Updating Training Room - UNIV-3-084

Howdy---

Per the request of Lesley Staff, I am updating Microsoft SilverLight in the Computer Lab on the 3rd Floor of University Hall -- UNIV-3-084 between 12:00pm and 4:0pm on Friday, December 2, 2011..
During this time, the room will be off-limits. :(

Current version: Silverlight 4 (4.0.60831.0)

OOPS!!!!
I know, right? 3 days before classes start and we've detected some disturbing news...
We rolled-out a new computer configuration as of June 2011, and only recently discovered that Java WebStart and JRE is NOT installed on the Windows 7 configuration.

The areas that this affects:

ALL Computers in Labs & Classrooms, Laptop Cart, Laptops for Checkout on WINDOWS 7 ONLY.

So... please please please be patient with our office as we work diligently to fix this.
We are working to update everything in the next couple of weeks, so if you are trying to use Java in the labs, you will have more success if you use MacOSX (java is built-in).

Sorry for the inconvenience.

PRINTER SERVER UPGRADES--- PRINTING IS DISABLED

PRINT SERVICES OFFLINE

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Howdy, folks---

In case you haven't been following our Twitter, all print services are currently disabled for our classrooms.
We are slowly bringing them back online.

Please stay tuned!

In the meantime, you can check your print balances by visiting our new user interface:
http://lesley.edu/ut/payforprint
*which is accessible by on-campus only!

Thanks for your patience!


-- LesleyLabs

Labs & Classrooms Q2 Update!

Howdy, folks--

Hope you all are doing well.
The semester is coming to an end... Seems to pass by so fast!
We here in the Labs & Classrooms division have been working hard to put things together for the upcoming season change.

A couple of things you might find different for the upcoming weeks:

• WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH
• We are adding a new Color Laser printer in the Doble InfoCommons
  Our printing records indicate that the INFO COMMONS received the highest volume of printing in the last year (~90,000 pages/1900 jobs).  To help balance the load, we are putting an HP Laserjet cp3525x printer which will allow students to print 300dpi on 8.5x11" color prints
  
• We have added 4 new boom-microphone stands to the equipment check-out list.
  
• WITHIN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS
• We are moving one of the HP Laserjet P4015's out of the MollyeLichter 24-hour computer lab and putting it into University Hall Training Room (3rd Floor Lab--- UNIV-3-084)
  There are currently two Black and White printers in the 24-hour lab and only one in the training room.  Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but Statistically speaking---
  the Mollye Lichter 24-hour lab's combined printing for the last year is approximately- - 30,000 pages/7000 jobs.   The Reading Room (~160,000 pages/31000 jobs) and UHALL Training Room (~120,000 pages/22000 jobs) represent a significantly larger print load which can be divided a little more evenly.
  
• We are building a new image set for the labs & classrooms computers which will include a Dual-Boot Schematic featuring MacOSX 10.6.x and Windows7 Professional NEW!.
  The list of proposed software will include:
• MS Office 2007/2008
• MS Office 2010/2011 --NEW!
• ArcGIS 9.3 (windows only)
• Kurzweil 3000 (windows only)
• Inspiration 8;  InspireData
• Open Source Graphics Package which includes:  GIMP Graphics Editor, InkScape Vector Graphics, Blender 3D, Kompozer  NEW!
• Cloud Storage Packages:  Dropbox, Flickr Uploader, Picasa  NEW!
• Google Packages:  Earth 3D, Sketchup
• Multimedia:  Real Player, QuickTime, iTunes, VLC Media Player, Audacity, Windows Media Player
• Web Plugins:  Flash 10.x, Silverlight
• Internet Apps:  Digsby, Pidgin, Skype, FileZilla
• Web Browsers:  Firefox 4.0 NEW!, Internet Explorer 9 NEW!, Safari 5
  
  Our goal was to merely.... KEEP IT SIMPLE-- SLIM, SEXY, EFFICIENT.
  
• We are also updating PaperCut PrintCharging to 11.x soon.  This will give us a whole range of new interface tweaks and usage upgrades.  Your charge accounts will still exist as they do, but the WebUI will have more features and a fresh look!
  
• WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS
• We may be looking to acquire additional components for check-out... including, but not limited to:  document cameras, microphones/microphone stands.
  

Thanks everyone for keeping up with the happenings in the labs & classrooms.

For more information on our operations, please visit our website:

http://lesley.edu/ut/academic

and please feel free to send us a message:  labs@lesley.edu

Take care!

--- Richard Phung

Labs & Classrooms Coordinator

Lesley University

SPRING 2011

Welcome back everyone! Over the break, several of the desktops in the labs have been cleaned up and upgraded to include more of the applications you may need. Wolfard 203 and 204, Doble 413 and 415 are now equipped with the SP2011 image which includes Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium.

Users are now able to utilize Bridge, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat Pro in any of these rooms.

If you want to see something in the next image, let us know and we'll see what we can do.

Enjoy your semester,

Sean E. Parrott-Wolfe
Senior Technician, University Technology
Lesley University

SMART Software Update

We are currently updating all of our laptop images with the latest SMART software to be used with the SMART boards in the science & math labs at University Hall...
Woot.

Sherrill MacBooks... and some issues.

We have discovered an interesting quirk about a certain line of 13" MacBook Pro models.

Known issue:
After installing Apple MultiTouch support in Windows XPSP3, we discovered that these machines started behaving erratically... their boot times jumped from a one-minute load-time to anywhere from 5-10 minutes.
We investigated the issue and explored a number of options, but for the time being, we have disabled Multi-Touch Support in Windows XP.... :(
I know, I know...

this means no two-touch scrolling, no right-clicking, no gestures, and no pinch-and-zoom under Windows XP.  Luckily, the library has provided a number of two-button scroll mice for Windows users.

Needless to say, MacOSX still has multi-touch support.

We are working diligently to find a solution and are in contact with other providers that use these particular hardware types.
Expect an upgrade/fix for the Spring 2011

Mollye Lichter Block 24-hour Lab UPDATE

  Alright, ladies and gentlemen...

  The Mollye Lichter Block 24-hour lab has been freshly imaged and updated!  This will have been the first time in a year that maintenance of this scale has been performed in this area.

 Sorry for any inconveniences that our maintenance down-time may have caused.  We appreciate your patience!





Changes include:
OS Updates (OSX Leopard & WinXP SP3)
Office 2007/2008
IE7/8 & Firefox 3.6.3
FlashPlayer 10
Picasa 3.6
Adobe CS3+

IE8 Installed on Wolfard Image.

Well, I figure "Why not?"
It's a supported product...  For the record, IE8 is NOT my preferred browser.  AND, there are tons of issues with IE8 rendering my.lesley.edu pages... but I am installing it anyway.

Pertains to:   Wolfard 201, Wolfard 203, Wolfard 204

Application:   Internet Explorer 8

Software Updates for Wolfard Fall 2010 Image!

Rigorously running through software updates for the Wolfard workstation image.
It's interesting because this area contains what I consider our "2nd Gen" iMacs*...
These are characterized primarily by the thin base-stands, the Mini-DisplayPort connector, and the nVidia integrated graphics cards.


*2nd Generation only in the series of Aluminum iMacs that we have on this campus.

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MacOSX
--> Software Update included various security & application updates.

• EFI Firmware 1.4
• Bluetooth Firmware 2.01
• SuperDrive Firmware 3.0

Applications:

Updated Office 2008 -- 12.x
Flip4Mac WMV Components -- 2.3.2.6
Adobe Reader -- 9.3.2
Firefox -- 3.6.3
Google Earth 5.1.3535.3218

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WinXPSP3 
--> Windows Update included various security & application updates.

Applications:

Installed Filezilla FTP Client 3.3.2.1
Microsoft Office 2007

AutoUpdate Removal(s):

Doble Image
MacOSX---

Disabled Auto-Update for the following Products:
Adobe Reader 9.3.2
Adobe Flash Player 10
CyberDuck  3.2.1 (4923)

OK'd through initial set-up of iTunes 9.1.1

NOTICE:
If you see any areas where Auto-Update is still enabled on ANY product, please report it immediately to ut@lesley.edu (ATTN: labs & classrooms)
Thanks

--Richard

Google Products Updated - Fall 2010

So we have a small assortment of Google brand products installed on our workstation(s):

Sketchup 7.1
Earth 5 & Earth Plugin for Firefox
Picasa 3.6

We have disabled the desktop application and updates.
*if you notice the desktop app and/or updates for google running on ANY of our lab machines, please let us know!