Implementation Plan
| Week of | Team Members | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 9/20-25 | Jill, SE, Angela | Trip to East St. Louis & visit with Mount Joy. We surveyed the site and talked to the community members about what their needs and desires were for the computer lab. |
| 9/26-10/03 | Jill, SE | SE laid out the initial survey report. Jill added the technical specs for buying XP operating systems, etc. |
| 10/04-10/10 | Angela | Angela edited the final report and e-mailed it to the site coordinator. |
| 10/11-10/17 | ||
| 10/18-10/24 | Angela, Jill, SE | Angela e-mailed the site coordinator to check-in and set deadline for response./ named the 8 computers after the Brady Bunch & took inventory of CPU, RAM, hard drive, OS, manufacturer, & special notes. |
| 10/25-10/31 | Angela, Jill, SE | d-banned all computers; found Jan has some disk drive issues; admin password: mountjoy; e-mailed Mt. Joy about instructions for ordering WinXP licenses & request for follow-up on Open Office or Microsoft Office; installed Windows XP on Greg & Mike; installed network driver on Mike & some Windows updates; looked at drivers for Greg |
| 11/01-11/07 | Angela, Jill, SE | finished installing drivers, Microsoft updates & Firefox browser on Mike; discussed plan of attack w/ remaining time/computers; installed drivers, Firefox, updates, & Microsoft Security Essentials on Greg; |
| 11/08-11/14 | Angela, Jill, SE | e-mailed Mt. Joy about licenses; talked with Martin about networking requirements |
| 11/15-11/21 | Jill, SE, Angela | installed Microsoft XP on remaining computers 11/18; Firefox on Peter, Bobby, & Carol 11/18; working on updates for Peter 11/18; drivers on Bobby, Carol, & Cindy 11/18; SE uploaded photos 11/19; 11/20 drivers on Jan & Marcia; sent network plan, finished updates on Bobby & Carol; installed firefox on Marcia; worked on updates for Marcia, Peter, Cindy. ***Some updates did not install on Peter--drivers needed??? |
| 11/22-11/28 | Thanksgiving | |
| 11/29-12/03 | Jill, SE, Angela | installed Clamwin antivirus, some flashplayers, changed user account settings, finished updates 11/30; 12/2 installed Spybot Search and Destroy anti-spyware software; 12/3 installed Paint.net; 12/3 installed Audacity Audio; 12/3 packed equipment for trip. |
| 12/04-12/05 | Jill, SE, Angela, Ben, Martin | Trip to East St. Louis; bought networking supplies, installed cables in ceilings, installed wall tracks & outlet boxes, made cables (male ends) and added female ends for outlet boxes; installed switch & checked network connections, did OpenDNS with help from classmates, did computer orientation with Arlene |
| 12/06-12/10 | Jill, SE, Angela, Ben | finished work on the wiki and made presentation. |
Checklist of what needs to be done
- inventory of computers; see what is working/not working & what else is needed; find out Windows XP capability
- troubleshoot existing problems & add memory/parts if necessary
- reformat & reinstall operating systems on computers that already have them
- install operating systems on remaining computers (work on drivers)
- check operations & troubleshoot
- discover drivers & install
install security updates/software (Microsoft Security Essentials is *free & avail. on Microsoft-check the *)- install other software (open source/office & GSLIS packet)
- check operations & troubleshoot
- work on networking & internet needs (make cables, install Firefox etc.)