CHECK 2010
Enhance faculty, staff, and student techical learning with Microsoft IT Academy
Dawn Bleuel
Wichita State Univ

www.microsoftitacademy.com

over 300 courses from word, sql, windows, etc.
costs $1500 per year with Microsoft  site license for 10000 accounts.
administrator sets up access codes for user and course.
comes with misc license certs and MCT program for one user and discounts on others.
is tied to the users liveID login and password
for faculty, staff and students
does not include Microsoft products for Mac

bigget headache is getting the word out that is available
biggest advantage is that it helps with issues that are often calls to helpdesk

CHECK 2012
May the App be with you.  student mobile apps at Emporia State Univ.

Larry Hayes
Don Morfitt
Emporia State Univ

approaches

purchase commercial apps
  the ones found were university centered rather than student centered.

Develop own apps

  ellucian offers mobile development framework
   campus maps, etc

student apps:
secure login
course search
student grades
class schedule
news headlines ( from rss feed)
news feeds search
twitter feeds for university
mobile feedback

future directions:
rollout of current apps
market the apps

future development:
enrollment
financial aid status
graduation  checklist
fee payment?

CHECK 2012
Moving Toward the Cloud
Migration of a 6-college consortium data center to a virtual hosted platform
Jerry Smith, Russ Francis
Associated Colleges of Central Kansas

6 private colleges located around MCPherson migrated from a standard shared date center to a hosted environment.
They already hosted the data from the colleges at a remote location, so they were already uxed to the hosted environment.

cost to do hosted system - 354K
cost of hardning data center - 447K

consider costs for providing extra capacity when hosting data in-house vs buying just what is needed and buying more as needed.

Things that were learned.
it changes the role of IT and IT staff
relationship building is critical.  you need to know who to go to get the job done.
try to reduce the differences in equipment as much as possible.

conclusions

small to medium sized college is "sweet spot" for hosted infrastructure.
capabilities for business continuity of a Tier 4 infrastructure outrweighs cost.

CHECK 2012
Bridging the gap for mobile devices: eager adoption v. practical support.
emporia state univ
Cory Falldine
full support for univ owned
limited support for personally owned
completely overwhelming

mobile support strategy:
mobile access to primary systems/services
build support structure around MOST POPULAR mobile os
set gudelines to fis new devices (template)
make information available to guide

write it down:
what services need to be available
what services can we make available right now
which os can be supported for each service right now

overview includes
what constitutes a  mobile device
contracts (3g)
security & encrption ( stolen/lost)
purchasinf
configuring
personal vs businwss use
classroom & checkout use

apple os device gudelines
choosing
mobile contracts
setting up itunes acct
downloading/purchasing apps (vpp or unreimbursed)
configuring device (lab classroom checkout)
syncing/backing up

 CHECK 2012 at KSU.  May 23 - 24, 2012.
sesson 1 -- The New Normal -- Engaging in Disaster Recovery.  Angela Neria, Tim Pearson, Pittsburg State University.
have people that are familiar with disaster situations. military, emc, etc.
have vendor info available in someplace other than the primary building.
proof of identity.  getting in to town reuired proof.
work gear.
call on neighboring institutions.
physical storage. may not be storage buildings left.

ask "what if"
  what it things would be needed first.

who is in charge
  emergency response team
  disater recovery team

contact info and checklist available at  (to be posted)