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February 2005
ACADEMIC COMPUTING AND Multimedia Technologies Group HIGHLIGHTS
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to be Incorporated into Blackboard - C&C has successfully
partnered with Computer Science on a pilot program to make student
pictures available digitally to faculty. C&C is now creating
a production system to allow Blackboard to display student pictures
housed in LDAP. The goal is to pilot this new capability in Spring
2005.
Anti-Plagiarism Software Pilot Complete - C&C
partnered with several faculty in a Fall 2004 pilot of anti-plagiarism
software that integrates with Blackboard. Based on this successful
pilot, C&C will be seeking funding to acquire the SafeAssignment
software.
Classroom Technology Survey points to Success
- In the summer of 2004, C&C deployed wireless technology in
all General Assignment classrooms, as well as a “single point
of control system” allowing faculty to control all the technology
in the room from a central control panel. The panel also has a “help
button” that sends a “text message” to C&C’s
classroom technologists who can then deliver just-in-time support.
In the Fall 2004 survey, C&C asked "Did the available technology
(projector, sound system, document camera, etc.) in the classroom
meet your pedagogical needs?" This year, 99% of the respondents
answered either "Completely" or "Mostly". The
entire survey is available at:
http://iclassroom.ucr.edu/index.php?content=survey_results
C&C to Partner with Academic Senate on Three to Five
Year Vision for Instructional Technology - In partnership
with UCR’s Academic Senate Committee on Information Technology
and Academic Computing, C&C has completed a “first draft”
of a three to five year vision for campus instructional technology.
It is hoped that this effort will be completed by Spring 2005.
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Administrative
Transaction Processing Portal (iViews) to be Deployed in March
- iViews (Visual Interface to Workplace Systems) will be deployed
in March. Initially, 10 systems will utilize the portal for single
sign-on. Several additional systems will be added over the summer.
PeopleSoft and Purchasing Systems on the Web to be Deployed
in October - Although both the PeopleSoft 8.8 and new web
Purchasing systems are ready to be deployed, the campus has decided
to wait until October to deploy these new (portal ready) systems.
The primary reason is campus training, and a complete suite of web
based (digital video) training material will be available to the
campus to support the deployment of these systems.
Proposal and Award Management Information System Development
Continues - C&C is partnering with the Office of Research
on developing and deploying a campus “electronic approval”
process for extramurally funded proposals. C&C is seeking ITLC
partners to collaborate on data interchange “best practices”
to route proposals to federal agencies.
First Phase of Academic Personnel System Nearing Completion
- The first phase of UCR’s web based Academic Personnel System
is nearing completion. This is a web based “engine”
that determines faculty eligibility, tracks sabbatical leave creates,
records committee recommendations, etc. C&C is actively seeking
college partners for phase II, a electronic dossier system including
electronic routing. The potential for server consolidation and reduction
of clerical effort is tremendous.
Graduate Student Information System / Paperless Admissions
System - UCR’s new Graduate Student Information system
is nearing its first major development milestone. The system will
have a request for information capability, preliminary application,
full application, e-correspondence manager, fellowship / applicant
financial aid offer tool, and portal capabilities. The system will
consolidate servers across departments and colleges and include
paperless routing of applicant files.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPUTING HIGHLIGHTS
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Advising System (Web Course Plan Submissions) Underway
- In partnership with the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, C&C
is developing a new student self service tool to facilitate advising
and student / department interactions. Based on rules input by academic
departments, students are required to input a course plan, supply
text, or visit an advisor PRIOR to registering via the web.
C&C seeking ITLC partners; creating vision for Web
Student Advising Tools - C&C believes much more can
be done relating to web advising tools and advising processes. UCR
would be very open to interacting with other campuses on developing
and sharing best practices relating electronic advising tools and
processes.
On-Line Comprehensive Hold - C&C is developing
a comprehensive hold system that will explain (on the web) what
holds have been place on registration, financial aid, etc. and how
these holds can be resolved. C&C expects this new systems will
greatly reduce face-to-face student / central department interactions.
Web requests for Transcripts / Credit Card Payment Underway
- C&C is developing a new student self-service capability that
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COMMUNICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
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Progress Made on Fiber to the Desert Supporting Palm Desert Campus
- CENIC is providing fiber to the Heckmann Palm Desert campus. This
fiber connection should come on-line in April and provide 1 gigabit
per second connectivity back to campus.
UCR Backbone Update to 10 GB Underway
Two Buildings (College of Engineering and Physical Sciences)
10 GB Project Underway - This project will bring two buildings
back to the core at 10 gigabits per second.
rNET in Production - C&C has partnered with
the city of Riverside to acquire dark fiber to connect a remote
research center to the university. This research center is now connected
to the campus backbone at gigabit. C&C will extend this dark
fiber to the California Museum of Photography and the new Culver
Arts Center.
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CENTER FOR VISUAL COMPUTING HIGHLIGHTS
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iGrade - During the Fall 2004 quarter, C&C piloted
a new tool for faculty that enables uploading of grades from the
web or from an Excel spreadsheet. The tool was very well received
by faculty and the pilot group will be greatly expanded during the
Winter quarter.
iEvals - During FY 03/04, C&C developed an
on-line system to process Teaching Assistant evaluations. This system
is currently under modification to allow for electronic instructor
(faculty and lecturer) evaluations. The first version will include
the capability to electronically process Scantron forms (into an
Oracle database), view the results on-line, and run reports via
the web. Version two will include the capability (based on guidance
from the Academic Senate and executive management) to gather instructor
evaluations via the web. |
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COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS
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Quotas Increased
for Webmail Users - C&C has increased e-mail disk quotas
for faculty, staff, and students. Faculty now have 1 gigabyte of
on-line storage, staff have 250 megabytes, and students have 150
megabytes.
iShare Network Disk Storage piloted to 30 Faculty
- During the Fall 2004 quarter, C&C piloted a new service for
faculty, making 2 gigabytes of networked storage available via a
web interface (this is a vendor supplied system from Xythos). The
service will be placed into production during the Winter quarter
2005.
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