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OIT Support Lines 8:00AM -
5:00PM Monday-Friday
Phone: (865) 974-9900
Walk-in Consulting at 104 Aconda Court - Helpdesk Contact Form |
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Technology Fee Actual Deliverables
Year #7 (FY03)
| Campus Technology Fee Components | Deliverables |
| Network Access Enhancements |
- Replaced campus building network wiring infrastructure:
Communications and Student Services Buildings
- Continued upgrades of networking switches in Walters Life Sciences Building
Expenditure = $110,075
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| Equipment Upgrades in Open and Departmental Computer Labs |
- Continued expanded hours of operation
- New Project:
Provided 20 Laptops for student Check-Out program in UT Libraries including Music and Agricultural Sciences
Libraries
- Four Open Computing Labs - MAJOR UPGRADES:
- 55 machines - Ayres Hall Lab
- 45 machines - Hodges Library Lab
- 37 machines - Honors Lab
- 9 machines - Career Services Lab
- Open Computing Labs - MINOR UPGRADES (Printers, projectors, scanners, software, etc.): Art Lab, Glocker Lab,
and Perkins Lab
- Departmental Labs - New Lab Opened: Audiology Lab
- Departmental Labs - MAJOR UPGRADES: Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Art, Business, Chemistry,
Communications, Education and Health Sciences, Civil Engineering, Music, University Libraries, Veterinary Medicine,
and the Black Cultural Center
- Departmental Labs - MINOR UPGRADES: Air Force ROTC, Anthropology, Biology, Engineering, Math, Physics,
Social Work, Law, and International Education
Expenditure = $1,738,889
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| Student Support Services and Software Distribution Enhancements |
- Offered new student desktop support services
for student computers: fixing basic OS problems, reinstalling and upgrading operating systems,
helping remove viruses/spyware, and securing compromised computers
- Provided training to 4,000 students in 400 hands-on classes
- Made presentations to 4,500 students during student orientation sessions on information technology facilities
available on the UTK campus
- Distributed over 9,000 Life Preserver documents to students
- Offered new technology training courses plus held Online and Saturday classes
- Provided 1,240 hours of statistical consulting to students plus new mathematical consulting
- Installed/subsidized 2,239 interface network cards for students
- Resolved 211 networking trouble calls in residence halls
- Offered general technical assistance to students, faculty and staff:
- 2,229 machines networked
- 3,991 walk-in sessions
- 8,133 via E-mail
- 22,690 via telephone
- Provided resume/database software, virus protection software, and other general use software at reduced cost
Expenditure = $ 858,546
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| Academic Technology Facility and Instructional Technology Enhancements |
- ITC Faculty and GTA Workshops:
- 1,266 Faculty and GTAs attended ITC workshops
- ITC offered 174 sections of 63 workshops
- Revised the ITC's comprehensive 124-workshop curriculum and focused on a thematic
approach (implemented Spring 03 - Meeting Diverse Learner Needs) to
emphasize effective teaching and the role of instructional technologies.
- Smart Classrooms: Offered 56 sections of Smart Classroom Training.
- Faculty First Project: Awarded 8 faculty representing 8 departments grants that
provide assistance for using technology to advance teaching and learning.
- ITC Development Lab: upgraded the Apple portable lab (donated by Apple in 2001) to
support growing faculty interest in developing multimedia-enhanced learning materials.
- Online@UT: Activated the community organization features of Online@UT to support the
growing need for UT-recognized academic organizations to communicate and interact with each
other in a flexible, yet protected environment. ITC certified 439 faculty to
utilize the system, hosted 5,532 course sections, which averaged 72,774 hits per day, and
supported 98 organization sites.
- Teaching with Technology Project: Supported 5 department teams (18 faculty total) to design,
develop, implement and evaluate 25 (5 per department) technology-enhanced learning modules.
- Curricular Reform Project: Implemented a pilot project designed to work with faculty from a department
to redesign a multi-section, large lecture course for technology enhancement. The FY03 project involved
the Geography Department and the Geog101-102 courses. Project coordination involved: encouraging social
interaction among faculty members; building consensus among the faculty team; providing a formal
network of resources and consultants to promote change; soliciting encouragement from the department
head, who is a member of the faculty team; and providing development assistance by creating the course
components with faculty input/approval.
Expenditure = $559,999
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| Debt Payment |
- Year #7 Debt Payment (FINAL)
Expenditure = $1,942,531
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| Updated 9/11/03 |
Total Expenditures for Year #7 = $5,210,040 |
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