Project Portfolio

1. Update user profile and external organization lists
2. Implement mechanisms for validating data accuracy and consistency
3. Deploy OI module
4. Establish a maintenance plan for ongoing updates
5. Oversee training sessions and document how to use the new module
    

1. Launch course evaluations and reports using Blue 
2. Move existing course evaluations to Blue
3. Set up new reports via Blue
4. Train administrators on the system

1. Create a better data provisioning process
2. Create a data dictionary and standards manual
3. Establish data ownership signoff

1. Access to the full production-quality extracts from Illinois Tech selected data sources
2. Automation of data feeds
3. Data hub for an automated data import process, SQL-based metadata management, and data querying
4. Rapid Insight, a low-code/no-code data access, reporting and analytics software
5. Custom data science models to address function specific use cases and strategic objectives
6. System integration with partner-managed web-services APIs to exchange data with institutional systems 
7. Bi-directional Student Information System (SIS) integration functioning in real-time
8. Launch of the Navigate software to coordinate student interventions, engage students with student-facing technology, leverage data-driven insights, and transform academic advising
9. Communication campaign to promote the new software 

1. Develop new processes to accurately pay graduate students according to funding and regulatory requirements
2. Build a system that:
   1. Implements our processes and adheres to deadlines (enrollment, payroll, etc.)
   2. Is accessible by all relevant departments
   3. Can report out on different aspects of the system
   4. Supports our business processes (e.g., a SSN application receipt allows a student to work; faculty can change certain aspects of awards within a defined timeframe)
3. Create a documented process for interrelated departments’ roles within this process

1. Content Aggregation, Documentation, and Organization: Gather and organize instructional content based on subject matter, course title, and other relevant criteria  
2. Metadata Standardization and Search Functionality: Implement a standardized metadata schema for efficient searching and filtering within the repository  
3. User Access Control: Ensure that only authorized users can upload, modify, or delete content  
4. Scalability, Performance, Authorship and Copyright Compliance: Design the repository infrastructure to accommodate future growth, ensure optimal performance, easily determine authors of new material, and comply with copyright laws and intellectual property rights

1. Illinois Tech is efficient and transparent in its faculty search and faculty activity reporting
2. Illinois Tech attracts, recruits, and hires highly qualified faculty
3. Faculty activity reporting enables continuous evaluation of institutional strategic priorities  

Faculty Search: September 2024

Faculty Activity Reporting: February 2025

1. Transfer existing educational content
2. Implement advanced search functionality
3. Ensure that the repository complies with university’s intellectual property rights
4. Facilitate integration with university platforms (Canvas/Panopto)

1. Better support global campus initiatives   
2. Improve financial strength by leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem across most technology stacks  
3. Improve cybersecurity posture and research compliance
4. Offer tools that will be useful post-graduation 

Alumni email change: August 2024 

Community cutover to MS Exchange: December 2024

Data migration: April 2025

1. The my.iit.edu portal will be replaced with Pathify  
2. Access to key information will be easily available to the right populations who need to see it  
3. Content will be updated and managed by the departments who own the information