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Business School Standard Configuration

The School takes advantage of institutional licensing provision for core software provision: operating systems (Windows XP), Office software (Microsoft Office XP), Internet Web Browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6) and Antivirus protection (Sophos). Machines will have been previously configured by DISS with

• MS Office XP (full installation, including Equation Editor, converters, etc.)
• networking software (MS Networking / "Samba")
• virus scanning software (Sophos)
• web browser (MS Internet Explorer 6)

The School has recently purchased licenses for all (51) staff for Adobe Acrobat 7 (there are also 20 Adobe 6 licenses). The School also contributes to the site license for Eviews and Datastream Advance, and enjoys site license provision for SPSS and Maple.

Individual users are provided with more specialist software (for example statistical software e.g. Stata) on application to the School Research Committee, which is funded via the School Research Committee budget. Applications for such software must be made in good time directly to the School Research Committee with a valid price quote (which may be obtained via Anne McPherson in the School Office). Software may be downloaded from the Software Download Service (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/dit/) (common software, e.g. SPSS) or Drive R (map as \\sysa\pec-smb) (School software, e.g. Eviews).

The School has a back-up policy which strongly recommends all staff to use their H drive (their home space on the network drive) for all mission critical data (specifically, research work, teaching materials, administrative materials, and selected email) as this drive is backed up every night onto tape which is stored off-site. This then leaves the hard disk for the operating system, applications, non-mission-critical data, and archive email (normally drive C).

The School uses Microsoft Outlook 2003 as its email client - see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/outlook/ for full details. Connection to the World Wide Web is through a proxy server. The automatic configuration proxy script is http://www.abdn.ac.uk/local/autoproxy.php . Alternatively the manual proxy details are proxy0.abdn.ac.uk, port 8080 (see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/proxy/ for further details).

C&IT management in the School is undertaken by the Director of IT, who is responsible to the Head of School. This role involves purchase, management and disposal of hardware (via the IT budget), licensing and management of software (purchased via Teaching and Research budgets as appropriate), and the design, management and maintenance of the web site. The role involves close liaison with the School Research Committee and School Administrative Officer among others, with DISS, and with relevant University Committees. The Director of IT is assisted and advised by the School’s C&IT Committee, which comprises of staff with IT expertise drawn from across the School. Currently the Director of IT is Dr W David McCausland (Economics) and the School’s C&IT Committee comprises Dr W David McCausland (convenor), Dr John Lamb (Management), Alex Arthur (Accountancy-Finance) and Dr Rainer Schulz (Property). The C&IT committee does not have responsibility for photocopiers, telephonic equipment, consumables or workstation assessments.

Research conducted in many parts of the School involves the use of large datasets. This means that the C&IT requirements of the School normally exceed those in many other parts of the College. The School therefore operates a hardware replacement schedule for staff which is consistent with these demanding C&IT requirements. All staff have a networked desktop PC (or a networked laptop instead of, but not additional to, a desktop PC) which is less than 3.5 years in age and a laser printer. Hardware is sourced through DISS from the University’s preferred suppliers. The standard PC specification builds upon the University’s base specification (updated regularly on the DISS web site) from either Viglen or Dell, with upgrades to various components, particularly RAM, hard disk space, CD/DVD RW and card reader drives and TFT (flat) screens. The standard laser printer specification is currently the HP Laserjet P2015 or P2015N. We discourage duplex printing because it: (a) involves a higher up-front cost (the printers cost more because they have greater complexity and production cost); (b) involves higher maintenance and depreciation costs (the duplex process adversely affects drum life). Clearly, lower drum life, and hence either shorter printer life, or need to replace drum component, has a substantial environmental cost. The School uses wood free paper, so there is little environmental impact due to paper saving.

A dynamic database driven website has been developed to realise which contains information on the School's Staff, Research, and Undergraduate and Postgraduate taught programmes, the School's Research Postgraduate information, minutes of key School committees, an on-line database of the School’s working papers (AURA). The web site was the vision of Dr W David McCausland, the School's Director of IT, and was created by the University's Web Design Unit. Using state-of-the-art technology, the web site's content is dynamically generated from a series of databases, and there is close integration with WebCT, the School's Virtual Learning Environment.

The School has chosen to manage its C&IT learning and teaching resources via WebCT. This Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) helps to ensure cost effective delivery, coherence of approach, and consistency in design across the School. A template has been provided for each course, which gives a guide to the minimum expected provision by staff (specifically: the course syllabus in PDF format plus any other material already in electronic format elsewhere, e.g. PowerPoint presentations). Staff are encouraged to augment this template with further resources as appropriate. Staff are expected to take responsibility for uploading this material themselves (it is not normally expected that this responsibility be delegated to the secretariat). Customised staff training opportunities have been provided in connection with the use of WebCT and QuestionMark Perception, and staff are encouraged to take advantage of suitable courses provided by the DISS IT Training division. Support is also available by email from webct@abdn.ac.uk. A link to each course’s WebCT site is provided at the foot of each course’s web page (however, students would normally access WebCT resources via the Student Portal). Please remember also that course brochures (aka the course "syllabus") need to be uploaded (by you) BUT you should NOT upload them directly into your web CT site. Instead:

1. Go to our "Links" page on the School website http://www.abdn.ac.uk/business/links.shtml

2. Click on "Upload Course Syllabi" (staff login required)

3. Select your course

4. Select the Syllabus PDF from your computer (must be a PDF file - the system will automatically rename it "syllabus.pdf" upon upload)

5. Your syllabus will then

(a) automatically appear in your course's webct site; and

(b) automatically appear on the page http://www.abdn.ac.uk/business/syllabi.php so that students can see the syllabi before they register for the course (i.e. by-passing the password requirement)

Uploading, editing and deleting of course syllabi should only be undertaken by the respective course coordinator.

Additionally, staff may mount abridged research CVs as follows:

Step 1:

Create your CV. Save it as a PDF file with the file name cv.pdf (case sensitive).

Step 2:

Place cv.pdf file in your public.htm folder*. If you are using a PC where your home filespace is available, then you can save your cv file straight into this folder as you create it, or else use Windows Explorer to copy them into this folder.
*If you haven’t already got a public.htm folder, you can create it in several ways:

1. In the University computer classrooms, your central ("home") filespace will be available in Windows as drive H: You can use Windows Explorer to select drive H: and then create the folder public.htm inside it.
2. If you are using a networked departmental PC, your home filespace may be available under a different drive letter: you can create a public.htm folder inside it as above.
3. You can use the telnet (or communications) icon in Windows (or on a Macintosh) to connect and log in to the central UNIX server (sysa), using your username and password. Once you are logged in, you can create the folder by typing: mkdir ~/public.htm (and then press Enter)

Step 3:

Now it is time to make your cv inside your public.htm folder accessible to the world! There are two alternative ways of doing this:

• Using a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer), go to the page:
  www.abdn.ac.uk/local/publish.htm
  Enter your username and click on the Next button.
  Then enter your password, and click on the Publish button.
  This will make all of the files inside your public.htm folder accessible on the web.
• Alternatively, log in to the central UNIX server, sysa. Then just type the command:
  www.publish (and then press Enter)
  This will make all of the files inside your public.htm folder accessible on the web.
  Note that you can just publish individual files, rather than all
  of them at once, by typing, for example: www.publish file1.htm file2.htm picture.gif where file1.htm and file2.htm are two web pages that you want to publish, and picture.gif is an image file that is included in one of the web pages.

To connect to a network printer (using Windows XP)

1. From the taskbar: Start, Settings, Printers and Faxes
2. From the list select: Add Printer
3. Follow the Add printer wizard, selecting sequentially: Next; Network printer; Connect to this printer (type in the name of the printer e.g. \\fs1\geiteryggen_econ)

The printers available are:

• Network Printer 1 HP Color Laserjet 5500dtn in EW S8 [Business School Colour Printer] \\fs1\bolzano_econ
• Network Printer 2 HP Laserjet 4M Plus in EW S39 (mail room) [South End Backup Printer 1] \\fs1\jupiter_econ
• Network Printer 3 HP Laserjet 5M in EW S39 (mail room) [South End Backup Printer 2]\\fs1\leda_econ
• Network Printer 4 HP Laserjet 4 in (store, EW S08a) \\fs1\braemar_econ
• Network Printer 5 HP Laserjet 4 in (store, EW S08a) \\fs1\venus_econ
• Network Printer 6 HP Laserjet 4000N in (School TA, EW S16) \\fs1\baltique_econ
• Network Printer 7 HP Laserjet 4 in (temporary store, EW F09, sheet feed fault) \\fs1\burrard_econ
• Network Printer 8 HP Laserjet 4M Plus in EW S18 [Teaching Assistants] \\fs1\bonnard_econ
• Network Printer 10 HP Laserjet 1300N in EW F07 [School TA Bookable] \\fs1\begerac_econ
• Network Printer 11 HP Laserjet 1300N in EW S65 [Energy Research Fellows]\\fs1\balzac_econ
• Network Printer 12 HP Laserjet 1300N in EW S62 (HERU Visitors Suite) \\fs1\blenheim_econ
• Network Printer 13 HP Laserjet in KQ G1[Graduate School Visitors] \\fs1\hp_kqg1
• Network Printer 14 HP Colourlaserjet 2500N in KQ G1 [Graduate Business School Office] \\fs1\cps_cms Network Printer 24 HP Laserjet 1320N (asset recovery pending) \\fs1\bonheur_econ
• Network Printer 15 HP Laserjet 4100 in EW F03 [School Postgraduate Suite] \\fs1\nordlys_econ
• Network Printer 16 HP Laserjet 1300N in EW F11 [Professor Hunter] \\fs1\polarlys_econ
• Network printer 17 is in EW S35 [Administrative Secretariat] \\fs1\blackprince_econ
• Network printer 18 is in EW S36 [Undergraduate Secretariat] \\fs1\blackwatch_econ
• Network Printer 19 HP Laserjet 1300N in EW F67 [School Teaching Assistants] \\fs1\astrea_econ
• Network Printer 20 HP Laserjet 1300N in EW F02 [School Postgraduate Suite] \\fs1\vega_econ
• Network Printer 22 HP Laserjet 4000N in EW F02 [School Postgraduate Suite] \\fs1\hp5_ewf66
• Network Printer 23 HP Laserjet 1300N in (store, EW S08a) (pending EW F09 when room reallocated to Hunter) \\fs1\geiteryggen_econ
• Network Printer 25 HP Laserjet 1320N in (ACES suite, EW F66) \\fs1\buenavista_econ
• Network Printer 26 HP Laserjet 1320N in EW F55 [School Research Assistants] \\fs1\batavia_econ
• Network Printer 27 HP Laserjet 1320N in EW S35 [School Executive Assistant] \\fs1\aurland_econ
• Network printer 28 HP Laserjet 1320N is in EW F58 [School Visitor Suite] \\fs1\boracay_econ
• Network Printer 29 HP Laserjet 1320N in EW F03 [School Postgraduate Suite] \\fs1\frisch_econ
• Network Printer 30 HP Laserjet 1320N in EW F04 [School Postgraduate Suite] \\fs1\arrow_econ
• Network Printer 31 HP Laserjet 3005N in (store, EW S08a, pending EW F10) [School Research Assistants] \\fs1\banaderos_econ
• Network Printer 32 HP Laserjet 1320N in EW S35 [Administrative Secretariat] \\fs1\boudicca_econ
• Network Printer 33 HP Laserjet 3005N in EW F04 [School Postgraduate Suite] \\fs1\balmoral_econ
• Network Printer 34 HP Laserjet P2015N in EW F08 [School Research Suite] \\printing2\northfleet_econ
• Network Printer 35 HP Laserjet P2015N in EW S36 [Undergraduate Secretariat 2] \\printing2\lomas_econ

The following drives will be pre-mounted

• Drive G \\fs1\commonapps
• Drive H \\fs1\homes (your own homespace)
• Drive P \\fs1\pec
• Drive R \\sysa\pec-smb (CELMR BHPS samba shared filespace) (all persons in the "pec" domain have "read" access, CELMR BHPS users have "write" access - please contact Dr McCausland if you wish to request "write" access)
• Drive S \\sysa\echp (CELMR ECHP samba shared filespace) (only CELMR ECHP users who have signed the confidentiality license agreement have "write" access - please contact Dr McCausland if you wish to request "write" access)