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Peter D. McAnally (mcanalp@cda.morris.umn.edu)

• Description of Proposed Project: Replacement of analog lighting boards in the Proscenium and Black Box Theatres with modern computer light boards. This will benifit Theatre student because they can use real world equipment and also the Morris community as a whole for with these new boards play productions will become more entertaining and enjoyable.

• Itemized Budget: 2 computer light boards + electricians fee estimated $30,000

• Description of Proposed Project: The UMM Safety/Security Task Force has endorsed a plan to add a video security system to four Computing Services computer labs. The labs are Behmler 39, Office of Residential Life basement, Student Center lab (these three are open 24 hours a day during the academic year), and Camden 10 (which is open until midnight). The proposal would add one security camera to each lab, mounted unobtrusively and positioned in such a way that the camera will not record what is on users' screens. Each camera will use existing network lines to send time lapse images back to a single central videotape recorder. The four cameras' images will be recorded on a single tape, and the tapes will be used for investigation and evidence if any incidents of interpersonal harassment, theft, or violence are reported. Otherwise, the tapes will not be monitored, and they will be re-used on a periodic cycle. Installation will take place in summer 2000. We believe the presence of the cameras will add to a sense of safety and security for lab users, especially at night, and that the system will act as a deterrent against theft, damage, and harassment.

• Itemized Budget: Matching funds have been offered for this project from UMM operating funds. Purchase and installation of the video security system is anticipated to cost between $4,000 and $6,000. These costs will include four cameras, lenses, transformers to send the video signal over the network lines, mounting equipment, video recorder, switch to accept input from four lines and convert to one image, video monitor, tape, miscellaneous connectors, necessary new wiring within buildings, and labor. The allocation requested from the student technology fee fund is half the total project cost, not to exceed $3,000.

• Description of Proposed Project: REQUEST for equipment through Student technology fee, 2000.

  Description of the Proposed Project:

  PURPOSE: Purchase two portable ultra light computers to assure teacher education students can present technology based lessons in on campus (peer teaching) and off campus (practicum and student teaching) settings.

  RATIONALE: UMM teacher education graduates (approximately 1/3 of each graduating class) have limited on-campus experience with instructional technology. We made advances this year, but still have a ways to go to assure our students develop skill in the design and implementation of technology based curriculum and instructional strategies that meet needs of young people and fulfill standards of state, regional and national accrediting agencies to which we are responsible (e.g. Minnesota Board of Teaching, Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium, and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education).

  Last year funds from the technology fee helped us move ahead on this agenda. We purchased a curriculum development workstation and portable computer for presentation of lessons. This purchase was matched by a U.S. Department of Education (USOE) grant through which we also purchased a $5,000 portable projection unit. The projection unit is now going to be permanently installed in MRC 205 where all elementary education courses are offered.

  We are now preparing a proposal to USOE for a three year continuation of our project that will result in a very significant integration of instructional technology into courses throughout the UMM curriculum. The focus of this grant is on redesign of instruction and cannot be for significant purchase of equipment. As in the current grant, each dollar from USOE must be matched by funds from other sources (the technology fee grant last year was of significant help in our receiving the USOE grant). Technology fee funds granted this year will also play a significant role in, and are important for, our being considered for funding under the new USOE proposal.

  PLAN: Two instructional design workstations have been set up in the Education Building and students are using them to develop technology-based lessons. Students use portable computers to present their lessons in classes on campus and in area schools.

  With 90 students, 27 on –campus courses, and over 300 practicum and student teaching placements, the demand for portable computers is growing significantly.

  We will use the portable projection units purchased through Media services for on-campus seminar sessions and the projection unit from the USOE grant in the large classroom. By having two more laptop computers many more lessons – on campus and in area school– can be presented.

  Budget: Two Portable PC's $5,000

• Itemized Budget: Budget: Two Portable PC's $5,000

• Description of Proposed Project: The WCHRC would like to replace the current computer with a newer model, and to purchase a scanner and archival software. Our current computer is not able to effectively run programs that would let the archives be accessible to the general public. A new computer is needed so that we can put our guides to the archives and manuscripts on line in a searchable and easily updateable guide. We would also like to scan some of our artifacts and make the addition of a photo gallery to our webpage to make our collections more accessible, access other on-line databases, and computerize our databases with archival software.

• Itemized Budget: $1440.00 A Dell computer with flatbed scanner. (Celeron 433 MHz, 64MB RAM, 4.3GB Hard Drive) $560.00 Archival Software Total $2000.00

• Description of Proposed Project: Replace all PCs in Camden 10 and Behmler 39 (24-hour lab). These computers were purchased in early 1997 and are currently the oldest computers in Computing Services public labs. They are Dell Pentium systems, 166 MHz, with 32 MB RAM. Some problems have been caused by the fact that they do not have sound cards, and the processors lack the MMX multimedia extensions that were added by Intel later in 1997. Both Camden 10 and Behmler 39 are used as classroom and training facilities, so UMM students will be poorly served by keeping systems here that will be notably underpowered by the beginning of the 2000-2001 academic year. There are 19 computers in Camden and another 11 in Behmler 39, for a total of 30 to be replaced under this proposal.

• Itemized Budget: An allocation of $2000 per system is requested, for a total of $60,000. We have generally spent about $2000 per computer on Windows PCs for Computing Services labs since the fee was implemented in 1997, and have been safe in assuming they would have a usable life span of about four years. In summer 2000, an allocation of $2000 per computer should allow us to select from the medium range of desktop systems. We will purchase the best systems available in summer 2000 for the price, Windows 2000 ready, with sound, 17" monitors, Zip drives, Intel processors, and well equipped with RAM and disk space.

  As you consider this proposal, it is important to note that we do not plan to request any allocation for replacement of Macintosh computers from the 2000-2001 technology fee. This single $60,000 proposal will be the only request for lab systems from Computing Services this year, and it is a substantially smaller allocation than has been funded in previous years to keep lab computers up to date. All Macs in Computing Services labs are recent G3 systems, and none will be due for replacement until next summer. This proposal fits in with wishes expressed when the student technology fee was introduced in 1997, that all computers provided for student use in Computing Services labs should always be less than four years old. If these 30 desktop systems are not replaced in summer 2000, they will be more than four years old during the spring semester next year.

• Description of Proposed Project: Re-equip the UMM dial-in modem pool to provide 56K (V.90) access to the UMM network for off-campus computer users. In addition, add nine new dial-in lines to the pool.

  Currently, UMM provides network/Internet access to off-campus dial-in student users with a pool of 39 modems. Most of these are 33.6K modems purchased in 1997, while a few are 28.8K modems from 1996. All are consumer-grade external modems, connected to the network via terminal servers, and each modem uses a single US West "measured business" phone line.

  The V.90 specification for 56K dial-in modem service, which has been in place since 1998, requires an Internet service provider (in this case, UMM) to configure its equipment and lines in a different way. Instead of consumer modems, terminal servers, and phone lines, we must use digital lines, a rack-mounted managed modem system, and an Ethernet backplane connection. Commercial rack-mounted modem systems provide 24 dial-in lines per rack, so connections are not added individually, but rather in multiples of 24. Therefore, it makes sense to replace the entire modem pool all at once, to provide industry-standard 56K connections to all off-campus users, and to increase the size of the modem pool to 48 lines.

  In addition to the obvious age and slow speed of the existing UMM dial-in modem pool, another crucial factor that has become clear this year is the inadequacy of our 39 dial-in lines. Usage patterns make it apparent that many off-campus users are redialing numerous times, even dozens of times, before a free modem is available. Peak congestion times, which a year ago were only in the evening, have now extended to afternoon, late night, and even some mornings. By installing two 24-line rack systems, we will provide 48 dial-in lines for users. This net increase of nine dial-in lines should help alleviate the congestion.

  We propose replacing the existing 39 modems and phone lines with an integrated system accommodating 48 dial-in V.90 (56K) connections.

• Itemized Budget: The total cost of this project in the 2000-2001 fiscal year will be about $32,400, itemized as follows:
  - $11,000 for two managed V.90-compliant dial-in 24-line modem racks. This amount is based on the quoted price for two MultiTech CommPlete CCS/24 Starter 100 systems. Each will provide 56 kbps connections for 24 lines, along with a high-speed backplane connection to the UMM network at 100 mbps, greatly improving throughput for all users.
  - $20,800 for the year to pay monthly fees for two T1 lines. Each T1 line will provide dial-in connections for 24 modem users, so two lines are necessary to provide 48 connections. The T1 lines provide the necessary digital connectivity to meet the specifications for V.90/56K service. This price is based on a quote from Federated Telephone Cooperative of Chokio, a quote that is substantially lower than US West's quote. Federated has already brought their fiber lines to the UMM switch room in Behmler Hall.
  - $600 for installation of the two T1 lines. Again, this price is based on a quote from Federated Telephone.

  We propose to split the first-year costs evenly between the UMM student technology fee budget and the central UMM Computing Services budget. Therefore we request an allocation of $16,200 from the 2000-2001 technology fee.

  The modem racks and T1 installation charges will be one-time costs. The monthly T1 charges will be ongoing. The total cost of $1732 per month for 48 lines ($866 for each T1 line, slightly more than $36 per month per line) compares with our current total monthly cost of $1222 for 39 lines ($31.32 per month per line for non-digital US West lines). The student technology fee currently subsidizes the cost of 23 of the 39 dial-in lines, which were added in response to an MCSA request in 1997 -- an allocation of $8,644.32 in 1999-2000.

  Beyond the first year, we will propose that the student technology fee continue to fund half the ongoing monthly line costs, for as long as these rack modems remain in use. At current prices, that would be about $10,400 per year. Computing Services will increase its support of the UMM modem pool to the same amount. This proposal does not formally make an ongoing request for funds beyond the first year, but requests will be made annually and these ongoing funds will be needed to keep the dial-in service in place.

  Total allocation requested for 2000-2001: $16,200.

• Description of Proposed Project: In the event the proposal for modem pool upgrade (above) is not funded, this proposal requests funding for ongoing costs of UMM's existing dial-in modem lines. The implementation of the student technology fee in 1997 allocated funds specifically for the addition of 23 new lines in the UMM modem pool. These 23 lines (out of 39 total lines) are dependent on ongoing funding through the student technology fee, funding which has been allocated annually. Each modem requires its own US West "measured business" phone line at $31.32 per month. Funding is requested to pay the cost of these 23 lines for the 2000-2001 fiscal year. All UMM students living off campus are being served by these lines.

• Itemized Budget: Total amount requested: $8,644.32. (Breakdown: 23 US West measured business lines @ $31.32 per month x 12 months.)

• Description of Proposed Project: Pay for continued ongoing costs of ResNet. Costs in 2000-2001 will primarily be for switches, adapters, cables, other network electronics, and maintenance all existing equipment. The major ongoing ResNet project is to change shared (hub) connections into switched ethernet ports, providing greatly improved performance and security. Most current ResNet users are on switched connections, but at this time, several hundred of the unused ResNet ports still need to be converted.

• Itemized Budget: An allocation of $15,000 is requested for maintenance and ongoing ResNet costs. This is the same allocation made for each of the past three years to cover ResNet expenses. Only actual costs will be charged against the technology fee budget. Assuming $15,000 annual allocations, most or all of the existing shared network ports on ResNet can be converted to switched ethernet jacks within three years. ResNet subscription fees were eliminated in 1997 as part of the agreement that implemented the UMM student technology fee, and ongoing ResNet costs are exclusively assigned to the technology fee budget. Total request for 2000-2001: $15,000.

• Description of Proposed Project: We would like a computer for hook up in the WRC office, in the Pasque Flower Room of the student center. It would be used to keep files on our library, meeting minutes, and for access to our web site.

• Itemized Budget: $500 for a computer any other fee for instillation in the room

• Description of Proposed Project: 1st Priority Proposal Music Computing Lab: Two additional Macintosh G4 MIDI work stations. This would bring the lab up to five total computer work stations. All five would be MIDI capable and one of the five would also be digital audio capable. Included in the request are sound modules, software, peripherals, interfaces and upgrades and replacements as needed in the lab. The lab is seeing much expanded usage in its new classroom HFA175 location. All music students majoring or minoring in music have numerous assignments in the lab. All nonmajors taking fundamentals of music work in the lab extensively.

• Itemized Budget: Budget $17,952
  2 - Power Mac G4 Ultimate 128MB SDRAM - 1 DIMM, 450 Mhz PowerPC G4 - 1MB L2 cache, Rage 128 Pro card- 16MB SDRAM,10GB Ultra ATA drive, Zip Drive, USB keyboard, DVD-Rom drive with DVD-Video, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet built-in, Accessory kit @$1,880 = $3760
  2 - Sony 21" Multiscan Monitors (CPD-520gs) 19.8-inches viewable, multiple resolutions to 1600 x1200 at 75Hz. Mac compatible @$939 = $1878
  1 - Networkable Laser Printer Lexmark Optra SC1275N $2320
  1 - Install network connections 4 macs and 1 laser printer @ $100 = $500
  2 - MIDI interfaces - USB Midisport 2x2 MIDIMAN @ $99 = $198
  3- Proteus 2000 MIDI sound modules @$775 each = $2325
  5 - Protozoa 16MB SoundROM (Proteus 2000) @$199 = $995
  3 - pairs of Advent powered speakers @ $135 each speaker = $810.00
  3 - 1202VLZ Pro Mixer MACKIE @$345 = $1035
  3 - System Software upgrades @49 = $147
  2 - software: Performer @$350 = $700
  2 - software upgrade Performer @$150 = $300
  1 - software upgrade: Digital Performer $150
  4 - software: Finale 2000 @$275 = $1100
  1 - software upgrade Finale 2000 $150
  2 - K70 Headphones AKG @$69 = $138
  6 - MIDI15 15ft Midi Cable HORIZON @ $9 =$45
  3 - CPR202 Dual RCA TO 1/4 6.6ft HOSA @$5 = $15
  5 - MIDIMAN 2X2 MIDI mergers 2 $60 = $300
  2 - surge protectors @ $20 = $40
  1 - VGA M/F Monitor Cable 25' $46
  3 - Music Theory and Ear Training software @$250 = $750
  1 - Recordable CDs, ZIP Disks, Imation disks $250

• Description of Proposed Project: 2nd Priority Proposal Music Computing Lab: One additional Macintosh G4 MIDI work station. This would bring the lab up to four total computer work stations. All four would be MIDI capable and one of the four would also be digital audio capable. Included in the request are sound modules, software, peripherals, interfaces and upgrades and replacements as needed in the lab. The lab is seeing much expanded usage in its new classroom HFA175 location. All music students majoring or minoring in music have numerous assignments in the lab. All nonmajors taking fundamentals of music work in the lab extensively.

• Itemized Budget: Budget $12,607
  1 - Power Mac G4 Ultimate 128MB SDRAM - 1 DIMM, 450 Mhz PowerPC G4 - 1MB L2 cache, Rage 128 Pro card- 16MB SDRAM,10GB Ultra ATA drive, Zip Drive, USB keyboard, DVD-Rom drive with DVD-Video, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet built-in, Accessory kit $1,880
  1 - Sony 21" Multiscan Monitor (CPD-520gs) 19.8-inches viewable, multiple resolutions to 1600 x1200 at 75Hz. Mac compatible $939
  1 - Networkable Laser Printer Lexmark Optra SC1275N $2320
  1 - Install network connections 4 macs and 1 laser printer @ $100 = $500
  1 - MIDI interfaces - USB Midisport 2x2 MIDIMAN $99
  2- Proteus 2000 MIDI sound modules @$775 each = $1550
  4 - Protozoa 16MB SoundROM (Proteus 2000) @$199 = $796
  2 - pairs of Advent powered speakers @ $135 each speaker = $540
  2 - 1202VLZ Pro Mixer MACKIE @$345 = $690
  3 - System Software upgrades @49 = $147
  1 - software: Performer $350
  2- software upgrade Performer @$150 = $300
  1 - software upgrade: Digital Performer $150
  3- software: Finale 2000 @$275 = $825
  1 - software upgrade Finale 2000 $150
  1 - K70 Headphones AKG $69
  4- MIDI15 15ft Midi Cable HORIZON @ $9 =$36
  2 - CPR202 Dual RCA TO 1/4 6.6ft HOSA @$5 = $10
  4- MIDIMAN 2X2 MIDI mergers $60 = $240
  1 - surge protector $20
  1 - VGA M/F Monitor Cable 25' $46
  3 - Music Theory and Ear Training software @$250 = $750
  1 - Recordable CDs, ZIP Disks, Imation disks $200

• Description of Proposed Project: We are seeking technology fee funding for a UMAX Astra 2200 flatbed scanner. The scanner will be used by student graphic artists in Student Activities to produce high quality, effective brochures, t-shirt designs, and posters for UMM's 85+ student organizations. The use of a scanner will help the artists fully utilize the graphics software and other tools in promoting student-initiated programs at UMM.

• Itemized Budget: UMAX Astra 2200 Scanner Flatbed 600x1200DPI 8.5x11.7. Current price $180

• Description of Proposed Project: Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner. Price $1200.00 In order to keep up with the technologically advancing newspaper business, we find it necessary to move on to the digital age when it comes to photography. The majority of newspapers are going to negative scanners due to their accuracy and ease of use. This move to the use of a negative scanner would effect The University Register in two ways. The first would be the lowering of photography supply costs dramatically; the other would be speeding up the photo process in general and make the photos that appear in the paper more manageable and clearer for viewing by the campus community. This scanner would also make it possible to use the majority of our photo-taking equipment, and is more versatile than a completely digital

• Itemized Budget: Nikon Coolsacn III Film Scanner. Price $1200.00

• Description of Proposed Project: Our current printer is coming to the end of its heavy-use period. The amount of printing the newspaper does each school year quickly takes its toll on printing equipment. We have had to bring our printer in for major repairs twice this academic year. The amount of printing that is necessary for the newspaper will not go down, but our printer will. In order to keep the paper running smoothly and to avoid burdening another student group for the use of their printer, we request Tech Fee monies for a new printer. If this request is funded, we would be glad to make our current printer available to the campus community fo

• Itemized Budget: HP Laser Jet 5000N Price: 2200.00

• Description of Proposed Project: Money to purchase a Macintosh computer and laser printer that will facilitate easier preparation and production of the Chronicle Alternative, the Arts and Literary Magazine of UMM.

• Itemized Budget: A Macintosh compuer capable of running Pagemaker: about $1300 A laser printer: about $400

• Description of Proposed Project: Replace antiquated light board and dimmer packs in Edson Auditorium. Edson facilities are heavily used by student organizations for live performances and by visiting and campus bands, dance companies, theatre troupes, comedians, and speakers. The analog equipment we now use rarely meets the technical needs of professional performances - we are operating at half of the auditorium's lighting capacity. In addition, the equipment is virtually impossible to repair; the industry standard is now digital. The tech crew that provides sound and lighting for all Edson events is comprised of UMM students. The proposed digital lighting equipment will enable them to provide visiting artists and UMM performers with quality lighting and will give the crew members valuable experience with equipment they will use in the "real world."

• Itemized Budget: 24 Channel digital light board: $1000 24 Channel digital dimmers: $5000 Digital light cable: $100 Total projected cost: $6100

• Description of Proposed Project: As the only daily source of news and information on the Morris campus, the KUMM News Department is always looking for ways to better serve the campus community. Recently, we have expanded our coverage of campus issues and to accomplish this goal, we have been conducting recorded interviews for use on the air. Through our makeshift use of my personal microcassette recorder held up to the studio microphone, it has become painfully obvious that KUMM needs a high-quality means of on-location recording. The Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder is the ideal tool for KUMM's reporting needs, fitting in the palm of the hand and recording CD-quality audio. Such a recorder would be used to capture interviews, meetings, and musical events in a format suitable for on-air use, thereby keeping all of KUMM's listeners better informed.

• Itemized Budget: 1- Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder, including microphone= $300 3- blank MiniDiscs @ $5 each= $15 Total amount requested= $315

• Description of Proposed Project: Purchase of GIS Software for the Camden Computer Lab We propose to add ArcView GIS software to the 19 computers in Camden Lab. Currently, the campus does not broadly support any GIS package. Yet GIS software is becoming increasingly popular and necessary in today's world. ArcView GIS is one of the most widely used desktop geographic information system (GIS) software packages. ArcView GIS allows you to work with maps, database tables, charts, and graphics simultaneously. You can also use multimedia links to add pictures, sound, and video to your maps. The result is that users can much more effectively present their data in a way that is both more intuitive and powerful. GIS skills are becoming more important in today's job market, with applications in virtually all disciplines. Just a few years ago, the ability to produce maps like these was reserved for some of the world's most powerful computers. Today, virtually any Pentium Pro has the computing power to display data in this very powerful way. Upon approval, Steve Burks and I plan to introduce some GIS applications into some of our courses. It should be noted that the ArcView GIS is also being used currently in a New Teachers New Technology Grant being administered by UMM's Division of Education.

• Itemized Budget: First computer = $250 Each Additional Computer = $100 X 18 = $1800 Total for 19 lab machines: $2050

• Description of Proposed Project: ECONOMICS/MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE, THE DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
  STATISTICS GROUP/MATHEMATICS DISCIPLINE, DIVISION OF SCIENCE AND MATH

  Proposal to renew SAS licenses for 2000-2001

  We are requesting the renewal of SAS licenses for the year 2000-2001. As noted in past proposals, SAS is one of the strongest and best statistical programs. It will meet most of the needs of our students. SAS is one of the most widely used and recognized statistical software programs both at the graduate school level and in the industry. It will help us to better prepare our students for their chosen career paths.

  The statistics courses Math 3611(Multivariate Statistical Analysis) and Math 4601(Biostatistics) both use SAS software as the primary statistical package. Jon Anderson is planning to use SAS in Math 1601, Introduction to Statistics for analyzing contingency table data. This would involve 100-300 students per year.

• Itemized Budget: License Fee for SAS 50 work units: $2355

  Amount Requested: $2255

  We are requesting that the technology fee be used to renew the license fee for this software. It is clearly something that will directly benefit students in the Economics and Management Program and other programs of study at UMM. The Math Discipline will contribute $100 toward the license fee at this time.

• Description of Proposed Project: Add a portable instructor's station to the Computing Services PC classroom in Camden 10. The station will consist of a networked laptop computer and portable data projector on a small rolling cart, to be stored in the locked closet of the classroom. The instructor's station will enable faculty members and others using the Camden classroom to conduct more effective demonstrations of software, Internet sites, and so forth.

• Itemized Budget: Network-ready notebook computer: $2700
  Classroom-style portable video/data projection unit: $6500
  Rolling utility equipment cart: $250
  Software to make computer compatible with classroom setups: $500
  Security cables and miscellaneous: $100
  TOTAL ALLOCATION REQUESTED: $10,050

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs a digital camera for the creation and documentation of student work, faculty work, HFA Gallery exhibitions, and assessment. This would allow ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture students and faculty a means of producing digital art works, creating digital portfolios, documenting student/faculty work, and archiving HFA Gallery exhibitions on the computer.

• Itemized Budget: OLYMPUS AMERICA INC C-2500 SLR Digital Film less Camera or The most current similar digital Camera with appropriate software and cables. Features: Auto Focus, Manual Focus, Optical Viewfinder Type, LCD Viewfinder, Built-in Flash Zoom Capabilities (optical), MB 32 Storage, 1712 x 1368 Maximum Resolution (optical), Smart Media (SSFDC) Removable Storage Type,Download Images via: Serial or USB. $1,300

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs a flatbed scanner for scanning images and text for the creation of digital art and art history papers. The scanner will be used to create digital drawing, digital printmaking, digital photography, sketches (for painting, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture pieces), and using images and text for art History papers. This would allow students and faculty a means of scanning and edited images and text in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create professional high quality art works, images, and presentations.

• Itemized Budget: MICROTEK LABS, INC ScanMaker 4 or similar quality scanner with appropriate software and cables.. Features: 600 x 1200 dpi optical resolution with interpolated resolution of 9600 x 9600, Color Bit Depth 36, Built-in Transparency Adapter, TWAIN Compatible, 8.5 x 14.0 Max. Scan Area (reflectives) or larger, SCSI Interface Card or USB. $600

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs a digital video camera for the creation and documentation of student work, faculty work, HFA Gallery exhibitions, and assessment. This would allow students and faculty a means of recording and edited computer video art works, creating artist statements, and documenting student/faculty work, archiving exhibitions in the HFA Gallery, and use for student assessment.

• Itemized Budget: CANON USA INC-VIDEO GL1 MiniDV Digital Camcorder with L-Series Fluorite 20X Zoom Lens or a similar digital video recorder with appropriate software and cables. Features: 20X optical and 100X digital zoom, 2.5-inch LCD color monitor, DV (IEEE1394) input and output. $2500

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs digital video editing software for creating student video work, faculty video work, HFA Gallery exhibition video archives, and presentations for Art History classes. This would allow students and faculty a means of edited and producing broadcast-quality art works for video, film, multimedia, and Web projects. The software bundle includes programs that will be used for video editing, photo manipulation, drawing, and design projects.

• Itemized Budget: Adobe Web Collection: Premiere 5.1, After Effects 4.0, Photoshop 5.5, and Illustrator 8.0. or similar video editing software. $1500

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs digital graphic Web design software to be used by student and faculty for designing digital art works, digital art galleries, and a HFA Gallery web site. This program is compatible with our existing software and can be used for animation, digital video, and organizing images for Web designs.

• Itemized Budget: MACROMEDIA Dreamweaver 3 and Fireworks 3 or ADOBE SYSTEMS Adobe Go Live 4.0 MAC & Equilibrium DeBabelizer bundle $500

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs digital graphics software for the creation of digital art works. MetaCreations Painter 6.0 will allowing student and faculty to use a program that digitally replicates traditional media like paint, chalk and brush strokes on the computer desktop. This program is compatible with our existing Adobe Photoshop software.

• Itemized Budget: METACREATIONS MetaCreations Painter 6.0 Mac or current software. $360.

• Description of Proposed Project: Investigate and possibly implement a Xerox "Print Cost Recovery Solution" to reduce the cost of laser printing in Computing Services labs. The system works as follows. All print jobs from lab computers are routed to and managed by a network print server. Each laser printer or group of laser printers has a computer with a card swipe device called a "release station." A student sends a print request from any lab computer; the print server holds it until the student goes to the release station, swipes his or her U Card, and authorizes the document to be printed by the laser printer. The authorization triggers the release station software (Pharos UniPriNT) to bill the student's STARS account for the number of pages printed. It is anticipated that efficiencies and elimination of waste made possible by the Xerox Print Cost Recovery Solution could enable us to reduce laser print costs to five cents per page or less.

• Itemized Budget: Xerox has not yet given us a quote for the full implementation of its Print Cost Recovery Solution for Computing Services labs. A $22,900 allocation is requested, based on the following itemization of estimated costs. Add five more laser printers to Computing Services lab locations, @ $2,300 apiece: $11,500. Three print release stations, @ $2,300 each: $6,900. Print server with Pharos UniPriNT software and related programmed accounting links to STARS system: $4,500. None of these funds will actually be spent unless we are satisfied that the system will perform as advertised, will reduce student costs, and is worth the investment, after detailed research and investigation.

• Description of Proposed Project: The implementation of a computerized ticketing system for the Theatre Discipline's Proscenium and Black Box Theatres. This proposal will provide for a real time computerized reservation and point-of-sale system and a web-based reservation utility. The project will benefit theatre students and volunteer ticket office staff by providing a real world experience of working in a computerized ticket office, helping to safeguard against possible mistakes of over-selling or over-reserving tickets. The benefit to the theatre department is the ability to assess attendance and other aspects, including, but not limited to production costs in a real time environment and to improve and expand marketability and accessibility of the theatre to it's over 5000 patrons a year. The patrons will benefit by interacting with a more professional theatre environment either through the web system or the live ticket office.

• Itemized Budget: 1 - Bundled Ticketing Software $1000.00
  1 - Microsoft Access Software $60.00
  1 - Thermal Ticket Printer $600.00
  1 - Implementation and Technical Support Fees $1400.00

  Option 1:
  If Computing Services' Project to replace PC's in back of Behmler is approved
  1 - Pentium PC ~$150.00

  Option 2:
  If Computing Services' Project to replace PC's in back of Behmler is not approved
  1 - Basic Dell Pentium Celeron PC ~$700.00

  Total Budget with Option 1: $3210.00
  Total Budget with Option 2: $3760.00

• Description of Proposed Project: February 29, 2000

  Request for Funding

  The Hasselmo Language Teaching Center serves the needs of all students enrolled in all courses at UMM in four languages: French, German, Russian and Spanish. In addition to offering majors, minors and teacher licensure in three of them (French, German, and Spanish) all are available to students seeking to satisfy the General Education Requirement in a foreign (second) language.

  The center is also a public computer facility open to all students at UMM. As a public computer facility it currently has the oldest computers on campus, (4 years). Recently, the campus has adopted a 4-year cycling of computers on campus. The HLTC has reached the end of that cycle. The current computers are showing their age and need to be replaced. In the interest of students using this facility it is important that these computers and the accompanying accessories (e.g., monitors, keyboards, C-D rom drives, Accessory Kits etc.--see below.) be funded so that the facility accessible to the student body and other UMMers be updated and kept current.

• Itemized Budget: Request:

  15 Units: APPLE POWER MAC G4 @ $1655 EACH = $24825
  15 Units: MONITOR @ $449 " = 6735
  15 Units: USB Keyboards @ 79.95 " = 1199 (rounded)
  15 Units: USB Imation Superdisk drive @ 149 " = 2235

  TOTAL = $34,994 (rounded)

• Description of Proposed Project: Purchase Web Editor software for use by student organizations and students working on Orientation, Campus of Difference, Student Activities, and other related web pages. The software will enable students to create and maintain web sites without requiring proficiency in HTML.

• Itemized Budget: 2 copies Adobe GoLive 4.0 @ $129.95 ea. = $259.90

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs a 3-D Graphics program to be used by students and faculty for producing three-dimensional digital art works, Web art, and animated video/film projects.

• Itemized Budget: Kinetix #D Studio MAX animation Software or similar 3-D Graphics Software. $3500

• Description of Proposed Project: The shared Studio Art/Art History Student Computer Lab needs a LCD Projector and Powerbook computer with appropriate software to operate it. This projector would enable students and faculty to view original digital works, presentations of original multimedia art works, digital slide presentations, and view videos in classrooms and studios not equipped with digital projectors.

• Itemized Budget: LCD Projector of similar quality to the EPSON System PowerLite 5350 SVGA LCD projector or Epson Powerlite 7250, with cables and audio/visual accessories. $5200 Powerbook similar to APPLE COMPUTER Mac Powerbook G3 400, with a minimum 400MHz processor, VST Zip Drive Bundle,1MB L2 cache, a 6GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive, 64MB 100MHz SDRAM, expandable to 512MB, 100MHz front bus speed, 6X (max. speed) DVD-ROM drive with video playback for use in the expansion bay. $2,500 TOTAL: $7700

• Description of Proposed Project: Description of Proposed Project: Provide the Humanities Fine Arts Building with a portable roll around cart system consisting of a data projector and a PC and Mcintosh computer installed with a standard software package supported by Computing services. This will provide immediate accessibility to computer and data projection equipment for any classroom in the HFA complex. This system will be available to students, faculty and staff that require presentation equipment for class or seminar sessions.

• Itemized Budget: Itemized Budget: IBM compatible and Macintosh computers with Microsoft Office and Netscape software, cart, miscellaneous cabling and speaker system. Amount requested: $8,500

• Description of Proposed Project: Description of Proposed Project: Provide the Humanities Building with a portable roll around cart system consisting of a data projector and a PC and Mcintosh computer installed with a standard software package supported by Computing services. This will provide immediate accessibility to computer and data projection equipment for any classroom in the Humanities classroom building. This system will be available to students, faculty and staff that require presentation equipment for class or seminar sessions.

• Itemized Budget: Itemized Budget: IBM compatible and Macintosh computers with Microsoft Office and Netscape software, cart, miscellaneous cabling and speaker system. Amount requested: $8,500

• Description of Proposed Project: Description of Proposed Project: Install a data/video projection system in Social Science 123. This room is a medium sized general purpose auditorium style classroom. It is equipped with an older style video only projector that is used by numerous faculty to playback video tapes to classes. By upgrading this room with a high light output data/video projection system, digital and video media will be available for display. This request is part of the ongoing plan to support instructional technology in the classroom.

• Itemized Budget: Itemized Budget: Data/video projector with lens $10,500; cabling $500; installation $800; sound system $1200. Project total $13,000 Amount requested $10,000

• Description of Proposed Project: Description of Proposed Project: Purchase a Mcintosh and PC laptop computer for general classroom use. Increased demand for classroom use of computer presentations has exceeded our ability to provide laptop computers to students and faculty. Media Services presently has one Mcintosh notebook and one PC laptop purchased three years ago with technology fees. The units requested will be available to students and faculty who require them for classroom presentations.

• Itemized Budget: Itemized Budget: Mcintosh powerbook computer $2,500; PC laptop $2,500; Microsoft software for both $250

• Description of Proposed Project: Description of Proposed Project: This proposal is a request for partial funding to update and integrate existing campus video media production capabilities. Media Services supports a media production studio for campus wide use. The Speech discipline uses this facility as a instructional lab. Numerous student groups use this facility for video production of projects ranging from student written and directed plays to preparing classroom seminars. Another important activity that uses this facility is the production of “UMM Academic Challenge,” a fifteen part scholarly based quiz program broadcast over Pioneer Public Television. This series provides numerous students with actual hands on experience in producing programs for Public Television. Updating this studio lab will provide students, faculty and staff with a state of the art digital media production facility. In addition, this system will allow outputting digital video media to many files including web based formats. Media Services has invested in upgrading equipment this past year and will share costs with this project proposal.

• Itemized Budget: Itemized Budget:
  Digital media workstation to include:
  Pentium III computer, video digitizing board, Scanner, Software- $8,200
  Studio audio production system including:
  mixer, speakers, DAT recorder- $2,500
  Video production equipment including:
  video effects switcher, monitors, digital video recorder $10,250
  Digital camcorder and tripod $4,500
  Total project $25,450
  Total amount requested $15,000

• Description of Proposed Project: Funds for the creation of a Digital/Media Special Use Lab that services the needs and courses offered by the disciplines including Theatre, Studio Art, Speech/Communication, Art History, and Music and also supports campus-wide workshops offered by Media Services. It will be a 12 station lab with printing and scanning capabilities, and software for digital imaging, video editing, sound editing and design.

• Itemized Budget: 12 Mac G4 CPU's, $3,548/ea $45,000
  12 19" Monitors, $700/ea $8,500
  3 Flatbed Scanners $3,000
  1 Slide/film scanner $1,600
  2 Epson 1200 Color Printers, cables, cartridges $1,000
  1 Black and white laser printer $500
  1 Digital video projector $5,000
  Software packages for each machine ( Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Quark, MacDraft, Painter, PageMill) $12,000
  Network wiring and speaker system $2,000
  

  Total: $78,600

• Description of Proposed Project: KUMM requested $4,500.00 from AFRC to replace the very ancient soundboard in Studio B, which is used for both production work and assisting with broadcasting bands playing live in the Studio over the air. AFRC granted us funds to cover half of the cost and recommended that we apply for Technology Fee funds to cover the other half of the soundboard’s cost. The present soundboard in Studio B is about 20 years old. The new soundboard would be digitally compliant, which would let the station do computer sound editing and digitally record bands as they play live over the air. The new board is projected to last about 20 years.

• Itemized Budget: Arrakis 1200 Series Radio Console (Soundboard) with 15 channels. To get the most out of the console additional adaptable amplifiers will be needed. Console $4,100.00 Amplifiers $400.00 AFRC covered $2,000.00 Requested Budget -- $2,500.00

• Description of Proposed Project: Last year, on suggestion from AFRC, KUMM invited KUOM’s (the Twin Cities’ campus radio station) Station Manager and Chief Engineer to come to Morris to advise us on how we could improve our station. Their report concluded that our number one concern should be to figure out what is happening with our transmitter and signal. Is the signal strong enough? Is our existing equipment working at peak performance? What is the best way to improve the signal? To do this kind of analysis, KUMM needs to hire a technical consultant to review and investigate the station and its signal. We see the hiring of this consultant as the next logical step in improving the sound and quality of KUMM.

• Itemized Budget: Right now we are estimating that we will need a consultant for one day. My best estimate presently is that this will cost us $700.00 for the consultant plus travel expenses which could be as high as $600.00. Budget $1,300.00

• Description of Proposed Project: CAC-Films would like to request funds to purchase a Dolby Digital DVD player. We feel that the purchase of a DVD player would greatly enhance the film experience on the UMM campus thanks to its super sharp picture and its crystal clear sound. Plus, with DVD, all films can be shown in their original Widescreen format, so nothing is lost/cut out of the picture as happens in VHS versions. The film industry has accepted DVD as the future of video, so almost all film titles are released on DVD as well as VHS. This purchase will also benefit other organizations and classes, which use Edson to show movies on DVD.

• Itemized Budget: 1 Dolby Digital DVD Player $400.00