Florida International University
School of Computing and Information Sciences
Masoud Sadjadi’s Home Page
CIS 4431 HOME PAGE
IT Automation
Spring 2011
Term Project:
Deliverables
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Please include a copy of the below files in a DVD and turn it in at the beginning of the last class
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Term paper: Template Document
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Presentation slides: Template Presentation
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Video clips of your presentation (60 minutes total)
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30 minutes presentation, following the above template for presentation slides.
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Please record it yourself using your laptop camera presenting your slides.
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The format of your video should be .wmv; please use the highest quality that your camera supports.
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Make sure that the lighting of the room and the quality of microphone are acceptable.
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You only need to capture the video from yourselves (everyone
should contribute; one after the other) while you are presenting.
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Make sure that you look directly at the camera during most of your presentation.
- You can read from your slides from time to time while you are presenting, if necessary. When we edit your video, we will replace such portions with the corresponding slides from your presentation.
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Each teammate should use almost an equal time to present.
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Please practice your presentation so that your video becomes as flawless as possible.
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Please dress appropriately for your presentation. Note that mostly your face will be recorded as you will be using your laptop camera anyway.
- Please go through your video to make sure that everything looks good.
- If you are not satisfied with your video, please redo. Thank you for the extra effort on this.
- 30 minutes demo of the software tool, demonstrating the capabilities of the software. Highlight the pros and cons.
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Please record it yourselves using Microsoft Expression Studio 3.
- You must first download Microsoft Expression Studio 3 (make sure it is NOT Expression Studio 2)
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Go to http://msdn01.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Home.aspx?campus=fiu_cs
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Log In and click on "Software" located in the top menu
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Find "Expression Studio 3" and click on it
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You will want to download "Expression Studio 3 (x86) - DVD (English)". (Once again, make sure you are clicking on Expression Studio 3 Not 2)
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Then add it to your cart and download it!
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**If you download using our school's internet (even through wifi on your own laptop), it will download really fast as our school provides us with really fast internet access
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Once you have downloaded Microsoft Expression Studio 3, it will include ALL its components. The screen recorder is called "Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 Screen Capture".
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If anyone needs any help, you can contact the TAs who have experience with this software.
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Make sure that you set your screen capture option to record on FULL SCREEN.
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Make sure that the quality of microphone on your laptop is acceptable.
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Make sure that you speak clearly while you are giving the demo of the software.
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Highlight the pros and cons of the product. Use Kaseya as a reference.
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You can read from a script that you prepared before so that you do not make any mistakes during your presentation.
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Each teammate should use almost an equal amount of time to present.
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I strongly recommend that you help each other out with the
videos. For example, one student may be designated to read from the script
while sitting close to the microphone, and the other students
may take turn on using the mouse and keyboard to demo; you need to practice to be in sync with each other.
- Please practice reading from your script and going through different parts of the software so the video becomes as flawless as possible.
- Please go through your video to make sure that everything looks good.
- If you are not satisfied with your video, please redo. Thank you for the extra effort on this.
Group Assignments:
Links to Past Years' Projects:
Documents for IT Automation Tools
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Altiris: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Kaseya: 1, 2, 3
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LabTech: 1
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LANDesk: 1, 2, 3
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LevelPlatform: 1, 2, 3
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N-Able: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Nagios: 1, 2
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OpenSource: 1
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SilverBack: 1
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SMS: 1
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TrackIT: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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WindowsServer: 1
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Zenith: 1, 2
Comparison Documents developed in Spring 2009:
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Comparison-1: LANDesk, Zenith Infotech, N-able, Altiris, and Kaseya
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Comparison-2: Altiris, N-able, Track-It, Labtech, Zenith, and Kaseya
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Comparison-3: N-able, Level Platforms, Track IT, Altiris, and Kaseya
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Comparison-4: N-able, Track It, Level Platforms, Microsoft SMS, and Kaseya
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Comparison-5: LANdesk, Windows Server 2003, Track-It, Nagios, Level Platforms, Altiris, N-able, and Kaseya
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Comparison-6: Track It, N-Able, Nagios, Nessus, Bacula, Smbldap-Tools, Eventum, Rdesktop, LANDesk, LogMeIn, Belarc Advisor, KS-Soft Advanced Host Monitor, Windows Automatic Updates & Firewall, KLS Backup 2008, Paragon Partition Manager, McAfee, Backup Exec, Trend Micro, Corendal Directory, and Kaseya
White Papers developed in Summer 2009:
Last modified 1/5/2011