Decisions made by Information & Technology Governance Groups are recorded below.
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| 5/14/2025 | The ADA Digital Accessibility Board approved the recommendation from the Course Content Action Team that faculty are expected to use Canvas and Panopto as the primary tools for course content management and delivery unless a vetted exception is granted. | |
| 3/24/2025 | UW-IT is requested to initiate a central project for IT financial risk mitigation and stewardship, and I&T Governance Boards are directed to make financial risk mitigation the highest priority in 2025 work, if applicable. | |
| 3/19/2025 | The Board charges CAS, CSE, and UW-IT with determining a funding model, and designing a centrally-supported service to enable university-wide access to the Gradescope assessment tool. The service design, funding model, and transition plan should come back to the Board for review. | |
| 2/14/2025 | The UW should start planning the Discovery phase of SIS replacement for Board review. The Board charges ASA and UW-IT with drafting and presenting a Discovery plan for review by the Board. | |
| 2/7/2025 | UW-IT is approved to implement a “pay as you play” Microsoft 365 Copilot service model where units can purchase Copilot licenses based on their specific needs, rather than a centralized funding approach. | |
| 1/27/2025 | UW-IT is charged to initiate further UW-wide discovery, analysis, planning, and resourcing for directional changes in the Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace platforms. | |
| 10/31/2024 | Recommend a 3% increase in the Technology Recharge Fee for Fiscal Year 2026. | |
| 9/26/2024 | UW-IT is asked to initiate design of an enterprise Slate Service for Admissions CRM, working with stakeholders from across the UW. | |
| 7/31/2024 | Launch a new Academic Services Board within I&T Governance.
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| 6/24/2024 | Launch a new Data Governance Board within I&T Governance, maintaining the existing data stewardship model.
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| 5/9/2024 | Data Classification structure will change to a more unified 4-tiered approach. | |
| 4/22/2024 | Endorse the first I&T Governance Charter.
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| 3/28/2024 | UW-IT will retire the central service for Husky TV in June 2024 and HFS will continue providing TV services through a vendor like Comcast, starting autumn 2024. These services will be available in the required public areas across all three campuses. | |
| 2/28/2024 | Maintain UW-IT Audio Conferencing service for mission critical use cases. |
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