Privacy is Important
Here is why…
A note from Teaching & Learning, IT, and Privacy.
It is important to use only KPU procured tools to ensure that procurement, privacy, security, legal, technology compatibility and risk considerations have been appropriately reviewed and mitigated. Unauthorized technology accessed from within the KPU infrastructure can pose risk to KPU’s Information Security and core system functionality.
Institutional standardization ensures KPU maintains oversight on vendor selection and accountability. This streamlines IT management, reduces complexity and improves interoperability between systems and departments. Failure to do so may also make it difficult to track licenses held by KPU and their respective renewal periods. This will affect cost controls and quality assurance.
Procurement’s oversight over vendor selection also ensures accountability and transparency that KPU follows internal policies and provincial regulations regarding tendering processes. Software License Compliance has legal consequences related to terms of use and ensures vendors have appropriate responsibilities to us as their customer.
In addition, students appreciate consistent technology ecosystem from course to course to decrease their learning curve and the cognitive load of moving between platforms. We provide a robust suite of tools, for engagement, course delivery, and content creation to meet foundational needs. Specific applications that relate to curriculum in each program are handled separately from this core ecosystem.