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K-State to analyze document imaging processes

Posted on by Sarah Silva

Dear Colleagues:

Kansas State University has partnered with Plante Moran to analyze its existing document imaging processes. They will lead an analysis to identify our needs and challenges and how we continue to provide document imaging services to K-State for our 150 departments and offices in nine academic colleges on four campuses. The goal is to create a plan, strategy, and timeline to identify potential solutions and services to support retention, workflow, document imaging, and routing.

Plante Moran will lead K-State through the following process:

  • Facilitate project kickoff meeting
  • Collect background information
  • Conduct departmental and other listening sessions
  • Administer data imaging survey
  • Review and finalize deliverables

The outcome of this project is to produce a report on findings, opportunities, and potential innovations in document imaging.

For more information on attending the project kickoff please visit the Imaging Analysis website.

We look forward to your participation and input in this analysis. If you have any specific questions, contact Nick Austin at naa@k-state.edu.

Thank you.

Gary Pratt, Chief Information Officer

Save the date: CRM Town Hall March 2

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Save the date now for the sixth CRM Town Hall meeting! The next Town Hall is 3 to 5 p.m., Mon., Mar. 2, in the College of Business Administration, Room 4061.

This Town Hall will have a different format from previous Town Halls. There will be no breakout sessions. The Town Hall will start with a 30-minute CRM project status update, and then the rest of the meeting will be used to demo features of the CRM. Continue reading “Save the date: CRM Town Hall March 2” →

CRM Town Hall Dec. 12

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Registration opens Mon., Nov. 18, for the fifth CRM Town Hall meeting. The Town Hall is 1 to 3 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 12, in the College of Business Administration, Room 4061.

The Town Hall will start with a 30-minute CRM project status update. This part of the meeting is open to everyone via Zoom and does not require registration. Go to k-state.edu/crm/town-hall for the Zoom ID. You will need to use your eID and password to view this page. Continue reading “CRM Town Hall Dec. 12” →

CRM introduction training Oct. 31, Nov. 12, and Dec. 2

Posted on by Christine Doucette

CRM Introduction Training has been scheduled for Oct. 31, Nov. 12, and Dec. 2. All training sessions will be in Calvin Hall 306, and training will last for 1.5 hours. Training sessions are limited to 20 people per session. You must be enrolled in the session to attend.

To sign up for training, sign in to HRIS.

  1. Under Self Service, choose Learning and Development, then KSU Training Enrollment.
  2. On the Request Training Enrollment page, look for CRM Introduction WIT310.
  3. Select View Available Sessions.
  4. Select the Session you would like to attend.
  5. Select Continue.

Continue reading “CRM introduction training Oct. 31, Nov. 12, and Dec. 2” →

ITS targets summer projects

Posted on by Division of Information

ITS UpdateInformation Technology Services (ITS) continues to work on targeted projects identified in the IT Strategic Plan, specifically related to the rebuild of a downsized data center, migration of services to the cloud, and the implementation of a new CRM (constituent relationship management) system. This work, in addition to University office relocations and scheduled updates of university classrooms and computing labs, requires that daily operations, work orders, enhancement requests, and project work are being evaluated to focus resources in these areas.

For the next 10-12 weeks, K-Staters may experience increased response times and project delays as efforts are directed toward being prepared to support the campus community for the beginning of Fall semester.

Throughout the summer, ITS will provide project status updates for units that have requested projects from ITS. For the latest status updates, go to k-state.edu/it-strategic-planning.

Introducing Virtual Desktops at K-State

Posted on by Andrew Kuehler

This spring the Instructional Technology team within iTAC has been hard at work on our newest innovation for campus, Virtual Desktops powered by Citrix XenDesktop and the Liquidware Labs Essentials Suite.  Through this initiative we will be providing a full Windows 10 desktop environment with all the apps that our users have come to expect, but with more granularity, control, and agility for administrators than ever before.

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What Are Virtual Desktops?

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a shift in Liquidware Labsend-user computing back to the way things were done in the 1970’s and 80’s with mainframes and terminals. Continue reading “Introducing Virtual Desktops at K-State” →

Kansas State University Global Campus offering its first massive open online course: Health and Wellness 101

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

by News and Communications Services

MANHATTAN — As access to information on the Internet has increased, so has access to education.

Kansas State University Global Campus is launching its first massive open online course, or MOOC, titled Health and Wellness 101: Everyday Small Changes. This free online course teaches the small, realistic changes that can be made in daily lives to improve health, physical fitness and overall well-being. The first cycle of the course is taught Oct. 6 to Nov. 15, with content remaining open to students until Dec. 12.  Continue reading “Kansas State University Global Campus offering its first massive open online course: Health and Wellness 101” →

Training available on Scalar, a free, online publishing platform aligned with the Semantic Web

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Interested in a new open-source and free, hosted publishing platform with a wide reach?  Scalar has been setting the humanities world on fire with its smartly designed capabilities.

Faculty/staff who are interested in learning how to use this tool should email shalin@k-state.edu to request training.

Continue reading “Training available on Scalar, a free, online publishing platform aligned with the Semantic Web” →

Campus network upgrades during spring break will cause interruptions in network connectivity

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

by Network and Telecommunications Services

Beginning Sunday, March 16, and throughout spring break, Network and Telecommunications Services will be performing upgrades to the wired and wireless campus networks.  Specific times and affected services will be posted on the “Status of ITS resources” page (k-state.edu/its/status) as the information becomes available.  Continue reading “Campus network upgrades during spring break will cause interruptions in network connectivity” →