Yahoo Internet Life "Most Wired Survey
General Information
Please
provide the name of the individual supplying these responses in case we need to
contact you to clarify any of your answers.
Name: Mr. Brian Michael Morgan
Title: Director, Center for Instructional Technology
E-mail: brian.morgan@marshall.edu
Telephone: (304) 696-6469
Fax: (304) 696-3229
Institutional Information
Institution Name: Marshall University
Official institution Web site (URL):
http://www.marshall.edu/
Total # of full-time undergraduate students:
8833
Total # of part-time undergraduate students:
799
B - Undergraduate Personal Computer Use
1. In which of the following ways does your institution
assist undergraduates with purchasing a computer? Check all that apply.
Through
passing on of educational discounts
Through
institutional relationship with specific vendor(s)
2. How many hours per day does your institution typically
offer one-on-one (person-to-person) technical support to undergraduates during
the academic year? Include non-automated tech-support lines. Do not include
online FAQs or e-mail-only support.
Monday
More than
16
Tuesday
More than
16
Wednesday
More than
16
Thursday
More than
16
Friday
More than
16
Saturday
4-8
Sunday
More than
16
3. Enter text in the field below if you feel your answers in
Section B require further explanation. There are 250 characters available for
your comments.
We
provide an on-campus full-service PC Sales and Service Center. This center is
in place to support student computer use in addition to the above mentioned
services.
C - E-mail Usage and Access
1. Which of the following e-mail services does your
institution offer? Check all that apply.
All incoming
undergraduates receive a free institution-hosted e-mail account.
Undergraduates
can have more than one free institution-hosted e-mail account, or multiple
aliases.
Undergraduates
can choose their own e-mail address name.
Institution
has a Web-based undergraduate e-mail directory.
Institution's
undergraduate e-mail directory has access restrictions to protect student
privacy.
Institution
has an online faculty e-mail directory.
2. Are graduating students permitted to keep their e-mail
address(es)?
Yes,
forever
a. If graduating students are permitted to keep their e-mail addresses in any
of the forms described above, is there a cost involved?
No, the
service is free
3. How much free e-mail space (in megabytes) is guaranteed to
each undergraduate? Special provisions for individual students or departments
do not count. Must be general rule for all students.
51-100MB
4. Enter text in the field below if you feel your answers in
Section C require further explanation. There are 250 characters available for
your comments.
Virtual
drive space is available from our Storage Area Network (SAN) to all campus
workstations and remote users.
D - Web Space Usage and Access
1. How much free Web space is guaranteed to each undergraduate
(in megabytes)? Special provisions for individual students or departments do
not count. Must be general rule for all students.
51-100MB
2. On average, how many institution Web pages are served
daily (number of page views on main institutional URL).
22200
3. Does your institution provide generic Web pages for all
incoming Freshmen?
Yes
4. Are undergraduate student-authored Web pages restricted
for content? Check all that apply.
Yes, for
pornography
Yes, for
hate speech
Yes, if
the institution receives complaints
Other:
Please specify
Yes, for commercial use or personal profit
5. Is Web access restricted for content? Check all that
apply.
No
restrictions, except when local, state or federal law dictates
6. Which company(ies) or organization(s) provides your
institution with Internet access (i.e. MCI, Sprint, UUNET)?
WVNET
using Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions
7. How big (total megabytes per second) is your institution's
pipe to the Internet (excluding Internet 2), as provided by the company(ies)
listed in question D6? Enter number only; no letters or commas.
10
8. Enter text in the field below if you feel your answers in
Section D require further explanation. There are 250 characters available for
your comments.
MU has an
ATM OC-3. This has a PVC for data with 10M sustained cell rate & 20M peak
rate to the next hop router at WVNET. WVNET has a 45M pipe to Bell Atlantic
Internet Solutions. Q7 has the has bandwidth listed as MB, not Mb. We answered
w/Mb.
E - Networking
1. Does your institution provide shared network file space to
undergraduates? Special provisions for individual students or departments do
not count. Must be general rule for all students.
Yes
a. How much network file space is allocated to each undergraduate? (in
megabytes)
51-100MB
b. Which of the following file-sharing technologies are available to
undergraduates? Check all that apply.
Windows
or Novell
NFS
Other:
Please specify
Unix SAMBA
2. Does your institution provide wireless coverage to:
a. Institution buildings
Yes,
Limited
b. On-campus housing
No
c. Off-campus housing
No
3. Describe your institution's off-campus high-speed Net
access service. These services may include partnerships with local or national
companies, but must provide direct access to school networks (with an
institution IP address)
DSL
Yes,
Trial Only
Cable modems
Yes,
Trial Only
Ethernet, T1 (or faster)
To many
off-campus sites
4. Describe your institution's involvement with the Internet
2 project (or with gigabit networking). Check all that apply.
Institution
is a member of the Internet 2 consortium
5. Enter text in the field below if you feel your answers in
Section E require further explanation. There are 250 characters available for
your comments.
Marshall
University is a member of the WVNET/WVU Internet 2 Consortium.
F - Web-related Courses and Distance
Learning Programs
1. Which undergraduate technology-related courses does your
institution offer? Check all that apply.
Web
Design
System
Administration
Advanced
Networking
e-Commerce
CGI
Programming
Software
Game Design
Other:
Please specify
Cisco Regional Academy, Java, VB, MS Office, Multimedia Design
2. Does your institution offer any undergraduate classes
exclusively online?
Yes
a. If yes, please list the top three courses.
History
103E - American History to 1877
Chemistry
203E - General Chemistry I
Computer
Science 101E - Computer and Data Processing
3. Enter text in the field below if you feel your answers in
Section F require further explanation. There are 250 characters available for
your comments.
Our
electronic courses are a part of the Southern Regional Electronic Campus. We
have over 400 courses that have some type of online component. Check our
information at http://muonline.marshall.edu/
G - Educational and Administrative Uses
1. Does your institution accept applications for
undergraduate admissions submitted electronically via the Internet?
Yes
2. Does your institution offer free, human-taught Internet
orientation to undergraduates?
Yes
3. Does your institution offer free, human-taught Internet
orientation to faculty?
Yes
For questions G4-G6 only: To help us validate the existence
of a "Web-based" student administrative network, please provide a
URL, log-in and password. If this is not possible, please explain why and
provide some form of verification.
URL:
http://www.marshall.edu/milo/
LOG-IN:
000000022
PASSWORD:
456789
4. Which of the following registration services does your
institution offer? Check all that apply.
Touch-tone
registration
Web-based
registration
5. Which of the following drop/add services does your
institution offer? Check all that apply.
Touch-tone
drop/add
Web-based
drop/add
6. Are transcripts or grade reports available to
undergraduates online? Check all that apply.
Students
can find out how to order an official transcript online
Students
can order an official transcript online
Students
can access grade reports on the Web
7. Are course schedules made available to undergraduates on
the Web?
Yes, all
8. Is the student newspaper(s) available online?
Yes, all
9. Describe your institution's online library resources and
services. Touch-tone services do not count. Check all that apply.
Undergraduates
can electronically check the status of library books online or from the Web
Undergraduates
can electronically reserve or recall library books online or from the Web
Undergraduates
can electronically renew library books online or from the Web
Undergraduates
can initiate an interlibrary loan online or from the Web
Undergraduates
can download electronic library documents (periodicals,articles) online or from
the Web
Undergraduates
can download electronic library-owned or licensed media content (audio or
graphic files) online or from the Web
10. Does the institution own or participate in a digital
library project? If yes, please explain
Yes
The Library participates in Project Muse and JSTOR, two digital serials
projects. In addition, the Library subscribes to various online information
resources, and offers free electronic document delivery service.
11. Does the institution digitally archive school-owned
library content? If yes, please explain.
Yes
Special Collections Department digitizes items from the University Archives and
places them on the Web, such as the Appalachian Oral History project.
12. Does the alumni association maintain its own Web page?
Yes
13. Describe your institution's policy regarding online
gaming.
Permitted
on institution networks. Permitted on institution machines, but limited
14. Enter text in the field below if you feel your answers in
Section G require further explanation. There are 250 characters available for
your comments.
Please
Note... the answer to number 13 does NOT pertain to online gambling, which is
restricted by state law. We interpret gaming to be computer simulations for
learning and/or entertainment. We host Diversity University (www.du.org)
H - Miscellaneous
1. Does your institution provide networking services (e-mail,
Web space or Internet access), at no cost, to the local community (community
members who live or work in proximity to the institution, but are not
affiliated (i.e., faculty, staff, or students) with the institution)? If yes,
please explain.
Yes
Restricted to non-profit use and offered to alumni or members of our Library
Associates.
2. Does your institution run its own Internet service
provider?
Yes
a. If yes, do undergraduates living off campus get discounted rates through the
institution's ISP?
Yes
b. If yes, what is the monthly service charge?
16.95
3. What
sets your institution apart from other "wired" undergraduate
institutions? Include relevant community and commercial partnerships. Please
explain in detail and include URL's when applicable. There are 1000 characters
available for your comments.
Marshall "Interactive" University is know for developing
a 21st century campus with advanced infrastructure, policy, training paradigm,
online administration, assessments, collaborative agreements, online course
development (muonline.marshall.edu), community collaboration and institutional
vision to create a campus with no boundaries (multimedia.marshall.edu/spring99.pdf).
Marshall touches the community and beyond via aggressive implementation of the
West Virginia 2001 ATM Network and innovative outreach programs such as the One
Room School 2000 www.marshall.edu/oneroom2000, Diversity University www.du.org,
Advantage Valley Regional Economic Development www.adval.org, Interactive
Patient medicus.marshall.edu/medicus.htm, RuralNet ruralnet.marshall.edu,
PrevNet www.prevnet.org, RCBI Flexible Manufacturing www.rcbi.org, Corporate
and High School Outreach with Marshall Technology Institute
www.marshall.edu/mti and the Court Room of the Future
www.bell-atl.com/ba-wv/html/wv2001b.htm.