The Information Technology Center helps students look toward the future by offering an extensive range of information and communications technologies (ICT).
The Information Technology Center provides an educational and research media system consisting of computer labs and information systems that are used in educational and research activities as well as an on‐campus network that operates in accordance with various information security measures. It recognizes the importance of preparing students to contribute to the development of society while utilizing ICT and works to achieve that goal.
One example of the labs the Center provides is its group learning classrooms, designed to help improve students' communication skills and ICT skills. Since students can learn while interacting with others while using ICT in the classroom, the environment provides an ideal setting for active learning. By learning in such an environment, students are able to gain skills that will be essential in their lives as working adults.
Since the Center's e‐learning system can be accessed from off‐campus as well as during classroom instruction, it facilitates efficient and effective study by helping students learn without regard to time or place.
The Information Technology Center will continue to advance the educational and research environment while looking toward the future of our society and that of our students so that it can provide an environment in which students can grow and develop to meet society's expectations.
An educational and research environment in which students grow to meet society's expectations
| Multifunctional Facility and Services | Providing about 1,000 education-use computers |
|---|---|
| Providing classrooms for language learning | |
| Providing Fukuoka University's official cloud storage service (FU_box) | |
| Providing classrooms for group study | |
| Providing “bring-your-own-device” space | |
| Providing specialized equipment like large-format printers | |
| High-performance Network | High-speed campus LAN |
| Automatic detection of unauthorized communications | |
| Providing redundancy for Internet connectivity | |
| Providing multiple wireless LAN access points | |
| Improving security through network authentication | |
| Secure access from off-campus through a VPN | |
| Enhancing the Software Environment | Providing cloud services |
| Providing site licenses | |
| Providing an e-learning system | |
| Providing an application distribution system | |
| Distributing Microsoft Office and other software free of charge | |
| Enhancing User Support Structures | Establishing help desks |
| Maintaining a full-time advisory staff | |
| Maintaining a full-time system engineering staff | |
| Publishing and providing information system manuals | |
| Hosting various classes | |
| Enhancing information security | Providing a multi-factor authentication system |
| Providing a website content filtering service | |
| Distributing free anti-virus software | |
| Establishing the Fukuoka University Computer Security Incident Response Team (FU-CSIRT) | |
| Offering information security training |