eUSF
the faculty/staff portal
at the University of South Florida
Tampa Florida
Terry L. Beavers, Ph.D.
Technology Assessment & Application
Information Technologies
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Quick Look at USF
A comprehensive multi-campus metropolitan research university
42,950: Total enrollment
32,442: Undergraduate enrollment
7,366: Graduate enrollment • USF Medical School
over 200 degree programs • Carnegie Research 1
• $171 million in Funded Research
• Moffitt Cancer Center
7300 FT Employees • Florida Mental Health Institute
5146 PT Employees • Center for Urban Transportation Research
1837 Faculty • Alzheimer’s Research center
Campuses in
Tampa
Sarasota
St. Petersburg
Lakeland
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Technology Assessment & Application
Assess new technologies for their usefulness and integration into
the USF environment (primarily administrative orientation)
Prototype applications demonstrating the how technologies can be
integrated into the USF environment
Provide strategic direction and tactical initiatives for Information
Technologies division at USF
Notable Projects
Staff
• All Internet Services
George Ellis, Assoc VP, IT
• SunLink Student Services
Chris Akin, Asst Director
• USFCard
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• MoBULL messaging service
Carole Dann, Asst Director • Online Payroll Certification
Terry Beavers, Tech Coordinator
with PKI Infrastructure
Jeb Holub, Tech Coordinator
• eVoting
• eUSF Portal
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Project: Administrative Portal
1. Single Web Site for Access to Administrative Applications
2. Single Sign On to Portal & Applications
3. Integrated Email, Calendars, Public Folders
4. User-Friendly Navigation
5. Easy to Update
6. Adequate Roles & Security for Item Level Control
7. Basic Collaboration Capabilities
8. Simple Workflow & Notification
9. Browser Independence (IE6 preferred)
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Portal Software Assessed
SCT Blackboard
Enterprise Portal
Peoplesoft Enterprise
Portal
Microsoft SharePoint
Portal Server
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SharePoint Components
SharePoint Windows Services SharePoint Portal Server 2003
• Lists, Forums, Libraries, Surveys • Comprehensive portal services
• Web Page Editor • Departmental web sites
• Collaboration feature set • MySite personal sites
• document management • Personalization
• versioning • Comprehensive search, index, query
• role based access • Role-based access
• presence features & IM • Event notification services
• MS Office integration • News features
• Document Workspaces • Audience management & targeting
• Meeting Workspaces • Web Part Architecture
• Team Workspaces • Web-based management
• Personalization Event email alerts • Single Sign On services
• Web Part architecture • Distributed Shared Services
• Personal web sites • CMS Integration
• Web-based management • BizTalk Integration
• Distributed architecture • AD User Profiles
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eUSF Network Infrastructure
internet
DC2 DC1
Firewall
Load Balancing SP1 Index
VPN
SSL accelerator
SP2 Search
SQL CLUSTER
GATE DOMAIN
SQL1 SQL2
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Identity Infrastructure
Other Remote
Forests
HSC PS
Forest HR
MIIS
Sarasota Identity
Forest Mgmt BANNER
Student
St. Pete
Forest
GATE
forest.usf.edu domain
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eUSF Office Integration
MS Word 2003
• Invoked by “New Document” button
• Save directly to SharePoint space
• SharePoint navigation pane
• Can use all native Word features (comments, etc.)
MS Excel 2003
• Download to Excel on every library, list, view
• Upload modifications directly to SharePoint
MS Outlook 2003
• Download/upload contacts lists as personal distribution lists
• Outlook Web Access web parts
• Create SharePoint Meeting Spaces
• Download SharePoint events on Outlook calendar
• Tasks
MS FrontPage 2003
• SharePoint aware & integrated
• Adds considerable data access/query capabilities
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eUSF Page Customization
Web Page
• Content Management Web Part Text Box (use any html editor)
• Content Management Web Part Rich Text Editor
• FrontPage 2003
• Word 2003
Web Part Page
• Theme & layout selection
• Drag & drop installed web parts; use “modify” button
• Import web part (web or file system), then modify
• Modify & save existing web parts as new web parts
• Content Management/Page Viewer/XML/RSS Web Parts
• FrontPage 2003
• Visual Studio .Net
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eUSF Application Integration
• Peoplesoft Self-Service
• Appworx Job Scheduling
• Peoplesoft Human Resources
• PFS Monthly Reporting
• Peoplesoft Financials
• Faculty Senate eVoting
• Peoplesoft Financials Reports
• Outlook Web Access
• Payroll Certification
• Project Server
• QueryLand (Data Warehouse)
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eUSF Futures
Install SSL VPN for remote users
Switch to using the search web service
MSCMS Authoring Integration
Develop custom information worker web parts
BizTalk implementation
Workflow support
SCT Banner integration
Innovative Teaching Grant: First-Year Composition
Blackboard Integration
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First Year Composition Project
Pilot Years 1-2
Windows SharePoint Services
• Students have read access
• TAs have authoring access
• Contains syllabi, assignments, samples, etc
•http://collegewriting.us
DotText Blog
• student writing space
• http://www.writingblogs.org
MIIS
• Read student records & create accounts
• used to set permissions & create blogspace
Blackboard
• Gradebook
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First Year Composition
Years 2-3
Goals of 2006-2007 Innovative Teaching Grant:
1. Move into full production environment in IT
2. Create student writing spaces for assignments
3. Integrate Blogs and Forums (Community Server)
4. Student e-portfolio
5. Add integrated gradebook
6. Dedicated developer from Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence
7. Develop peer assessment program within sharepoint
8. Establish full student portal server
eUSF Home Page
eUSF News
eUSF Search
eUSF Apps
eUSF MySite
eUSF Create
eUSF New Page
eUSF Content Mgt
eUSF Modify List
Security
Table
layout
Reports
Cw Custom List
Word
Cw Home
cw Assignment