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Welcome to the IT Exchange. February 22, 2011. Announcements. Agenda. MSU’s Institutional Data Policy Don Ries, Enterprise Information Stewardship Future MSU Course Management System Brendan Guenther, Virtual University Design and Technology Videoconferencing

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Welcome to the IT Exchange

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  1. Welcometo the IT Exchange February 22, 2011

  2. Announcements

  3. Agenda MSU’s Institutional Data Policy Don Ries, Enterprise Information Stewardship Future MSUCourse Management System Brendan Guenther, Virtual University Design and Technology Videoconferencing Laurence Bates, College of Education Virtualization JJ Streiff, Health Information Technologies

  4. Institutional Data PolicyDon RiesEnterprise Information Stewardship

  5. New PolicyInstitutional Data Policy (IDP) The IDP became effective January 1, 2011 Any questions? Support/training going forward? Securing Institutional Data website: http://eis.msu.edu/sid

  6. Institutional Data PolicyWhat and Who • Defines Institutional Data and Confidential Data • Sets minimum expectations for protecting the security and integrity of institutional data • All faculty, staff and students are individually responsible • Units responsible for implementing training and oversight procedures

  7. Institutional Data Policy Questions?

  8. MoodlePreview & Limited Field Trial February 22, 2011 Brendan Guenther Director vuDAT On behalf of LC&T Moodle Implementation Team

  9. LMS Futures • Running ANGEL since 2003 • Planning to run 7.4 until at least 2014 • Contract allows us to continue to run ANGEL 7.4 past 2014 • Limiting factor will be browser compatibility • Expect to have two systems for a few years • Allow people time to move on their terms • Currently looking at Moodle 2.0 • Considering also looking at Instructure Canvas • Already considered BB9, D2L, & LON-CAPA 3

  10. How We Got Here “LMS Futures” committee • Led by Byron Brown • Core members from VP-LCT’s units Tom Davis, SevGrabski, Brendan Guenther, Matt Kolb, Ryan Yang Met with Faculty representatives from each college Brown Bag Presentations, ICTC, Other Venues

  11. Timeline

  12. Summer Limited Field Trial • Will run a controlled pilot during US11 • Selected several courses • Each has an alternative LMS with content already implemented there (for safety) • Tried to represent diversity of offerings • GEO 221 Weisenborn • CEP 820 Wolf • NUR 426 Cook • ORCBS Winslow et al • ACC 230 Jacobs • SW Stutzky

  13. Preview System • Allows for experimentation • NO “live” courses • Unsure if content can be exported • Interested in feedback • IT staff welcome • …and anyone else in your unit can join you • Request access through DLS • Online form will be available soon • vuDAT blog will have an announcement when this is ready for you to use. • Should be ready by Spring Break (+/-)

  14. Questions for IT People • Do you want to be able to run you own Moodle? • For a department? • For an individual course? • Who are the important audiences for service? • If you want to innovate on the main system • How should we handle enhancement requests? • How fast/often do you expect Moodle to change? • What transparency do you expect? • What input would you like to have? • What data integrations are important?

  15. Questions / News • brendan@msu.edu • Subscribe to feed at blog.vudat.msu.edu

  16. VideoconferencingLaurence BatesCollege of Education

  17. Videoconferencing (v-meets ???)We, Me and 4GCollege of EducationLaurence Bates

  18. Transformation of HIT datacenterJJ StrieffManager of Network Infrastructure Health Information Technology

  19. Transformation of HIT Datacenter 1997 2 servers + 1 mainframe 300 desktops Single 5 ton AC unit 10MB network via coax Absolutely NO redundancy

  20. Transformation of HIT Datacenter 1997 - 2010 100 physical servers (mostly Dell 1 & 2U systems) Almost 3000 desktops 20+ individual UPS 20 Ton AC unit with dual condensers 1GB Ethernet network (from datacenter to desktop) Generator backup Some redundancy but several remaining gaps

  21. Transformation of HIT Datacenter Jan 2010 Proof of concept with VMWare Both Servers and Desktops POC returns favorable results July 2010 RFP released for virtualization initiative Jan 2011 all hardware, software and professional services acquired.

  22. Transformation of HIT Datacenter 2011 VMWare EMC NS960 All Fibre Channel Storage 15 HP C7000 Blades Dual 6 core Intel Processors 192GB RAM Liebert 14KVA UPS Redundant 10GB fabric inside the datacenter with redundant 10GB feeds to the campus network.

  23. Transformation of HIT Datacenter Overall Goals Consolidate as many physical servers as possible 75% Convert as many as 1800 desktops to virtual Student Labs and Clinics first Repurposing the existing desktop Replacing existing desktops in the future with thin clients Utilizing Linked-Clones as much as possible RTO for roaming profiles

  24. Next EventIT ConferenceTuesday, June 7, 20118:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.visit computing.msu.edu/itconference for more information

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