TECHNOLOGY

Strategy Four

Enhance technology support for students, staff, and faculty.

(supports USF St. Petersburg goal 7)

Overview

As USF St. Petersburg assumes greater responsibilities in the next five years over once-centralized University processes, it must set a responsible course for the assurance of seamless operation to best serve the technological needs of its faculty, students, and staff. It must provide and maintain state-of-the-art technology support for faculty, students, and staff.

Actions

1. Enhance technological support of academic, administrative, and student-service programs.

•  Increase the number of technology-enhanced classrooms available to students and faculty.

•  Enhance distance-learning capabilities, especially those related to off-site instruction.

•  Increase the number of training sessions available to faculty, staff, and students for the operation of both hardware and software applications.

•  Expand web-based services available to students.

•  Ensure that students, faculty, and staff have the technology necessary to accomplish their research goals.

2. Encourage wide collaboration and information sharing among faculty, students, and staff.

•  Continue to develop a comprehensive USF St. Petersburg website.

•  Enhance and develop E-News, the official electronic news publication.

•  Establish an online student publication.

•  Continue to support and enhance online teaching.

3. Analyze and evaluate the need for specific computer applications to facilitate the decentralization of processes that are currently university-wide.

•  Continue to outsource specific administrative systems and processes.

•  Continue to implement an institution-specific admissions and registration process.

•  Create data extraction and reporting capabilities specific to USF St. Petersburg to aid in institutional research.

Accountability

Selected Accountability Measures