Academic Technology

Academic Technology designs, builds, maintains and supports all 475 classroom teaching spaces across campus ensuring effective, easy-to-use and accessible spaces in collaboration with faculty, departments and other campus units. 

The campus utilizes a suite of learning technologies centered upon Canvas, the campus learning management system, used by a majority of instructors and almost all students on campus. The team manages all learning technology applications including customizations, integrations and improvements with a focus on ensuring all tools meet the broadest needs most effectively. We also build custom applications such as the Syllabus Tool. 

Our Desktop Service supports Colleges and all Academic Affairs administrative units encompassing over 2,500 faculty and staff, over 5,000 campus computers, over 80 campus computer labs and manages the campus-wide Endpoint Management service. This service has been transformational for Colleges and Departments and we have significantly increased support for discipline-specific and curricular IT needs, enhancing the student experience in key academic programs. 

We provide strategic support and consultation to deans, associate deans, department chairs and Academic Affairs leadership. As a central IT campus unit, our staff play critical leadership roles on campus-wide IT projects, partnering with ITS to ensure academic, faculty and student needs are met and teaching and learning is not disrupted.