United States Distance Learning Association

Figure 1.
UF/IFAS IT’s relationship in Florida.
in accordance with the university mission:
to provide state-of-the-art information
technology to meet the needs of faculty
and students in research and teaching;
acquiring, developing, and maintaining
data and information, computers, computer
systems and networks (University of
Florida Office of Information Technology,
2006).
The infrastructure of the Office of Information
Technology consists of academic
technology, computing and networking
services (cns), and network services and
telecommunications. computer networking
services provides centralized campusbased
technology support, as well as Weband
security management. Academic Technology
provides campus-wide service to
students and faculty. Network Services
provides network status, traffic, security,
and spam reporting. These three branches
assist to ensure that the UF’s technology
functions efficiently and effectively.
The Office of Academic Technology provides
production services and facilities,
accommodating both television and special
project production for the University of
Florida community. Video and ollaboration
services (VCS) provides video production
services for internal use and for-hire
projects. Emphasis is on planning and production
of educational and instructional
videos. Postproduction editing can be
done either by VCS staff, with the assistance
of VCS staff, or by others, with fullyequipped
non-linear digital video editing
systems, with graphics compositing, 2-D
and 3-D motion effects, and music and
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