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Service Name
Multimedia Facilities Management
Description This service provides ongoing management and maintenance of physical site infrastructure assets used to house multimedia teaching station infrastructure hardware and related University multimedia equipment.
Service Line
IT Service Center and Multimedia Services
Features
  • Provide consulting and expertise for physical site multimedia teaching station infrastructure assets such as floor space, mechanical, electrical, ventilation, cabling, lighting and mounting of equipment
  • Design, plan and estimate costs of appropriate multimedia accommodations for new construction and renovations
  • Acquire appropriate multimedia teaching station technologies
  • Manage and maintain physical site teaching station locations to provide clean operating environment free from litter and dust
  • Manage, test and maintain instructional multimedia classroom teaching stations
  • Represents Information Technology Services in extending multimedia services to campus clients
  • Monitor use of physical site premises to identify spaces for upgrades or downgrades to accommodate changes in multimedia equipment capability or general infrastructure
  • Oversee changes to physical site multimedia teaching station infrastructure to ensure existing services are not adversely impacted by physical site construction activities
  • Ensure proper labeling of multimedia equipment and cables in place and adequately maintained
  • Oversee repairs to physical site multimedia teaching station infrastructure components done by 3rd parties and validate that repairs meet expected benefits
  • Manage and maintain conference and meeting room audio, video and teleconferencing equipment that have been designed and installed by ITS with approved University budgets
Service Administrator (owner) Tim Hightower
VP Customer Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean
Availability 7 am - 3 pm M-F
Support Routine support and requests for consultative inquiries: IT Service Center - 864-294-3277 - help.desk@furman.edu
Initiated
  • Approved work Requests
  • Escalated Incidents or Problems from the IT Service Center
  • Recommendations from Classroom Committee
Charges Internal planning, configuration and maintenance services provided at no cost to customer - source of funds for installations, repairs and upgrades depend upon classification of space, request status (standard systems or specialty) and funding availability.
Delivery channels
  • Satisfied Work Requests
  • Consulting and Support
Prerequisites
  • Approved designated budget money specifically for the design, implementation and support of audio/video system
  • Appropriate network and construction infrastructure to support requirements
Key Service Targets
  • Track-It user feedback 90%+ positive
  • 90%+ of faculty/students reporting classroom spaces above minimum expectations on TechQual survey
  • Less than 5% of service requests representing foreseeable failures (lamps burned out, etc.)

 

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3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC, 29613
Phone: 864-294-2000