IUSM Educational Technology

Finished new AV Request form on the PTS site that is Flash based.

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on the PTS site, we put together a new interactive map designed in Flash. It came out two (2) weeks ago.

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We have been migrating the auditorium PCs over to Windows Vista. MSB26 and MS326 have been running successfully for almost a month now. The next to convert is the PC in Emerson Hall (slated for 31JUL08 or 01AUG08).

We have successfully installed a New Pharos server that has been running for a few months now that has allowed us to create queues for the new MAC stations on the first floor and will allow us also to successfully have print queues for the Windows Vista PCs.

Contact: Watson Prunier

For the last few months we have been developing a web-based tool to easily manage the Edactic Program. The first couple of months were a challenge because FoxPro (program that was used to design Edactic) is a bit antiquated. So, the tools available to integrate the program were few and far between. So, we had to purchase the latest version of Visual FoxPro (v.9) to develop tools to allow us access the data and create users.

We are at the stage where we can create user folders and assign permissions. We can also remove any blank records from the users’ list. Now we are working on the routines to insert the new user into the users’ table after creating their folder in their respective directory. Also, the program automatically creates a backup of the table (with a timestamp and name of person working on the file) before any changes are made.

The next stage is to programmatically modify the automap.txt file. This, too will be backed up before being edited.

Other features will include:

1. Develop database information to be able to programmatically recreate data tree.
   • Separate table to monitor list of users.
   • Separate table to monitor list of objects (folder names).
   • Separate table to monitor list of user’s access to objects.
2. Ability to create new folder groups.
3. Ability to add other users to view folders.

More to be added later.

Added backup printer to Pharos server and will be working on building the next generation Pharos server to handle requests from Vista machines.

Added the Reference Office to the list of systems to be monitored for upgrade process to Vista.

First Circulation computer running Vista is now complete with the new receipt printer added. The other receipt printer was ordered and the second machine will be deployed once it shows up.

winLogin.exe will be available for download 18FEB08. This is a new and cleaner login script for all users who have access to Educational Technology Resources.

Educational Technology has developed an interactive online evaluation page for the OBGYN department that allows for student evaluation of Third Year students. It has been up and running for a few months now, but undergoes tweaks to make it that more efficient.

Student Evaluations