What is it?

The Sociology department runs a computerized classroom in Uris Hall room G90 with 23 networked Windows XP machines (2.66 GHz speed, 1 GB of memory), a server for storing files, a laser printer, and a data/video projector.

Installed software [as of 2006-Aug-03]:

• Windows XP Pro, kept up-to-date, including IE 6
• Bear Access, including WS_FTP32 and FileZilla
• Symantec AntiVirus, kept up-to-date
• Firefox 1.5.0.6 web browser
• Microsoft Office Professional XP, which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access.
• Acrobat Reader 7
• PDFCreator 0.9.2
• QuickTime 7.1
• Matlab 6.5
• SPSS 14
• Stata 9 (Intercooled!)
• UCINET 6, including Pajek & Mage

Who may use it?

Cornell academic and administrative staff who need it for training or undergraduate or graduate instruction. It is not for research of any kind, homework, or general use. Priority is given first to Sociology and then to other Arts College departments.

What is it useful for?

• Individual or collaborative student work sessions on computers during class time (e.g. with writing, language learning, or data or image managing software)
• Full-group sessions in which text (written, graphic, filmed) is projected, circulated among stations, stored on the server
• Individual or group work with Internet communications tools
• Demonstrations of software and of CD-based and online research and learning resources
• Face-to-face seminar-style meetings at a central conference table

Capacity

22 student workstations plus 1 instructor workstation, plus 10 or more others seated.

How to Get Access to G90

• Write an email to Sue Meyer, the Sociology Program Coordinator expressing your need to use Uris G90. You should include the following information:
  • The class that will be taught.
  • The times the class begins and ends, including office hours if G90 is used for office hours.
    The building manager needs these times to program the G90 door to be unlocked. He will set the door to unlock 15 minutes before the start of class and 15 minutes after the end of the class.
  • If the instructor and/or teaching assistants have to use G90 during off hours (which is defined as after 4:30pm or before 8:00am), they will also need to have their Cornell ID cards processed by Bill Grover.
• Enter the class schedule into "schedule-25".
• The Sociology Program Coordinator should respond to this request by sending a form letter to the instructor and relevant teaching assistants with a CC to the Building Manager and Computer Support :

  Dear [Instructor],
  
  This note is to confirm that your class, [CLASS REFERENCE] will be
  using Uris G90 at the following times:
  class [HOURS]
  office hours in Uris G90 include [HOURS]
  
  [If the instructor and/or teaching assistants need off hour access to
  G90, include the following:]
  
  Since you have requested access to Uris G90 after 4:30pm, for the
  following people [NAME1], [NAME2], ..., you will need to make
  arrangements to meet with Bill Grover to have your Cornell ID card
  processed.  Once your Cornell ID card is processed, it will  act as
  the key to the classroom.  Bill can best be reached via email at
  WLG2@cornell.edu.  His phone number is 255-6340.
  
  Note that he has been CCed in this note and will be expecting to hear
  from everyone that will need after hour access.
  
      Truly,
      [Program Coordinator]
  

• Contact Computer Support and arrange [...]

For More Information and Scheduling

Contact Sue Meyer, 314 Uris Hall, and give her your name (and NetID) and the name (and number) of your course.

For Technical Information or Support

Contact:

• Fred Horan, fh10@cornell.edu, B58 Uris Hall
• Marty White, lmw22@cornell.edu, 305 Uris Hall
• In an emergency, you may also contact Eric Humerez, ejh17@cornell.edu, 410 Uris Hall

For Special Equipment Needs in Uris Hall

Contact:

• Bill Grover, Building Manager
  G33 Uris Hall
  255-6340
  uh_bldg_mgr@cornell.edu
  
• Stephen Truesdail
  AV Technician/Building Mgr
  260 Malott Hall
  255-3161, 280-3631
  smt6@cornell.edu