E-mail
& WWW
All students are given computer accounts for e-mail and Web page development
on the campus server known as sunset.olemiss.edu, a ten-processor Sun
system. A Sun Enterprise 420R, cedar.olemiss.edu, supports official university
Web pages, including course Web pages. A Sun Enterprise 420R supports
mailing lists.
UM faculty and staff
may apply for accounts on sunset and cedar. Contact the IT
Helpdesk (helpdesk@olemiss.edu
or 915-5222) or see the IT
Web page for information on getting an account.
The
Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research (MCSR)
Located on the UM campus, the MCSR provides high-performance computing
support to the faculty, professional staff, and students at the eight
state-supported senior institutions of higher learning in Mississippi
and the UM Medical Center, all governed by the Board of Trustees of Institutions
of Higher Learning. The MCSR currently supports a Cray C916 system (magnolia),
an SGI Origin 2800 computer (sweetgum), an SGI Altix 3700 supercomputer
(redwood), a 251-node Intel Linux Beowulf cluster computer, and an Sun
Enterprise 420R computer (willow). More information on MCSR facilities
can be found at the MCSR Web page (www.mcsr.olemiss.edu).
Labs
The Weir Hall Microcomputer Labs are the only general usage labs located
on campus. They provide a wide range of computers and software for students
to use. Included are Pentium PCs, Macintosh systems, printers, scanners
and a teaching lab. See www.olemiss.edu/depts/it/labs
for hours, available software and hardware. You can reserve the teaching
lab by sending e-mail to ftdc@olemiss.edu
or submitting a reservation form at http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/it/labs/.
Faculty
Technology Development Center (FTDC)
Located in Weir Hall, the FTDC offers software, hardware, and one-on-one
assistance for improving your classroom presentations and other projects.
Detailed information on the FTDC is available through the FTDC Web page
(www.olemiss.edu/depts/ftdc).
Technical
Assistance
The Academic Computing and Enterprise Applications (ACEA) division of
Information Technology (IT) provides a wide variety of technical services
for UM faculty. The IT Helpdesk,
located in Weir Hall , provides frontline technical support for the UM
campus. The IT Helpdesk staff can be reached by phone at 915-5222 or via
e-mail at helpdesk@olemiss.edu.
IT Support Services
consultants regularly present technical seminars to faculty and staff,
some of which are provided through Human
Resources Professional Development Series and others which target
faculty needs directly. Included in this offering are seminars on microcomputer
applications, Internet (e.g., Eudora, How to Create a Web Page) and UNIX.
Consultants are available
to help faculty with desktop computing and microcomputing topics (including
procurement),
UNIX/Windows NT applications, and high performance computing. An Instructional
Technology Specialist is available to help faculty develop multimedia
learning environments whether they be Web-based, CD ROM, DVD or other.
A statistical consultant is available to help faculty and students with
statistics applications.
Course
Web Pages
You can develop course materials in your personal account on sunset or
within the main UM hierarchy in the area designated for courses on the
campus web server (cedar). There are several advantages to setting up
your course on cedar; such as, web pages on cedar are indexed by the UM
Web search engine and are not subject to disk quotas. Also, transferring
ownership to another account in the event that someone else becomes responsible
for the course Web page is made easier. To have a course directory created,
see Request
for Course Web Page. To have a course linked from the UM Web courses
page (www.olemiss.edu/courses),
see Request
for Course Web Page.
IT staff members are
available to help you convert existing files to HTML.
See also the Resources
for Developing Course Web Page seminar notes.
Blackboard
Blackboard is a Web-based software application for supporting online courses
and supplementing on-campus classes. It is a great way to post presentations,
facilitate out-of-class discussions and teamwork, as well as post daily
grades securely using the Blackboard gradebook. Blackboard is currently
available at blackboard.olemiss.edu.
Faculty can set up a Blackboard course through the "Class
Rolls and Grades" interface which includes a service that allows
instructors to "Blackboard Enable" sections they are teaching,
or they may send e-mail to blackboard@olemiss.edu.
For more information about Blackboard, see the Blackboard
Help Page.
Course
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists can be effective means for facilitating communication among
class members. A mailing list is an e-mail reflector; members subscribe
to the list and postings are automatically distributed to all members.
To set up a course mailing list, e-mail assist@olemiss.edu.
Please provide the desired mailing list and a brief description of how
it will be used.
Site
License Software
IT manages several software site license programs for the UM campus including
Mathematica, Virus protection, Sun ScholarPac and the SGI Varsity Program.
Other site license software is available for at-cost rates including SAS/PC,
SPSS/PC and certain Visual Numerics applications. Microsoft Office Professional
and Adobe software products are available through the Faculty
Technology Developemnt Center.
Special
Seminars for Classes
IT consultants regularly present seminars to groups on campus. For example,
a faculty member might request a seminar on Internet topics geared toward
a particular discipline for his or her class. Contact Kathy Gates at 915-7206
or kfg@olemiss.edu to request a special
seminar for your class.
Ole
Miss Faculty Experts Guide
The Ole Miss Faculty Experts Guide, located at
www.olemiss.edu/experts, lists the specialty areas of our diverse
faculty, who are available for expert commentary on breaking news or feature
stories on hundreds of topics. To add or update your entry, please send
e-mail to web@olemiss.edu.
Information
Services for Faculty
Faculty can download class rolls, check for open and closed sections of
courses, and access accounts receivable information through a Web interface
made available by the IT SAP Support group. To access these services,
connect to Online
Services.
Faculty
Test Scoring
Faculty have access to an Op-Scan test scanner for their faculty test
scoring needs. This scanner requires the "purple" form #16485.
The scanner is located in the Weir Hall Microcomputer Lab, room 115. Specifics
about the scanner are available at www.olemiss.edu/depts/it/scanning.
Mathematica
UM has a Site License
for Mathematica which entitles any UM affiliated faculty or staff
member to load this software on their office, lab, or home computer. Full-time
UM students may also install a copy on their own computers.
Internet2/ACCESS
GRID
UM maintains a connection to Internet2
providing access from most campus PCs to this high-speed, research
network. UM's own ACCESS
GRID Node is an immersive video conferencing facility, available free-of-charge
to faculty for distance-based lectures or remote research collaboration.
Other
Services
Many other services are available such as an
Online Directory and a mailing list for faculty members. Find out
about these and other services by connecting to www.olemiss.edu/faculty/.
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