Popular Services

Portal (Pioneer Portal)

Pioneer Portal is a user’s gateway to self-service.

Student Self-Service and Student Planning

Students have access to self-service where they can plan their degree, register for courses, contact their academic advisors, and (soon) manage holds and financial information.

WebAdvisor (Colleague)

WebAdvisor allows users to access a variety of university services. The set of services available to a user depends on the role(s) the user has within the university.

Canvas (Learning Management System)

Canvas is a web-based application which allows instructors to put class materials on the Internet. It provides a variety of tools to facilitate teaching and learning. All courses at TWU use Canvas.

Academic Agreement Review

To submit Academic Agreements for review and/or Provost signature including clinical and non-clinical affiliation agreements, Research and Sponsored Program Agreements, MOUs for academic purposes, and all other agreements that support the academic functions of the University, but that do not require the payment of money. Additionally, you may request Office of General Counsel assistance in creating a completely new contract from scratch, if necessary.

Software Discounts

TWU negotiates with vendors to provide TWU students, faculty, and staff access to discounted software for their personal machines and devices.

Technology Service Desk

Unlike a “help desk”, which primarily provides only information, a “service desk” owns the incidents and questions reported to it and has the training and ability to resolve a high percentage of queries, thereby facilitating faster resolution times to its customers and users.

Email Accounts

TWU utilizes both Microsoft Exchange and Google Suite for Education for email service.

Technology Service Ticketing System

The Technology Service Center is TWU's 100% web-based service request solution for technology support.

Risk Assessment

Laws (TAC and HIPAA) and industry mandates (PCI) require organizations to assess their vulnerabilities and risks.

Oracle E-Business Suite (Phoenix)

In addition to primary support with the Oracle "Phoenix" E-Business Suite (Budget, Finance, & HR) system, Enterprise Applications can provide "out of the box" support to meet the unique requirements of a TWU department, group, or business organization--whether the need is a minor adjustment to the existing software or the implementation of a new product, new screen/form, report, or process.

Quotes

IT Solutions offers the ability to create quotes and request bids for Office, Classroom, Lab, or Conference room technology needs. Requesting a quote or bid through IT Solutions ensures that users will receive the correct technology that will fulfill the needs of the project at the best possible price.

Mailing Lists (Listserv)

Technology coordinates mailing lists associated with HR records for faculty, staff, students, adjunct faculty, GTAs, etc. Lists are also broken-down by department and by campus.

Student Information System (Ellucian Colleague WebUI)

Colleague is the software package that houses the University’s information in areas that include processing of student applications and registration, scheduling of classes, assisting in financial aid processing, processing of payment of tuition and fees, reporting grades and transcripts, and more.

Productivity Software

Choose from various software to support word processing, data analysis, presentations, desktop publishing, calendar-keeping, emailing, and PDF needs.

Procurement Contract Review

Request Office of General Counsel review for Procurement Contracts. Additionally, you may request Office of General Counsel assistance in creating a completely new contract from scratch, if necessary.

Phones

TWU’s basic phone service is maintained and supported by IT Solutions.

Statistics Software

A variety of statistical software is available at TWU. Popular software includes SPSS, nVivo, R, and SAS.

Standard Software

TWU-owned computers and devices come pre-loaded with a standard selection of software that will suit the business and academic needs of most users at TWU.

Software Assessment and Implementation

IT Solutions can assist its colleagues to find software options, evaluate them, make a good decision, and then purchase the system in a way that protects the end users.

Usernames and Passwords (Pioneer Portal)

All faculty, staff, and students associated with Texas Woman's University must have a Pioneer Portal account. This account is the key to unlocking several information pages that are found only on TWU's Intranet (Portal).

Anti-virus and Malware Protection

Antivirus is protective software designed to defend a computer against malicious software.

Reporting (SQL Reports)

IT Solutions provides access to transaction data as well as historical data that resides in any of TWU's centrally maintained systems.

Moving Computers (Inventory Control)

All computers are classified as “controlled items” by State Property Accounting (SPA). TWU is required by the State to maintain an inventory of all computers. Property Control in Facilities Management is responsible for maintaining the inventory of controlled and capitalized items.

Academic Departments & Business Offices

The Business Applications team support third-party application integration for several academic departments and business offices. Examples of software include CourseLeaf, OnBase,Terminal4, and TerraDotta.