![]() ![]() When they do, many students’ home computers aren’t fast or powerful enough to successfully render graphics, model chemicals, or engineer in 3D. Instructional software licenses generally don’t permit a student to copy the software to their home machine. What’s more, they did it almost entire remotely.Īccess to Licensed Software-without On-Campus Labs They did it in under three weeks, just in time for the start of the second week of classes. Instructional infrastructure teams architected, engineered, and built CloudLabs-a portfolio of several services with a customized one-stop-shop interface. Would departments have to skip critical assignments? Curtail learning? Worst of all, cancel classes? In a normal quarter, these are heavily used, with 15,000 logins in a typical week.īut mid-March 2020, everyone was sent home.įinals were two days away Spring quarter was two weeks off. UC San Diego’s educational technology teams support over 300 pieces of software in 160 physical lab spaces on campus (2200 seats). In less than three weeks, they built CloudLabs-providing students remote access to over 200 apps on three operating systems. UC San Diego’s educational technology teams sprang into action. When COVID-19 caused a pivot to remote instruction with little notice, students lost access to on-campus computer labs where they could use licensed software to complete coursework. Polichar, Ph.D., Senior Director of Academic Technology Services When everything else went virtual, labs did too!īy Valerie E.
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