COMPUTER SUPPORT SERVICES
- Unify the new Help Desk
- Standardize Computer Image Committee
- Consolidate printers across campus
- SMART Squad Training Day
- Dialpad – Reduce DID expenses & extensions
- Uberconference training
- Taste / Byte of Technology Symposiums
- 2018-2019 Computer Refresh (4-5 year old computers replaced)
- eBay sales of old equipment
- Technology Campus for Kids (and senior citizens)
- Continue to deliver exceptional customer service for incoming daily Help Desk requests
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
- DS17 construction and configuration of green screen and light board
- Calendar full of one-on-one meetings and online course development; specifically with, but not limited to, MSW, ABA, Dietetic and Nursing
- Schedule extensive trainings for Fall / Spring semesters for faculty development on teaching and learning technology including Blackboard
- New Faculty and Adjunct Orientations
- Communicate standardized campus-wide technology recommendations such as Audio / Video Conferencing options & iClicker replacement options
- Hire technician in Brooklyn to support Daemen TTI Help Desk needs
- Roll out and train faculty on the use of the Quality Matters Rubric for evaluating and ensuring high-quality online course instruction
- Create Blackboard master courses and templates
- Present at the full faculty meeting and department chairs meeting to communicate new instructional services being offered to faculty
SERVER & NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
- Replace / Upgrade Administrative File Server
- Expand Disaster Recovery including nightly cloud-hosted backups
- Prepare and execute a full migration from hosting Blackboard
on-premises to a cloud-hosted environment - Cross-training the Server / Network team
- Upgrade Papercut Print Management server (New Virtual Machine, expanded capacity)
- Configure and optimize new virtual hosts and linked storage array (set up 12 server Colleague test environment; prepare to virtualize all Colleague production servers)
- Reconfigure / remove ASA Firewall and set up a critical server DMZ
- Password protect WiFi on campus
- Decommission old wireless access points that are end-of-life; replacing with newer models
- Set up and configure a backup wireless controller for redundancy and high availability of wireless service across campus
- Set up and configure a backup Sonicwall Firewall for campus-wide redundancy and high throughput
- Upgrade redundant internet service from 500Mbps to 1Gpbs
- Update campus Networking Maps
- Network closets – clean up, document cabling, improve labeling
- Expand wireless and network coverage with the Curtis Hall renovation
- Network high resolution microscopes and prepare for screen sharing in DS Science Hall renovation
- Establish a VLAN for segmented networking traffic for all security cameras and card lock access
- Implement improved VPN access
WEB TEAM
- New MyDaemen redesign
- Launching an Online Knowledgebase
- Remote.Daemen.edu enhancements
- Website Analytics / Marketing Initiatives
- Automate Emergency Notification Messaging on our Websites
- Drupal training
- Policies and Procedures website
- Executive Dashboard improvements
- Single-Sign-on for Daemen Gmail
- Repairs and maintenance to the Administrative Attendance Report system
- Auto-save feature repair for the Employee Evaluation system
- Course Evaluation – automate the population and administration of the course eval system
- Symplicity Insight – automate the population of data into the system
- Single-Sign-On for Lasherfiche (used by Registrar, PA and Education)
- Add advanced password features to MyDaemen such as security questions
IT SECURITY
- Schedule calendar of KnowBe4 Phishing Awareness messages and training
- PCI Compliance (Ensure Musicalfare is officially using their own DSL service, finishing configuring after final ethernet runs are in place in Dining Services and Student accounts)
- Develop a written information security plan
- Follow up on compliance with the new Confidentiality agreement to be signed by all faculty and staff
- Discover all sensitive data repositories across campus and maintain a thorough inventory of what is stored and where
- Audit access permissions for our critical servers and data repositories
- Execute our new password change policy (students and employees have been prompted; next alumni)
- Encrypt all laptops that are provisioned in the technology refresh
- Follow up to ensure compliance with our annual IT Security training
- Conduct network and systems vulnerability assessments & set up a system to monitor / detect security breaches
- Evaluate compliance with GLBA, GDPR and NYS Breach Notification regulations
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Business Affairs
- ACI / iData for Payment Plans for collections on student tuition
- Budget module to replace WebAdvisor budget interface with Self Service
- Online Purchase Orders and Procurement
- Expanded use of ADP for Payroll / HR
- Custom program a Quarterly Disability Report in ADP
- Pledges Receivable Report
- Data to Follett for Financial Aid book allowances
Information Technology
- Complete automation of Daemen account provisioning / de-provisioning
- Upgrade Informer reporting utility to version 5
- Monthly system security updates to Colleague
- Reconfigure / remove ASA Firewall and set up a critical server DMZ
Academic Affairs
- Create custom report to track those who walked and verify they graduate
- Online Graduation Application
- IPEDS reporting
- National Student Clearing House eTranscripts project (Needed for PCI Compliance)
Student Affairs
- Integrate eRezLife
- Updates to Immunization Tracking System
Enrollment Management
- Develop a method to print a more streamlined ISIR
- Gainful employment report
- Technolutions Slates as a Hobson’s replacement
- Redesign Financial Aid Award Letter
- Financial Aid Self Service
Institutional Advancement
- Raiser’s Edge Import-o-matic