In June 2009, Seattle
University purchased the “ActiveCampus Portal” product from Datatel. The Active
Campus Portal will replace the current student portal (https://mysu.seattleu.edu) and also allows for the creation of a faculty/staff
portal site. With ActiveCampus Portal, everyone will have a personalized home
page from which they can more easily access the Angel learning management
system, WebAdvisor for course registration and grades, campus calendaring,
newsfeeds, and other Seattle University resources.
The ActiveCampus Portal is based on
Microsoft’s SharePoint technology and is designed to provide a fully integrated
communications and collaboration solution for campus. The ActiveCampus Portal
assists in disseminating appropriate information to the right audiences across
campus, so students, faculty, and staff are better informed of campus
information.
A campus project team, including OIT,
will begin working on the implementation of the ActiveCampus Portal starting in
October, 2009. The first phase of the project will be focused on the
replacement of the current “MySU” Student portal. The second phase of the
implementation will focus on the creation of a Faculty/Staff portal.
While there is much work to be done, this
system will help us tackle our campus-wide communication challenges. We can all
look forward to this exciting new communication and collaboration system in
2010!
For
more information contact Don Sullivan, Director of Application Services,
at dsullivan@seattleu.edu or
206-296-6259.