Making the Pieces Fit Together Barbara Draude, Director, Academic and Instructional Technology Services Middle Tennessee State University Lisa Rogers, Director, Administrative Information System Services Middle Tennessee State University
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About MTSU Public 4 year comprehensive university ~ 20,000 student enrollment ~ 750 full-time faculty ~ 1800 employees
Before Compaq Alpha 8200 using OpenVMS operating system –SCT Plus Administrative Application Systems HP V2200 using UNIX operating system –Academic and research accounts (30,000+ accounts) – system for faculty, staff and students Clients – Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Mulberry, WebMail Pentium NT Servers –WebMT for Student, Faculty and Employees Intel Server –CourseInfo CMS
The Puzzle SIS MTSU Home Page Integration Modules CMS HRS WebMT Products ADS
Challenges to be Addressed Single sign on No SSN usernames Integration with campus system Integration with Administrative Systems Integration with Course Management System Integration with Web interactive services Implement a portal ?
Campus Pipeline Planning Process Advisory team Making the decisions Focus group meetings: department chairs, students Customization - PipelineMT Vendor Delivery of all WebFor products Local enhancements for WebFor’s More reliable events and smart events
Campus System Portal challenges –Needed to wait for vendor upgrades that enabled communication with external Cyrus IMAP server –Special process needed to load accounts information into Pipeline database –Needed temporary programs to get SIS, HRS, and ADS account names “synched up” with server.
Course Management System CourseInfo CMS had been in place since 1999 Need for integration with SIS and campus portal Conversion Plan –Information blitz concerning the rationale for the switch to WebCT –“Sell” the advantages that integration will give –“Countdown to Conversion” Plan Marketing Workshops Individual Consultations Departmental Visits
Integration Component Integration Plan (to be finalized in Summer 2002 –WebCT Campus Edition –Install Mercury Message Broker and Message Gateway –Install application software that allows SIS to work with WebCT
Today Compaq Alpha GS60 using OpenVMS operating system HP V2500 using UNIX operating system Pentium NT servers for new WebFor’s Intel server for WebCT CMS –WebCT Conversion to be completed by end of Fall 2002 Pipeline active as of February 2002 –Faculty workshops March and April 2002 Continue to add enhancements and upgrades
The Puzzle
PipelineMT Demonstration
Questions and Answers
Contact Information Barbara Draude, Director, Academic and Instructional Technology Services Lisa Rogers, Director, Administrative Information System Services