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 Staff
Changes
We're saying good-bye
to Ken Clark. Ken has been an important
part of the growth of the computer labs
and the automation of the Helpdesk. Ken
has accepted a position in The Woodlands
and will be leaving 10/15. Send your farewells
and good wishes to ucs_kdc@shsu.edu.
 Matt
Frazier joined our staff as a full-time
Computer Systems Technician on 9/16. Matt
is responsible for the Helpdesk and supervises
the 12 student Helpdesk employees. His e-mail
address is ucs_maf@shsu.edu
and his phone number is 1953.
 With
the successful completion of the Residence
Hall wiring, Nina Cooper is relinquishing
her networking duties to take over a new
project. Nina will focus on providing a
Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the administrative
programs on NELL. The look and feel of NELL
menus and programs will be enhanced to more
closely resemble web pages.
Notices
PC users will have
"noticed" the new Notice bulletin upon logon.
This new pop-up screen will allow us to
provide Web page links to further documentation
for technology info. We may also use this
new option for university-wide informational
releases.
Spring Semester
Planning
The deadline for
requesting software installation for your
Spring 2001 classes is November 1st. This
is to be used for software that your department
has purchased that can be used on our network.
Use the form provided at the url: http://www.shsu.edu/~ucs_www/resources/softinfo.html.
If you are making a new
textbook selection, ask the publishers about
the corresponding Blackboard modules. Blackboard
is our online software. Many of the textbooks
now come with test banks and study guides
that can be uploaded into Blackboard.
The software is now in
for the Web Course in a Box migration to
Blackboard. If you'd like assistance in
copying your old WCB classes to the new
Blackboard system, please send e-mail to
the helpdesk@shsu.edu.
New Phone Directory
The directory is
going to include students, faculty, and
staff members this year. It is at the printer
now, and should be arriving soon.
Training
Wendy Gilbert is
going to demonstrate the new Book Ordering
program October 11th at 11:30 at the LSC
Room 312. This is in conjunction with the
Barnes and Noble's University Bookstore
appreciation luncheon for academic departments.
This will be your first view of the new
GUI interface for entering the textbooks
needed for the upcoming semester. In order
to comply with requests from vendors for
our book lists, it's essential that all
textbook requests be made through this new
system.
The monthly training schedule
is online at http://www.shsu.edu/administrative/training/
If you have requests for specific departmental
training, please send e-mail to helpdesk@shsu.edu.
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