Canisius College PortalCanisius College Portal

Senior Operating Team 7/19/2011Joel A. Cohen, Ph. D.

Associate Vice President for Library and Information Services

What is a portal?What is a portal?

An enterprise portal creates a common gateway to access data and services that campus constituents use to effectively share information, efficiently deliver services, and foster collaboration. (Matthew Coombs, Director of Systems Development at San Joaquin Delta College)

Differences from the Canisius College Web Site

(www.canisius.edu)

Differences from the Canisius College Web Site

(www.canisius.edu) myCanisius is targeted toward specific Canisius

College audiences myCanisius will display different information

depending on your “role” Role initially developed: student Soon: faculty and staff

LIS Initiatives-Administrative ComputingCampus Portal

LIS Initiatives-Administrative ComputingCampus Portal

Desirable features Single Sign On Integration of applications Integrated campus calendar Facilitated communication with user communities Customized interface for individuals based on their

preferences Content management

From a presentation of LIS 2003 Master Plan:

Portal Adoption in Higher EdPortal Adoption in Higher Ed

Campus Pipeline, a portal vendor that integrated with Banner, was a factor in Canisius selecting Banner in 2000. Campus Pipeline was “free”, and the Banner team (and many others outside Canisius) concluded that you get what you pay for..

2002-Campus Pipeline purchased by SCT and becomes Luminis. Luminis was not free. Estimated first year cost: $500,000

Portals widely adopted in higher ed: in Fall 2009, over 80% of private universities had a portal or had one under development (Campus Computing 2009).

CampusEAI Grant ProgramCampusEAI Grant Program CampusEAI is a consortium of over 250 higher

education institutions that focuses on portal and related technologies.

Canisius College awarded $1,027,500 in goods and services over a five year period toward implementation of MyCampus.

The College share will be $30,000/year.

Project TeamWalt Drabek, ChairProject Team

Walt Drabek, Chair

Russ Caliano (ITS) Joel Cohen (LIS) Larry Deni (ITS) George Emery (Library) Chris Filkins (ITS) Blair Foster (Records) Mike George (Enrollment

Management) Terri Mangione (Student

Affairs)

Chuck Pustelnik (Web) Joe Rizzo (ITS) Estelle Siener (ITS) Kevin Smith (Student

Accounts) Connie Trowbridge (HR) Several students drafted

at various points. One of most influential: Jennifer Castiglione

Messaging (email NOT)Messaging (email NOT)

Events & NewsEvents & News

Events & NewsEvents & News

Feedback & pollsFeedback & polls

Applications Applications

ApplicationsApplications

ApplicationsApplications

ApplicationsApplications

Social NetworkingSocial Networking

Frequently called numbersFrequently called numbers

Communities/FutureCommunities/Future