CVC recently deployed a new site providing detailed information concerning faculty "off campus" network access. Please visit the site (http://www.cnc.ucr.edu/focas/). Faculty have responded well to the site that provides a roadmap to VPN, Proxy, RAS, and C&C network configuration services.

CVC is contracting with the Graduate Division to automate the Teaching Assistant evaluation process. The goal is to accept some 30,000 plus evaluations via the web and to provide departments and graduate students analysis and reporting via an on-line search engine and static reports. The system will be completely "table driven" and will hopefully be used for all types of campus surveys, questionnaires, and evaluations.

CVC is contracting with the Office of Academic Personnel to produce a Faculty Merit and Promotion tracking system. If successful, the system might become a replacement for similar (shadow) systems running at the department and college level. Both the Academic Personnel System and the T.A. Evaluation system are being develop with Oracle and the OAS (Oracle Application Server) development tool set.

The effort to produce a report containing campus options for upgrading / replacing its Student Information System is nearing completion. A web page documenting this effort can be found at http://www.cnc.ucr.edu/sis/. The report is due to the Vice Chancellor of Student Affaires by January 31st, 2003. C&C has hosted visits from PeopleSoft, SCT, and UCLA will be providing information on the "make" alternative.

C&C has received funding to create a SEVIS / INS reporting infrastructure for the campus. C&C is partnering with International Services, Graduate Division and University Extension. C&C has acquired software, a server, test INS accounts, etc. and progress is being made against the January 31st deadline.

C&C has made progress on several Student Information System projects during the past six to eight months. For example, on the IA+ (now SCT) platform, C&C has converted Student ID from Social Security Number to a randomly generated number. C&C has also deployed a web based "student billing" report and work in underway on a "cradle to grave" transfer student Articulation management system. Finally, specifications are being developed for an automated class wait list system.

C&C has completed deployment of the PeopleSoft 8.4 test (sandbox) system. It is running on an Oracle/Solaris environment. Preliminary testing has demonstrated that only a very few of the customizations deployed at UCR are included natively in PeopleSoft 8.4 system (e.g. distributed on-line transaction processing, staffing, post audit notification, etc.). Preliminary planning suggests that the upgrade to a completely web environment will be completed in mid-2004.

C&C is reviving an effort to deploy a web based Travel Planning and Expense Reporting System. Work on this system began in 1999, but was put on hold due to the Financial System deployment. The system will feature "department side" document imaging allowing departments (not Accounting) to become the "department of record" for travel related documents.

C&C has completed the development of an automated system that calculates and allocates (debits and credits) short-term interest by fund. The system's rules are almost all table driven and therefore the system can be completely managed and maintained by Accounting.

C&C has virtually completed deployment of the Web Based Recharge system. The system automates input of debits and credits for some 40 plus "small recharge" operations. The Web Based Recharge system allows each service provider to add optional fields to their web page to meet their particular on-line needs. Campus service providers (without any coding) can size optional fields, make these fields character or numeric, validated or not validated (and list boxes can be created), and required or not-required.

C&C (in collaboration with Purchasing and Accounting) has completed an effort leading to campus deployment of a Pro Card (credit card) purchasing system. The Pro Card system will be supported with an on-line cost transfer system and will be completely integrated into the campus Post Audit Notification system.

C&C recently conducted a survey seeking faculty feedback on the campus Classroom Technology Upgrade effort (C&C is now finished with 75% of campus classrooms). The results of the survey confirmed the anecdotal information received by C&C that the effort has been successful. Faculty responded to the question "Did the available technology (projector, sound system, document camera, etc.) in the classroom meet your pedagogical needs?" as follows: Completely 61.1%; Mostly, 27.8%; Partially, 11.1%; Not at All, 0.0%.

C&C recently completed an upgrade to the campus Instructional Media Lab. Flat panel displays, new progressive scan DVDs, and VHS players were installed.