Information Technology Milestones

January

new media rooms added in Packer 242 and 245, Kendall 134 and 136

Forcina 103 computer lab redesigned with new media equipment and computers funded through a state grant

December

Zimbra calendaring option enabled for all students

November

In collaboration with Public Affairs and NJEdge.net, Information Technology implemented text messaging alerts for Emergency Notifications to augment our current notification plan.  Brad Coburn and Betty DeMatto from IT were instrumental in the RFP and implementation process.  For more information or to sign up for emergency text alerts, visit Critical Incidents at TCNJ.

Ryan Gladysiewicz, User Support Services Manager with Information Technology, recently presented at the Fourth Annual NJEDge Technology in Education Conference in Plainsboro.  His presentation topic was “Deploying a Productivity Suite and Operating System Campus Wide at The College of New Jersey”.   For more information about NJEDge and the services offered, visit www.njedge.net.

John Kuiphoff and Matthew Winkel from Enterprise Applications presented the "Lightweight Campus Portal" at HighEdWebDev in Rochester, NY , a national conference for higher education web development.

October

All academic buildings have wireless "hotspots". Some buildings have full coverage.  For more informaiton about wireless at TCNJ, go to Wireless@TCNJ.

September

Migrate from webmail and meeting maker to Zimbra Collaboration Suite

Nadine Stern, VP for Information Technology & Enrollment Support Services attended the Information Technology Governance Summit held in Denver, CO.  For more information about the summit, visit http://www.educause.edu/InformationTechnologyGovernanceSummit/13753

August

New media classroom added in the Science Complex (SCP319)

New media conference room added in Green Hall, room 1

Remote Assist for desktop workstation support implemented

July

Information Technology call tracking system upgraded from Magic upgraded to Service Desk Express, version 9

Campus Wide software upgrade to Windows XP and Office 2007 for all faculty, staff and lab workstations

October

The Admissions module for the new Student Administration System is fully operational.  Students can now apply for admission, check the status of their application materials, and accept/decline admissions online.

Nadine Stern, Vice President for Information Technology and Enrollment Support Services was interviewed by Higher Ed Tech magazine for an article concerning the budget cuts facing IT departments on college campuses.

ITS releases its first version of the SOCS "Smart Cache" server.  This service dramatically speeds up user access to heavily used modules in SOCS such as Grading, Dropbox and Assessments.

September

The Course Catalog, Schedule of Classes and Instructor Workload functionality for the new Student Administration System was moved into production.  The Fall 2007 schedule is currently being built in the new system.

August

ITS releases a number of new features into SOCS such as letter grade support for the Grading module, "sign-up" events for office hour and presentation scheduling and the ability to share assessments between faculty members.

June

Implement new tool to import and export computer inventory into Magic, the IT call tracking system.

Matthew Winkel, webmaster, interviewed by University Business magazine for an article concerning the use of RSS feeds on campus. To view the article, go to http://www2.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=44

May

DNA implemented for new workstation deployment.  Allows IT to transfer your desktop and other settings to your new or re-imaged machine.

ITS hosts the 7th Annual Instructional Technology Workshop for faculty

April

Admissions Recruiting. the first piece of the new Student Administration system, implemented.

ITS releases its 'Syndication' module into SOCS.  The module allows instructors to incorporate dynamic content such as RSS feeds and Podcasts directly into their classes.  It also allows instructors to construct their own feeds and podcasts to be used in their classes or anywhere else in the world.

February

Enabled Real-time block lists (RBL) to pre-filter SPAM emails

ITS releases its 'Plagiarism Prevention' module into SOCS for students and faculty

January

Kendall Hall 233 media room implemented

Installed SSLVPN

Upgraded Travers and Wolfe network equipment

New Enterprise Backup system implemented

December

iSCSI SAN implementation started

Posted Academic Computing Plan Initiatives

November

Completed campus-wide re-carding project eliminating the use of social security number as an individual's identification number. Over 7,000 students, faculty and staff received new cards.

September

CS Faculty Suns upgraded to mix of SunBlade 1500 and W1100z

Installed Redhat Satellite server

Sun server "titanic" decommissioned

Hitachi SAN array decommissioned

RES.net restructures support and adds new services, including a student run help desk for students

August

Instructional Technology Services (ITS) moves from Forcina to the New Library, room 002.

New Library computer equipment move and installation

Bliss 228/229 media rooms implemented

Upgraded Internet connection from 15Mbps to 35Mbps

State-of-the-art network brought on-line at the new Library

Suns in Holman 370 lab upgraded to SunBlade 1500 running Solaris 9

Suns in Holman 117 lab upgraded with Sun W1100z running RedHat Linux

Completed Summer 2005 upgrade.  Fourteen pc labs upgraded; one macintosh lab upgraded

July

Scholar Laptop Program starts

IT Call Tracking system "Magic" Upgraded

May

Installed new telecommunications trunk lines to  support local and long distance telephone needs

Installed caller ID software on our telephone switch

Sixth Annual Instructional Technology Workshop

April

Webmail Upgrade

Minimum email quota increase from 75MB to 200MB

March

Packeteer Packetshaper Upgrade

PatchLink implemented

February

Student Center Goes Wireless

Resnet Internet Bandwidth Survey #2

Mcafee at Home-use program implemented for faculty and staff

Virus outbreak contained - over 300 infected machines cleaned.

January

New media rooms - Holman 317 and Loser 106

New computer lab - Holman 439

December

General campus database (database.tcnj.edu) available

November

Wireless@TCNJ hotspots installed in Holman & Science Complex (Chemistry)

October

EMC SAN installed for future server storage consolidation projects

Departmental reorganiziation Media and Technology Support Services (MTSS)

September

Holman Hall MP Lab closed

100,000 Magic calls logged

McAfee Virus protection CD distributed to students

Internet2 and IT services demos - School of Nursing and School of Engineering

Launched new Admissions web site

Launched newVirtual tour

Launched  a new Integrated School and Academic Information architecture

Launched the Academic Advising Resource site

Launched the Form Genie that allows users to easily create secure, accessible, standards compliant forms

August

Student Center Lab renovated

New Faculty Tours

School of Business media rooms upgraded

Launched the I-lion on line literacy tutorial

July

Scholar Laptop Program

June

Wireless@TCNJ project started

Novell 6.5 with LDAPv3 support installed

New Department and Faculty/Staff directory on the web replacing printable directory

Setup Positive Pay Process in Financials for Budget and Finance use - for check amount verification

Complete new computer upgrades

Begin rollout of new email package - Thunderbird

New SOCS features including course calendars, collaborative document management (C-DOCS) and real-time chat

May

April

Information Security Awareness Program launched

TCNJ Planning portal launched

Housing Application on the web - students can now enter housing info including   floor preference, special diet needs, medical needs or physical needs and roommate questions

March

FY04 computer upgrades begin

Average number of daily logins to SOCS reaches its highest point on record (2,865 average logins per day)

February

January

December

Science Complex Media rooms completed

November

Help Desk Call Tree implemented

October

Multimedia classroom installed in Loser 9 and 19; Armstrong 136

New Employee Information System (EIS) implemented for Human Resources and Payroll

September

Telecommunications implements block minutes calling plan structure for Students

Eickhoff Hall Sound System installed

Wireless networking implemented in transfer housing

August

Multimedia classroom installed in Forcina 101

Successfully pushed Microsoft Blaster and Nachi patches and virus cleaners to faculty/staff desktop computers via Novell login

Process implemented for new Employee account creation through collaborative efforts of multiple departments

SOCS V3 released with new features including an assessment module, expanded gradebook and co-instructor abilities

July

First production Linux server installed at TCNJ for Math Dept.

June

Complete Phase 1 of Summer upgrade by installing 350 new computers

First SAN array installed and configured

May

New Account Management System (AMS) implemented

Sun LDAP server goes into production

Fourth Annual Instructional Technology Workshop held

March

FY-AY03 Budgets developed, received, submitted

Windows 2000/Office XP upgrades complete

January

Email (RAV) antivirus software upgrade with new anti-SPAM support

Chemistry move to Science Complex complete