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MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE STATUS REPORT JANUARY 2004 Middlesex Community College Status Report January 2004 Darrow Neves Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer Middlesex Community College General Manager & Director of Corporate Technical Services CampusWorks Inc COPYRIGHT © 2004 CAMPUSWORKS INC PAGE I

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Middlesex Community College

Status Report January 2004

Darrow Neves Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

Middlesex Community College

General Manager & Director of Corporate Technical Services CampusWorks Inc

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Table of Contents TECHNOLOGY STATUS REPORT JANUARY 2004 ......................................................................................... 3 ACADEMIC SERVICES ............................................................................................................................. 3

1. Classroom Data Projectors ....................................................................................... 3 2. Classroom Technology Delivery Strategy............................................................... 3 3. Life Cycle Plan for Instructional Technology Equipment ..................................... 4 4. Network drives in academic classrooms................................................................ 4 5. Open computer labs as peers on the academic network................................. 4 6. Laptop Computer programs.................................................................................... 4 7. Student Access to Computers ................................................................................. 5 8. Blackboard.................................................................................................................. 5

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ...................................................................................................................... 7 1. Currency of Administrative systems. ....................................................................... 7 2. Heirs Reporting............................................................................................................ 8 3. SSN to SSGID conversion. .......................................................................................... 8 4. Business Process Analysis ........................................................................................... 8 5. Advising ....................................................................................................................... 9 6. Admissions Processing ............................................................................................... 9 7. Imaging and Workflow............................................................................................ 10 8. Recruitment .............................................................................................................. 10 9. Scheduling ................................................................................................................ 10 10. Telephone Services ................................................................................................. 11

DESKTOP COMPUTING.......................................................................................................................... 11 DISASTER RECOVERY/BUSINESS CONTINUITY............................................................................................ 12 INFORMATION ACCESS ......................................................................................................................... 12

1. IT Brief for SCT support of the HEIRS reporting requirements.............................. 12 2. Print Driver Management Strategy........................................................................ 12 3. Off campus access to Windows resources.......................................................... 12 4. Off campus access to Banner systems................................................................. 12

INFRASTRUCTURE................................................................................................................................... 13 1. Architecture Plan ..................................................................................................... 13 2. Replace the administrative system servers. ......................................................... 13 3. Life cycle management for infrastructure equipment. ..................................... 13 4. Federal Building........................................................................................................ 13 5. Nesmith House and Meeting House ..................................................................... 14 6. Printing, Fax, Scanning Management .................................................................. 14 7. Telephony Services .................................................................................................. 14 8. Windows 2003 Server and Active Directory......................................................... 14 9. Wide Area Network project ................................................................................... 15

SECURITY ............................................................................................................................................. 15 TECHNOLOGY CENTER ORGANIZATION, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ................. 16

1. Service Delivery Strategy ........................................................................................ 16 2. Staff Development................................................................................................... 17

WEB PRESENCE .................................................................................................................................... 17 WIRELESS DATA NETWORK .................................................................................................................... 18

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MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

TECHNOLOGY STATUS REPORT JANUARY 2004

ACADEMIC SERVICES 1. Classroom Data Projectors

The College committed to the acquisition of 25 data projectors to be permanently installed in classrooms. The Technology Center worked through Academic Council to identify the classrooms most appropriate for deployment of this equipment. The strategy is to use computers with remaining residual value displaced from the FY2004 computer acquisition as permanent installations in these classrooms. Appendix A contains an inventory of technology available in classrooms and teaching spaces at the College.

A site survey was completed in each of the rooms and work orders generated for required electrical work necessary for installation. Funding was acquired from the CFO to support overtime pay for the electrical work. All projector installations on the Lowell campus have been completed. Project installation on the Bedford campus is in progress. Computer deployments to the classrooms are in progress.

Action Items and Timelines:

1. Complete installation of projectors January 19, 2004

2 Complete installation of computers with projectors January 19, 2004

3 Identify security device for projectors February 1, 2004

4 Acquire and install projector security devices March 19,2004

2. Classroom Technology Delivery Strategy

The Technology Center uses the Remedy system to support and schedule faculty requests for technology equipment in classrooms. The remedy system uses a database to capture these requests and to provide management tools for scheduling and reporting. Analysis of the Remedy data reveals a clear pattern of repetitive delivery of the same equipment to the same rooms. The equipment is typically VCR and DVD players and boombox audio devices. All of these devices are now commoditized in the marketplace. Accordingly, the Technology Center is implementing a plan to improve services while minimizing repetitive delivery of equipment. In response to the demand patterns we have seen, the Technology Center has purchased an inventory of low unit cost technology items such as; Boom-boxes, VCR’s, and DVD’s. Some of the equipment will be permanently mounted in classrooms while others, such as boom-boxes, will be assigned to Division Deans by semester as a portable delivery strategy.

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Action Items and Timelines:

1. Identify required inventory complete

2. Order equipment complete

3. Install permanently deployed equipment January 19

4. Review strategy with Academic Council January 27

5. Implement semester loan program January 20

6. Review Remedy data for additional equipment inventory

May 30

3. Life Cycle Plan for Instructional Technology Equipment

All equipment used in support of Instructional Technology is now on inventory in the Remedy database. All equipment will be managed through the annual life cycle management strategy.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Complete inventory of instructional technology equipment

Complete

2 Complete replacement cycle estimates March 30, 2004

3 Generate FY05 budget requests June 30, 2004

4. Network drives in academic classrooms

This requirement is dependent on completion of the Windows 2003 implementation and the upgrade to the WAN. Both projects are discussed later in this status report. Estimated availability: fall 2004 term.

5. Open computer labs as peers on the academic network.

The open computer lab in the Cyber Café is an insecure wireless network. The lab provides Internet access only. There is no access to the College network and therefore no access to College academic systems. The strategy is to move the Cyber Café to a wireless topology that supports multiple levels of authentication. The project is discussed later in this status report in the Wireless Network section. Estimated availability: March 2004.

6. Laptop Computer programs.

The laptop on a cart was included in the FY2004 budget consideration and deferred. Funding was approved for a pilot program for faculty laptops. The program supported 20 laptops deployed to faculty in the FY2004 computer acquisition. The Provost and Deans identified the

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faculty to receive the laptops. The Technology Center will organize a spring findings session to identify the impact on teaching and learning outcomes through the laptop program.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Faculty laptop findings on Teaching and Learning impact April 30

2 Identify requirements for FY2005 faculty laptops April 30

7. Student Access to Computers

The completion of the computer lab in the Lowell Middlesex Academy (LMAC) eliminated the requirement to schedule academic classes in the lower level of the Cyber Café. The availability of computers in the Cyber Café meets current needs.

The Middlestreet based College Library will move to the Federal Building in January. This will free space for an open computer lab on Middlestreet. The Technology Center will utilize existing inventory of low end computers to meet the needs for the spring 2004 term.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Identify space for the open lab January 9, 2004

2 Install computers in open lab January 19, 2004

3 Advertise availability January 20,2004

8. Blackboard

The Blackboard LMS continues to be hosted by Blackboard. This fall we installed a local test system to facilitate testing and upgrade to the release 6.0 product. The production upgrade to release 6 was accomplished with minimum disruption of service. Academic Resources worked one on one with several faculty in conversion of courses.

In December we completed an agreement with Blackboard on their new hosted Help Desk service. The Blackboard Help Desk will be available to students, faculty, and staff of the College. The Help Desk consists of a Knowledgebase, unlimited email/chat consulting, and unlimited 800 number telephone consulting. We will be working with Blackboard on implementation of the new service over the next two months. The 800 number service will be available by the start of spring term. The full implementation of the project will include integration with the Technology Center Help Desk. Joe Putato is the lead on the implementation of the Blackboard service.

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Action Items and Timelines:

1 Sign contract for three year fixed cost agreement complete

2 Schedule site visit by Blackboard staff Jan 16

3 Complete implementation project plan Jan 30

4 Brief Academic Council Jan 27

5 Help Desk fully implemented March 1

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Administrative Services

1. Currency of Administrative systems.

The Banner Student is at release 5.4. Release 5.5 is available containing the complete rewrite of the billing module. Plans for implementation have been deferred indefinitely per the request of the Bursar office. Banner Financial Aid and Banner web self service are all fully up to date. Oracle has been upgraded to release 9.2.02. The Unix operating system is up to date on release and patches. The Touchnet Credit Card Gateway is up to date. There are no outstanding problems with the production Banner systems.

This reporting period, we converted the HRS payroll system to Banner and implemented the Banner HR/Payroll module. Live date was January 3. The live date project plan was implemented without incident. We purchased a new and dedicated HP printer for payroll check printing. Bank testing on payroll checks revealed that we had been shipped a defective MICR cartridge. This was replaced with additional testing scheduled. We anticipate that this will resolve the problem. First production payroll is scheduled for January 16.

Susan Speulda is scheduled for the last visit on the project for the week of January 26. The principal topics are to review and recap the project, address any remaining questions or problems, and review the datawarehouse download and reporting. We are using the state datawarehouse to obtain endpoint payroll information for MCC staff paid through the state Peoplesoft system. The data is extracted from the state datawarehouse and loaded into Banner tables. The information can then be used for decision support and other reporting needs.

Banner release 6 implementation is scheduled for October 2004. Project planning will commence with the June Banner User Group (BUG) meeting.

Planning for the Banner Finance implementation will begin in the spring. Production implementation is anticipated for July 1, 2005.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Verify check printing with bank Jan 10

2 Verify successful Banner Payroll Jan 16

3 Review and update the datawarehouse download Jan 30

4 Banner Finance implementation kickoff April 1

5 Banner Release 6 kickoff June 1

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2. Heirs Reporting

We are current on all HEIRS reporting. Heirs continues to consume substantial staff resources. The state-wide Banner User Group met for the second time in December. An action item for the next meeting is to draft a white paper on the requirements for an SCT support HEIRS module. Darrow Neves to draft the document.

3. SSN to SSGID conversion.

We have working and tested scripts from SUNY, converted for MCC use. These were acquired through the SCT Summit conference. The current action item in the project plan is completion of data cleanup. A substantial amount of this was completed for the Banner HR/Payroll implementation.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Review project plan and establish implementation date Jan 30

2 Complete data cleanup February 27

3 Implement conversion March 19

4. Business Process Analysis

Business Process Review Sessions were held with enrollment Services. The topics were identified by Enrollment Services. Each of the processes was explored in detail. All include substantial manual processes, considerable staff resources, and service gaps to students. In each case, the business process was reviewed and research performed to identify possible use of existing Banner functionality. Recommendations were made for several processes to use Banner functionality not currently in use. In other cases, as noted below, specifications were developed for application development.

Business Process Status

1 Automated assignment of students to advisors Development in progress. Production implementation Fall 2004 term

2 Non-payment web application Development in progress Product implementation March 2004

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3 Rate Code Complete

4 Selective Admission processing Use Banner Selective Admission module

5 Transfer Credit processing Use Banner articulation module

6 Batch transcript printing Use existing Banner functionality

Additional business process review sessions are to be conducted with the Accounts Receivable and Postal Processing areas.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Status and progress update with Enrollment Services February 1

2 Schedule BPA session with Accounts Receivable Jan 30

3 Schedule BPA session with Postal Services February 7

5. Advising

The advising initiative will utilize the portal environment. The portal project is in progress and is described later in this document in the Web Presence section.

6. Admissions Processing

Requirements:

• Online Admissions functionality available through the Banner product

• Online Admissions Counseling

• Admissions communications automation

• Admissions articulation application

• Joint Admissions Program automation o Confirmation of majors o Confirmation of acceptance

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o Trigger on change of majors o Trigger on graduation o Trigger on GPA o Trigger on admission deadlines o Automate intent to enroll forms o Automate sending forms to partner

7. Imaging and Workflow FY06 initiative 8. Recruitment The Recruitment initiative will utilize the portal environment. The portal project is in progress and is described later in this document in the Web Presence section.

9. Scheduling

The College has a diverse requirement for automation of scheduling activities. These include:

o Scheduling of classroom o Scheduling of Appointments o Scheduling of final exams o Scheduling College facilities for Community partnership o Sharing of scheduled events across the College community including Facilities and

Security o Interface of scheduled rooms with Facilities management systems for optimum use of

HVAC resources. The Technology Center led an effort to cost out the acquisition of the Collegenet Schedule 25 suite of products. In collaboration with the statewide CIO group, Middlesex authored an ITD Investment brief for the product as an FY04 request. The Brief was not funded. We will pursue this as an FY05 initiative. The College acquired the SARS products Grid and eSARS to support online appointment scheduling. The product provides for web based self service scheduling of appointments. Training and set up of the product was completed in October. Application implementation is in progress in Student Services, Enrollment Services, and the Technology Center.

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Action Items and Timelines:

1 Review progress with Student Services Jan 24 2 Review progress with Enrollment Service Jan 24 3 Implement Technology Center appointment application Jan 30 10. Telephone Services The PhoneMaster product was replaced with the current generation of PhoneMaster. The conversion took place without disruption in services. An action item for the FY05 budget is to upgrade the PhoneMaster with an additional telephone circuit if needed. The College has fully exploited the current Avaya PBX telephone call management functionality. Investigation is in progress on the Avaya Call Center product. The Call Center product will provide enhanced call management and routing as well as decision support on all aspects of telephone use. The Avaya solution will integrate well with the existing Avaya PBX system installed at the College. A vendor presentation will be scheduled to review the potential of a Call Center solution and facilitate a requirements gathering effort.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Organize vendor presentation of the Call Center product Jan 30 2 Organize site visit where the product is implemented Mar 1 3 Requirements gathering for acquisition Mar 30 4 Project definition for FY05 budget consideration Jun 30 DESKTOP COMPUTING

An annual life-cycle management strategy for desktop computing is in place. FY04 marked the second successful implementation. 109 new computers were purchased. New machines were allocated to academic divisions to replace all low end computers used by full time faculty. The deans made allocation decisions for their divisions. 20 of the 109 machines acquired were laptops. These were allocated to faculty, replacing desktop computers, based on recommendations from the Provost and Division Deans. All adjunct faculty offices were equipped with up to date computers. The allocations were based on requests from the deans. Divisional computing labs were replaced with up to date computers. All division labs are now on the College inventory.

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For FY05, the strategy will be to deploy the new computer acquisitions in academic computer labs. The recovered machines, with two years of remaining residual value, will be reallocated to faculty and staff.

DISASTER RECOVERY/BUSINESS CONTINUITY

The Disaster Recovery Plan is in draft stage with completion dependent on the definition of the offsite hosting site. We anticipate that this will be ITS. A required next step is the completion of the WAN project described later in this status report

INFORMATION ACCESS

1. IT Brief for SCT support of the HEIRS reporting requirements.

The CFO group sponsored an FY04 IT brief for Banner support that would have included the HEIRS reporting requirements. The brief was not funded. The Statewide Banner Group has taken responsibility for generating a requirements document to address this issue.

2. Print Driver Management Strategy

There is no comprehensive solution for this requirement but College wide implementation of Office XP has substantially stabilized the printing environment at the College.

3. Off campus access to Windows resources

A current project, described in the infrastructure section, will upgrade and implement Windows 2003 server as the College network operating system. This project, in conjunction with the wireless project discussed next, will satisfy the requirement for off-campus access to campus based Windows services.

4. Off campus access to Banner systems.

The College has funded a comprehensive wireless network strategy. The project will provide a secure wireless access to College systems. The architecture uses an authentication portal that is located on the wired network. As such, the device will serve the dual purpose of facilitating secure wireless access to systems on the College campus, and also serve as a secure authentication point for reaching College services from off campus. The project is discussed later in the Wireless section of this document with action items and timelines.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Architecture Plan

In progress. We have an architecture strategy in place that includes the Windows 2003 server upgrade. The project will include Microsoft Active Directory for identity services. We have recently signed the WAN contract upgrade with ITS. Many of our architecture strategies will leverage this project.

Action Items and Timelines:

1 Complete agreement with ITS Jan 30

2 WAN project completed Mar 19

3 Identify Services architecture complete Mar 19

4 Windows 2003 server project complete Jun 4

5 Complete architecture plan Jun 4

2. Replace the administrative system servers.

On hold. Our strategy for the administrative system servers will be determined by our disaster recovery/business continuity strategy. The latter will be determined once we have the WAN project in place.

3. Life cycle management for infrastructure equipment.

Inventory and lifecycle is in progress.

4. Federal Building All network electronics are installed and functional. Telephone service in the Federal Building will be provided using Voice over IP technology, utilizing the data network. Telephone handsets are in stock. Computers have been ordered with delivery expected by Jan 12. 10 network printers have been ordered from Zerox. The printers are the functional equivalent of the HP 4200N. We save approximately $500 unit price per device. We anticipate a four year lease on a Zerox copier/fax device. Analysis indicates that the four year cost of the lease is significantly less expensive than a purchase.

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5. Nesmith House and Meeting House

Wireless networking is available in both the Nesmith House and the Meeting House. Standard computers and printers are installed in both facilities for use by staff and guests.

6. Printing, Fax, Scanning Management

An RFI for alternatives methods for supporting and management print technology at the College is in progress.

7. Telephony Services

a. Directory Services.

The Objective is to provide a comprehensive and accurate telephone directory service at the College. This project will be initiated with the implementation of the Microsoft Windows 2003 and Active Directory project.

b. Telephone utilization and decision support functionality

The College uses the basic Avaya PBX services. The requirement to support the needs of the College is a Call Center management product. Work is in progress to evaluate the Avaya Call Center product, identify requirements, and build a business case for an FY05 budget acquisition consideration. c. Long Distance Provider

In December, the College completed the conversion to Qwest for long distance service. The project included a consolidation of multiple accounts at different rates to a single account at a single lower rate. AT&T service was formally terminated in December.

. 8. Windows 2003 Server and Active Directory Work is in progress on installing Windows 2003 server. When the installation and configuration work is complete, existing Windows based file and printer services will be migrated to the Windows 2003 environment. All existing Windows 2000 and Windows NT servers will be upgraded to Windows 2003 or removed from service as a satisfaction of the objective to consolidate to a smaller number of servers. Planning is in progress on implementation of Active Directory and a comprehensive Identify Management solution for the College. A project plan for Active Directory and Identify

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management is in development. The identity management includes authentication services to support the wireless network and other network based services. Action Items and Timelines 1 Complete installation and configuration of Windows 2003

servers Jan 30

2 Complete migration of Windows NT and Windows 2000 services to Windows 2003

Mar 19

3 Complete project plan for Identify management Mar 19 4 Implement identity management Jun 30 5 Consolidate campus based servers to Lowell July 9. Wide Area Network project The College has signed a contract with ITS to upgrade our Wide Area Network (WAN). The upgrade will replace the existing leased line network connection between Lowell and Bedford with a dedicated gigabit Ethernet fiber. The leased line connection between Lowell and ITS for Internet service will also be replaced with dedicated fiber.

1 Neescom to complete physical installation of fiber and equipment

February 27

2 New wide area network implemented March 1

3 Verizon leased lines canceled April 1

SECURITY

Updates to the infrastructure as an outcome of the last security audit have assisted the College in a high level of integrity and security of the network and electronic resources. Additional work is required to implement a College wide network authentication strategy. This will be accomplished as a component of the Wireless initiative, described later in this status report. A component of the strategy will be password management, accomplished through the Windows 2003/Active Directory project, currently in progress. The implementation of the Banner HR/Payroll project, including integration of data from the ITD Data Warehouse, will allow the HR department more comprehensive information on employee status and facilitate automation of provisioning/deprovisioning of employee access to College resources.

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Action Items and Timelines

1 Schedule another security audit post Windows 2003 server implementation

June

2 Using Banner HR, define a project plan to automate notification of employee add/change/termination of status

March

3 Complete a project plan to implement identify services at the College.

March

4 Work with the administration to identify a College Security Officer

June 30

5 Using the Windows 2003 Active Directory, define a project plan to provide authentication to library services

September

TECHNOLOGY CENTER ORGANIZATION, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

1. Service Delivery Strategy

The Technology Center continues to monitor and update service delivery strategy to maximize the value of the unit to the College. A primary focus is to extend Level 1 service availability. Level 1 of the service model is the Help Desk, represented Systems Analyst I staff who answer the telephone and respond to walk in traffic. Management strategies emphasize the following:

• Leverage existing technology to automate manual tasks. Examples include remote management of desktops and automated rebuilds of desktop images.

• Acquisition of new technology to automate manual activities. The recent acquisition of the SARs scheduling product is an example

• Reduce delivery of equipment. A substantial effort is in progress to identify high demand classrooms and to permanently provision those rooms

• Eliminate delivery of low unit cost equipment. A strategy is in progress to acquire an inventory of low unit cost equipment including VCRs, DVD players, and boomboxes. These will be permanently installed or provided as long term loans to faculty and departments.

• Reallocate staff to Systems Analyst I Help Desk positions

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2. Staff Development

We achieved good outcomes in FY03 staff development plans. FY04 goals have been established for each staff member. Staff training program with goals and monitoring continues to be managed through the performance review process.

These and other management strategies will extend and provide a more consistent level of technology support and service to the College community.

WEB PRESENCE

The College has licensed the Blackboard portal product. The production portal will be hosted by Blackboard. We have a local test copy used for development. The Web Portal team has worked very hard in this reporting period on defining the organizational structure of the portal. Next steps are to migrate and build applications into the portal environment and to begin usability testing. The usability testing will be managed by the Academic Resources unit. We are currently running release 6.0 of the portal product. Release 6.1 is scheduled for February 1 availability. We need the 6.1 release for important improvements in the screen layout manageability. We will order the Omni Update Content Management system, previously approved and budgeted. Work will begin on identifying a search engine.

Action Items and Timelines

1 Review organizational structure from December meeting Jan 9

2 Usability testing project plan complete Jan 30

3 Order Omni Update content management system Jan 30

4 Upgrade the portal to release 6.1 Feb 28

5. Migration of applications into portal environment April 30

6 Identify search engine June 30

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WIRELESS DATA NETWORK

Work is complete on defining a secure wireless architecture for the College. Funding is available and the equipment has been ordered. Current wireless access standards include 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. The strategy in this phase of the project is to acquire 28 access points that will be deployed around the College community. The access points will simultaneously support the a, b, and c protocols. The access points will support multiple authentication levels. We anticipate deploying three levels of authentication; level 1 will require no authentication and will be restricted to Internet access only. Authentication level 2 will provide access to the College academic network. Authentication Level 3 will be a dual level authentication that passes a user through a network portal into the administrative network. The network portal will simultaneously support both campus based wireless users and off-campus access to secure access to administrative systems.

Phase I of the Wireless Initiative will support access in the following locations:

• Federal Building – all floors • Cyber Café • City Building – Ground, 4, and 5 • Talbot Building – Ground and 2nd floor • Nesmith House • Meeting House • Bedford Building 1 study areas and classrooms • Bedford Building 2 • Bedford Building 8 – Cafeteria, Cafeteria East, Gallery, Lounge

Full implementation of authentication will include use of the Windows 2003 server/Active Directory project discussed previously. The architecture is sufficiently flexible that it can be easily extended at low cost to additional locations.

Action Items and Timelines

1 Equipment Delivery Jan 30

2 Equipment installation complete March 1

3 Authentication Level 1 available March 1

4 Authentication Level 2 available April 1

5 Authentication Level 3 available August 1

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Appendix A. Inventory of Permanently Installed Instructional Technology Equipment

BldRoom descr type AR-101 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-107 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-108 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-209 20 APPLE Power Mac G4’s (500 mhz), 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-210 18 APPLE Power Mac G4’s Dual 1.25GHz, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-211 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer, SONY/TV, JVC/VCR Lab AR-213 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-Alcott Alcott-13 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab AR-Library 5 JVC/VCR Presentation Room BH-101 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom BH-103 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom BH-109 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom CC-217 TV, VCR Presentation Room CC-Café East TV, VCR Presentation Room CL-2 Cyber Café-48 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC's, 2 Printers Lab HH-109 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-111 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-112 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-113 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room HH-114 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room HH-115 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room HH-210 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-211 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab HH-212 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-213 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-215 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-216 SmartStation Smart Classroom HH-217 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-220 TV/VCR Combo unit, VCR Presentation Room HH-306 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room HH-308 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-309 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-310 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-314 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-315 TV, VCR Presentation Room HH-316 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom HH-318 SmartStation, TV Smart Classroom LC-101 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-102 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-103 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LC-104 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-105 TV Presentation Room LC-106 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-107 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-107 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-108 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-109 TV, VCR Presentation Room LC-111 Overhead Projectors, TV Presentation Room LC-113 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-114 TV Presentation Room LC-115 Overhead Projectors, TV Presentation Room LC-116 TV, VCR Presentation Room LC-118 TV, VCR Presentation Room LC-201 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab LC-202 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab

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LC-203 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab LC-206 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab LC-210 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-211 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LC-212 Overhead Projector, Tv Presentation Room LC-213 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-213A 25 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab LC-214 TV Presentation Room LC-301 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-302 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-303 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-304 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-306 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LC-309 Overhead Projector Presentation Room LC-318 Overhead Projector, TV Presentation Room LC-403 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab LC-Café TV Presentation Room LD-202 Kerouac-14 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab LD-301 TV Presentation Room LD-302 TV Presentation Room LD-303 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LD-305 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LD-307 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LT-200 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LT-203 TV, VCR Presentation Room LT-204 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LT-209A Overhead Projector Presentation Room LT-215 SmartStation, Overhead Projector, TV Smart Classroom LT-301 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom LT-302 TV Presentation Room LT-303 VCR Presentation Room LT-306 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LT-312 Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room LT-314 10 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Printer Lab LT-314A TV Presentation Room LT-326 VCR Presentation Room LT-401 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer, 1 Smartstation Lab LT-402 19 450 mhz PC’s, Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Lab LT-407 Overhead Projector, DVD / VCR Player, TV Presentation Room LT-415 SmartStation Presentation Room LT-416 19 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer, DVD / VCR Player, TV Lab LT-417 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom NA-102 21 HP Vectra (1ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer, TV, VCR Lab NA-103 19 HP Vectra (1ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab NA-109 SmartStation, TV, VCR Smart Classroom NA-117 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom NA-202 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom NA-217 TV, VCR Presentation Room NA-Concert Hall TV, VCR Presentation Room NA-G10 TV, VCR Presentation Room NA-G11 TV Presentation Room NA-G17 VCR Presentation Room NA-G2 TV, VCR Presentation Room NA-G9 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom SA-002 TV, VCR Presentation Room SA-006 TV, VCR Presentation Room SA-101 TV, VCR Presentation Room SA-102 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom SA-103 Smart Classroom: 1PC, 1 Projector, 1 Active Network Port, 1 TV, 1 VCR/DVD, 1 Overhead Smart Classroom SA-201 17 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab

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SA-202 14 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab SA-203 16 Dell Optiplex GX260 (2ghz) PC’s, 1 Projector, 1 Printer Lab TH-103 TV, VCR Presentation Room TH-Alumni Overhead Projector Presentation Room TH-Galvani Overhead Projector, VCR, TV Presentation Room

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