knightrider

Ok, so I am going through a bit of a low point motivational wise at the mo, so I am throwing this out there. Looking for new ideas for infrastructure, increasing use of IT in teaching and everyday college life and ideas to start internal discussions with HOD and SMT. These can be 100% left field, right field, fantasy even. Everything & anything is welcome. My setup is as follows: FE College (VERY Vocational) Over 4500 FT & 3000 PT Students 3 Sites all linked with at least 100mb line Over 1000 desktops Over 200 mobile units Sitewide wi-fi IT Services Team consisting of: Me (IT Manager) Network Manager Network Administrator 2* IT techs Knightrider

6000+ users inc staff (FE College) across 3 sites 100mb Internet connection with 1GB & 100mb intersite connections no issues at all We use OneDrive, Office online and Mail

I was just wondering if you could tell me which schools had/were looking at moving home directory's to onedrive

Agree i also like the look of Class Dashboard http://www.edugeek.net/forums/cloud-services/166245-microsoft-class-dashboard.html

Has anyone read about the upcoming Microsoft Class Dashboard app? Looks like it could good for teachers using OneNote Class Notebook https://cd.microsoft.com/

@Liam Got any examples of schools which have done this? I am considering it and would love to chat to them about the process.

Had a play on the 7 & 8 inch ones yesterday. Decent build quality for price but the big selling point for me is that you can join to a domain & you can manage them with SCCM & InTune! Ordered one today to go a full test.

I've had these now for 2 years and they are great. The addition of Bluetooth means no pesty cables annoying me as I run. Freedom Sprint

6 1 IT Services Manager - Me 1 Network Man 1 Senior Tech 2 Techs 1 Apprentice Tech We have over 90 servers, about 1250 pcs (including laptops, tablets etc) & about 6500 users across 5 sites

We use Heritage here.Welcome to the Heritage Cirqa Library System Website | Heritage Library Management Software Librarian loves it, as do all learners.

Hi folks, Quick question. how would you go about 'selling' SharePoint to your SMT? Knightrider

Just got back from a week on the island of Vis in Croatia where I got married. End of July we have got the honeymoon to Thailand for 10 days, China for 4 and then Japan for 8. Also just this moment booked 4 days in October Half Term to Porto for Port tasting with the new in-laws and then straight from there to Barcelona (via train) for a mates stag do!! Its a good year for travelling!!

Hi Just installed windows 8 and now want to install some Apps. Managed to install 3 (Ebay, Cut The Rope, Sky News) but now when trying to install ANY other app I get the following: something happened and this app couldn't be installed. Please try again. Error code 0x80200013 Done a search on Google but nothing has worked. Any advice? Knightrider

Has this gone?

Forgot to reply to this. Thanks for all the ideas/advice. Knightrider

Morning folks, In the very near future we are getting some android tablets for students to use. We already have iPhones, iPads which the SMT use. These are currently un-managed but with the addition of the Android devices I am thinking we are going to need an MDM. Now I’ve done a bit of research and looked at the ones mentioned on here in previous posts. However none seem to offer me what I want and I am hoping that somebody may be able to help me find one that does. I’m after the following from an MDM: • Ability to manage all platforms, (iOS, OS X, Android, Windows, Blackberry) • App Management • Enforcing use of passcodes etc. • Ability to ‘push’ firmware upgrades to them • Remote wipe • Asset & Inventory Management Cheers Knightrider

We are a college of building. So going to have lots of workshops, lecture rooms, library and IT Labs. All admin staff are moving over there. Why do i need 'Make sure they register with Openreach NEW sites '?

Hi guys, Just been told that we are getting a new building built. Got a meeting with the lead person and not sure what sort of questions I should be asking as I have never had this situation before. After this I am then to give a proposal on what IT is needed and what I would like to SLT. New building is about 1.2 miles away as crow flies. Please let me know your thoughts. Any info is greatly appreciated. Knightrider

Was just about to say the same thing. Nothing says 'new guy' more than eating lunch on your own in the staff room!!

Thnaks Rob

Thanks for this twin-turbo. Gerography is 1st site is 1 mile, 2nd is 2 miles and 3rd is 2.5 miles across the City Centre. Amount of users is about 250 per site. Only one internet gateway from main site. All users at all sites go through this to get on the internet.

Morning all, Please could someone explain to me the difference between these and also, in your opinion which is best for an establishment with a main site and 3 satellite sites? Cheers Knightrider

You can do this via running a report from SIMS and it opens up an email with the correct staff names in the 'To' field. I've used this but just started a new job and they dont use SIMS so cant pass it to you. @vikpaw is the man I got it from. Maybe PM him and see if he'll help you out. Knightrider

Yeah I was also told this. If you do find a work around please do share. Knightrider

I did indeed mean which edition. Thnaks for all the feedback given, much appreciated. Knightrider