Welcome to The Office of Information Technology

Welcome to the new and improved Office of Information Technology website. Our goal is to create a customer service centric site that provides self-help capabilities, multiple methods of locating information and interacting with the Office of Information Technology (OIT).

OIT provides information technology services and resources that support and enhance Georgia Perimeter College’s teaching, learning, research, and administrative activities.

Welcome to The Office of Information Technology

OIT provides information technology services and resources that support and enhance Georgia Perimeter College’s teaching, learning, research, and administrative activities.

Check out our Services section

In an effort to improve your online experience the Office of Information Technology asked you, our customers, through surveys and interviews what you wanted from an Information Technology website. Based on your feedback, OIT worked hard to produce a product that meets your needs by enhancing the website to be your comprehensive resource for technology information and services. You will find that we have created multiple methods of locating OIT services – Service Desk, By Name, By Audience, By Category. Please visit the Find a Service section.

iCollege, Blackboard Vista, Desire2Learn and What it Means to You

Georgia Perimeter College is pleased to announce that the University System of Georgia has selected Desire2Learn (D2L) to replace Blackboard (WebCT) Vista. GPC's learning management system known as iCollege will no longer be powered by Blackboard Vista per the recommendation of the USG Learning Management System Transition Task Force. The LMS Task Force was charged with recommending a Learning Management System to replace the current system that will no longer be supported by Blackboard effective January 2013.

An LMS software application is designed to manage online classroom activities and includes functionality such as a learning repository for course content, assignments, discussion boards, messaging, assessment, grades, and communications between faculty and students. The D2L learning management system offers us an innovative solution that is intuitive and user friendly with sophisticated course building capabilities, extensive reporting, assessment and collaboration options, and flexibility for matching the learning environment to the unique learning preferences of GPC.

This innovative solution offers the following and much more:

    Feature-rich Teaching and Learning tools
    Accessibility best practices
    Robust measurement and assessment options
    Social learning and sharing
    Personalization options
    Mobile access

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Interested in what is available when designing a course? Desire2Learn offers the following Design and Delivery Tools:

    Classlist
    Intelligent Agents
    User Progress and Attendance
    Instructional Design Wizard
    Course Builder

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For the GPC implementation timeline and additional details, visit the project website. Please use the project website to keep abreast of the transition from Blackboard Vista to Desire2Learn.

If you have any questions regarding the transition, please address them to the iCollege Advisory Committee by sending an emial to icac@gpc.edu. The Advisory Committee will use the questions received to update the project website, including frequently asked questions.