{"id":6216,"date":"2023-07-07T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2023-07-07T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:24:00","slug":"june-2023-update-from-cis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/2023\/07\/07\/june-2023-update-from-cis\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2023 update from CIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/07\/S03_06_01_020_image_2539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/07\/S03_06_01_020_image_2539-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of Juno\" class=\"wp-image-6217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/07\/S03_06_01_020_image_2539-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/07\/S03_06_01_020_image_2539-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/07\/S03_06_01_020_image_2539-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/07\/S03_06_01_020_image_2539.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Computing Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) has restarted the Computing Committee after four years on hiatus.&nbsp; The faculty members on the committee are Weiqing Gu, Jamie Haddock and Calden Wloka. ASHMC will name a student representative.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past year, the Department Chairs Committee (DCC) discussed the role of high-performance computing on our campus. &nbsp; The DCC felt that a faculty workgroup could help, so the FEC&nbsp; decided to reactivate the Computing Committee to consider the high-performance computing needs of the College. The DCC is hoping for an initial recommendation to arrive by Fall Break.&nbsp; Elizabeth Hodas, Aashita Kesarwani and I have been working to collect background information that we hope will be useful to the committee in the Fall.&nbsp; As part of that work, I have<strong> a special request for faculty members<\/strong> reading this message.&nbsp; Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/rN7dU6Ke3TG5NR4PA\">HPC needs for faculty<\/a> form to answer some questions on the topic of High Performance Computing.&nbsp; Even if you have never imagined using High Performance Computing resources, it will be helpful to us if you complete the form.&nbsp; Thanks in advance for helping out Weiqing, Jamie, Calden and the team here at CIS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>High Performance Computing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we are on the topic of HPC, here are some things that may not yet have come on your radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We recently contracted with Ben Addy, a Linux specialist, to help with the Rivendell Cluster (formerly known as the Chemistry Cluster, it was set up by Bob Cave).&nbsp; If you would like to know more about the Rivendell Cluster, contact Aashita Kesarwani (&#97;&#107;e&#115;ar&#119;&#97;ni&#64;&#104;&#109;&#99;.e&#100;&#117;).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pomona College recently invested significantly in HPC infrastructure and we are working with them to onboard one or two HMC faculty so that we can get a better sense of how a partnership with Pomona might work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We\u2019ve updated our service catalog page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/hpc-at-hmc\/\">about High Performance Computing <\/a>and will continue to improve it as we gather more information over the summer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Canvas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things are going swimmingly with the transition to Canvas.&nbsp; No showstoppers have been identified.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canvas Tier 1 support is now live, and students, faculty, staff, and admins can contact the Instructure technical support team 24\/7\/365 with questions, concerns, and issues. Just&nbsp; click the &#8220;Help&#8221; icon at the bottom of the global navigation bar within Canvas to call, chat with, or email technical support.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth and the ARCS team will be working in the background to develop a knowledge base that will allow the Instructure team to have more detailed knowledge of our specific Canvas instance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>31% of the HMC faculty are now on Canvas.&nbsp; Most of the Fall core courses will be on Canvas and we are encouraging all new faculty to use Canvas instead of Sakai.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We\u2019ve been working closely with K16, a company that automates the transfer of sites from Sakai to Canvas and we are pleased with the progress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similar reports about a quick and painless transition are coming in from the other Claremont Colleges.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anthology Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned last month, the 5Cs are moving forward with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthology.com\/products\/enterprise-operations\/student-information-and-enterprise-resources\/anthology-student\"><strong>Anthology Student<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>as our replacement for the Jenzabar Portal and database.&nbsp; Although we have not yet had any kick off meetings, I know that some project lead positions at TCCS have been filled and we anticipate work starting soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big difference between Anthology Student and Jenzabar is that Anthology is Software as a Service, so there will not be any reliance on local servers.&nbsp; Anthology in turn is a customer of Microsoft\u2019s platform as a service offering.&nbsp; A core piece of the administrative side of Anthology Student is Microsoft Power BI, an analytics tool to which we already have access via our Microsoft 365 license.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In talking with our summer interns, it\u2019s clear that the Jenzabar portal is not a happy experience for students, and they have been glad to hear about the new project, even though some of them may have graduated before it goes live. &nbsp; More when we know more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips and Tricks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know those pesky email chains that go back and forth trying to arrange a meeting time?&nbsp; You can make them simpler or eliminate them altogether by using our calendar options.&nbsp; The services are set up so that you can see a person\u2019s free\/busy information if you want.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office.com\">Microsoft 365 Calendar<\/a> &#8211; there\u2019s a link on the left \u201cadd calendar\u201d -&gt; \u201cadd from directory\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\">Google Calendar<\/a> &#8211; there\u2019s&nbsp; box on the left just under \u201cMeet with\u2026\u201d where you can start typing the name of the person you want to meet with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, HMC has both Microsoft and Google Calendar offerings &#8212; it\u2019s a long story &#8212; so you may have to find out which calendar (if any) the person you want to meet with is using, but it\u2019s worth a try! &nbsp; (We are looking into options to sync calendars between the two services).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of all in CIS, I wish you a great month of July.&nbsp; Remember, the summer is shorter than our semesters, so make sure to take the time to relax and recharge for the Fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Computing Committee The Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) has restarted the Computing Committee after four years on hiatus.&nbsp; The faculty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-cis","category-strategy","category-cioupdates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6218,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions\/6218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}