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).
Other Active Projects:
- Data Warehouse Planning
- eCourse - Nurturing Safe Work Environments
- Phone System Implementation
- Identity Automation
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
- June 30
- Web Filtering
- Email Filtering
- Submit ePlan with budget.
- June 25
- Parent Technology Training in OC Library
- June 16
- Follow up on Nurturing Safe Work Environments to include sexual harassment elements, bullying, child abuse reporting. (Stevie Gonzales and Miguel Guhlin)
- June 15
- VOIP in the Cloud
- Verify that our local area network (LAN) infrastructure can support this service. RESPONSE: YES
- 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
- VOIP in the Cloud
- June 11 -
- Setup ecpro.ecisd.net
- June 10 - Complete setup of new Moodle Server - ecpro.ecisd.net (Contact: M Harber)
- June 9
- 8:30am - Highland Forest: K-5 math textbook adoption training (Contact: T Hertz)
- Needs augmented wireless access
- Unblock web sites - pearsonschool.com and pearsonTexas.com
- 8:30am - Highland Forest: K-5 math textbook adoption training (Contact: T Hertz)
- Renewal - Sophos AntiVirus (Complete)
- Verify Cabling projects are complete (Salado)
- June 1 - VOIP in the Cloud - Preparation of RFQ (should include how many locations, phones, assistance from service provider).
May, 2014
- Renewals
- Eduphoria
- LANSweeper
- Adobe Connect
- May 30, 2014: End of life for Accelerated Reader, server-based. Affects Harmony, Pecan Valley, and John Glenn campuses.
- 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
- VOIP in the Cloud - ON HOLD
- Submit Form 471 (through March)
December, 2014
November, 2014
- VOIP in the Cloud - ON HOLD
- November 1 - Last day to receive VOIP in the Cloud RFQs
- November 2 - 30: Evaluate VOIP in the Cloud
- November Board Meeting - Take RFQ and Recommended Vendor
October, 2014
- October 1 - VOIP in the Cloud RFQ closes - ON HOLD
April, 2014
- Need wireless setup for consultant presentation at ESC Classroom, 1:30pm-2:00pm (Miguel)
- Renewals:
- Fortinet
- Exinda
March, 2014
- Renewals:
- Filemaker Pro Support
- Lynda.com
- SchoolFusion (BB Engage)
February, 2014
January, 2014
- Solarwinds Dameware Renewal
- Symantec Backup Exec Renewal
December, 2013
- Antivirus pilot ends
- HP Blades Warranty Renewal
November, 2013
October, 2013
- Disaster Recovery Planning Meeting
- October 15 - BYOT Launch at Middle Schools
- October 14 -
- Oct. 14: Setup wireless for Heritage (Contact: Matt Morgan)
- Oct 14-15: Setup support from 7:30-8:00am at EdHall (Contact: Taffi Hertz)
- Setup wireless access points in Library (2 WAPs) and Cafeteria (3 WAPs) at Legacy and Heritage MSs
- October 4 - Meeting #2 of Lab Management Software Selection Committee
- October 1 - Apply Windows XP Updates (e.g. Java, browsers, flash) district-wide
- Contract Payments:
- Discovery Education
- Region 20 Network Support
- Faronics Deep Freeze
- Video Conference
- LANSchool
September, 2013
- September 25 - Meeting #1 of Lab Management Software Selection Committee
- September 23 -
- EduSmart Training for Biology Teachers at ECHS Rm 3212 @ 4:00pm (Contact: Taffi Hertz)
- 5:00-5:30pm - ESC @ Central Office (Contact: Stevie Gonzales) (Michael Harber)
- September 25 - Learning.com data file generation (Calvin)
- September 20 - Data file cleanup for various programs (Calvin)
- BYOT MS Campus Sessions for Staff and Community
- Renewal: Discovery Education Video Distribution System
- September 18 -
- Casper Focus training for BCLC teachers in Rooms 107, 115, Library
- Forethought training for Legacy teachers in WinLab at Legacy, adjacent to Library.
- September 15 - iStation Data Import (Jonathan/Calvin)
- Identity Management Meeting
- September 1 -
- Begin pilot of LANSchool
- Elementary campuses will use Istation for the first time to test all students starting at the beginning of September through the month.
- Intermediate campuses will test SMI/SRI at the beginning of September for approximately 3 weeks.
August, 2013
- August 30 - Complete LANSchool Pilot Setup at Pilot Sites
- 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.
- August 21-22 - District Writers' Workshop - Need support for presenter and sufficient wireless/electrical for devices
- August 20,21,22 - EC3 Teacher Academy at ECTO Learning Lab. 11 teachers with 2 devices (Macbook, iPad) each.
- August 20 - Board Room at 7:45am
- Help Speech Pathologists log into their new laptops (Marguerite or Mary)
- August 19
- (AM) - Welcome Back at Floresville Event Center (need technical support)
- (PM) - Highland Forest needs support for iPads
- Begin Setup of LANSchool at Pilot Labs/Campuses
- Sandra Lopez @ Ed Hall needs YouTube access
- August 16 -
- Training for BCLC on Faronics Insight at 1:00pm
- iPad training for Meredith Rokas' Transition Coaches at 4:00 p.m.
- August 14 (PM) - 15 (all day):
- New Teacher @ Legacy MS (need electrical and wireless support)
September, 2014
- Renewals
- Antivirus
- Identity Automation
- September 4 - Import for IStation/SAM
- September 1 - Release of VOIP RFQ through October 1 - - ON HOLD
August, 2014
- IPCelerate VOIP, Alarm
- 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)
- July 31
- 8:30am - Highland Forest: K-5 math textbook adoption training (Contact: T Hertz)
- Needs augmented wireless access
- Unblocked web sites - pearsonschool.com and pearsonTexas.com
- 8:30am - Highland Forest: K-5 math textbook adoption training (Contact: T Hertz)
- July 23
- Parent Technology Training in OC Library
- July 16
- Parent Technology Training in OC Library
- July 9
- Parent Technology Training in OC Library
- July 1
- Start up VOIP in the Cloud solution
- July 1
- Web Host Provider
- Switch to New Internet Service Provider
- Antivirus Renewal (complete)
- Renewals:
- IPS
- Antivirus
- Vulnerability Scan
- July 1 & July 3, All day, ECHS (lab to be determined by Oscar, HS Tech)
- 2. Credit-by-Exam Online Testing
- 3. Contact: Darlene P. Hicks
- 4. Secure Browser connection, and installing Safe Browser (Oscar should have received instructions from UT Austin)
- 2. Credit-by-Exam Online Testing
- 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).
- August 12-15 - High School Student Registration (Assign Oscar to provide wireless access support for students)
- August 8 & 9 -
- Legacy - Scholastic consultant
- ISE Configuration for Middle Schools
- August 7-8: Leadership Session - Need Technician Support
- August 5 &6 - Legacy - Sam Hoffman
- August 1 - Server Migration is completed
- Project Share - automated account mgmt will not be renewed.
- IPcelerate VOIP Contract - Managing/Monitoring 911 Calls
- AntiVirus pilot begins - Campuses to be determined
July, 2013
- July 31 - Legacy - Joanne Billingsely
- July 29-30
- Fix wire cut to Board Room (COMPLETE)
- Hang wireless access point (after replacement)
- Heritage Middle rooms 501 + 503 School Special Education Training ("Solid Roots")
- Installation of Drops at Learning Academy (COMPLETE)
- July 29-Aug 2 - ECHS Library - GT Consultants + outside people
- 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Need help with ceiling projector (Donna Owen)
- July 23 - Aug 6 - ECISD Professional Development "Mini" Conference at Legacy
- Outside consultants need guest access 8:00am-4:00pm
- Liz Martin (consultant)
- July 23, 25, 29 - Legacy - Kimberly Baumgardner
- July 15-16 - edcampSA Conference at Legacy MS (wireless support, recharge station, guest logins)
- July 8-11 - EC3 Teacher Academy for Secondary Teachers (wireless support)
- July 1 - SchoolFusion
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