Overview
As the higher education landscape evolves, we rely more heavily on the use of cloud-based productivity tools, such as Office 365 services like OneDrive, and Teams. UBC Information Technology is aware that there is an increasing interest for these types of tools at the university, and therefore is launching a needs assessment across the university for staff and faculty.
Purpose
The needs assessment will help UBC IT better understand the tools and requirements that are needed to support the work we do at UBC, and how we envision using cloud-based productivity tools for the future. The assessment will be in two parts – a survey and a collection of one-on-one interviews.
If you are a staff or faculty member, feel free to provide us feedback with this survey:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3IU6t0YSFtysjmB
If you would like to provide more in-depth feedback, please contact martin.levine@ubc.ca
Goals
- Better understand the functional requirements and use cases for these tools
- Confirm which existing cloud based tools being used now
- Develop a rationale and business case for approval from UBC Executives, including an overview of demand, and change and impact analysis
- Formalize the plan for implementing any new tools.
Timeline
January
- Prepare for assessment
February
- Assess and gather feedback
- Launch survey
- Conduct one-on-one interviews
Late March
- Close survey and data collections mid-March
- Review data and prepare next steps
Contacts
Martin Levine, Project Manager
martin.levine@ubc.ca
Liza Jose, Associate Director, Digital Experience
liza.jose@ubc.ca
