The roundup collection:
http://go.illinois.edu/roundups
Our current info roundups:
More roundups that would be useful?
Which departments and units get IT support through which IT organizations
Which groups are using which software packages
How to roll up pockets of interest from separate groups of users to something site-license-able / centrally supportable
Possible IT Pro Orientation contents?
Notes:
- Also want training for new IT managers
- A central collection of training options and information
- Departmental onboarding varies a lot
- Shelly’s dept made a collection of brochures, an acronym explainer, etc – Shelly will volunteer if this gets rolling (yay!)
- EngrIT has really good onboarding training – talk to Mark Hart, Kathleen Booth
- Need a branching structure – here’s what applies all across campus, then here’s department specific stuff underneath it
- A multi-department team (maybe virtual) to maintain it and keep it up to date
Contents:
- Security
- Networking
- Shared services
- Cloud services
- Acronyms
- University structure
- Who does what among AITS, Tech Services, ATLAS, EngrIT, CITL, departmental IT
- Buying and purchasing rules and sites
- Training options
- Site licensed software & Webstore
- Consultant groups
- Spaces – classrooms, labs, conference rooms – and how to request/rent them. Also link to Illini Spaces
- Conferencing, multimedia
- Places to rent stuff – Media Commons etc
- Mailing lists!
- Vendor list
- My.illinois.edu portal – link to and from it
First generation/alpha and beta versions: Community contributable link collection – easy for everyone to contribute, findable without login. Build a template for the structure that can be reused by other departments at will.
Second generation/officially launched somewhere: Regularly curated information by a particular focused and multi-departmental team
Action items:
- Make go.illinois.edu/ITProOrientation
- Find out who’s in charge of my.illinois.edu and ask about adding a link to go.illinois.edu/ITProOrientation
- Start building a structure in the IT pro section of the wiki for tire kicking and community collaboration – Shelly and Dena
- Start finding cross department volunteers who are interested in review and maintenance – starter group Shelly, Rich, Alina, Amy, Dena