Cecil User Meeting November 13 th . 2001
Jan 16, 2016
Cecil User Meeting
November 13th. 2001
Agenda
• Cecil Summer Projects• New Cecil Staff
– Development Team– LTAs
• Leave Plans• Flexible Learning Centre• Training• Other
Statistics.
Number of Enrolments in Cecil Active Courses by Faculty, 2001
B&E60%
SCI27%
MHS4%
Others9%
B&E SCI MHS Others
Statistics..
Number of Enrolments by Faculty, 2001
B&E22%
SCI25%MHS
6%
Others47%
B&E SCI MHS Others
Statistics…General Cecil Utilisation 1999 to 2001 - 2002 Estimated
1999 2000 2001 2002# of courses 319 344 494 709# of students 10097 12399 14890 19890# of departments 29 36 69 80# of student course enrolments 33,265 39,362 49,651 62,629# of files available (learning content) 7,245 9,227 16,327 28,890Total size of files available (Mb) 771.88 1,348.59 4,621.26 15,835.83On-line tests delivered 147,863 202,537 296,248 433,318On-line questions delivered 1,906,603 3,038,467 4,149,711 5,667,365# of marks recorded 304,929 431,796 530,190 651,005# of emails sent 316,801 414,849 692,708 1,156,672# of announcements 2,820 4,052 6,474 10,344# of SMS text messages sent 99,262
# of log-ins 668,343 994,681 1,384,392 1,926,790# of file types (*.doc, *.xls, etc.) 28 41 70
Hardware Updates
• Production Database– Two multi-processor servers
• Down time if a server fails = 0 seconds
– Dependency on the IBM Storage • Multiple redundancies in its design• 1.3 Terabytes and now at capacity
– Tier 1 management by Sequel Services Limited
– Purchased by the Business School
Hardware Updates
• Internet Servers– Six (6) internet servers on order– Compatible with nDeva and Web-team– Standard configuration and upgradable– Load balancing will be redeployed– 24/6 maintenance contract services
being arranged– Purchased by the Business School
Hardware Updates
• Citrix Server– Stabilising current system and upgrading
licenses– Assistance from Faculty of Science
• Staff Workstations– Replacement equipment for full-time Cecil
staff– Cascading upgrades for part-time staff and
the development system– Purchased by the Business School
Departmental queries using web-based reporting tools
OBSCURED IAW
PRIVACY ACT (NZ)
Enterprise-wide, web-based, immediate solutions
Enterprise Reporting
• Enterprise-wide data sources– Data mining is key success factor
• Report Specialist– Database speciality training– Funded by the Faculty of Science
• CE Access– Reports will automatically become
available to CE users
Cecil Help
• Help Desk Person+– Extra assistance for on-call support– Trained by Cecil Help (Sally &
Radhini)– Working within the Cecil Help facility– Funded by the Faculty of Science
Team Cecil
• Summer Leave– November leave - Sally– December leave- Radhini, Ben, Allen, Ken,
Don and David
• Staff Changes– Nick Jones – 2/w devoted to special projects– Doug Tan – new member, ASP specialist– Stephen Witherden – continuing as
assessment features specialist– 2-3 part-time developers for maintenance &
upgrading
Team Cecil
• Working conditions– OCH 1.55 for the summer– OCH G.03 as usual
• Funding– Major challenge to find the funding
necessary to carry through the summer – Grateful for assistance from Faculty of
Science and particular departments.
CAT
• Centre for Academic Technology– Streaming Media
• Audio – Real & Olympus• Powerpoint with audio
– Publisher for Powerpoint– Real Media Producer
– Viewlets• Audio
Holiday Greetings