Information Technology

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Smart Classrooms
Over the summer of 2009, Westchester Community College upgraded instructional technology across the Valhalla campus. The college added twelve new technology-enhanced classrooms. upgraded twenty-one rooms with SMART Boards or Sympodiums, and constructed eight new SMART rooms. With the completion of these rooms, the campus now has more than eighty-five classrooms and six mobile carts that provide first-rate instructional technology. In addition, the extension sites include rooms with SMART Boards or Sympodium monitors: six in Mount Vernon, three in Peekskill, three in Ossining, three at the Westchester Arts Workshop, and two at Yonkers-Cross County.

Each room and cart has an instructor PC, a projector, and multimedia players (DVD and VCR). Many rooms also have document cameras for projecting printed materials. Nineteen rooms have SMART Boards – touch-activated white boards. Some fifty rooms contain SMART Sympodium monitors, which use pressure-pen technology. Some of the mobile media carts are assigned to specific buildings and are managed by the Media Services technician in that building; other PC carts can be reserved from Media Services in advance; two carts are used exclusively by biology faculty and can be reserved through the Division Office.

Also during the summer, five PCs were added to the open lab in Classroom 302.

Network Support

Internet: All workstations are networked, including the off-site locations, to a high speed internet connection.
Wireless: Currently Westchester Community College has wireless coverage via its Asgard wireless network for more than 95% of our main campus and coverage at some extension sites. In our ongoing effort to provide our students the latest in technology we have wireless access throughout the main areas of campus which include coverage in all academic buildings. In addition, wireless coverage is provided in the green areas between the main academic buildings and around the Library. The Mt. Vernon and Cross County extension locations also have wireless access. In the coming year we will continue to improve wireless access at the extension sites and on the main campus.

Technical Services
Academic Desktop Inventory
http://www.sunywcc.edu/aboutwcc/info_tech/academic_inv.htm

Software Inventory
http://www.sunywcc.edu/aboutwcc/info_tech/software.htm

Applications Development
State of the art web-based processes have replaced the old voice response (telephone) StarTel and ExpressLine applications. Course availability, bills/transcripts, grades/transcripts, credit card payments and registration are now available via Westchester Community College's web site, StarWorld.

As part of the College's independent initiative, Peoplesoft's Financials and Human Resources applications have been installed. The new system includes general ledger, accounts payable, purchasing, payroll or human resources applications.

Computer & Communications Technology Use Policy
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Protecting Your Computer Against Viruses
There are a number of things you can do to help protect yourself and Westchester Community College from contracting Internet Viruses. Learn good practices on how to keep your virus protection up-to-date. Click for Virus Protection Details.

Important Note About Wireless Access Points
As a convenience to students and visitors, Westchester Community College provides Internet access through wireless access points in various campus locations and wired jacks at designated locations in the Library. Click for Wireless Access Point Details.

Related Links

Academic
Desktop Inventory

Software Inventory

Virus Protection

About Wireless
Access Points

Certification of
Personal Equipment

Distance Learning
and Division Laptop
Certification

Network
Security Policy

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