Groupwise 7.0 E-mail Standard
- Windows client installed on office and lab computers.
- Archive! Limited to 500 MB. Inbox not recovered; Archive is on file system.
- Web version: Mail.lycoming.edu. Backup: student.lycoming.edu. You can access GroupWise directly by going through the myLyco section on the website.
- Checklists, Categories, Schedule (faculty schedule), Tasks, Discussion groups.
- Viruses and Spyware are filtered before coming into the campus network. Still be suspicious of attachments (.exe) and links in your messages.
- SPAM: Heuristics filter set to 5 of 10. E-mail is tagged as suspect SPAM at 3.5 > 80% of incoming mail is SPAM.
Network / Internet
- Cisco-based network with FireWall & Packet Shaping. Allow downloads, etc., but lower priority than e-mail and web browsing. Limit individual user bandwitdth.
- Personal network storage starts at 60MB for employees and can be increased up to 500MB. Archive on CD/RW on local, lab, or common computer.
- NetStorage for web-based access. See icons on the Admin/Acad web pages.
- Web page design help for departments.
Moodle 1.6 E-Learning Standard
- Library eReserves and Regular classes.
- One-on-One assistance. Contact Diane Salamone.
Wireless (11MB shared vs. 100MB dedicated)
- Academic Center: Library, Pennington Lounge (including patio outside), 2nd and 3rd floor classrooms, 2nd and 3rd floor C section labs and all computer labs.
- Wertz: all floors (Burchfield lounge, Jack's Corner, Jane Shultz Banquet Room.)
- Heim: all floors, outside quad.
- All Residential halls and apartments are wireless except for Williams, Forrest, and Rich. These are all budgeted to be done next year.
- Everything else is wired.
- Registration is with Campus Manager.
Budget Process
- Cycle: November for Faculty, December for Administrators, Committees Jan/Feb, Approval late April. Some lab & faculty purchases in April, bulk on July 1.
- Letter to all directors, chairs, and faculty in November.
- Think about software in labs for the next year. Policy is that all or at least a complete lab must be populated.
- Plan needs including smaller devices (experimental equipment, USP devices, etc.).
- Electronic devices, such as cell phones, etc. are blocked at the Business Office when put into supply budgets. Should be in the annual budget.
Student Computing
- Orientation: E-mail (200MB), Webadvisor, network space, policies.
- 99%+ on ResNet. 14th year. Self-install. Mandatory Technology Fee.
- Printing $.05/page after 600 pages per semester. Computers on ResNet not charged for local printing.
- Labs: Requires login, network space automatically available, systems secured.
- 100MB network space after logging in. Backed up nightly.
- WebAdvisor
- Grades seen immediately, Financial aid, Degree Audit, Room assignments, Class Schedule (no longer handed out), Freshman Orientation, etc.
- Packetshaper: P2P, Bandwidth, and Virus violations.
Media Services
- Try to schedule rooms with Registrar for permanent computers/projection equipment (see Media Services for more details.
- All but 4 classrooms are equipped with permanent projectors.
- Media Services: 10 days to schedule Mobile Equipment.
- Overheads, screens, and network connections in every classroom.
- Permanent TV's from Media Services: see web site or make mobile requests.
- Broadcast from tape or satellite on Ch.2 or Bulletin Board on Ch.80.
- Web cams by request and streaming audio and video services.
- Facility schedule is an online form and link under Campus Calendar.
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Desktop / Software Standards
- Must save to F Drive, do not recover data on C Drive.
- Archive on CD/RW after exceeding F Drive Space.
- Network Printing: (No individual printers) Department chargeback. Paper & toner supplied from Print Shop. Networked Color printers and Poster maker in Print Shop ($1.25/sq ft.)
- Windows XP/Office 2007 in all labs and classroom computers, students on ResNet.
- Virus and Spyware Protection: NOD32 on all employee computers, labs, and servers. Students supply their own.
- Windows XP updates pushed out from central servers to office desktops.
- Microsoft Word for all attachments and publications. No Works or WordPerfect.
- Contribute for select Departmental pages. FrontPage 2003 for personal pages. Pages must abide by Lycoming web page design standards. Redesign now incorporating content management and DreamWeaver.
- Internet Explorer 7.0 for WebAdvisor and web mail on PC. Current Firefox for Mac. No other browsers supported.
- GroupWise for reading campus mail at userid@lycoming.edu. Not supporting Third-party e-mail clients using POP. Passive support for IMAP4.
- Moodle is the standard for e-Learning.
- SPSS 15.0 statistics is the standard.
- Lab software must be purchased for every machine in one lab.Call Steve Caravaggio.
- Microsoft site license: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Picture Manager.
Telephone
- Personal calls with TAC code.
- Voice Mail access from on and off campus.
- Avoid calling student cell phones to prevent excessive off-campus local and long distance calls. Students have dial tone and voice mail with Technology Fee.
- Switchboard Operators in Long Hall are also ITS staff. Issues to Brigitte.
- VOIP Project: New phone technology over next 2 years.
Teaching Facilities
- Labs: 4 Windows XP, 1 Mixed Graphics Lab with Macintosh OSX 10.4. All have CD Burners and can save to network storage. All labs accept "thumb drives." No floppy drives starting next year.
- Proxy Server for Library Database off campus.
- Minimum of 30 days to get new software loaded in labs.
- Call Steve Caravaggio in Computer Center to schedule labs for classes. Schedule posted in Academic Computing section of web site.
Personal Buys
- Dell Laptop Initiative: see IT web site.
- AICUP: Microsoft purchases for employees and students.
- Verizon 12% cell phone discount plan for personal use in 570 are code.
Administrative Computing
- User Interface - Windows client link into Administrative Data.
- WebAdvisor - Web link into Administrative Data.
- Submitting grades, Degree Audit, Rosters, Payroll Timesheet Entry.
- Student Locator, Personnel Info, Purchase Order, Work Order Requests.
- Budget officers look at Budget Office rules under Treasurer's Office.
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