SCSU Technology Update FY05

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SCSU Technology UpdateFY05
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Technology for Teaching and Learning
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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.

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MediaSite

• Rich Media tool
• Combines streaming video, PowerPoint, and chat
• Can be used with a phone bridge
• Not tied to ITV classrooms

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Research/Instruction Tools
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http//reflections.mndigital.org/

• SCSU is the lead institution for the state on the
  project
• Minnesota Reflections, was launched
• Continue to seek additional grants

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drop due to change in database aggregator
contracts
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Technology for Students
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General Access Computer Lab Locations
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14 Open Labs (386 Computers)7 Miller Center Labs
(193 Computers)31 Discipline Related Labs (788
Computers)---------------------------------------
-------------------52 Total Labs (1367 Computers)
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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

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OS Change Comparison
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Technology for Faculty and Staff
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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.

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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

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Training/Workshops
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Other Information Technology Resources
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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)
  710K annual cost
• Developed software plan for campus-wide use

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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

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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

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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

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Campus Wireless Coverage
FY04
FY05
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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

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Technology Committees

• Technology and Pedagogical Resources
• Teaching Learning Technology Roundtable
• Student Technology Fee Committee
• Technology Master Plan committees

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Thank you!