Cecil User Meeting

November 13th. 2001

Agenda

• Cecil Summer Projects• New Cecil Staff

– Development Team– LTAs

• Leave Plans• Flexible Learning Centre• Training• Other

Statistics.

Number of Enrolments in Cecil Active Courses by Faculty, 2001

B&E60%

SCI27%

MHS4%

Others9%

B&E SCI MHS Others

Statistics..

Number of Enrolments by Faculty, 2001

B&E22%

SCI25%MHS

6%

Others47%

B&E SCI MHS Others

Statistics…General Cecil Utilisation 1999 to 2001 - 2002 Estimated

1999 2000 2001 2002# of courses 319 344 494 709# of students 10097 12399 14890 19890# of departments 29 36 69 80# of student course enrolments 33,265 39,362 49,651 62,629# of files available (learning content) 7,245 9,227 16,327 28,890Total size of files available (Mb) 771.88 1,348.59 4,621.26 15,835.83On-line tests delivered 147,863 202,537 296,248 433,318On-line questions delivered 1,906,603 3,038,467 4,149,711 5,667,365# of marks recorded 304,929 431,796 530,190 651,005# of emails sent 316,801 414,849 692,708 1,156,672# of announcements 2,820 4,052 6,474 10,344# of SMS text messages sent 99,262

# of log-ins 668,343 994,681 1,384,392 1,926,790# of file types (*.doc, *.xls, etc.) 28 41 70

Hardware Updates

• Production Database– Two multi-processor servers

• Down time if a server fails = 0 seconds

– Dependency on the IBM Storage • Multiple redundancies in its design• 1.3 Terabytes and now at capacity

– Tier 1 management by Sequel Services Limited

– Purchased by the Business School

Hardware Updates

• Internet Servers– Six (6) internet servers on order– Compatible with nDeva and Web-team– Standard configuration and upgradable– Load balancing will be redeployed– 24/6 maintenance contract services

being arranged– Purchased by the Business School

Hardware Updates

• Citrix Server– Stabilising current system and upgrading

licenses– Assistance from Faculty of Science

• Staff Workstations– Replacement equipment for full-time Cecil

staff– Cascading upgrades for part-time staff and

the development system– Purchased by the Business School

Departmental queries using web-based reporting tools

OBSCURED IAW

PRIVACY ACT (NZ)

Enterprise-wide, web-based, immediate solutions

Enterprise Reporting

• Enterprise-wide data sources– Data mining is key success factor

• Report Specialist– Database speciality training– Funded by the Faculty of Science

• CE Access– Reports will automatically become

available to CE users

Cecil Help

• Help Desk Person+– Extra assistance for on-call support– Trained by Cecil Help (Sally &

Radhini)– Working within the Cecil Help facility– Funded by the Faculty of Science

Team Cecil

• Summer Leave– November leave - Sally– December leave- Radhini, Ben, Allen, Ken,

Don and David

• Staff Changes– Nick Jones – 2/w devoted to special projects– Doug Tan – new member, ASP specialist– Stephen Witherden – continuing as

assessment features specialist– 2-3 part-time developers for maintenance &

upgrading

Team Cecil

• Working conditions– OCH 1.55 for the summer– OCH G.03 as usual

• Funding– Major challenge to find the funding

necessary to carry through the summer – Grateful for assistance from Faculty of

Science and particular departments.

CAT

• Centre for Academic Technology– Streaming Media

• Audio – Real & Olympus• Powerpoint with audio

– Publisher for Powerpoint– Real Media Producer

– Viewlets• Audio

Holiday Greetings