NETC08 session 1052
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Session Name: Mobile Lab on the Go - Web Content Manager Training
Session Number: 1052
Location: Bellamy
Day and Time: Wednesday, 4:45 - 5:00 pm
Format: Showcase
Topic: Course Management Systems
Level: Introductory
Session Abstract:
- The Office of Information Technology for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia uses the Adobe Contribute web content management system for the on site web content managers of the 160 plus Georgia Cooperative Extension Offices. To overcome Internet connectivity and bandwidth issues while conducting regional and on site training for these geographically dispersed web content managers, OIT developed and configured an eight student/one instructor mobile computer/server lab that a instructor and IT assistant can take with them. This short talk will present the thought process behind the mobile lab development from procuring the mobile lab carrying cases and mobile laptop computers that served as student and instructor workstations to building the mobile server and simulating an Internet network and the actual user's Adobe Contribute Publishing server/client environment. The laptops' configuration/ghosting strategies will be covered as well as will the design that allowed for speedy lab setups and breakdowns. And of course, actual experiences and lessons learned using the mobile lab will be shared as well.
Led By: Wayne Crotts, System Administrator Principal, The University of Georgia
Diana Williams
