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Making the Pieces Fit Together
Barbara Draude,Director, Academic and Instructional
Technology ServicesMiddle Tennessee State University
Lisa Rogers,Director, Administrative Information System
ServicesMiddle Tennessee State University
Copyright Barbara Draude and Lisa Rogers 2002.
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About MTSU
• Public 4 year comprehensive university
• ~ 20,000 student enrollment
• ~ 750 full-time faculty
• ~ 1800 employees
Before
• Compaq Alpha 8200 using OpenVMS operating system– SCT Plus Administrative Application Systems
• HP V2200 using UNIX operating system– Academic and research accounts (30,000+ accounts)– Email system for faculty, staff and students
• Clients – Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Mulberry, WebMail
• Pentium NT Servers– WebMT for Student, Faculty and Employees
• Intel Server– CourseInfo CMS
The Puzzle
SIS
MTSU Home Page
Integration Modules
CMSHRS
WebMT Products
ADS
Challenges to be Addressed
• Single sign on• No SSN usernames• Integration with campus email system• Integration with Administrative Systems• Integration with Course Management
System• Integration with Web interactive services• Implement a portal ?
Campus Pipeline
• Planning Process• Advisory team• Making the decisions• Focus group meetings: department chairs,
students
• Customization - PipelineMT• Vendor Delivery of all WebFor products• Local enhancements for WebFor’s• More reliable events and smart events
Campus Email System
• Portal challenges– Needed to wait for vendor upgrades that
enabled communication with external Cyrus IMAP server
– Special process needed to load email accounts information into Pipeline database
– Needed temporary programs to get SIS, HRS, and ADS email account names “synched up” with email server.
Course Management System
• CourseInfo CMS had been in place since 1999• Need for integration with SIS and campus portal• Conversion Plan
– Information blitz concerning the rationale for the switch to WebCT
– “Sell” the advantages that integration will give– “Countdown to Conversion” Plan
• Marketing• Workshops• Individual Consultations• Departmental Visits
Integration Component
• Integration Plan (to be finalized in Summer 2002– WebCT Campus Edition– Install Mercury Message Broker and Message
Gateway– Install application software that allows SIS to
work with WebCT
Today
• Compaq Alpha GS60 using OpenVMS operating system
• HP V2500 using UNIX operating system• Pentium NT servers for new WebFor’s• Intel server for WebCT CMS
– WebCT Conversion to be completed by end of Fall 2002
• Pipeline active as of February 2002– Faculty workshops March and April 2002
• Continue to add enhancements and upgrades
The Puzzle
Questions and Answers
Contact Information
Barbara Draude,
Director, Academic and Instructional Technology [email protected]
615-904-8383
Lisa Rogers,
Director, Administrative Information System Services
615-898-2150