HSSEAS IEI Fee

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HSSEAS IEI Fee

• What is the Instructional Enhancement Initiative
  Fee
• http//seas.ucla.edu/feeinfo
• What is the amount of the IEI fee?
• 7 per unit for undergraduate classes
• When did the IEI fee originate?
• College of Letters and Science 1997
• HSSEAS Fall 2003
• What is the term of the IEI fee?
• The fee will be reviewed spring quarter, 2005
• This review presentation
• http//seas.ucla.edu/feeinfo

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HSSEAS IEI Priorities

• Improved remote access to HSSEAS resources
• Updating PCs in SEASnet labs
• Reduced printing costs
• Software applications
• Improved class web resources
• Longer lab hours
• Additional software licenses
• Wireless access
• Increased electronic mail and data storage
• Laptop checkout program
• Larger monitors
• Increased help desk support

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Remote Access

• SEASnet remote terminal server
• Remote.seas.ucla.edu
• Dell Poweredge 6650 Server
• 4x2.8GHz Xeon Processors
• 24GB DDR SDRAM
• Raid disk array
• SEASnet lab resources available via ISP/wireless

• go to remote server

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SEASnet Lab PCs

• 4404 Boelter Hall 43 PCs
• Dell Optiplex GX270T
• 3.0 GHz P4
• 1.0GB/400MHz DDR
• 17 in. Flat Panel display
• 48X CD-ROM and DVD-CDRW combo

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Current Year (2003/2004) Equipment Purchases

• 48 ea. PCs
• 1 ea. Remote PC Server
• 2 ea. Sun Fire V440 Servers
• 1 ea. PC lab server
• 1 ea. 1TB disk array

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Printing Costs in SEASnet

• 2 cents per page
• Recovers only the cost of paper and toner
• Color printing is now available
• 10 cents per page

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Software Licenses

• Ansys
• Autocad
• Hummingbird Exceed
• Femlab
• Linux
• Maple
• Matlab
• WebCT

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Class Web Resources

• Class website for all undergraduate courses
• http//courseweb.seas.ucla.edu

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SEASnet Computer Lab Hours

• Lab locations and hours
• http//www.seas.ucla.edu/seasnet/Docs/labs.html
• SEASnet labs are open until 2AM from the fifth
  week through the tenth week.

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Wireless Access in HSSEAS

• Engineering IV
• Boelter Hall
• Math/Engineering Library
• Over 50 access points throughout School
• 2004/2005 map coverage and add additional
  access points.
• 2004/2005 coordinate with Computer Science
  department

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SEASnet Laptop Checkout

• 20 Dell Latitude Notebook PCs
• SEASnet lab configuration
• Wireless
• Available for checkout from help desk

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Monitor Size

• All new SEASnet displays are 17 flat panel
  displays
• Previous displays were 15

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Help Desk Support

• Created centralized help desk
• 2664 Boelter Hall
• Moved 3rd and 6th floor labs to 4404 BH

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SEASnet Instructional Enhancement
Initiative Budget
Proposed 2003/2004
Staff Support Personnel 129,672 Lab
Assistants 70,704 Software
42,730 Equipment 204,365 Benefits
35,529 Total 483,000 Anticipated Fee
Revenue 463,000 SEASnet Allocation 363,000
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SEASnet Instructional Enhancement
Initiative Budget
Actual 2003/2004 Expenditures
Support Personnel 58,489 Lab
Assistants 47,947 Software
58,088 Supplies 437 Equipment 1
79,357 Benefits 14,201 -------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-------- Total SEASnet Expenditures
358,519 Total Departmental Expenditures
100,000 ----------------------------------------
------------------------------------- Total
Combined Expenditures 458,519
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Proposed 2004/2005 SEASnet IEI Budget
Support Personnel 85,908 Lab
Assistants 70,704 Software
42,730 Equipment 140,000 Benefits
24,588 -------------------------------------------
----------------------- SEASnet
Total 363,930 Department Total 100,000 To
tal 463,930
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Current Year IEI Funded SEASnet Improvements
43 new PCs in room 4404 BH Dell Optiplex
GX270T 3.0 GHz P4 1.0GB/400MHz DDR 17 in. Flat
Panel display 48X CD-ROM and DVD-CDRW
combo SEASnet Remote Terminal Server Dell
Poweredge 6650 Server 4X2.8GHz Xeon 24GB DDR
SDRAM RAID 2 ea. Sun Fire V440 Server (Unix
Services) 4X1.062 GHz UltraSPARC IIIi 8GB
Memory
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Current Year IEI Funded SEASnet
Improvements continued
Courseweb http//courseweb.seas.ucla.edu Remote
Terminal Services SEASnet lab services available
from remote PCs via high speed network
connection Longer lab hours Until 2AM from 5th
week through 10th week Reduced printing
costs Currently 2 cents per page Color
printing Currently 10 cents per page
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HSSEAS/SEASnet Funded Improvements

• Remodel of 2684 BH 2nd floor student lab
• 55 PCs donated by Microsoft
• Remodel of 4404 BH 4th floor student lab
• Wireless access for students
• Laptop checkout ( 20 laptops )
• Laptops donated by Microsoft
• Webmail - http//webmail.seas.ucla.edu

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IEI Survey

• http//survey.seas.ucla.edu