March 15, 1999 1Matt Bishop

Recommendations for One-Recommendations for One-Time Instructional Technology Time Instructional Technology

Funds UsageFunds Usage

Instructional Technology Instructional Technology Infrastructure Subcommittee, Infrastructure Subcommittee,

Academic Computing Academic Computing Coordinating CouncilCoordinating Council

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Goal of the SubcommitteeGoal of the Subcommittee

Use computing to support educational Use computing to support educational activities throughout the campusactivities throughout the campus– Make computers and the Internet more Make computers and the Internet more

accessible to the campusaccessible to the campus– Aid faculty, administration to make course Aid faculty, administration to make course

material and University information material and University information available on the Webavailable on the Web

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Increasing AccessibilityIncreasing Accessibility

Increase number of computer labs and Increase number of computer labs and access pointsaccess points– Significantly increase on-campus network Significantly increase on-campus network

access in public environments (#2)access in public environments (#2) Enable mobile systems to obtain IP Enable mobile systems to obtain IP

addresses when connectedaddresses when connected– Deploy DHCP on campus subnets (#1)Deploy DHCP on campus subnets (#1)

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Increasing AccessibilityIncreasing Accessibility

Improve general access modem poolImprove general access modem pool– Necessary to solve Year 2000 bugNecessary to solve Year 2000 bug– Make the modems compatible with staff, Make the modems compatible with staff,

faculty modem poolsfaculty modem pools So if campus drops support for general access So if campus drops support for general access

modem pool, those modems can be put on the modem pool, those modems can be put on the other two modem poolsother two modem pools

– Replace 14,400 baud modem pool (#3)Replace 14,400 baud modem pool (#3)

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Course Material AvailabilityCourse Material Availability

Requires expansion of infrastructure to Requires expansion of infrastructure to support increased loadsupport increased load

Requires tools to build course material Requires tools to build course material to be availableto be available

Requires information about campus Requires information about campus classrooms, courses, and students to classrooms, courses, and students to be availablebe available

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Infrastructure DevelopmentInfrastructure Development

Augment infrastructure to support Augment infrastructure to support centrally faculty, student web pages centrally faculty, student web pages (#4)(#4)

Upgrade campus search engine (#5)Upgrade campus search engine (#5)

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Infrastructure DevelopmentInfrastructure Development

Authentication may be required for Authentication may be required for some course materials, campus support some course materials, campus support functions (#6)functions (#6)– Recommend digital certificates for Recommend digital certificates for

compatibility with other sites on WWWcompatibility with other sites on WWW

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Material on WebMaterial on Web

Faculty, staff, students will need to get Faculty, staff, students will need to get information from web, add information information from web, add information to webto web– Tools are very primitiveTools are very primitive– Need to improve their quality, user Need to improve their quality, user

friendliness and availability (#7)friendliness and availability (#7)

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Material on WebMaterial on Web

Need to provide application to make all Need to provide application to make all this available (#8)this available (#8)– Also administrative functions to help Also administrative functions to help

students, staff, faculty track status of students, staff, faculty track status of courses, courses, etcetc..

Help faculty, staff locate classrooms Help faculty, staff locate classrooms appropriate for their needs (#9)appropriate for their needs (#9)

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Electronic MailElectronic Mail

Augment central disk space for email Augment central disk space for email (#10)(#10)– Allow students to save email on line for Allow students to save email on line for

longer timeslonger times– Allow them to receive bigger emailsAllow them to receive bigger emails