Policy and Strategy
The Information
Services Committee's role is to establish and maintain an
Information Technology strategy and related policy framework, and
is a sub-committee of the Planning and Budget Committee.
All Information Technology policy and strategy is developed by
or in conjunction with Information Technology
Services (ITS) according to UWA's IT Strategic Plan.
eLearning
Lectopia
enables students to access audio and visual recordings of
lectures.
WebCT is UWA's
centrally supported online learning management system.
Training
IT Training
is supplied by each faculty and department, as well as through
the Organisational and
Staff Development Services and UWA Extension.
Supply Structure
Information
Technology Services working collaboratively with IT sections
across the University, plans and manages a secure IT environment
including central networking and computing
infrastructure, project management, systems development
capabilities and a professional support service to staff and
students using the University’s central ITC facilities.
IT Support in
Faculties Each Faculty supports their own IT infrastructure
and systems. The
Library IT section provides for the IT requirements of all
UWA Libraries. ITS
manages and supports computing facilities for staff in the
central administration sections of the University.
| | EmailITS provide central admin staff with an ITS admin account that not only provides access to the UWA Administration network, but also email and calendaring on the central Exchange server. Faculties, Schools and non-central admin sections are responsible for arranging email facilities for their own staff. However, ITS does provide an email service for these staff through the central staff server, Cyllene. Website developmentThe University Website Office coordinates and facilitates development and maintenance of information and services on the University’s website. The Website Office manages the central web publishing facility available for all sections of the University, and advises on and supports the design, development and integration of websites and online applications. Software licensingITS facilitates purchases of campus-wide software and negotiates purchase agreements with suppliers. Staff wishing to purchase software should contact the purchasing or IT officer for their section in the first instance. More… |
