It provides a software infrastructure to help administrators, academics and students perform their work at the university by creating, developing and maintaining distinguished electronic systems based on a study and analysis of the requirements of the university’s departments and faculties, in order to adapt to the university’s orientations and in line with the continuous progress of information technology. It also publishes everything related to websites in Arabic and English, starting with the university’s main website, the websites of the faculties with all their departments, the websites of the scientific research and administrative centres, and the websites of the units, sources, offices, and institutes, where it consists of:
- Analysis and Programming Section
- Web and Website Services Section.
- Systems and Databases Section.
Objectives of the Systems and Databases Section:
- Providing a software infrastructure to help administrators, academics and students perform their work by creating and developing software systems and computerizing all administrative, production and academic work at the university.
- Maintain and ensure the integrity of the university database.
- Work on completing the installation process of the systems, training and awareness for all system users, and preparing the relevant guidelines.
- Supporting the communication and interaction process between the programming section and other sections within the centre and with other departments that use electronic systems at the university.
- Support and enhance the e-learning environment at the university.
- Developing information systems to suit Internet services and automating their use, whether inside or outside the university.
- Keeping pace with the continuous development related to information technology and preparing for advanced training courses to absorb this development and benefit from its new developments.
- To be a primary source of technical information and an advisory body in the field of information technology, providing its services to all departments and sections of the university.
The presence of cadres with distinguished and specialized experience in the field of work of the section
***Summary of the activities and achievements of the Systems and Databases Section:
1- Preserving and ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of the university’s database.
2- Analyzing, designing, programming and testing current and new systems to suit the new needs of the university. These systems include:
- University financial management system.
- Employees Affairs System.
- Electronic Correspondence System.
- University’s Teaching Staff Affairs Management System
- Student Electronic Record System.
- Electronic Registration System.
- Student Electronic Result System.
- Student Services.
- Alumni Services.
- Electronic Student Complaints System.
- Electronic Library Systems.
- Digital Repository Systems.
- Internal Phone Management System.
- Electronic Card System.
- Electronic Portals
- Electronic Payment Systems.
3- Follow up on the development and maintenance of existing software, its continuous evaluation, and preparing the necessary technical documentation for the software.
- Supporting the communication and interaction process between the Programming and Systems Development Department and other departments that use electronic systems at the university.
- Providing technical support and follow-up to system users, solving their problems, providing assistance to them, and responding to their inquiries as quickly as possible.
- Preparing a technical and practical user guide for this software
- Conducting workshops for users to provide detailed information about the different systems, their capabilities and how to use them.
4- Developing the servers and software used to suit the university’s needs and keep pace with modern developments:
- Creating a new database server at the university DB Server
- Continuously develop the version used in application server programming to keep pace with the latest developments.
- The version used in database server programming is constantly being developed to keep pace with the latest developments.
6- Developing the expertise of the programming and systems development department employees in line with the university’s needs and keeping pace with modern developments:
- Training : Attending advanced training activities such as: Attending the Electronic Library Systems .
- Lectures: Attending various lectures to keep up with the most important developments in the world of programming and databases.
- Workshops: – Conducting monthly lectures for the centre’s programmers to learn about all the systems at the university.
Future Outlook:
- Bringing university systems to full quality.
- Applying the best standards regarding the work of the Programming and Systems Development Division.
- Using the latest technical means appropriate to the work and nature of the centre.
- Completion of building the university database.
- Developing information systems to be compatible with Internet services and automating their use, whether inside or outside the university.
- To be a primary source of technical information and an advisory body in the field of information technology, providing its services to all departments and sections of the university.
Develop comprehensive plans in the field of information technology and its various uses in the educational sector
