User Services

Students who use the general use Vista computers in Olin 113, and Sampson-Hoffland 190, 290, and 390 will now find that they can get to their H Drive network share without going through the process of manually mapping their shared folder to a letter. In the upper right-hand corner of the Vista desktop there is now a short cut entitled ‘H Drive” that gives students access to their personal shared folder.

As you may recall, last summer 3/4 of the faculty received new workstations; Music and Nursing agreed to wait a year to allow us to transition to a 4-year roll. Now it’s their turn. This summer, faculty and staff in the Music and Nursing departments will be upgraded to new workstations.

All faculty and staff in the Music and Nursing departments are to complete the online Faculty Computer Response Form by Friday, May 8th. The roll will occur during the weeks of June 8th, 15th, and 22nd.

To view more information about the process, begin at http://lis.luther.edu/services/computer_refresh.

Rain from this last weekend’s storm leaked into Olin 213 in the same area it has in the past. No damage occurred to our computer equipment and a fix-it has been sent to facilities.

A demo of Labstats was given at the ATLRC meeting this week.
This application generates usage reports about the workstation, the user, and the applications being used. You can view real time usage reports in a web browser. This will help us in determining if resources are being used to their full potential. The resources are Lab computers and the applications on the Lab images.

The Marketing Channel has now been implemented on the right flat panel in the Union Lobby. This channel is managed by Rob Larson and his office. This TV will now display images aimed at recruiting new students. The big difference now is the ease of managing the content of the channel, which can be done from a user’s workstation and by more than just one user. This channel is capable of multiple zones, multiple content and RSS feeds.

The question was asked this morning whether labs are open over Easter break. The answer is that labs are available whenever the building in which they are housed is open.

The library closes at 5:00 today and opens Monday morning. Likewise, other buildings on campus close at approximately 5:00 today when Security makes their rounds and will not be open until Monday morning. That means the labs in those spaces are not available until Monday morning.

Students living in residence halls will still have access to the lab in their hall.

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Present: Matt H, Matt B, Bob E, Ryan, Bob P, Larry, Todd, Matt H, Diane

• Accreditation conversations – Various conversations occurring; all faculty invited to session yesterday at 4:00, all staff invited to session today at 4:00.
• Surround Sound System – The Altec Lansing 5.1 surround sound system that was with the Dell demo unit near Help Desk will be kept until need arises rather than selling it on the auction.
• Norse Calendar ‘Easy Button’ – Since it’s no longer possible to search for public calendars, a new method was needed to inform people of available calendars.

Classroom Technologies will be installed in the West Wing of the Remodeled Valders during the week of June 1st through the 5th. During that week, LCD Projectors, Screens, Cabling and Podium Racks will be installed.

Rain water was Leaking into Olin 213 on Tuesday during the rain storm. No damage occurred to any LIS computer equipment. A School Dude fixit was submitted to Facilities.