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Mobile
wireless labs may be reserved by valid
Palomar College faculty for classes held on
the San Marcos campus only. All
reservation requests are processed on a
first come, first serve basis. In the
event of conflicting reservation requests,
faculty who teach credit courses during the
semester will be given first priority.
The
reservation must be made no less than one
week in advance with the Academic Technology
Resource Center (ATRC).
Mobile labs will be checked out for the
duration of a class. If an instructor
wishes to use a lab for two consecutive
classes, two reservations must be made, one
for each class number.
Mobile labs
can be checked out for as long as 4 hours at
a time—the maximum battery life with second
battery installed. Depending on usage,
battery life may be less than 4 hours.
Faculty
members using the mobile lab must take full
responsibility for the security of the
laptop computers and any peripherals that
circulate with the lab. The lab must
be kept locked and secured when not in use
Instructors
are responsible for enforcing the college’s
computing policies and regulations:
Telecommunication Guidelines
Student Code of Conduct
Upon
delivery the ATRC technician will not leave the cart
unattended. He will wait until the arrival of the
instructor, or, if the instructor does not arrive within
15 minutes of the class start time, he will return the
mobile lab carts.
If an
instructor reserves the mobile lab but fails
to appear for a class without notifying
Academic Technology Resource Center (ext.
2657), the instructor will lose the
privilege of reserving the mobile labs for
the duration of that semester.
Laptop
computers must never be left unattended.
It is the instructor’s responsibility to
report any problem with the laptops that
occurs during the class.
Once delivered, it is the instructor’s
responsibility to distribute the laptops
from the cart to students, and to return the
laptops to the cart at the end of the class.
If a class ends early it is the instructor’s
responsibility to contact ATRC. The instructor
must never leave the mobile laptops unattended.
If any laptop or related peripheral is damaged or
found to be faulty during use, it must be reported
on the problem form that accompanies the cart to the
classroom.
Student personal data must be saved to removable
media, or preferably, emailed to self, when using
the mobile labs. On shutdown all personal data
on a mobile lab laptop computer will be cleared.
The Mobile Lab should be kept in a secure place
under lock at all times when not in use.
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Instructors
reserve a mobile lab by submitting the web form (at
http://www.palomar.edu/at/mobilelabs/reservationform.htm)
no less than one week in advance. An email
notification confirming the reservation will be sent
within one business day of instructor’s request.
Please check the online calendar first to be
sure the lab is not already reserved for the
time you want it.
Mobile wireless labs travel in carts of 15
computers. Specify on the reserve form how many
carts you need (two carts will be
available Spring semester 2005, two additional carts
will be added beginning summer 2005). Also
specify if you need the writeable CD drives
installed. If the writeable CD drives
are installed, maximum battery life can be
expected to be no more than 2 1/2 hours.
Be sure to specify start and end times for
classes and also the room number.
If a class ends early it is the instructor’s
responsibility to contact ATRC phone ext. 2657). The instructor must
never leave the mobile laptops unattended.
For regular daytime classes (M-Th 7:30AM to
4PM, Fri
7:30AM-4PM) the ATRC will deliver the mobile lab
carts to the instructor’s classroom.
Because of shortage of staff, for night or Saturday
classes (M-Th 5pm-9pm or Sat. 9am-1pm) instructors
must be willing to help deliver and return the
mobile labs if their class requires more than one
cart.
Upon delivery to the classroom the ATRC technician
will test the wireless access point and confirm that
network access is working. If there is a problem,
the ATRC technician will contact the IS helpdesk.
IS must then work to resolve connectivity or port
configuration problems.
ATRC
employees who deliver a mobile lab to an instructor
will sign off on delivery of the lab and confirm
network connectivity. The instructor will sign for
receipt of the lab and assumption of responsibility
for the computers while under their supervision.
It is the
instructor's responsibility to distribute
the laptops to the students, and to return
them to the cart(s) after the class is over.
The ATRC technician picking up the lab after use
will sign for receipt of them. Laptop
computers must never be left unattended. It is the
instructor’s responsibility to report any problem
with the laptops that occurs during the class.
Each mobile lab will circulate along with a trouble
report form. If an instructor has any problems with
the mobile lab during the course of her class, she
should fill in the form at the conclusion of the
class so that ATRC technicians can diagnose and fix
the problem.
All laptops and related peripherals must be
accounted for by both the instructor and the ATRC
technician before the carts are locked up and
returned to ATRC storage.
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Academic Technology
staff will roll the cart(s) to your classroom
approximately 10 minutes before the class begins,
hook up the access point, and test it for network
connectivity. It will be your responsibility,
as class instructor, to distribute the laptop
computers to your students and return them to the
cart(s) after class. When the class is over,
the Academic Technology staff will return to pick up
the cart(s).