- March 17, 2010
General Faculty,
I am pleased to report that our transition to Moodle courseware is on track and on schedule. Seventy-seven faculty/staff instructors are already using Moodle to manage 89 courses and 26 special groups. In addition, fifty-seven faculty have attended Moodle introductory sessions with the next session scheduled for Thursday, March 25th at 10 a.m. in the IT Instructional Classroom (room 230 in the Library). Contact Anthony Basham at extension 3630 if you would like to attend the next session. (more…)
- March 8, 2010
Faculty and Staff:
We are in the beginning stage of transitioning to the new Windows 7 operating system for College-owned computers. Our Technical Services Team has completed their initial testing of Windows 7 on our campus network and we are ready to form a pilot group of about 30 faculty, staff, and students to begin using the new operating system this month. If you are interested in being a member of this group please contact Judy Gergen via email by the end of this week. (more…)
- February 3, 2010
With many network and server infrastructure improvements behind us, we are focusing our efforts over the next two years on low-cost initiatives that will support our scenario planning and provide end-user resources that will tap the versatility of the infrastructure now in place. (more…)
- November 19, 2008
IS&S serves the College’s mission by maintaining a robust technology infrastructure designed to address current needs and future growth. This includes information and communications technologies including instructional and media systems, administrative applications, analytical tools, web/portal applications, wireless, VOIP, servers and much more. The focus of our technology integration is to support student academic success and institutional effectiveness on campus. (more…)
- August 15, 2008
Berea uses technology to ease the transition of first-term freshman
Newly admitted freshman received access to their myBerea portal early this summer in order to ease their transition to College life. Throughout the summer, first-term freshman had access to their email and a variety of system applications so they could interact with others and become familiar with the virtual learning environment and the campus prior to their arrival. Incoming freshmen also received a special transitional tab on the portal that was designed specifically for their unique needs as first-term freshmen. The myBerea portal is designed to support student learning and personalized assessment of academic progress throughout their studies. (more…)- June 23, 2008
Site surveys will be conducted in late June/early July to begin Phase I of our wireless rollout on campus. Our initial focus is on public gathering places where group work and learning can take place on an informal basis using laptops and portable wireless devices. Phase I will include the Library, Crossroads Complex, and Cafeteria as well as an outdoor wireless mesh activated for the Quad. (more…)
- February 11, 2008
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I am proud to announce the release of our new myBerea portal system which will be available to all students the week of February 18. MyBerea is our “Virtual Learning Community” and designed to support student learning, academic progression, and personalized assessment of student progress toward meeting academic, labor, and convocation requirements. MyBerea is also about being a member of a learning community with unique support systems and learning opportunities to faciliate a successful journey and learning experience for our students. With that in mind, myBerea was designed to complement our unique learning environment at Berea. (more…)
- May 29, 2007
This year, our summer project planning has been influenced by three independent studies of our Network Services function. These studies focused on “best practices” related to setting up our network/server infrastructure, VOIP readiness, and Exchange Server configuration. A larger than normal carryover of technology capital funds will be used to resource initiatives 1 and 2 over the summer. (more…)
