University of Alberta

Office of the Vice-Provost (Information Technology)

Welcome to the Office of the Vice-Provost (Information Technology). This office was established in July, 2004 with the goal to lead the development, evolution and implementation of a long-range information and communications technology (ICT) plan for the University. We also participate in and represent the University, as appropriate, on all major ICT initiatives undertaken by the University. The office oversees two major support units on campus: Academic Information and Communication Technologies (AICT), and Administrative Information Systems (AIS).

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest news:
  • April 3, 2012: The nomination deadline for the annual IT Awards has been extended to Monday May 14. Please submit your nomination(s) to Jonathan Schaeffer
  • March 18, 2012: Read the 2012-2017 IT Plan. Feedback is welcome and should be sent to vpit@ualberta.ca.
  • January 19, 2012: Nominations for the annual IT Awards are now being accepted. Please submit your nomination(s) to Jonathan Schaeffer (jonathan@ualberta.ca).
  • January 1, 2012: Any laptop containing university data must be encrypted. Get more information and find out how to encrypt your laptop's data here.
  • The VP(IT) office is developing a long-range information technology plan for the University of Alberta. Find out more about it here.
  • Instructors are encouraged to consider migrating courses to the new eClass powered by Moodle for Fall 2011.
  • It is now official! The University is moving forward with consolidating and centralizing its email systems with the education edition of Google Apps. Read the announcement.
  • Check out the uAlberta iPhone app. Also available: a mobile Web app for uAlberta.
  • Read the October 2011 Edition of the VPIT Newsletter.

Important documents published by our office:

  • 2010 Learning Management System Evaluation Team Report [PDF]
  • 2009 Learning Management System Review [PDF]
  • Information Technology Plan: Interchange 2007-2010 [MS-WORD] [PDF]
  • E-Learning Report 2005: A Foundation for Transformation [HTML] [PDF] [MS-WORD]
[Archived News]

Our office consists of:

  • Rob Lake
    Information Technology Planning and Forecasting Officer

  • Scott Delinger
    Information Technology Strategic Initiatives Officer