Enterprise Applications
University Contacts
University help desks for assistance regarding Blackboard Vista:- Central
www.ccsu.edu/its/helpdesk - Eastern
its.easternct.edu/help-desk - Southern
helpdesk.southernct.edu - Western
www.wcsu.edu/ithelpdesk
- Learning Management System
for all four CSUS universities. The universities are currently engaged in a process to select and deploy a state-of-the-art collaborative instructional environment to support the evolving needs of our faculty and students. (see below) - ERP System
focused on Banner Finance, for the CSUS System Office. - Intranet
forms programming using MS Office and SharePoint. - Various reporting applications
supporting internal and system-wide reporting
Collaborative Instructional Environment
About
In early 2013, Blackboard, Inc. will be discontinuing support for Vista, the learning management system (LMS) currently being used by the CSUS. As a result, the CSUS universities have begun the process of selecting a new LMS and supporting services. Members of the faculty, administration and technical staff have been tapped by the vice-presidents for academic affairs at each university to gather and provide requirements to an RFP committee.
The RFP committee will solicit responses from vendors based not only on software features, but also on the ability to support system-wide collaboration, the ability to integrate with our existing technical environment, and the cost and quality of support. It is expected that the new system will provide the students and faculty of the universities with an open and accommodating state-of-the-art instructional environment.
Timeline
Here is the estimated time line describing the planning for deployment of the new collaborative instructional environment.
Requirements Task Teams
The Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice-Chancellor for Student and Academic Affairs for the system have established three task teams to identify requirements for the new instructional environment.
Pedagogy Team
A group of faculty and instructional technologists who will evaluate the benefits of LMS features to the instructional environment of the universities.View Team Members
Technical Team
A group of technologists who will be responsible for the technical deployment and support of the system and its integration into the technical operational environment currently in place at the CSUS.View Team Members
Strategic Team
A group of executive administrators who will clarify the strategic needs of the CSUS and the universities and how they map to capabilities of the LMS.View Team Members
