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Appalachian State University’s
Campus Pipeline system received an upgrade to a new, more efficient
system called AppalNET late this summer.
The AppalNET upgrade provides a system with increased capabilities
for both students and faculty, said Steve Breiner, associate director
of Information Technology Services (ITS).
“By moving to this new version, we are not giving up anything,”
said Breiner. “It’s easier to use this version than
the last.”
Don Rankins, acting registrar and Student Information Systems
director, said the goal of the AppalNET upgrade is to put a system
in place that will allow Appalachian State to control the information
displayed to students and faculty and to provide a platform for
enhancements.
AppalNET’s new features will give students the ability to
customize some of the information they receive when they login.
Special class functions and a new calendar system will also give
faculty the tools they need to make more information available
to their students, said Breiner.
According to Breiner, ITS hopes to make student services, e-mail
and WebCT pages accessible through the initial login to AppalNET.
Operating instructions for AppalNET are available through streaming
video and text documents. Both versions of these instructions
are available to students and faculty and can be found on the
AppalNET homepage, http://www.appalnet.appstate.edu.
Professors have access to a special online tutorial that well
help them adjust to using the new system.
AppalNET users may need to upgrade their web browsers in order
to use the new system effectively, said Breiner. Information regarding
these upgrades can be found on the AppalNET home page.
“It will take a while for everyone to adapt,” said Rankins.
He suggested it would take time for students and faculty to upgrade
to AppalNET’s new web browser requirements.
Several of AppalNET’s new features are
still unavailable. Once ITS completes testing, AppalNET users
will have access to the new features, said Breiner.
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