Faculty and staff may submit suggestions for new software for installation in computer labs and classrooms. Please note the following deadlines are applicable for the labs/rooms that are supported by Academic Technology.For easy reference, the deadline to request new software has been set as the last student withdrawal date of the previous semester. Thus, changes for summer session must be made by the last withdrawal date in the preceding spring semester, and so onsoftware requests for computer labs and classrooms must be made at least 60 days prior to the start of the semester. See the Florida Poly Academic Calendar for specific dates. Requests made as early as possible are appreciated. After the deadline, changes may will be accommodated on a case-by-case basis if possible; however, this . Changes to software in the labs and classrooms may not always be possible due to classroom availability and staffing limitations.
In order to ensure all software is fully tested on in our standard lab environment, software must be requested by the deadlines stated above. Software or software upgrade requests received after the academic term will be at the discretion of the Information Technology Services Department based on staff availability. Commercial software beyond end-of-life and/or any software without active support will not be considered. Technology Services will not install trial, demo, or similar limited-use software.
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Terms and conditions must be approved by the Office of General Council or Procurement before purchase and installation. This includes all open source and freeware software. All software licenses and media are managed by the Information Technology Services Department to assure compliance with licensing. Software that is not managed by the Information Technology Services Department will be uninstalled from university computers.
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By requesting installation of this software, you agree to provide professional expertise in testing the software within our time frame prior to deployment to campus computers, in order to insure proper installation, functionality and customization of the software. The contact person below requestor of the software or another qualified individual must be available during the testing and/or deployment period.