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FY11 Timeline
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FY11 Timeline
July 2010 August 2010
OIT collaborates with the Office of the Dean of the
College and produces an online Undergraduate
Announcement that is easily accessible, searchable
and user friendly. The new online format also creates
significant sustainability, and cost, savings by eliminating
the distribution of 15,000 print publications per year.
2010-11 Undergraduate Announcement on the web
The information that makes up the online
Undergraduate Announcement is managed using
the University’s PeopleSoft system. This allows the
Office of the Dean of the College to use features of
PeopleSoft to more efficiently collect, and approve,
course information and changes. The end result is a
cost-effective Undergraduate Announcement that is
accurate, accessible, timely, and green!
OIT upgrades its Blackboard course management
system. With Blackboard version 9.0, instructors
and students have access to a number of key “Web
2.0” tools, which can be used to enhance the teaching
and learning experience, including built-in blogging
and journaling tools for individual, and collaborative,
information exchange. The Notification Dashboard
is another helpful tool that allows both students and
instructors to stay informed of what’s new, what needs
attention, ‘to dos,’ and any alerts.
Working with students and academic administrators,
OIT meets its goal to reduce the computers
in OIT clusters across campus by 33% within a twoyear
time frame. In FY11, the final 15% of computers
targeted for reduction are retired from the clusters.
In addition, OIT continues to promote and implement
other cost-savings initiatives in the areas of desktop
computer programs, infrastructure consolidations, and
OnBase document management.
The High Performance Computing Research
Center (HPCRC) breaks ground and the years
of collaboration and planning between OIT and
research faculty for a facility to house Princeton’s highperformance
computing research systems begins to be
realized. The facility, located at the Forrestal campus in
Plainsboro, will also house a smaller component of the
University’s administrative computing systems.
An artistic rendering of the two-story High Performance Research
Center (HPCRC) expected to be operational in the fall of 2011.
With approximately 40,000 square feet, the new facility
will contain computing space, electrical and mechanical
equipment to operate the facility, and an office area for
support staff.
Expected to be operational in the fall of 2011, the
HPCRC will support the University’s program needs
through at least 2017. Building plans allow for future
expansion of the data center.
OIT completes the Treasurer’s Office migration
from the DataMall into the University’s
Information Warehouse. The addition of financial
data to the warehouse allows departments and offices
to monitor expenses, perform analyses, and produce
predefined, and ad hoc, queries and reports.
OIT completes the upgrade to WebSpace, a
file storage service accessible via the web. The upgrade
offers new features that facilitate collaboration and
make navigation and file management easier. Popular
additions include customized views and thumbnails;
enhanced search capabilities; a heavily anticipated
Drop Box feature that makes file sharing easier; and
integration with standard e-mail clients, enabling users
to use their personal e-mail to compose, and send,
e-mail communications from within WebSpace.