Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for March 2025 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings
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QuestionPro Survey Research Tool Launching March 17, 2025: QuestionPro will be the next 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 tablet-based mobile research and data visualization. More information, including training resources and workshops for migrating Qualtrics surveys to the new platform, will be provided when QuestionPro is launched on March 17, 2025. All faculty and staff will have access to Qualtrics through December 2025 to provide time for this transition. For more information, visit https://eits.uga.edu/about/initiatives/survey_tool/questionpro/ or contact surveytools@uga.edu.
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Qualtrics Transitioning to Cost-Sharing Program: Qualtrics will transition to a costsharing program where the University covers 50% of Qualtrics usage costs, while departments, schools, and colleges will be responsible for the remaining 50%, allocated according to their employees’ continued use of Qualtrics. All current faculty and staff account holders will continue to have access to Qualtrics through December 2025, but only departments participating in the cost-sharing program will retain access in January 2026. Sample per-survey response rates and estimated annual fees have been provided to Deans and CBOs to aid in their evaluation of the continued use of Qualtrics. Departments that wish to pay for continued use of Qualtrics will be asked to opt in by May 1, 2025. For more information, visit https://eits.uga.edu/about/initiatives/survey_tool/qualtrics/ or contact . surveytools@uga.edu.
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Duo Multi-Factor Authentication for Retirees, Departmental, and Microsoft 365 Cloud ZAccounts: Beginning March 7, 2025, retirees will use Duo Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to log into their UGA Microsoft 365 accounts, including UGAMail, from off-campus or untrusted networks. This update ensures that retirees are provided with the same protection as current students, faculty, and staff to help keep UGA accounts secure. Retirees received email and postal mail notices throughout February with instructions on how to use Duo. EITS will implement Duo for departmental MyIDs in April. Cloud zaccount changes were implemented in February. For more information, contact Lance Peiper at lpeiper@uga.edu.
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2025 UGA Technology Survey to be Administered: The Vice President for Information Technology will administer the annual TechQual survey for UGA students, faculty, and staff this month. The survey will be sent to a random sample of students and employees. They will be asked to gauge the effectiveness of several technology services at the University, such as network connectivity, websites, administrative systems, and wireless services. The results of the TechQual survey are used to guide future IT initiatives at the University. For more information, contact Stacy Boyles at stacy.boyles@uga.edu.
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FY25 user access verification kicks off March 27, 2025: In preparation for the financial state audit for FY25, EITS will conduct a verification of all user accounts for several systems. Verification will kick off March 27, 2025, and will include Banner systems, the
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