Academic Computing                                           Friday, March. 10, 2006
 
To:         Faculty                                                                                                                                                          
 
From:     Laurie Takao, ph. x4207
           lat1@humboldt.edu

Subject:  Fall ‘06 Interdisciplinary Computer Laboratory Changes & Invitation to Orientations
 
The staff of Academic Computing would like to invite you to preview the upgrades we plan to implement for the Fall 2006 Semester. “On Horizon” workstations have been set up in Gist Hall 218 and will be available in the Faculty Technology Solution Center (SH1) by March 30th. These workstations have been set up with the general software that we expect to install for the fall term. Some software will be updated further as new versions become available prior to the fall term. An updated software list will be distributed as well.

All Interdisciplinary Computing Laboratories will be available in August for orientation and live testing of your assignments and lab equipment. Please contact Academic Computing at x4200 to schedule testing time in any Interdisciplinary Computing Laboratory. A staff member will meet you at the appointed time and location.  

In addition, the Faculty Technology Solution Center in Siemens Hall 1 is available for faculty testing of coursework, faculty workshops, as well as providing access to special equipment and software (http://www.humboldt.edu/~ftsc). The FTSC can be scheduled by calling x4200.
 
Changes to hardware include the following:

Facility                   Hardware Changes Per Individual Facility (in progress)
HGH229                 Replace aging CRT monitors with energy efficient LCD panels                                         
SA364                   New HP dx5150 PCs replacing Macintosh G4s
SH118                   Replace aging CRT monitors with energy efficient LCD panels
SH119                   Replace aging CRT monitors with energy efficient LCD panels

We are also working towards standardizing the desktops in all Smart Classrooms. We encourage everyone to give us their input on this project.

Software upgrades to the standard software installation include:
 
Macintosh:                                                        Windows:
 
Mac OS X 10.4.5                         Adobe Reader 7.0.7
Adobe Reader 7.0.7                      Firefox 1.5.1  
Firefox 1.5.1                           ALEKS 3.4.7
QuickTime 7.0.4                         Shockwave 10.1.1.11/Flash 8
Fetch 5.0.5                             iTunes 6.0.3
iTunes 6.0.3                            JAWS 7
MS Office 2004 Serv. Pack 2             MS Office 2003 Serv. Pack 2
SPSS 11.2.0                             QuickTime Player 7.0.4
Removal of Internet Explorer 5.2        SPSS 14.0
   (no further security or              Visual Studio.Net 2005
    performance updates as              Removal of StuffIt Expander
    of Dec. 2005)                          (replaced in current
                                            operating system)

Please use the following links, to the new AC web site, in order to access a complete version of both the standard and disciplinary software lists and the discipline specific software list for any facility.

http://www.humboldt.edu/~ac/labsftwr.shtml#f06     - interdisciplinary software
http://www.humboldt.edu/~ac/dissftwr.shtml#F2006     - disciplinary software
 

 







cc         Ann Burroughs, AC Staff, Media Staff, College ITCs




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