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DEVICE IMAGING AND INTEGRATION

TESTING WITH CHROMEBOOKS

Device Imaging and Integration

Nancy Grella Technology AnalystPosted by February 24, 2016

Nancy Grella and Lillie Swearingen worked on testing the

TestNav app on Chromebooks. There are several elementary

campuses that have only XP machines and the TestNav

application does not support Windows XP. Therefore,

Chromebooks are being considered for testing this year at

campuses in need.


AT WORK


Posted by February 25, 2016Nancy Grella Technology Analyst and Michelle Campos Technology Software Specialist

Michelle Campos is working with Samara

Rivera-Rangel on Paula’s 2016-17 budget.

After working on the budget together they

met with Katie Hernandez and Paula Ross

to discuss and review the proposed budget.

Michelle handles all maintenance software

renewals for Paula, Larry and Jennifer.

Michelle Campos worked with the CTE department to

purchase and install design software for a student with

special needs at Cy-Ranch. This software will work

with her current Tobii software and allow the student to

design her own clothing line like a professional.


LANDESK PACKAGE CREATION


Posted by February 25, 2016

Until this point, LANDESK packaging and bundle creation has

been handled exclusively by Austen Chang, Lillie Swearingen, and

Josh Zhang.

This week, Anthony Melton and Daniel Serwinek learned the

packaging/bundling process in the LDMS Console.

Daniel worked primarily with Destiny (Library) packages, while

Anthony created Transportation software packages.

Soon, every DII team member will be instructed in package

creation.

Lillie Swearingen, Josh Zhang, and Austen Chang are very

excited about the LANDESK packaging project and having

more team members involved in the process!

Lillie Swearingen, Technical Analyst


SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT



ZEN bundles built or updated:

• ActivInspire (error fix, common resources stored locally)

• School Cash (available on all Admin computers)

• ThinkCentral (available on all Elementary computers)

Planned upcoming bundles in ZEN include:

• AVerVision 3 (include auto-install of driver in bundle, if

possible)

• BoardMaker v6 (update to support Windows 8)

LANDESK bundles built:

• Total of 88 bundles built this week.

• Total of 182 bundles available.

LANDESK Advance Agent Rollout:

• 240 Advance Agents rollout out last week during testing

phase.

• Total of 3726 Advance Agents deployed.

• This is the number of computers connected to the

LANDESK servers and console.

• Advance Agent being deployed through both GPO

(Group Policy) and ZENWorks bundle.



TESTING WITH CHROMEBOOKS



Nancy Grella and Lillie Swearingen worked on testing the

TestNav app on Chromebooks. There are several elementary

campuses that have only XP machines and the TestNav

application does not support Windows XP. Therefore,

Chromebooks are being considered for testing this year at

campuses in need.


AT WORK


Posted by February 26, 2016Nancy Grella Technology Analyst and Michelle Campos Technology Software Specialist

Michelle Campos is working with Samara

Rivera-Rangel on Paula’s 2016-17 budget.

After working on the budget together they

met with Katie Hernandez and Paula Ross

to discuss and review the proposed budget.

Michelle handles all maintenance software

renewals for Paula, Larry and Jennifer.

Michelle Campos worked with the CTE department to

purchase and install design software for a student with

special needs at Cy-Ranch. This software will work

with her current Tobii software and allow the student to

design her own clothing line like a professional.


LANDESK PACKAGE CREATION



Until this point, LANDESK packaging and bundle creation has

been handled exclusively by Austen Chang, Lillie Swearingen, and

Josh Zhang.

This week, Anthony Melton and Daniel Serwinek learned the

packaging/bundling process in the LDMS Console.

Daniel worked primarily with Destiny (Library) packages, while

Anthony created Transportation software packages.

Soon, every DII team member will be instructed in package

creation.

Lillie Swearingen, Josh Zhang, and Austen Chang are very

excited about the LANDESK packaging project and having

more team members involved in the process!



SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT



ZEN bundles built or updated:

• ActivInspire (error fix, common resources stored locally)

• School Cash (available on all Admin computers)

• ThinkCentral (available on all Elementary computers)

Planned upcoming bundles in ZEN include:

• AVerVision 3 (include auto-install of driver in bundle, if

possible)

• BoardMaker v6 (update to support Windows 8)

LANDESK bundles built:

• Total of 88 bundles built this week.

• Total of 182 bundles available.

LANDESK Advance Agent Rollout:

• 240 Advance Agents rollout out last week during testing

phase.

• Total of 3726 Advance Agents deployed.

• This is the number of computers connected to the

LANDESK servers and console.

• Advance Agent being deployed through both GPO

(Group Policy) and ZENWorks bundle.


February 25-26, 2016

Thursday night, February 25th Layer3 was onsite at Anthony

Middle School to take down Access points and make sure that

Aruba Access points were deployed according to heat maps.

They worked with district team of Glen Carpenter,

Derly Buentello, and Adriana Cantu . The team worked with

Harold Fontenot from Layer3 on the Anthony cutover. Anthony

MS will be running from DataCenter4.

While the team of Glen Carpenter,

Derly Buentello, and Adriana Cantu

worked on-site at Anthony MS, Andrew

Tran began working with Chris

Lindstrom from BlueCat Networks to

cutover Anthony MS from DataCenter 3

to DataCenter4.

Who is this???

Nancy Grella Technology Analyst

Pictured above is Joel McCotter and Ken Wasko from Layer3, along with Derly Buentello and

Adriana Cantu from CFISD. The teams worked most of the day and the collaborative effort

finally paid off about 2:00pm that afternoon. Anthony MS wireless connectivity to DataCenter4

was finally functioning as designed.

February 25-26, 2016Nancy Grella Technology Analyst


NETWORK


SWITCH TESTING


Nancy Grella Technology Analyst and Lillie Swearingen Technical Analyst Posted by February 26, 2016

Daniel Serwinek, Lillie Swearingen and

Nancy Grella completed network switch

testing at Emery ES, Lamkin ES, Matzke

ES and Metcalf ES.

To the left, you can see Marty from Presidio

plugging in a fiber connection.


TOURING CYPRESS PARK HIGH SCHOOL


Nancy Grella Technology Analyst Posted by February 26, 2016

Josh Zhang was invited by Chris Hecker, the Principal of Cypress Lakes HS, to a tour of the campus with

Admin Staff. Josh was on hand to view the Journalism Classroom.


TOURING CYPRESS PARK HIGH SCHOOL



Journalism Classroom

Cafeteria


WIRELESS ISSUES AT JOWELL


Lillie Swearingen, Technical Analyst Posted by February 26, 2016

Larry Barrios had a meeting with

Jowell principal Kimberly Crisswell.

Ms. Crisswell mentioned wireless

issues on campus. Anthony Melton

and Daniel Serwinek walked the

campus and communicated with Ms.

Crisswell regarding the concerns.

The main issue was reported in the

Read180 classroom. After walking

Jowell and looking at the laptops in

the Read180 classroom, it was

determined that the Read180 cart

needed to be reimaged, as the last

time it was imaged was in May 2013,

during the ZENWorks rollout.

In addition to the Read180 cart

reimage, there is a possibility of bad

access points as well. This

information has been passed to

Thomas Hollister (ECN) for

troubleshooting.

Above, you can see Anthony Melton, Daniel Serwinek,

and Assistant Principal Laura Rolo.


JCREATOR ON TECHAPPS



Austen Chang, Josh Zhang, Larry Barrios, and

Lillie Swearingen (not pictured) met with Nita

Waterman, Computer Science teacher at

CyCreek, as well as Denise Kubecka, CATE

Coordinator, to discuss issues regarding

JCreator Pro on the TechApps image.

JCreator Pro 5, the version currently in use,

has a known bug that does not allow scripts to

be compiled on the first tab in the program. In

addition, scripts cannot be directly opened in

the Workspace. Although workarounds have

been supplied, overall the Computer Science

teachers throughout the district are not happy

with the software and it is impeding instruction.

The decision was made to rebuild the

TechApps image with JCreator LE and

JCreator Pro 4, the version used last year,

rather than JCreator 5.

After the image has been rebuilt, a computer

loaded with TechApps will be delivered to

CyCreek for testing of the program.

CyCreek Cougars


WORKING WITH INSTRUCTIONAL TECH



On Friday, Lillie Swearingen attended a meeting with Amy Kainer

(Instructional Technologist) and the Science Curriculum Coordinators to

look at and test out the Smart Microscope 5M, which is being

considered for purchase.

One of the concerns DII has is that there is no silent installation option

for the software required to use the microscope. The customers will

have to go through an installation wizard – instructions can be provided

as necessary.

The presentation and demonstration was lead by David Walling of

SmartSchool Systems.

To the left – The microscope is so powerful,

you are able to see beads of sweat forming on

your fingertips!

To the right – The microscope is portable and

connects via USB cable to computer.

Alternately, a stand is provided for stationary

use.


DII MEETINGS



Thursday morning, the entire DII team met to discuss the

LANDESK SOW (Scope of Work) being provided by

LANDESK in order to move forward with the best practices

and procedures. The SOW will be prioritized by Lillie

Swearingen, Josh Zhang, and Larry Barrios.

During the meeting, building of packages/bundles was

assigned to team members. Also, ZAVs that have not been

inspected for hard installation versus creation of virtualized

application have been assigned to each team member.

Every member of DII will be critical in the rollout of

LANDESK.

Thursday afternoon, Larry Barrios, Lillie Swearingen

(not pictured), Josh Zhang, Austen Chang, and

Nancy Grella attended a meeting with Frankie

Jackson to discuss the current status of the

LANDESK Advance Agent rollout as well as the

future of MDM (Mobile Device Deployment).


LANDESK EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR!



As you might imagine, everyone in Device Imaging and

Integration is very excited about moving forward with

LANDESK.

Often during the day, a team member will come up with an

idea to analyze about the deployment or rollout of the

product. LANDESK is in constant discussion throughout the

office during the day, and oftentimes through texts in the

evening.

You can feel the excitement in the air!

To the right, you can see Josh Zhang and Austen Chang

flowcharting some ideas about how to most efficiently

deploy software through LANDESK.

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