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How to request new technology equipment and/or software for Berry faculty and staff
All Berry College owned faculty and staff computers, peripheral devices, and non-discipline specific software are to be purchased through the Office of Information Technology. Please email oitpurchasing@berry.edu for information.
OIT is happy to work with faculty and staff to define needs and help select the appropriate equipment. We will order the equipment and schedule installation.
For software requests, we will be able to let you know if we already have a license for specific software. If we don't have the requested software, if the purchase is approved we will work to get the best possible price.
Faculty, Staff, and Student Personal (not owned by Berry) Devices:
We are unable to work on personal devices, but there are discounts available through our vendors.
Lenovo: www.govconnection.com/berrycollege
Apple: https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/back-to-school
Microsoft Office: Personal Use
Under the license agreement Berry College has with Microsoft, faculty and staff can utilize Microsoft Office software on their personal devices.
Licensed employees have rights to the self-service installation of Office from the Office 365 portal.
Install rights are based on a 5x5x5 model (15 total installs, 5 per device type):
- Up to 5 PC or Mac laptops/desktops
- Up to 5 smartphones
- Up to 5 tablets
For example: if a staff member has a Berry owned/provided laptop (1), desktop (1) , tablet and phone with Office installed, they are eligible to install additional instances of Office on following:
- Up to 3 additional devices PC or Mac laptops/desktops.
- Up to 4 smartphones
- Up to 4 tablets
Download instructions are here: https://support.berry.edu/TDClient/156/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=2446&SIDs=393