1. The CIO Help Desk and Equipment Checkout have resumed full operation in Room 25 Education as of Wednesday, August 23, 2006 and are open from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm on Mondays through Thursdays, and 7:30 am to 5 pm on Fridays. As with each new academic year, all patrons will be required to register with CIO and sign the Campus agreement for equipment loan a one-time procedure that will require you to show us your Campus iCard. Policies and procedures have essentially remained the same from previous academic years.
   
   
2. The College of Education media-ready classrooms have also been upgraded for the start of the Fall semester. The College of Education has replaced the out of date classroom computers in Room 22, 42A, 176, and 192 with one Mac Mini computer that provides both Mac OS X and Windows XP. Instructors should notice no difference in the software available on the computers, and should expect improved performance from the new computers. In addition to those changes, Campus and the College have worked together to put classroom technology into Rooms 4F, 4G, 140A, and 166. With the finish of these rooms, all College classrooms will be considered media-ready.
   
   
3. The Instructional Computing Lab has experienced some changes as well. Out-of-date Windows machines were replaced in Room 16 Education with new iMac computers. As with the classroom computers, these new iMacs provide both Mac OS X and Windows XP operating systems. This adds flexibility for the ways in which our computing labs can be utilized. The ICL hours for Fall 2006 are 8 am to 8 pm on Mondays through Thursdays and 8 am to 5 pm on Fridays.
   
   
4. The Center for Technologies in Teaching and Learning continues to provide educational technology and new media integration support to faculty, staff, and students. Please stop by Room 28 Education between 8 am and 5 pm for help with digital media projects, electronic portfolios and more.
   
   
5. CIO has collaborated with the Office of Budget and Resource Planning to upgrade computers for faculty who had desktop computers five years old or older. Computer replacement is currently underway.
   
   
6. CIO was invited to several student orientation events where we shared information about what services CIO may provide COE students. New students, faculty, and staff are welcome to come down to CIO (Rm 32) and receive a tour and gain more information about what CIO can provide (this is, of course, always open to returning faculty, staff and students!).
   
   
7. Enhancements were made to the college's IT services which provide faculty, staff, and students with greater reliability and less vulnerability in network services. These enhancements include upgrading the college's web servers (Spring '06), upgrading the college's Moodle server, upgrading the college's SQL Server, researching improving storage and backup options, and spearheading efforts to make the college's web presence universally accessible.
   
   
8. CIO is coordinating efforts with campus to upgrade the college IT infrastructure. Campus has scheduled the college for a wireless upgrade this Fall. In conjunction with other equipment upgrades supported by campus, the upgrade will allow the college faster network connections and other options such as multicasting for videoconferencing.
   
   
9. Network upgrades were completed in December for CRC. Colonel Wolfe is scheduled for upgrades, although no exact timeline has been set. These upgrades are part of the campus effort to improve building connectivity. The COE previously upgraded.
   

For more information about CIO services, please visit http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/cio/.