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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Technology Fee Proposed Deliverables
Year #4 (FY00)

Campus Technology Fee Components
Deliverables
Network Access Enhancements
  • Replace campus building wiring infrastructure: Nursing and Physics buildings
  • Other campus buildings: Continue to migrate the campus backbone over from FDDI to ATM. This will include upgrades, changes, and enhancements to network building segments. These upgrades will increase the bandwidth to the Internet and will add to the existing paths in the backbone.
  • Continue Internet access connectivity support
  • Continue subsidy for student NIC cards
  • Continue subsidy for remote access

Expenditure = $1,484,978

Equipment Upgrades in Open and Departmental Computer Labs
  • Continue expanded hours of operation
  • 3 open labs to be upgraded and expanded. Targeted: Math, Library, Humanities, other lab(s)as possible
  • 3 departmental labs to be upgraded. Specific departments will be identified by the student subcommittee.

Expenditure = $1,615,022

Student Support Services Enhancements and Distribution of Licensed Software
  • Expanded student support service continues and is refined by advisory committee
  • Selected academic software (continues)
  • Negotiate with vendors for additional subsidized productivity tools for PC and Macintosh environments (continues)
  • Negotiate for reduced price on Resume Expert product (continues)
  • Provide web editors and web/homepage development tools and selected math/statistical and graphics packages (continues)
  • Focus on acquisition of instructional technology authorware and data visualization tools



Expenditure = $1,450,000

Academic Tech. Facility and Instructional Tech. Enhancements
  • Provide consultation/training for instructors in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning strategies, Web resources, and multimedia.
  • Upgrade instructional venues with smart classroom technology and mobile technology carts delivering instruction.
  • Maintain Instructional Development Lab which is a facility for instructors to prepare technology enhanced course materials and to explore new technologies.

Expenditure = $450,000

Total Expenditure Year #4 = $5,000,000
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