New Lab-scheduling Procedures (Fall 2009)

New procedures: Excerpt from Composition Faculty Handbook

In Writing Studies I and Writing Studies II, we set aside time for digital writing. Each section of Writing Studies (CPN 100, 101, 102, and 103) must meet a minimum of two weeks in a campus computer lab. The English Department maintains two computer labs in Old Main, G-16 (PC) and G-17 (Mac). The Mac lab has a number of courses meeting there regularly, so most CPN classes will need to meet in G-16, the PC lab. Tim Emerson, the English Department’s technology consultant, schedules composition courses in these labs on a first-come, first-served basis. Instructors may request more than two weeks, but only after all the required sessions are scheduled. Please request your required time no later than two weeks before the start of the semester. Requesting time much earlier is strongly recommended.

If you are unable to reserve G-16 or G-17, you will have to use another lab on campus and you will have to schedule your classes yourself. To do so, first check the online calendar: http://www.cortland.edu/acs/lab_schedule.asp. The calendar will give you an idea of what rooms may be available and the types of software that are installed. The fall schedule is generally added to the calendar around the end of July, beginning of August.
Then fill out the “Academic Computing Services Lab Request Form,” available at http://www.cortland.edu/acs/Assets/Text%20files/LabRequestForm.html, for each of your CPN sections and submit the forms to Academic Computing Services well in advance of the first day of classes.

Procedure for scheduling computer lab time in Old Main G-16 and G-17

Begin by checking the online lab schedules posted on the English Department web page.

Go to http://www.cortland.edu/english.
Under “College Resources,” click on “Technology Assisted Instruction.”
Click on either “PC Lab (G-16)” or “MAC Lab (G-17).”

Or, you could start directly from the technology page (you may wish to bookmark this page):

Go to http://www.cortland.edu/english/technology.html.
Click on either “PC Lab (G-16)” or “MAC Lab (G-17).”

Please request time in one-week blocks during regular class periods. Requests will be honored in the order they are received, so please choose alternative times as well. Please specify your name, the dates, the times, and the lab(s) you choose as follows:

CPN 100-099 (Tues/Thurs 10:05-11:20)
1st choice -- PC Lab, 9/15 & 17
2nd choice -- Mac Lab, 9/15 & 17
3rd choice -- PC Lab, 9/29 & 30

If you have multiple sections and wish to keep them on the same day (i.e., would prefer your second or third choice if it means you can schedule the sections in the labs on the same days), please indicate that also.

Send your request by email to Tim Emerson at timothy.emerson@cortland.edu.

Beginning in Fall 2009, G-16 will be equipped with state-of-the art software programs already installed in G-17: InDesign CS4, a desktop publishing (DTP) software application; Photoshop CS4, a graphics editing and digital photo manipulation program;
Illustrator CS4, a comprehensive vector graphics/computer drawing environment; and Acrobat 9 Pro, a program for viewing, creating, manipulating, and managing files in PDF format.

For more information about these programs:
http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro