eTablets & Apps Requests

Electronic Tablet Program

POLICY

The CSD Department sponsors an electronic tablet program to support academic and clinical education of graduate students in their first year. The electronic tablets are purchased with CSD student technology fees.

A CSD electronic tablet will be availabe to check out in Chester Park 156A for first-year graduate students. The assigned electronic tablet may be taken off campus for off campus clinical and community outreach, course assignments, and for course-related research during the first year. However, students strongly encouraged to return the electronic tablets to the file room (Chester Park 156A) each day when not in use. There are limited amount of electronic tablets to check out so please return them when you are not using it.

Students must make the tablets available for maintenance upon request. The electronic tablet MUST be turned in when they are no longer using it for clinic or at the end of each Semester during their year.

Students MUST turn in the electronic tablet in person to CSD staff, Linda Marnich or Michelle Tessier as they will need your internet id and password to wipe the electronic tablet.

No personal electronic tablets may be used for clinical education.

PROCEDURE

Student checks out electronic tablet from the cart in Chester Park 156A.
Student should go through the "Hello Steps" by starting a new electonic tablet.
Student should be on Eduroam (be sure to use full UMD address - @d.umn.edu)
Face ID would be a great idea to set up instead of skipping as it is faster when you need to use the electronic tablet.
Student must create a passcode when setting up electronic tablet (16 characters , no repeating, ascending or decending characters. Doesn't need to be complex. A sentence or phrase will be best.
If you continue to have problems once you check out the electronic tablet, see Linda Marnich or Michelle Tessier and they will contact Adem Hunter from ITSS.
If a student needs to sign out an electronic tablet for a semester, the student must sign and date the agreement and submit it to CSD staff, Linda Marnich or Michelle Tessier.
Student must make the device available to the department for maintenance upon request.
Student is advised to store the device on the charging rack in the CSD Department.
Student may request apps using the apps request procedures set by the CSD Department.
Students must return in person the electronic tablet when they are no longer using it to CSD Staff, Linda Marnich or Michelle Tessier. They will need your internet id and electronic tablet password to wipe the tablet so it will be ready for another person to check it out.

Electronic Tablet Apps and Requests

Apps Request Form

Policy

The CSD Department approves the purchase of applications for academic and clinical education as funding permits. Applications are reviewed and approved based on their relevance and unique contribution to addressing program goals and learning outcomes. Approved apps will be purchased for all loaner electronic tablets and will not be purchased for select devices.

Procedures

Apps requests for academic courses:

Faculty members wishing to purchase apps for an academic course are to contact the department chair with the request.
Upon chair approval of purchase, faculty members work with the executive administrative specialist for upload of apps to student-assigned electronic tablets.

Apps requests for clinical courses (8397, 8497):

Apps Request Form

Faculty or students wishing to purchase apps for clinical courses fill out the apps request form. Students completing the form must have a faculty sponsor co-sign the request. The requesting faculty or student submits the form to the department's executive administrative specialist. Requests will be considered in the order they are received.
The executive administrative specialist reviews the request for feasibility to purchase through the volume purchasing program documents funding available for the purchase. The executive administrative specialist forwards the request to the clinic director for review.
The clinic director reviews the app request for its alignment with the program mission and its unique contributions to clinical education (e.g., lack of duplication with already existing tools). The clinic director makes a recommendation for purchase or deferment of purchase. The clinic director forwards the request with recommendations to the department chair for review.
The department chair reviews the apps request along with the feedback from executive administrative specialist and the clinic director. The department chair makes the final recommendation for purchase, based on appropriateness of request and finances available for purchasing the apps. The department chair returns the form to the executive administrative specialist. The executive administrative specialist informs the requester of the decision and assists with purchasing as appropriate.

Requester: Complete the Apps Request Form and give it to executive administrative specialist.

Current Apps on Electronic Tablets

To aid in determination of requests, here is a list of current apps on the iPads. The Department will not approve requests for apps that duplicate actions of apps already available on the electronic tablets.

Current Apps

To get an app that is already installed on the electronic tablet

1. Student must be on "Eduroam WiFi" with their full UMD email and password entered