District Software Categories

The district maintains a portfolio of software to support all academic, operational, safety, and management services.  This portfolio of software is nearly 200 different titles that the Office of Information and Technology maintain access, security and governance over.  The district relies heavily on 2 nationwide standards body to help standardize access to applications and data - IMS Global Learning Consortium and Ed-Fi Alliance Data Standards.  Changes, supports and governance of these applications happens in collaboration with Business Owners (the individual or department that requires the application) and the Technology Management Committee to help streamline expectations, deliverables, and most importantly the reliability and security of our district software.  

To help the governance and understanding of all district software services, the district maintains applications in 3 primary categories. More information can be found in the procedural document OIT_20 Supported Software Applications.

1. Managed Software Applications and Tools

Applications that have been fully vetted and reviewed by the district. Software in this category have
signed contracts and data confidentiality agreements. These applications can store staff and student
data, including student rosters. These applications may also store non-directory level student data.
Starting in the 2019/2020 school year all district supported applications must have a completed
Business Justification Document and have gone through a comprehensive review by the Technology
Management Committee.

2. Reviewed/Not Supported Applications and Tools

Applications in this category are available on the Student Resource or Staff Resource pages of the
district website.

Applications in this category have been reviewed by either the district curriculum office (if a Student
Resource) or the information technology department (if a Staff Resource). These tools do not store
student or staff data.

Use of educational resources and entry of individual identifiable data into systems which have
not been reviewed to ensure security and compliance with privacy requirements may be in
violation of district policy, and state and federal privacy laws. Further, such actions may be
considered a violation of professional ethics.

3. Unsupported Applications and Tools

Applications that have not been reviewed or recommended for use. If used, these applications
should not store student or staff data. The district provides no support for these tools and assumes
no responsibility for the information contained within.

Use of educational resources and entry of individual identifiable data into systems which have
not been reviewed to ensure security and compliance with privacy requirements may be in
violation of district policy, and state and federal privacy laws. Further, such actions may be
considered a violation of professional ethics.