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Fall, 2007 - ITS Updates
Technology
Advisory Committee
ITS
Updates - Fall 2007
Academic
Technology Updates
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Digi=
tal
Daises
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Classrooms =
recently
equipped with new daises:
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Palumbo 200=
8 (LCD
displays; PCs will be upgraded during the Fall semester) =
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SPSS=
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The univers=
ity
recently purchased 25 concurrent licenses
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Deans must =
approve
faculty requests before the software will be installed on their PC due to t=
he
limited number of licenses
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Commuter li=
censes
are available that allow use of the software for up to 1 week
Infrastructure
Updates
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Inte=
rnet
Bandwidth
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To address =
the
problems last academic year with slow response accessing web pages, especia=
lly
those featuring video, we have:
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Increased o=
ur
available bandwidth by nearly 65%, from 14 to 25 Mbps
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Given the h=
ighest
priority for utilization to Digital Daises
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Limited the
amount of bandwidth to residence halls during academic hours
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Pass=
word
Reset
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All users c=
an now
reset their password – without assistance from ITS – if it is
forgotten
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sp;
To do this,=
you must
setup Questions & Answers in the MyGannon portal now<=
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Were you to
forget your password in the future, you would enter your PIN number and sup=
ply
the answers to the questions you’ve entered and your password is rese=
t
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Emer=
gency
Communication
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The Univers=
ity has
deployed a system to notify students, faculty, staff and parents=
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The system =
will
send a text message to an individual’s cell phone
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Or send a v=
oice
message to a “land line”
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Individuals=
must
“sign-up” for the service via the MyGannon portal
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Campus Poli=
ce
and/or Communications will typically initiate the communication<=
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Boar=
d Room Projection
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New podium
– with equipment similar to a digital dais – and very nice wood
finish
§Controls the
electronic screen hidden in the alcove
§PC, VCR/DVD,
Sympodium, microphone & speaker
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Rear projec=
tor,
mounted midway up the window well, but well-hidden by draperies<=
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Nearly all
cabling hidden in walls except 6 foot umbilical from baseboard to podium