Optimize educational resources and enhance student outcomes with centralized IT asset management.

Education

Key benefits for education:

The IT Portal provides educational institutions with a comprehensive platform for managing technology infrastructure across campuses, improving efficiency, and ensuring uninterrupted learning. Organize resources by campuses, buildings, departments, and classrooms to match your institution's structure.

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    Campus-Wide Resource Management

    Organize IT assets by campus, building, department, and classroom. Track computer labs, smart boards, projectors, and network equipment by physical location. Faculty can quickly see what technology is available in each classroom or lab. IT staff can efficiently plan upgrades, maintenance, and deployments based on building schedules and academic calendars.

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    Multi-Campus Asset Visibility

    Use Synopsis View to see technology distribution across all campuses, buildings, and departments at a glance. Compare resource allocation between facilities to ensure equity. Track expensive equipment like 3D printers, lab equipment, and specialized software licenses. Identify underutilized resources that could be redistributed to areas of need.

  • 05
    Budget Optimization by Department

    Track technology spending by campus, building, and department for accurate budget allocation. Identify opportunities for bulk purchasing across facilities. Monitor software license usage to eliminate waste. Plan refresh cycles by building to spread capital expenses. Generate reports showing technology investments and needs by academic department for funding requests.

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    Education-Focused Support

    Our team understands educational IT challenges from K-12 to higher education. We help structure your documentation to match your institution's organization - districts, campuses, buildings, and departments. Get assistance setting up academic year planning, summer refresh tracking, and E-rate documentation. Training includes best practices for managing computer labs, classroom technology, and 1:1 device programs.

  • 02
    Enhanced Student & Faculty Experience

    Ensure classrooms have working technology when needed. Faculty can view available resources in their assigned rooms and report issues directly. IT maintains detailed documentation for audiovisual systems, ensuring quick resolution when problems arise. Student computer labs stay operational with proactive monitoring of licenses, warranties, and refresh cycles by location.

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    Educational Data Security

    Document data handling procedures by department to ensure student privacy. Track which systems contain sensitive records and who has access. Set different security policies for administrative buildings versus public computer labs. Maintain audit trails for compliance reporting. Grant role-based access so department IT staff only see their authorized areas while central IT maintains oversight.

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    Flexible Deployment for Diverse Needs

    Deploy cloud-based for easy access across multiple campuses or on-premises for complete data control. Mobile apps let technicians update classroom equipment status in real-time. Grant read-only access to department heads and faculty for transparency. Support both centralized IT models and distributed campus IT teams with appropriate access controls for each location.

By leveraging the IT Portal's hierarchical organization and Synopsis View, educational institutions gain complete visibility into technology resources across all facilities, enabling data-driven decisions that enhance learning outcomes while optimizing IT investments.

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The IT Portal is a cloud-based/on-prem platform that allows IT teams and managed service providers (MSPs) to store and manage technical information, documentation, and data related to their IT infrastructure. It provides secure access to company-specific documentation, including passwords, configurations, and IT knowledge bases (KBs). The platform also allows for the logical grouping of resources such as sites, facilities, cabinets, and IP networks. The IT Portal integrates with other IT tools, including PSA, RMMs, and data sets like Microsoft 365, and offers features such as password history, revision control, and access logs. The platform is trusted by IT departments around the world and has been used by over 10,000 IT professionals and company users since 2007.