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Dartmouth Conference Supported World Usability Day
Dartmouth participated in World Usability Day, a global series of events
organized by The Usability Professionals Association to promote ease of use in
design. Over 50 conferences and seminars took place on six continents,
including Dartmouth's World Usability Day New England.
Computing Services Unveiled New Online Calendar System
Help was on the way for students who struggled balancing busy social lives
and packed schedules. Peter Kiewit Computing Services rolled out Oracle
Calendar, a free, Web-based version of the calendar program used by
Dartmouth faculty and staff since 2000.
Rice University and Dartmouth Collaborated on Emergency Web Site
Rice University and Dartmouth College Collaborated on an Emergency Web Site
in Anticipation of Hurricane Rita.
Rice University asked Dartmouth if they could host an emergency Web site if
Rice's data center closed because of Hurricane Rita. The site was intended to
be a temporary public communication vehicle. In the case of extreme
devastation, Rice would activate an alternative data center, where Web
operations would recommence.
Classroom Technology Services Provided State-of-the-Art Classrooms
There was a time when the average classroom was equipped with desks, chairs,
a chalkboard, and little else. Not anymore. Today's classroom is an interactive
tool in the learning/teaching experience. At Dartmouth, that means
sophisticated digital projection, design that allows those projected images to
be viewed from nearly anywhere in the room, and easy reconfiguration for
small-group exercises.
Dartmouth Tightened Up Network Access
Computer security breaches at colleges and universities throughout the
country, including Dartmouth, have spurred campus network administrators to
tighten up the log-on procedures for its 10,000 users. With an open-access,
campus-wide wireless network and as many as 20,000 active IP addresses that
identify network users, a simple password is no longer sufficient to keep
digital intruders at bay. See Safe
Computing at Dartmouth.
Levine Named Chief Information Officer for Harvard Arts and Sciences
Larry Levine became Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for
Information Technology for the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Levine was the Chief Information Officer and Associate Provost for Information
Technology at Dartmouth, where he led Peter Kiewit Computing Services since
1991. He oversaw academic, administrative, and network IT initiatives that
served the entire institution.
Protecting Yourself Against Cyberspace Attacks Becomes a Challenge
In an era characterized by easy access to all kinds of information,
protecting private information became an escalating challenge, especially for
institutions that store a range of sensitive data. For Dartmouth, the biggest
threats came from outside the College. To meet those challenges, Peter Kiewit
Computing Services developed a multi-layered strategy.
I3P Launched a $3 Million Research Program
The Institute for Information
Infrastructure Protection (I3P) at Dartmouth College launched a $3 million
research program to help quantify the costs of cyber attacks and measure the
effectiveness of current security tools and policies.
Phones, Televisions, and Computers Converged at Dartmouth
In 2001, Dartmouth embarked on a computing journey that started with the
deployment of an enormous one-mile square wireless network. It was part of an
institutional vision for a computer network infrastructure that would someday
combine voice, television, and Internet.
"Convergence" was achieved as the College switched its cable and satellite
television system to the network. This follows the 2004 migration of the
traditional telephone system to VoIP, or Voice-over Internet Protocol.
Dartmouth Switched to New Search Engine
Although the switch was probably invisible to most visitors to the
dartmouth.edu Web site, a new search engine facilitated exploration around the
College's virtual home. A committee convened by Computing Services incorporated
feedback from users in designing an improved way to search Dartmouth's presence
on the Web.
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