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The

State

of Technology

@ St. Cloud University

SCSU Technology PlanBlueprint for campus

March 2001

Resources for All Campus Constituents•Access to Information and Communication Technologies

Technology Plan

Table on PC purchases by College

Computer Purchases

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60

Business Education FA & H Sci. &Engineering

Soc. Science

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1999

2000

Number & Type Workstation by College

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Business Education FA & H Sci. &Engineering

Soc. Science Total

College

Mac

PC

41%

59%

Technology Plan

Resources for All Campus Constituents•Access to Information and Communication Technologies

•Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure

SoftwareCampus Microsoft Agreement

- Office 97/2000 for Windows

- Office 98/2001 for Macintosh

- OS: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me

- Visual Studio Professional

New Norton Antivirus agreement just signed

Campus Internet Connection - Until summer was 7 Megabits/second, half-duplex (1-way data, either in or out)

- Beginning Fall 2000 now have 18 Megabits/second, full-duplex (2-way data, both in and out)

- Provides 5 times the bandwidth we had previously

Network Infrastructure - Core router replaced with a Gigabit/Fast Ethernet one

- Every data closet on campus is Gigabit or Fast Ethernet back to the router

- Every network connection on campus upgraded to switched 10 or switched 10/100 Ethernet (no shared ports)

Campus Ethernet Infrastructure Statistics

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Technology Plan

Resources for All Campus Constituents•Access to Information and Communication Technologies

•Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure

•Training and Professional Development

Library Instruction: - 296 sessions - 7,846 students

Faculty/Staff Technology Training: - 25 Workshops - 348 Participants

Technology Plan

Resources for All Campus Constituents•Access to Information and Communication Technologies

•Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure

•Training and Professional Development

•Americans with Disabilities Act

Americans with Disabilities ActFour workstations with various enhancements:

- Large resolution display

- EasyBall & Trackballs

- Reader software for web pages, print

material, electronic documents

Technology Plan

Resources for All Campus Constituents•Access to Information and Communication Technologies

•Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure

•Training and Professional Development

•Americans with Disabilities Act

•Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property - SCSU Draft Policy on Intellectual Property ready for Meet & Confer

- MnSCU Draft Policy on Intellectual Property

Reviewed, feedback provided by TLTR

Technology Plan

Resources for All Campus Constituents•Access to Information and Communication Technologies

•Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure

•Training and Professional Development

•Americans with Disabilities Act

•Intellectual Property

•Technical Support

HelpDesk Traffic

2477

1813

4290

2543 2465

5008

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1999-2000

HelpDesk Service Requests 1999 - 2000

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Faculty Students Staff Unknown Total

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Spring

Total

HelpDesk Service Requests - Spring 2000

Advice/Information43%

How to Do a Task13%

Installation/Setup9%

Troubleshoot Problem

28%

Other7%

Academic Distinction•Technological Instructional Spaces

Technology Plan

SCSU Electronic Classroom Growth

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•Distance Education

Technology Plan

ITV Classes at SCSU

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45

Fall 1998 Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Spring 1999 Spring 2000 Spring 2001

Fall 2000

- 65 Active Courses

- 162 Courses in Development

- 5,148 Students using WebCT

MnSCU IMS Initiative

Scholarship, Creativity and Research

Technology Plan

Electronic Subscriptions:

- 1998 – 1999: 6,258

- 1999 – 2000: 6,845

Student Life, Growth and Development

Technology Plan

•ResNet (Residence Hall Network)

ResNet Connections

704

1026

1415

1733

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FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01*

ResNet - Operating Systems

Mac5%

Win 95/98/ME93%

Other2%

ResNet - Percentage of Rooms with 1 or more Active Connections

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

Fall 1998 Fall 1999 Fall 2000

Student Life, Growth and Development

Technology Plan

•ResNet (Residence Hall Network)

•Campus Computer Labs

Open Computer Lab Locations

14 Open Labs (375 Computers)

42 Discipline Related Labs (703 Computers)

56 Total Labs (1078 Computers)

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PCs Macs Total

Open Labs

Discipline-Related Labs

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Administrative Services

Technology Plan

- Administrative Computing Advisory Group wrote a Technology Planning Document - Purchased new hardware/software - External Review: Strategic exercise on where to go next - Working with MnSCU to deliver new services

Community

Technology Plan

Emerging Technologies and Opportunities

Technology Plan

- Outlook/Exchange – E-mail/Calendaring - Storage Area Network – Network drives for all users - Campus Card Readers - Desktop Video Conferencing - Voice Recognition Software - Wireless - Gigapop - Data warehousing

Emerging Technologies and Opportunities

Technology Plan

- Electronic Reserves - Live Streaming - QuickTime VR

Assessment of the Technology Plan - ACM/SIGUCCS Peer Review - Network Security Audit - Y2K - Nearly 3 years old now - Revision/rewrite

Technology Plan