Project Timeline

Note: This list of dates and activities is subject to change; it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all activities only those requiring technical support and/or reflecting important renewals of district-wide services. This page is maintained by Miguel Guhlin (juan.guhlin@ecisd.net; 210-649-2343).

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Last Updated: 06/23/2014

District Activities and/or Renewals

2013-2014 School Year

2014-2015 School Year

(in reverse chronological order)

2015-2016 School Year

Summer Projects

June, 2014

  1. June 30
    1. Web Filtering
    2. Email Filtering
    3. Submit ePlan with budget.
  2. June 25
    • Parent Technology Training in OC Library
  3. June 16
    1. Follow up on Nurturing Safe Work Environments to include sexual harassment elements, bullying, child abuse reporting. (Stevie Gonzales and Miguel Guhlin)
  4. June 15
    1. VOIP in the Cloud
      1. Verify that our local area network (LAN) infrastructure can support this service. RESPONSE: YES
      2. Ensure that we have Power Over Ethernet (POE) for every phone and a cable connection for each. Identify by location how many instruments will be needed (e.g. how many VOIP phones for each district location, including campuses and central offices). RESPONSE: PENDING
  5. June 11 -
    1. Setup ecpro.ecisd.net
  6. June 10 - Complete setup of new Moodle Server - ecpro.ecisd.net (Contact: M Harber)
  7. June 9
    1. 8:30am - Highland Forest: K-5 math textbook adoption training (Contact: T Hertz)
      1. Needs augmented wireless access
      2. Unblock web sites - pearsonschool.com and pearsonTexas.com
  8. Renewal - Sophos AntiVirus (Complete)
  9. Verify Cabling projects are complete (Salado)
  10. June 1 - VOIP in the Cloud - Preparation of RFQ (should include how many locations, phones, assistance from service provider).

May, 2014

  1. Renewals
    1. Eduphoria
    2. LANSweeper
    3. Adobe Connect
  2. May 30, 2014: End of life for Accelerated Reader, server-based. Affects Harmony, Pecan Valley, and John Glenn campuses.
  3. May 29, 2014: Need wireless setup for presenter and guests at EdHall. Contact: Matt Morgan

July, 2015

June, 2015

May, 2015

April, 2015

March, 2015

February, 2015

January, 2015

Spring, 2016

  • Trustwave M86 Content Filtering
  • Network Sol-Sub Domain (??)
  • Datacove Email Backup
  • Cisco ISE (NR)

Central Office Renewals

  • Timeclock Plus
  • Transfinder
  • BlueBear
  1. VOIP in the Cloud - ON HOLD
    1. Submit Form 471 (through March)

December, 2014

November, 2014

  1. VOIP in the Cloud - ON HOLD
    1. November 1 - Last day to receive VOIP in the Cloud RFQs
    2. November 2 - 30: Evaluate VOIP in the Cloud
    3. November Board Meeting - Take RFQ and Recommended Vendor

October, 2014

  1. October 1 - VOIP in the Cloud RFQ closes - ON HOLD

April, 2014

  1. Need wireless setup for consultant presentation at ESC Classroom, 1:30pm-2:00pm (Miguel)
  2. Renewals:
    1. Fortinet
    2. Exinda

March, 2014

  1. Renewals:
    1. Filemaker Pro Support
    2. Lynda.com
    3. SchoolFusion (BB Engage)

February, 2014

January, 2014

  1. Solarwinds Dameware Renewal
  2. Symantec Backup Exec Renewal

December, 2013

  1. Antivirus pilot ends
  2. HP Blades Warranty Renewal

November, 2013

October, 2013

  1. Disaster Recovery Planning Meeting
  2. October 15 - BYOT Launch at Middle Schools
  3. October 14 -
    1. Oct. 14: Setup wireless for Heritage (Contact: Matt Morgan)
    2. Oct 14-15: Setup support from 7:30-8:00am at EdHall (Contact: Taffi Hertz)
    3. Setup wireless access points in Library (2 WAPs) and Cafeteria (3 WAPs) at Legacy and Heritage MSs
  4. October 4 - Meeting #2 of Lab Management Software Selection Committee
  5. October 1 - Apply Windows XP Updates (e.g. Java, browsers, flash) district-wide
  6. Contract Payments:
    1. Discovery Education
    2. Region 20 Network Support
    3. Faronics Deep Freeze
    4. Video Conference
    5. LANSchool

September, 2013

  1. September 25 - Meeting #1 of Lab Management Software Selection Committee
  2. September 23 -
    1. EduSmart Training for Biology Teachers at ECHS Rm 3212 @ 4:00pm (Contact: Taffi Hertz)
    2. 5:00-5:30pm - ESC @ Central Office (Contact: Stevie Gonzales) (Michael Harber)
  3. September 25 - Learning.com data file generation (Calvin)
  4. September 20 - Data file cleanup for various programs (Calvin)
  5. BYOT MS Campus Sessions for Staff and Community
  6. Renewal: Discovery Education Video Distribution System
  7. September 18 -
    1. Casper Focus training for BCLC teachers in Rooms 107, 115, Library
    2. Forethought training for Legacy teachers in WinLab at Legacy, adjacent to Library.
  8. September 15 - iStation Data Import (Jonathan/Calvin)
    1. Identity Management Meeting
  9. September 1 -
    1. Begin pilot of LANSchool
    2. Elementary campuses will use Istation for the first time to test all students starting at the beginning of September through the month.
    3. Intermediate campuses will test SMI/SRI at the beginning of September for approximately 3 weeks.

August, 2013

  1. August 30 - Complete LANSchool Pilot Setup at Pilot Sites
  2. August 22- Central Office-Follett Training-Need support at 8:00am to make sure presenter and staff are set up for training. Please see Wayne.
  3. August 21-22 - District Writers' Workshop - Need support for presenter and sufficient wireless/electrical for devices
  4. August 20,21,22 - EC3 Teacher Academy at ECTO Learning Lab. 11 teachers with 2 devices (Macbook, iPad) each.
  5. August 20 - Board Room at 7:45am
    1. Help Speech Pathologists log into their new laptops (Marguerite or Mary)
  6. August 19
    1. (AM) - Welcome Back at Floresville Event Center (need technical support)
    2. (PM) - Highland Forest needs support for iPads
    3. Begin Setup of LANSchool at Pilot Labs/Campuses
    4. Sandra Lopez @ Ed Hall needs YouTube access
  7. August 16 -
    1. Training for BCLC on Faronics Insight at 1:00pm
    2. iPad training for Meredith Rokas' Transition Coaches at 4:00 p.m.
  8. August 14 (PM) - 15 (all day):
    1. New Teacher @ Legacy MS (need electrical and wireless support)

September, 2014

  1. Renewals
    1. Antivirus
    2. Identity Automation
  2. September 4 - Import for IStation/SAM
  3. September 1 - Release of VOIP RFQ through October 1 - - ON HOLD

August, 2014

  1. IPCelerate VOIP, Alarm
  2. August 11 - SchoolFusion Action Items (Calvin and Marguerite)
    • Import new users - Assure ESC-20 has put in files on FTP (Calvin)
    • Update passwords back to staff ID's - Verify files are correct (Calvin)

July, 2014 (Federal Starts July 1)

  1. July 31
    1. 8:30am - Highland Forest: K-5 math textbook adoption training (Contact: T Hertz)
      1. Needs augmented wireless access
      2. Unblocked web sites - pearsonschool.com and pearsonTexas.com
  2. July 23
    1. Parent Technology Training in OC Library
  3. July 16
    1. Parent Technology Training in OC Library
  4. July 9
    1. Parent Technology Training in OC Library
  5. July 1
    1. Start up VOIP in the Cloud solution
  6. July 1
    1. Web Host Provider
    2. Switch to New Internet Service Provider
    3. Antivirus Renewal (complete)
    4. Renewals:
      1. IPS
      2. Antivirus
      3. Vulnerability Scan
  7. July 1 & July 3, All day, ECHS (lab to be determined by Oscar, HS Tech)
      1. 2. Credit-by-Exam Online Testing
        1. 3. Contact: Darlene P. Hicks
        2. 4. Secure Browser connection, and installing Safe Browser (Oscar should have received instructions from UT Austin)
      1. There will be 11 break-out sessions at Legacy for new teachers:
        • Legacy MS Computer Lab will have 2 sessions, 8-11am and 1:00-4:00pm
        • New Teachers will need to be able to connect WITHOUT BYPASS required (so fully open) to the following web sites through August 25th:
          • http://unitaglive.com
          • http://vocaroo.com (very important)
          • http://pinterest.com (very important)
          • http://youtube.com
          • iTunes Store and Google Play Store (so they can load I-Nigma QR Code reader on mobile devices).
  1. August 12-15 - High School Student Registration (Assign Oscar to provide wireless access support for students)
  2. August 8 & 9 -
    1. Legacy - Scholastic consultant
    2. ISE Configuration for Middle Schools
  3. August 7-8: Leadership Session - Need Technician Support
  4. August 5 &6 - Legacy - Sam Hoffman
  5. August 1 - Server Migration is completed
  6. Project Share - automated account mgmt will not be renewed.
  7. IPcelerate VOIP Contract - Managing/Monitoring 911 Calls
  8. AntiVirus pilot begins - Campuses to be determined

July, 2013

  1. July 31 - Legacy - Joanne Billingsely
  2. July 29-30
    1. Fix wire cut to Board Room (COMPLETE)
    2. Hang wireless access point (after replacement)
    3. Heritage Middle rooms 501 + 503 School Special Education Training ("Solid Roots")
    4. Installation of Drops at Learning Academy (COMPLETE)
  3. July 29-Aug 2 - ECHS Library - GT Consultants + outside people
    1. 8:00am - 4:00pm
    2. Need help with ceiling projector (Donna Owen)
  4. July 23 - Aug 6 - ECISD Professional Development "Mini" Conference at Legacy
    1. Outside consultants need guest access 8:00am-4:00pm
    2. Liz Martin (consultant)
  5. July 23, 25, 29 - Legacy - Kimberly Baumgardner
  6. July 15-16 - edcampSA Conference at Legacy MS (wireless support, recharge station, guest logins)
  7. July 8-11 - EC3 Teacher Academy for Secondary Teachers (wireless support)
  8. July 1 - SchoolFusion

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