Software Upgrade and Deployment Schedule

COCC Software Request Timeline

Your observance of the following timeline dates will help ITS deploy software applications (whether new or updated versions of existing software applications) on campus classroom computers. Actions to be completed by Instruction are highlighted in color and should be emailed to Ken Harmon & Jeff Richards in ITS.

To submit your requests relating to the below schedule please submit the Request for New Software form.

Timeline	Action
JANUARY 31	Submit input on campus computer operating system for the coming academic year.
JANUARY 31	Submit input on Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage) version for the coming academic year.
FEBRUARY 15	Decision on campus computer operating system for the coming academic year is finalized.
FEBRUARY 28	Decision on the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage) version for the coming academic year is finalized.
MARCH 15	Academic Departments complete final review of current software application needs. Notify ITS of any software application that should be retired.
MARCH	Base image for the computer is configured by ITS.
APRIL 15	1. Academic Departments alert ITS of any new software applications or software updates they expect or hope to have available during the coming academic year. These applications (even trial version of these applications) are tested on the “base computer image” to make sure all runs well 2. Please provide ITS with software licensing contract information.
JUNE	Planning and testing of the computer image is finalized. Changes after this date are HIGHLY discouraged and should only be requested if the need is extremely urgent.
JULY	Final building of the computer image is completed.
AUGUST	Computers are imaged and deployed on campus.

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