ITSC Digest

Issue 22, May 30 2002 Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS System) The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for the Estates Management Office (EMO) was put into production on May 1, 2002. After six months of close cooperation, the EMO, Bursary and IMU/ITSC have customized the Plant Maintenance Module and the Human Resources Module of SAP. This system implementation is for the management of operation and maintenance works on buildings, roads, slopes and other campus facilities which are the responsibility of the EMO. The system is also integrated with the Bursary's Financial System in SAP. Besides streamlining the business processes between the EMO and Bursary, CMMS allows on-line updates and sharing of financial information (e.g. labour and/or material costs of Work Orders) relevant to the EMO. The previous triplicate Work Order form has also been re-designed and replaced by a new A4-size perforated Work Order form. For repair and maintenance works within the University, this replacement has greatly reduced cost and improved the collection of data for further analysis. The new Works Order form sample can be found in http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/emo/document. There will be a second phase implementation of this project for the direct input and monitoring of Work Orders by the Clerk-of-Works/Work Supervisors as well as a direct data interface between this system and the Personnel System. Booking OSA Facilities and Materials ONLINE! Student units and organizations can now book facilities and materials from the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) online without paying a visit to the office. The IMU/ITSC has recently assisted the OSA in developing a Web application - "The Facility and Materials Booking System". After registering on this system, you can book facilities like rooms, halls, furniture and equipment through the Web anytime and within the campus network. Details can be checked out at http://osanta.osa.cuhk.edu.hk/booksys/login.asp. For information on registrations or other enquiries, please go to the OSA office (Franklin 1/F), or call 26097216. WebCT Courses Demonstration In recent years, WebCT has been widely used in course curriculum at CUHK. Over 600 courses using WebCT were conducted in the last teaching term and more than 200 teachers and 4000 students have used this teaching platform. Some of these WebCT courses have a very innovative design and provide an efficient communication channel between the teacher and the students. We would like to introduce some of CUHK's outstanding WebCT courses to you in the following demonstration session. Date: Jun 3, 2002 (Monday) Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (br> Venue: ITSC Seminar Room, Room 120-121, Pi Chiu Building Agenda: Course Demonstrations "Postgraduate Diploma in Education" by Prof. Teresa L.P.Siu, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. "Urban Environmental Problems" by Prof. Lam Kin Che, Department of Geography and Resource Management. "Nursing Information Technology" by Prof. Prof. Janita Chau, The Nethersole School of Nursing. "Gymnastics" by Mr. Chan Wan Ha, Department of Sport Science and Physical Education. "Information Technology Essentials" by Ms. Tess Li, Information Technology Services Centre. What makes these WebCT courses so attractive and successful? Their course contents are enriched by multimedia technologies that enhance the learning process; well-organized WebCT courses can be managed (shared) by various instructors; and students are active participants in the discussion forums. To learn more, please register for this demonstration session at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/training. Certificate Course in IT Essentials - May Class Thank you very much for your interest and support for our course - the "Certificate Course in Information Technology Essentials - May Class". All the seats were quickly filled within a week. Successful applicants should have received our acknowledgement e-mail in early May. Our next series will probably be held in January 2003. For any enquiries, please contact the course administrator at oatraining@cuhk.edu.hk Closing of User Area between Jun 1, 11:00 p.m. and Jun 3, 9:30 a.m. The User Area and all the training rooms on the 1/F of Pi Chiu Building will be closed between Jun 1 (Saturday), 11:00 p.m. and Jun 3 (Monday), 9:30 a.m. due to the suspension of the electricity supply on Jun 2 (Sunday). As the electricity to the Central Computer Room is backed up by the Un-interruptible Power Supply (UPS) system and the generator-set, the electricity interruption will not cause a suspension of other network and computing services. Please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/announce/outage.html for other details. Renovation work at Room 112-113 Pi Ch'iu Building on Jun 8-9 Renovation work will be carried out in Room 112-113 Pi Ch'iu Building during Jun 8 (Saturday), 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m. Jun 9 (Sunday), 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. During the construction period, there will inevitably be noise. We ask for your patience when working in the User Area (1/F Pi Chiu Building) during that period. For any enquiries, please contact the ITSC Electronic HelpDesk at http://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk or e-mail itsc-help@cuhk.edu.hk. Suspension of CU Forum, WebCT and WBT Link services on Jun 12, 9:00 am - 2:00 p.m. All the CU Forum http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cuforum, WebCT courses http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/webct and WBT Link http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/webteaching, will not be available on 12 Jun (Wednesday) from 9:00 am to 2:00 p.m. for system work. Please do not schedule any course updates during the affected period. For any enquiries, please contact the ITSC Electronic HelpDesk at http://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk or e-mail learning-help@cuhk.edu.hk.

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