Class TIPS ready to roll as replacement for STAC

By Anne Vail, Director of Client Services As many of you are aware, the STAC (Student Technology Assistance Center) quietly went away last year and underwent a significant restructuring to better serve the needs of classroom instruction and our QEP initiatives with...

Work-at-Home licenses at your service

By Debbie Justice, Director of IT Planning Did you know that some of the software programs you use at work can be installed on a personal computer at home? This is often called “Work-at-Home” rights or WAH. It doesn’t give you a license that you own outright, it only...

New Wimba software offers live, virtual classroom

By Anna McFadden, Director of the Coulter Faculty Center (CFC) WCU recently upgraded its Wimba voice tools within WebCat to Wimba Classroom 6.0. Faculty now have access to this live, virtual classroom with features such as audio, video, application sharing, content...

Systems and operations: What’s it all about?

By Shandon Bates, Director of Systems and Operations When I agreed to profile the systems and operations department for DoIT News I had no idea what a large task it was going to be. It’s fairly easy to describe my job in a social setting (“I lead a staff that handles...