1. Making the Pieces Fit Together Barbara Draude, Director, Academic and Instructional Technology Services Middle Tennessee State University Lisa Rogers, Director, Administrative Information System Services Middle Tennessee State University

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3. About MTSU Public 4 year comprehensive university ~ 20,000 student enrollment ~ 750 full-time faculty ~ 1800 employees

4. Before Compaq Alpha 8200 using OpenVMS operating system –SCT Plus Administrative Application Systems HP V2200 using UNIX operating system –Academic and research accounts (30,000+ accounts) –Email system for faculty, staff and students Clients – Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Mulberry, WebMail Pentium NT Servers –WebMT for Student, Faculty and Employees Intel Server –CourseInfo CMS

5. The Puzzle SIS Email MTSU Home Page Integration Modules CMS HRS WebMT Products ADS

6. Challenges to be Addressed Single sign on No SSN usernames Integration with campus email system Integration with Administrative Systems Integration with Course Management System Integration with Web interactive services Implement a portal ?

7. Campus Pipeline Planning Process Advisory team Making the decisions Focus group meetings: department chairs, students Customization - PipelineMT Vendor Delivery of all WebFor products Local enhancements for WebFor’s More reliable events and smart events

8. Campus Email System Portal challenges –Needed to wait for vendor upgrades that enabled communication with external Cyrus IMAP server –Special process needed to load email accounts information into Pipeline database –Needed temporary programs to get SIS, HRS, and ADS email account names “synched up” with email server.

9. Course Management System CourseInfo CMS had been in place since 1999 Need for integration with SIS and campus portal Conversion Plan –Information blitz concerning the rationale for the switch to WebCT –“Sell” the advantages that integration will give –“Countdown to Conversion” Plan Marketing Workshops Individual Consultations Departmental Visits

10. Integration Component Integration Plan (to be finalized in Summer 2002 –WebCT Campus Edition –Install Mercury Message Broker and Message Gateway –Install application software that allows SIS to work with WebCT

11. Today Compaq Alpha GS60 using OpenVMS operating system HP V2500 using UNIX operating system Pentium NT servers for new WebFor’s Intel server for WebCT CMS –WebCT Conversion to be completed by end of Fall 2002 Pipeline active as of February 2002 –Faculty workshops March and April 2002 Continue to add enhancements and upgrades

12. The Puzzle

13. PipelineMT Demonstration

33. Questions and Answers

34. Contact Information Barbara Draude, Director, Academic and Instructional Technology Services bdraude@mtsu.edu bdraude@mtsu.edu 615-904-8383 Lisa Rogers, Director, Administrative Information System Services lrogers@mtsu.edu 615-898-2150