Purpose: To provide information technology services that will efficiently and effectively support academic achievement

Objectives:

• Strengthen the availability of the hours of operation that will serve the needs of the academic community at a reasonable level.
  
• Allow zero disruption of services due to equipment failure.
  
• Provide computer center with adequate equipment and supplies to support the User community
  
• Maintain the latest version of existing software, expedite the acquisition of new state of the art software, and ensure adequate software vendor support
  
• Maintain a presence of leading edge technology to introduce the academic community of the University of Mobile to the information tools of the millennium
  
• Provide better information resources to the faculty
  
• Provide academic community with most efficient access possible to the Internet
  
• Provide adequate training for C.A.T. administration in order to properly support the hardware and software used by the Academic community.
  

• Six computer labs equipped with over one hundred PC compatible, Macintosh, and UNIX computers.
  
• A shop with two servers, network hub, and CD tower
  
• One seven bay CD Tower accessible from all machines on the intranetwork
  
• All computers contain 200 MHz to 1.6 GHz microprocessors.
  
• All of the PC compatible machines have CD ROM drives installed
  
• A Multimedia section in one lab with high performance PCs containing software for Web development and other multimedia applications
  
• Windows XP on all PC compatible machines in the computer center
  
• Microsoft Office XP is installed on all machines
  
• Adobe PageMaker is installed on fifteen machines
  
• Internet Explorer and/or Netscape Communicator installed on all machines
  
• Various Education and Language applications installed.
  
• Physiology software installed
  
• Chemistry software installed in Lab Two
  
• Peachtree Accounting Software installed in Lab Five
  
• Inspiration software installed in Lab four.
  
• Statistical Analysis software available
  
• Over fifty (50) various Nursing CAI programs installed
  
• Testing software for Nursing certification installed
  
• Two scanners
  
• Classnet, an instructional network, installed in two labs
  
• Two CD ROM burners
  
• Two mobile computer systems with Data Projectors for use by faculty, staff and students at the University
  
• One mobile computer system with LCD Panel for user by faculty, staff and students at the University
  
• Student Email accounts through Internet based Email providers
  
• Faculty Email accounts through academic mail server
  
• Internet access from all labs
  
• A T1 connection to the Internet
  
• Four dedicated language stations for language instruction or work
  
• Seven dial up modems of faculty office with network access
  
  

The Director of the Center for Academic Technology will provide the first level of technical support to the Academic faculty. Within the constraints of limited time, the director will assist faculty with problems related to hardware, software and other technical issues. He may assign Center personnel to assist the faculty as necessary. If the director is unable to solve a problem for whatever reason, he will assist the faculty member in acquiring outside support.

Labs Two (2) and Three (3) are teaching and student labs with thirty PC compatible with the following features:

Pentium® microprocessors
Includes some 1.6GHz Pentium® microprocessors in computers purchased in 2002.
256 Megabytes of RAM in each machine
3 Gigabyte to 40 Gigabyte hard drives in each machine
17” SVGA monitor, keyboard, 3 ½” floppy drive, CD-ROM drives and mouse on most machines
Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP on each machine.
Fifteen machines with Adobe PageMaker software
Fifteen machines with Microsoft FrontPage
A multimedia section with two high capacity computers
Macromedia Director
Microsoft FrontPage
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere 6.0
Scanner
TCP/IP network operating under Windows XPÿ
Internet Access with Netscape and Internet Explorer browser software
Several 17” and 19” Monitors & One 21” SVGA Monitor
Classnet, a teaching network system in Lab Three Microsoft Visual Studio
Visual Basic
Java J++
C++
AccuCOBOL software
Oracle 8 and Oracle Designer Software

Lab Four (4) is a teaching and student lab with thirteen (13) Pentium IV computers of varied configurations.

Networked with Internet Access with Netscape Web browser software
Inspiration installed on five machines
Microsoft Office XP
Foreign language applications
Includes sound cards with speakers
CD-ROM Drives
One laser printer
Various education software packages

Lab Five (5) is a teaching, student and testing lab with a primary function of serving the Nursing and Accounting Schools. The lab has nineteen PC compatible computers with the following features:

Intel Pentium® microprocessors
256 Megabytes of RAM in each machine
40 Gigabyte hard drives in each machine
17” SVGA monitor, keyboard, 3 ½” floppy drive, mouse on each machine
Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP on each machine.
TCP/IP network operating under Windows XP
Internet Access with Netscape and Internet Explorer browser software
Assorted Nursing software packages on each machine
Peachtree Accounting software on each machine

In the Printer Center with access from all labs but the primary teaching lab are four networked laser printers including two 11 X 17 laser for use in Desktop Publishing courses. Also, a CD Tower consisting of seven (7) CD-ROM drives may be accessed from anywhere in the Center for Academic Technology. There are also several other special purpose PCs used for system and software maintenance activities. The Center for Academic Technology has two mobile systems with Pentium® computers, data projectors and VCRs for presentations. Faculty and students may check out these mobile units with some restrictions for classroom presentations. There are also two additional LCD panels for presentations, which may also be checked out.

The Center for Academic Technology is also responsible for a special purpose computer laboratory for the School of Arts & Sciences in Martin Hall. This lab is primarily used as a Music lab with electronic keyboards interfaced to the ten computers for study, composition and training.

• Apple Macintosh computers and IBM Compatible w/electronic keyboards interfaced via MIDI
  
• Finale Music Software
  
• CuBASE Software