1. Information Technology for Academic Services (ITAS)
2016 ITAC Presentation

2. Organizational History
Formed in 2011, Provost’s Shared Services Initiative
Provide IT Support for more than 44 Offices on campus
6 Regional Prospective Student Centers in Texas
Italy
Mexico
Costa Rica

3. Offered Solutions to Campus
Tableau
Visualization Software
Hosted by Provost Office
Used by multiple offices

4. Offered Solutions to Campus
GRS/TRS
Graduate Review System
Transfer Review System
Designed for College use
SWAN
Student Waitlist And Note System
Used by 18 offices across campus
KIOSK capable

5. Offered Solutions to Campus
Mobile Printing
Pharos solution offered to students
Offered to Colleges at a shared cost
Open Access Labs
6 main labs, 17 alternate labs on campus
Over 2,000 computers deployed
Computers deployed in 46 buildings on campus
VOAL, ability to scale to 1,600 machines

6. Offered Solutions to Campus
Classrooms
167 managed classrooms and 10 managed labs
Enterprise contract with AMX
Tiered pricing based on classroom size
Work with CIC for classroom technology
TAMUDocs (was OARDocs)
Started in 2001 by OAR and SFAID
Campus wide license, rolling out to Colleges Summer 2016

7. Partnerships & Collaborations
Lynda.com
PITO and TAMU-IT
Current access for all Students, Faculty, and Staff
Official roll out Summer 2016 for Students, Fall 2016 for Faculty
Project Insight
PITO, College of Engineering, OAL, IMS
Training Week of April 18th

8. Partnerships & Collaborations
Viewfinity
PITO, Library, College of Architecture, College of Science, VetMed
DocuSign
PITO & TAMU-IT
Approved by OGC as Texas A&M’s Official E-Sign solution July 2014
Currently used for Short Term & Emergency Tuition Loans
Oversight Committee being formed for appropriate use

9. Questions?