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Faculty Receive New Technology Through TACIT

Posted on: November 15th, 2011 by Deetra Wiley

Ninety-six faculty members were approved recipients as part of this year’s TACIT program.  Now in its thirteenth year, TACIT provides for the cyclical replacement of faculty technology and is sponsored by the Provost’s Office and carried out by the Office of Information Technology (IT).  Only full-time instructional faculty and full-time faculty with computers purchased prior to January 2007  were eligible to apply.  Faculty were given the opportunity to choose from the following PC or Mac replacement options:  desktop, desktop with iPad2, laptop, or laptop with external monitor, keyboard, and docking accessories.  A new option for this year was the iPad2 to give faculty who chose desktop models a mobility option.  All computers came with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat Professional,  and Symantec Anti-virus software.

IT's Chris Reichley teaching "Adobe Flash for Online Interactive Education"

The distribution of technology was as follows:

  •  iPad2s: 38
  •  PC Desktops: 32
  •  PC Laptops: 12
  •  27″ iMac Desktops: 15
  •  MacBook Pro Laptops: 33

As part of the program, faculty members attended the general TACIT training session and at least two workshops during the period of  October 31- November 11.  The Faculty Technology Development Center (FTDC) offered a variety of workshops on different topics such as PowerPoint, Blackboard Grade Center, Blackboard Safe Assignments, Tips and Tricks, All About the iPad, Podcasting, etc.

For more information about TACIT or other technology offerings for faculty, please contact the Faculty Technology Development Center  at (662) 915-7918, ftdc@olemiss.edu or the  Provost’s Office at (662) 915-5974.

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