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IT Briefing Agenda 5/20/04
• April Action Items• Introductions• Various Updates• Computer Store Update• Blocked Port Process • Blackboard Upgrade• EmoryLink Overview
• Karen Jenkins• ??• Theresa
Goriczynski• Marcy Alexander• NetCom• Adam Lipkin• Karen Jenkins
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Various Updates / Reminders
• eMail alias– Rollout continues
• Maple migration– Cutover by July 30, 2004
• ESR form– [email protected] decommissioned 5/28
• Meeting Maker account disables• TS announcements
– WINS config changes– AD Upgrade, retirement of EMORYUNIV– Reminder of SPAM service
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The Computer Store• Internal Audit under Mr. William Mulcahy
conducted a review and determined operation is not fiscally viable
• Goal of reducing temporary buildings on campus
• Presenting 3 options to President’s Cabinet
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Options • 1 -- Leave situation as is – not viable• 2 -- Define contract negotiation and
procurement in coordination with University Purchasing and Follett (Campus Bookstore)
• 3 -- Define contract negotiation and procurement entirely through Follett
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Transition Team• Bill Mulcahy, Chief Audit Officer• Erick Gaither, Sr. Assoc VP for
Business Management• Rex Hardaway, Director of
Purchasing
• In coordination with John Ford, Sr VP and Dean for Campus Life
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Option 2 Details• Negotiations with vendors for hw
coordinated by Rex Hardaway, Univ Purchasing– Dell, Apple, IBM, HP, others
• 200-300 sq ft footprint in bookstore• Inventory will be sold to Follett• No inventory maintained on site
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Details• SDC purchases will be able to be
picked up in bookstore – arrangements to be worked out
• Staff will be absorbed by Purchasing or Follett
• Follett will serve as purchasing agent for campus
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Details• Transition team will make full
presentation at June 17 IT Briefing
• Questions?
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Port Disable Process
NetCom
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Blackboard (Bb) Upgrade
Adam LipkinAcademic Technologies Group
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What is Bb?• Course (and
Community) Management System – Built-in text editor– Test and survey tools– Online gradebook– Discussion board– Chat/Collaboration– Email option (send
only)– Reporting tools
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Bb’s History at Emory• Testing began in 1999• University adopted in 2000
– Courseinfo 4– Blackboard 5– Blackboard 5.5 – current production– Blackboard 6.1
• Over 1200 course sites– About 40% active each semester
• Approximately 29 organization sites
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Tech Tidbit• Dual server configuration
– Application– Oracle database– Note: add’l dual servers for Tech Svcs & ATG testing
• LDAP enabled NEW!– Network ID and password
• PeopleSoft feed– Community access to system NEW!– Student access to hosted classes per faculty requests
• Guests manually added– Blackboard authentication fallback
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Migration Details• Emory’s academic calendar considerations
– Med starts 07/23– Law starts 08/23– College and remaining PSs start 08/25
• Downtime– Friday, 08/20 @ 6:00p.m. thru Monday, 08/23
@ 7:00a.m.• All courses will be migrated
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Blackboard 6.1August 23, 2004
http://classes.emory.edu
University support:[email protected]
Password problems: contact the Help Desk
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Help & Training• Project 6.1 Web page
– http://www.web.emory.edu/services/blackboard/project6/• What’s New sessions
– Review committee (comprised of faculty, staff, and students)
– All faculty and staff: June 24th & July 27th – Librarians (private sessions)– IT Professionals: July 8th
• Regular training sessions• Bb Kiosks• One-on-one consultations• Bb online tutorials
– HTML, PDF, and Viewlets NEW!
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Testers – Summer 2004• EmoryLink (John Ellis,
project manager)• ITD Intranet (Karen
Jenkins, project manager)• Live Chem141 class
(Professor Ron Johnson) • Reviewers testing using
actual content• Summer online program
participants– Language Center– Emory College
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Feedback• Bb online evaluation form
– http://www.web.emory.edu/services/blackboard/project6/bb6form.html
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Want to see Bb 6.1!Test Box
http://classes6.emory.edu
Questions or [email protected]
Sandra Butler, ATG, project manager404.727.0541
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EmoryLink• Campus wide initiative to examine integrated
messaging, calendar, and collaboration solution.
• Sponsored by Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Mike Mandl and Provost Earl Lewis.
• Project lead is John Ellis, Director of Academic Technologies & Interim Director of Tech Services
• Goal is to deliver a document with a recommendation for a campus wide solution.
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Methodology• Form Advisory Group
– Includes representation from faculty, staff, students, administration, and IT campus professionals
• Gather user and business requirements– Surveys, meetings, town hall discussions, etc.
• Feed requirements into technical design• Evaluate vendors
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Status/Communication• Advisory Committee Formed• Website (under construction)http://www.emory.edu/EMORYLINK
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NetCom
?Questions?Questions