SEPTEMBER 2006 FACULTY IT LIAISONS NEWSLETTER
WELCOME to the SEPTEMBER 2006 FACULTY IT LIAISONS NEWSLETTER
Upcoming Events and Announcements
- 1) University Wide Site Licensed Software Update
- 2) WebCT being phased out for Sakai
- 3) Sakai Training
- 4) IT Events Calendar Available in RULINK
- 5) MAGPI Banned Books Virtual Panel Discussion (9/25)
- 6) Social Sciences Virtual Forum (10/5)
- 7) High Performance Computing Event at UMDNJ-Newark (11/2)
- 8) On-line IT Training for the Rutgers Community
- Feedback or General Q&A to OIRT and Partners
- UPCOMING EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Please share this newsletter with faculty in your department. For a complete list of upcoming IT events visit http://oirt.rutgers.edu)
1) University Wide Site Licensed Software Update
RefWorks, a web based bibliographic software package, will shortly be available
for student, faculty, and staff use. In addition, Maple (a mathematical
software package) and ChemDraw site licenses have been renewed. All of these
packages are available for free to the faculty while any campus computing lab
can have them installed for student use. Students can install RefWorks and
ChemDraw on their system. Visit the software portal at
http://software.rutgers.edu/ for more information.
2) WebCT being phased out for Sakai
OIT has just announced that the WebCT course management system will be replaced
by Sakai for Summer 2007. Sakai is an open-source collaboration system, which
is intended to support both instruction and research. It has been in use at
Rutgers since Fall 2005.
For this Fall, Sakai now includes:
* access to photo rosters
* ability to look up netids when adding users
* interface to Library eReserves
The version for Summer 2007 will be a new major release, with a number of new features. More information is available at http://sakai.rutgers.edu.
3) Sakai Training
Training courses for Sakai, web page creation, SAS, and other information
technology topics is available
https://uhr.rutgers.edu/profdev/script/AllWorkshop2.asp?ID=525.
4) IT Events Calendar Available in RULINK
OIRT is maintaining an "IT Events" calendar in RULink. This calendar was
created to provide long term view (up to a year) at the planned IT events
available internal/external to Rutgers. This calendar can be overlaid onto
existing RULink calendars. For more information or to submit IT events for the
calendar, please email oirt@rutgers.edu.
5) MAGPI Banned Books Virtual Panel Discussion (9/25)
This virtual panel discussion will be held on September 25th from 10:00am to
11:30am. For more information, please visit
http://www.magpi.net/programs/bannedbooks.html To register, please visit
https://oirt.rutgers.edu/registration/rutgers/register.php?id=61005.
6) Social Sciences Virtual Forum (10/5)
MAGPI, our regional coordinator for Internet2 activities, will host a
videoconferenced forum on Social Science topics on October 5th from
9:30-11:30AM. OIRT will provide a location to participate in the forum from its
offices in ASB Annex II. Please visit http://www.magpi.net/socialsciences.html
for more information and past forum agendas. Register at
https://oirt.rutgers.edu/registration/rutgers/register.php?id=61005.
7) High Performance Computing Event at UMDNJ-Newark (11/2)
UMDNJ and NJEDge.Net, the New Jersey Higher Education Network are hosting a
half day educational event on November 2 focusing on high performance computing
hardware/software/network organization and implementation. More information,
including registration, is available at http://www.njedge.net/activities.
8) On-line IT Training for the Rutgers Community
On-line IT Training for Rutgers Students, Faculty and Staff from Sun
Microsystems, as part of its Sun Academic Initiative, and Hewlett-Packard are
offering independent programs with FREE on-line courses. Topics include systems
administration, programming, applications, technology solutions, management,
communication and leadership development. In addition, vouchers for 60% off
Sun Microsystems certification exams are available from OIRT (email:
oirt@rutgers.edu).
Sun Training: Visit http://oirt.rutgers.edu/res/sun-training.html for more information.
HP Training: Visit http://oirt.rutgers.edu/res/hp-training.html for more information.
FEEDBACK OR GENERAL Q&A TO OIRT AND PARTNERS
We are very interested in gaining your feedback on any technology
issue. Feel free to respond to oirt@rutgers.edu or call us at
732-445-1438. Note that questions pertaining more directly to a campus,
departmental, or partner IT organization will be coordinated with that
unit. An archive of these newsletters can be found at
http://oirt.rutgers.edu/cmn/fl-archives.html