The vendor is required to provide software solution should be an existing commercial package developed specifically for higher education:
• Support strategic college planning by facilitating the articulation and dissemination of institutional information, and by tracking goal achievement vertically, horizontally and longitudinally across all academic and functional areas and levels of the college;
• Support outcomes assessment by capturing learning outcomes at the course, program, and institutional level in concert with d2l bright pace, and by supporting the analysis and reporting of those data
• Support re-accreditation efforts with a robust document depository which links continuous improvements to MSCHE standards for accreditation, and
• Capture and export teaching and advising, faculty intellectual contributions, research and creative activities, service and professional associations.
- Technical specifications:
• Solution has been offered and supported by vendor for no less than three (3) years
• Solution must meet web content accessibility guidelines 2.0 a & aa standards; vendor must provide their VPAT
• Robust integration with d2l bright space that enables faculty to work in the LMS rather than the AMS, and allows bi-directional flow of data.
• Robust initial and on-going client support which includes uploading initial data into the platform as well as a strong support partnership for the life of the contract.
o Run in a hosted environment ("software as a service")
o The environment must be a secure facility and include frequent backups (or some other method to ensure an up-to-date copy), off-site storage of the data, and full disaster recovery capabilities
o If it is hosted in a public cloud, the cloud provider and the level of service must be specified
o All data transmissions must be encrypted; all web traffic must be via ssl
o The college owns its data and must be able to extract and download any or all of it at any time
- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: May 14, 2025