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SCSU Technology Update FY05. Technology for Teaching and Learning. Electronic Classroom Support. Upgraded 79 e-classrooms and added 19 new classrooms. Installed telephones in all e-classrooms.
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Electronic Classroom Support • Upgraded 79 e-classrooms and added 19 new classrooms. • Installed telephones in all e-classrooms. • Installed a standard control system in each room, allowing all functions to be monitored from a single location • Designed and deployed individualized instruction manuals for all e-classrooms. • Received on-going maintenance and replacement funding for e-classrooms. • Installed additional security chains and anti-theft devices.
MediaSite • “Rich Media” tool • Combines streaming video, PowerPoint, and chat • Can be used with a phone bridge • Not tied to ITV classrooms
74% increase
http://reflections.mndigital.org/ • SCSU is the lead institution for the state on the project • “Minnesota Reflections,” was launched • Continue to seek additional grants
§ § drop due to change in database aggregator contracts
§ § one of four gate counters was malfunctioning from September through January
14 Open Labs (386 Computers)7 Miller Center Labs (193 Computers)31 Discipline Related Labs (788 Computers)----------------------------------------------------------52 Total Labs (1367 Computers)
Student Training • 95 Software workshops offered on 16 different topics; 649 students attended • 44 technology instruction sessions for SCSU courses serving 2,872 students • 298 Library instruction sessions,7,372 students attended
70.5% 29.5%
College Support Technicians • Have at least one college technician in every college • Regular meetings of all campus technicians • Listserv for campus technicians • Working to develop common procedures, standardize e-classroom support • Discussion of common problems, sharing of knowledge, etc.
Training/Workshops • CIS: 9 different software products, 46 different topic areas, focused primarily on Microsoft products, adding Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification and testing center • IMS: 15 different software products, 51 different topic areas, many on aspects of Desire2Learn • Efforts to standardize and cross train to provide improved support
Software Licensing Agreements • Campus Microsoft Agreement • Additional Microsoft licensing • SharePoint portal services • Norton Antivirus agreement • Campus and home use • Through MnSCU: • Adobe/Macromedia – volume pricing • ESRI Geographical Information Systems (ArcView) $7–10K annual cost • Developed software plan for campus-wide use
Security • Four stages of virus protection • Spam filtering at the SCSU gateway connection • Virus filtering at the SCSU gateway connection • Server antivirus on the mail server • Client antivirus on local computers • Consistent level of Spam • Percent of Inbound E-mail identified as Spam has ranged from 72% – 80%, with an average of 78% • Increase from the 66% average in FY04
Network Uptime • Uptime was 99.73% in FY05 compared to 99.80% in FY04 • Down an average of 2 hours per month total, three-quarters due to equipment or technical malfunctions • Only down 1 hour for the year due to security, virus, or denial of service
Wireless Network Access • Funded primarily by student technology fees • Coverage of 94% of campus • Number of registered users up from 552 in FY04 to 1,474 in FY05 • Wireless service reviewed by the legislative auditors and the report was favorable
Campus Wireless Coverage FY04 FY05
Web Services • Approximately 98% of sites have migrated to the new server environment • Content management software is now used by 70 departments to make updates to 90 sites • Results/recommendations of the first SCSU Web audit are due December 2005 • Web Council continues to review suggestions and address policy issues
Technology Committees • Technology and Pedagogical Resources • Teaching Learning Technology Roundtable • Student Technology Fee Committee • Technology Master Plan committees