Digital AV and CTAS have a long history together, working on various platforms and addressing IT needs since 19xx. Over the years, Digital AV’s relationship with CTAS has evolved from a short-term IT contractor to a long-term IT partner and a trusted technology advisor. Digital AV has also provided a number of design and web development services for CTAS and its sibling companies. Some of these projects are recapped here.
ctas.tennessee.edu
In 2015, Digital AV began working on a number of projects that would overhaul the entire CTAS web presence, starting with the main website.
The previous CTAS website, which had been online for a number of years, was based on a back-end product that the University was phasing out. Additionally, three other pieces of the CTAS web presence were based on this technology. Digital AV proposed switching over the four sites to a system based on the open-source content management system, Drupal. Drupal, which is used extensively by higher education and state and federal government entities, provides the extensibility, flexibility and security needed by a client with complex needs like CTAS. Digital AV had already done a proof-of-concept for CTAS using the Drupal platform by creating the award-winning electronic library (eLi) that is used extensively throughout the Tennessee county government system.
The main portion of the CTAS website contains basic information about CTAS and the services offered. The directory portion of the stie contains detailed information on County and Judicial Officials. In the calendar area, events are displayed for CTAS activities as well as the activities of sibling services, like the Municipal Technical Assistance Service. Site calendars are synched in the background using Drupal feeds. Lastly, the Private Acts for Tennessee’s 95 counties are available to be searched or printed by county employees and constituents.
In various stages of this project, Digital AV acted both as Technology Advisors and Long-Term IT Partners.