Department+Computer+Image

Department Computer Image

4N needs to be wired

Software to have on computers (all newest versions):
 * All plugins and players required for WebCT to run
 * Java player
 * Flash player
 * All popular media players (Real, Windows, Quicktime, Divix, iTunes, others...)
 * DVD players (WinDVD, others...)
 * Individual login that then creates a direct link to the individual's homedirs file on the desktop
 * set up to print to the English department printer, **only** from the instructors' workstations
 * Adobe Acrobat Reader
 * Ebrary Reader (for one of the library's databases, there is no direct link)
 * MS Office (word, PP, excel, frontpage)
 * Firefox (school homepage set as homepage)
 * automatically running virus updates
 * automatically running windows updates
 * EverNote ([|http://www.evernote.com/en/)]
 * PDF Creator (http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator)
 * Open Office ([|http://www.openoffice.org/)]
 * Skype ([|http://www.skype.com/helloagain.html)]
 * open source dreamweaver - kompozer ([|http://kompozer.net/)]
 * open source mind mapping - freemind ([|http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)]
 * open source photoshop - gimp ([|http://www.gimp.org/)]
 * open source document design - scribus ([|http://www.scribus.net/)]
 * open source IM - pidgin ([|http://www.pidgin.im/)] & spark
 * open source audio - audacity ([|http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)]
 * open source file/sftp - filezilla ([|http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/)]
 * open source mail client - thunderbird ([|http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/)]
 * firefox extensions -
 * greasemonkey ([|https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748)]
 * adblock ([|https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)]
 * noscript ([|https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722)]
 * delicious bookmarks ([|https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615)]
 * Google Notebook ([|http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/)]

Hardware to have at front/teacher stations:
 * extra cables for audio, video and internet for laptops to easily plug in
 * all classrooms with same login/password instructions
 * USB 2.0 ports on all computers

Manuals:
 * instructions for how to log onto the computers, update, etc.
 * instructions for how to turn on, and toggle between, media in the room