Computer Lab Future Projects

Done

Install Printer

• We already have a the printer
• Need to get clearance to move it to the computer lab
• Everything should be preconfigured, just need to plug it into power and network

Pending

Copy Machine or scanner

• Primary use case is copy
• scanner is in other room
• Buy copier? or scanner?
  • Cost?
  • Network attached?
  • software compatibility?

Audio

• We have headphones, sound card and speakers
• Need approval to use them in lab

DVD playback

• We have the 4 portable DVD players
• Need approval to use them

Wikipedia

• We can have all of wikipedia if we can get clearance for it

Khan Academy

• We could have all of Khan Academy if we can get clearance for it

Expand to Adjacent Resource Room

• The Multipoint server has a licensed limit of 20 stations, 15 of which are used for the computer lab
• If we ran a network cable to the adjacent resource room we could add workstations there
• We could even use the laptops as thin clients using the vClient software

Add more workstations to the lab

• We could add 5 more workstations to the lab.
• It actually only let us to 4 more becuase it may count the instructor workstation among the 20

Identify "humanities" content

• We have yet to identify suitable content to satify our goal of "humanities" eduction