The Project Journey: WeBWork Math

By Anna T. McFadden, Director of Academic Engagement and IT Governance Above: Tom Salzman, director of the WCU School of Stage and Screen, chairs the Academic Technology Advisory Committee that ranked the WeBWork Math project number one in priority out of seven...

WebCat going away May 15, Blackboard Learn on the way

By Susan Jones, Learning Management System Manager, Coulter Faculty Commons As faculty and students look forward to the 2011 commencement ceremonies on May 6 and 7, another important milestone is fast approaching. On May 15, the WebCat Learning Management System (LMS)...

WCU datacenter gets an upgrade

By Shandon Bates, Director of Systems and Operations In the fall of 2010 the IT division responded to the Chancellor’s request to put together a prioritized list of items that were needed to continue or improve operations. These items included updating the server...

CIO gives update on IT projects, budget cuts

Welcome. The months since our fall 2010 newsletter have been busy. IT has been working hard on the following projects and activities: Implementation of the IT governance and prioritization process with the establishment of three committees and the IT Council. Creation...

IT to roll out Office 2010 for PC, Office 2011 for Mac

By Anna T. McFadden, Director of Academic Engagement and IT Governance The Information Technology Council (ITC) and the Council of Deans recently gave approval to IT to roll out new versions of Microsoft Office. Currently, classroom and labs are running Office 2007...