |
| Completed: Fall 2008 |
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| Blackboard Improvements: Safe Assign (return to top) |
| Several tools are being implemented to enhance Blackboard. Safe Assign will replace the current Turn It In tool. |
Latest Status:
Completed. |
Project Sponsor: Susan Zvacek, IDS |
| IT Contact: Beth Warner |
| Completed: June 2008 |
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| Blackboard Improvements: Symposium Live! (return to top) |
| Several tools are being implemented to enhance Blackboard. Symposium Live! facilitates the inclusion of video streaming. |
Latest Status:
Active and on schedule (waiting on vendor to resolve outstanding issue). |
Project Sponsor: Susan Zvacek, IDS |
| IT Contact: Beth Warner |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 |
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| Blackboard Improvements: Wimba Voice Tools (return to top) |
| Several tools are being implemented to enhance Blackboard. Wimba Voice Tools allows both students and faculty to record and post audio clips in discussions and e-mail. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. |
Project Sponsor: Susan Zvacek, IDS |
| IT Contact: Beth Warner |
| Completed: Fall 2008 |
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| Campus-Wide Wireless AP Deployment (Student funded) (return to top) |
| Deployment of Wireless Access Points across campus in classrooms/student areas to support student wireless access to the KU Network. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. Click here to view more details on each building. |
Project Sponsor: Student Senate |
| IS Contact: Bill Myers |
| Completed: Fall 2008 (September) |
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| Class Roster Photo Enhancements (return to top) |
| In SAKU, professors have been given the ability to click on a student's name and view their photo. With this project, pictures of the entire classs roster will be available to view as a whole. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. |
Project Sponsor: Bob Turvey, Student Success |
| IT Contact: Julie Loats |
| Planned Completion Date: Summer 2008 (August) |
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| Dark Fiber (return to top) |
| Install and configure dark fiber equipment in the Kansas City POP and on the KU campus, and light the fiber to be operational. |
Latest Status:
Equipment installed, configured, and operational. Completed. |
Project Sponsor: Denise Stephens, Vice Provost for Information Services |
| IT Contact: Bill Farris |
| Completed: Summer 2008 (August) |
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| Encryption: E-Mail (return to top) |
| As a part of the KU’s Information Management Program spearheaded by the Provost, certificates for e-mail encryption are being promoted. Although eventually intended for campus-wide use, areas with the most sensitive data are being targeted first. |
Latest Status:
Active and on schedule. The service is being rolled out to select groups. |
Project Sponsor: Denise Stephens, Vice Provost for Information Services |
| IT Contact: Chuck Crawford |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 |
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| Encryption: Whole Disk (return to top) |
| As a part of the KU’s Information Management Program spearheaded by the Provost, a service to support whole disk encryption is being launched. With an initial purchase of 250 licenses, the service is targeted to those on campus who work with the most sensitive data. |
Latest Status:
Active and on schedule. Beta testing will begin mid-September. |
Project Sponsor: Denise Stephens, Vice Provost for Information Services |
| IT Contact: Chuck Crawford |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 (December) |
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| Enterprise Blackberry Server Roll-out (return to top) |
| This project will create a new enterprise-wide Blackberry service to campus. |
Latest Status:
On Hold. Final decisions on how best to move forward have not been made yet. |
Project Sponsor: Denise Stephens, Vice Provost for Information Services |
| IT Contact: Marianne Reed |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 |
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| Expand Campus Access to New Document Management System (Xythos) (return to top) |
| Xythos is a document management system made available on a limited basis in February 2007 for the primary purpose of managing documents for the KU policy web site. The system is a complete, full functioning document management system, including a Records Management module and document workflow. This phase of deployment will focus on broadening access to more campus departments and implementing records management functionality in support of the campus Information Management Program initiative (http://www.provost.ku.edu/policy/infomanagement/). |
Latest Status:
Active and on schedule. |
Project Sponsor: Denise Stephens, Vice Provost for Information Services |
| IT Contact: Beth Warner |
| Planned Completion Date: Late Fall 2008 |
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| Force Address Changes - SAKU (return to top) |
| Implementation of this project will require students to review and update their addresses and Emergency contact five times a year. Requirements completed. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. First forced review will start on Thursday, 8/21/08. |
Project Sponsor: Marlesa Roney, Student Success |
| IT Contact: Julie Loats |
| Completed: Summer 2008 (August) |
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| Global Application for Admission (Nursing Pilot) (return to top) |
| Departments across campus have requested that a universal admissions application be developed for use campus-wide. This first phase will provide the new application to the Nursing school. |
Latest Status:
Active and scheduled for delayed release. |
Project Sponsors: Marlesa Roney and Dorothy Knoll, Student Success |
| IT Contact: Julie Loats |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 (October) |
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| Implement Financials 9.0 (return to top) |
| Reimplement PeopleSoft 9.0 for Financials. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. |
Project Sponsor: Diane Goddard, Comptroller |
| IT Contact: Julie Loats |
| Completed: Summer 2008 |
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| Online Advising System - Phase 2 (return to top) |
| Enhancements to the Online Advising Tool, including a design for the implementation of Degree Audit in a future release. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. |
Project Sponsor: Richard W. Lariviere, Provost |
| IT Contact: Julie Loats |
| Completed: Summer 2008 (August) |
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| Open Sections (return to top) |
| This project is to develop a new Open Sections service based on the new Online Advising application. |
Latest Status:
Complete and in production. |
Project Sponsor: Student Success |
| IT Contact: Julie Loats |
| Completed: Summer 2008 (August) |
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| Oracle 10g Client Upgrade; Decommission Oracle Name Server (return to top) |
| This project was established to facilitate moving users of Oracle client software from earlier versions to Oracle Client 10g which enable the Oracle Name Server to be decommissioned. |
Latest Status:
Active and on schedule. The Oracle Name Server is scheduled to be decommissioned September 25, 2008. A Web site has been created to provide information about upgrading to Oracle 10g Client. |
Project Sponsor: Wayne Trowbridge, IT |
| IT Contact: Wayne Trowbridge |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 (September) |
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| Scholarship Halls Cable Path (return to top) |
| Establish new pathway to connect six scholarship halls south of 14th Street to existing IT fiber. |
Latest Status:
Active and on schedule. Contract has been awarded, and work has started. |
Project Sponsor: Housing Department |
| IT Contact: Travis Berkley |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 (November) |
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| Wireless for ResHalls Common Areas Phase I (return to top) |
Implementation of wireless access in the following common areas of residential halls, as the Phase 1 rollout.
- McCollum Hall - 2nd floor lobby area
- Ellsworth Hall - 3rd floor lobby area
- Hashinger Hall - 4th, 6th, and 8th floor lobby area
- Templin Hall - 2nd, 4th, and 6th floor lobby area
- Lewis Hall - 2nd floor common area and conference rooms 224 and 228 used for study
- GSP - Lobby area
- Corbin - Lobby area
- Oliver Hall - Living room
- Wilna Crawford Center - Meeting room
- Krehbiel - per original building specifications
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Latest Status:
Active and on schedule. Designs are complete, and work is underway. |
Project Sponsor: ResNet |
| IT Contact: Travis Berkley |
| Planned Completion Date: Fall 2008 (October) |
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