Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for July 2025 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Provost’s Office Launches Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub: In spring 2025, the Office of the Provost launched a new website serving as a central hub for artificial intelligencerelated information and activity at the University of Georgia. The site features details about the Leadership Council on AI, the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and AI initiatives at UGA. The site also provides guidance on the use of AI, along with resources and tools for students, faculty, and staff. Visit the site at https://aihub.uga.edu/. For questions, comments, or contributions, please contact Mike Wooten at mwooten@uga.edu.
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QuestionPro Survey Research Tool Now Available: QuestionPro is the new enterprise survey research tool available to students, faculty, and staff free of charge. This platform includes tools for the creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys, along with tabletbased mobile research and data visualization. EITS launched QuestionPro for campus use by faculty and staff on March 17, 2025, and it is now available to all students. There will be two migration and training sessions this fall, on September 4 and October 6. Registration links for these sessions are available at https://eits.uga.edu/about/initiatives/survey_tool/migrationworkshops/. All recordings from the migration and training sessions from spring have been uploaded at the link above. For more information about QuestionPro, visit questionpro.uga.edu or contact surveytools@uga.edu.
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Qualtrics Cost-Sharing Program Planning Underway: To assist departments interested in continued use of Qualtrics after December 2025, EITS has instituted a cost-sharing program. The deadline to opt-in to the cost-sharing program was May 1, 2025, and costsharing program participants have received recommendations for survey clean-ups. Effective January 2026, Qualtrics access will be limited to cost-sharing program participants only, and UGA Single Sign-On will be required. Current faculty and staff who are not part of the cost-sharing program will retain Qualtrics access through December 2025 and have received information on transitioning to alternative survey tools. Students will have access to Qualtrics until August 1, 2025. After this time, they should use QuestionPro as their primary survey tool. For more information, contact surveytools@uga.edu.
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Alchemer Survey Tool now Available: For units and departments who need additional survey tools, EITS offers Alchemer on a cost-recovery basis. Once purchased, Alchemer may be used by faculty and staff for survey research and administrative use when alternative tools are not sufficient to meet the unit's needs. Units purchasing Alchemer licenses are responsible for setting up UGA Single Sign-On (UGA SSO) for their instance. Units can purchase Alchemer licenses through UGAmart. For more information about Alchemer, visit https://www.alchemer.com/education/, or reach out to Procurement at procure@uga.edu.
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