Nine projects were funded during this period covering a variety of areas and a two year period for a total of $159,963.
| Project Title | Ask Cascades: Creation of an Online Chat Program for the OSU-Cascades Campus |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Student Success |
| Responsible Person | Brenda McDonald |
| LIG Funding | $2,100 |
| Summary Description | The chat program will be utilized by various campus units including Advising, Student Life, International Programs, Careers, Enrollment and Library Services to host the chat room and discuss questions posed by prospective and current students. |
| Project Title | Student Computing Facilities |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Student Walk-in Lab |
| Responsible Person | Sandie Franklin |
| LIG Funding | $49,850 |
| Summary Description | The student computing facilities provide undergraduate and graduate students access to a Windows-based computer lab. The SCF also provides technical and administrative support for two computer classrooms which are available for any OSU-Cascades and/or partners to schedule classes. |
| Project Title | Card Dispenser/Revalue Station |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Student Success |
| Responsible Person | Sandie Franklin |
| LIG Funding | $4,225 |
| Summary Description | The students have requested a card dispenser/revalue station for Cascades Hall for the pay-for-print system. |
| Project Title | Cascades Hall Computer Classroom |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Classrooms |
| Responsible Person | Sandie Franklin |
| LIG Funding | $27,875 |
| Summary Description | This proposal requests funding for the replacement of 25 computers used in the computer classroom (Cascades Hall #103) which supports all OSU-Cascades and partner programs and students. |
| Project Title | Enhancement of Room 114, Cascades Hall |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Classrooms |
| Responsible Person | Sandie Franklin |
| LIG Funding | $25,498 |
| Summary Description | Room 114 in Cascades Hall was originally designed to be an activity room and does not have the enhanced teaching equipment of the other classrooms. The campus has continued to grow and with the increasing shortage of space, students and professors have requested that this room be upgraded to be comparable to the other classrooms in the building. |
| Project Title | Upgrade Rooms 107 & 112, Cascades Hall |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Classrooms |
| Responsible Person | Sandie Franklin |
| LIG Funding | $20,100 |
| Summary Description | This project will upgrade our two IPTV classrooms to enable duo mode where the instructor can project the presentation onto the screen via the projector and see the far-site class at the same time. |
| Project Title | Student A/V Research Lab Addition |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Student Research |
| Responsible Person | Amy Hammond, Marilyn MacGregor, Kathy Biles, Debbie Coehlo, Kreg lindberg, Sam Handelman |
| LIG Funding | $5,570 |
| Summary Description | This project provided for additional equipment to build on the early success of the current SAVRL (Student Audio Visual Research Lab) program. |
| Project Title | Upgrade of Room 202, Cascades Hall |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Science Classroom |
| Responsible Person | Sandie Franklin |
| LIG Funding | $23,291 |
| Summary Description | This proposal requests funds to install an audio-visual system to enable the students to see and hear the demonstrations and class information and to achieve a complete learning experience, |
| Project Title | Automate the Addition of Cross-Listed Courses to Blackboard |
| Unit | OSU-Cascades/Instruction |
| Responsible Person | Catherine Williams, director, Enterprise Computing |
| LIG Funding | $1,454 |
| Summary Description | OSU-Cascades courses are supported by Blackboard in Corvallis for OSU courses and Eugene for UO courses. One of the solutions for new and emerging curriculum is two courses being taught by instructors from two institutions. To support this class and the others that follow, it is necessary to find a way to create a blackboard session in which all students and both instructors can participate. |