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Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12
CS 3.4.12 The institution’s use of technology enhances student learning and is
appropriate for meeting the objectives of its programs. Students have access to and training
in the use of technology. (Technology use)
Compliance Judgment:
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In compliance
Partially compliant
Non-compliant
The following narrative provides evidence that the use of technology at FMU:
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Enhances student learning
Is appropriate for meeting the objectives of its programs
Ensures that students have access to technology resources
Ensures that students have training in the use of technology.
Rationale:
As the following sections show, all University departments and schools integrate technology
with teaching and learning throughout their curricula and in several facilities, effectively
providing “new technology” within a traditional liberal arts education” (“Purpose – Mission
Statement,” p. 7).1
Student Access to Technological Resources
To ensure that students have ample access to technological resources, Francis Marion
University provides the following campus-wide resources and services.
Academic Computing Center
The computer center provides:
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6 classroom labs designated for student instruction
An open student computer lab
Information technology resources and services for instruction and research
Technology workshops for students and faculty
A campus-wide network
Campus-wide email.
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Cauthen Educational Media Center
The media center provides:
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Non-print resources
Technology support
Media-equipped classrooms
Computer carts for instruction and student presentations.
In addition, FMU’s Media Center houses and maintains the following for student and
faculty use:
Cauthen Educational Media Center Equipment
16mm Movie Projectors
Amplifiers
Audio Boards
Audio Cassette Players & Recorders
DVD Players
DVD/VHS Combination Units
Filmstrip Projectors
Laminating Machine ($.50 per foot)
Mini-DV Camcorders
Opaque Projectors
Overhead Projectors
Portable Screens
Record Players
Reel-To-Reels
Satellite Receivers
Slide Projectors & Viewers
Speakers
Stereos with CD, Cassette, and Tuner
S-VHS Players/Recorders
Televisions
Tripods
VHS Camcorders
VHS Players/Recorders
Video Projectors
Table 1: Media Center Equipment
James A. Rogers Library
The library provides:
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Numerous electronic databases to access information and sources
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Two student computer laboratories.
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University Writing Center
The Writing Center provides:
 A computer lab for student use
 Web-based diagnostic exercises that can help students identify specific
problems in grammar and writing mechanics
 Computer-based instructional software programs for student use, including
specific software for second-language speakers.
Students’ Training in the Use of Technology
Student’s orientation to technology begins in their General Education courses and extends
throughout their academic experience.
According to the 2006-2007 Catalog, all FMU students are required to complete Computer
Science 150 as a general education requirement (p. 64).2 The course provides students with
an introduction to microcomputer hardware and software. Topics include:
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Computer fundamentals
Word processing with MS Word
Electronic spreadsheets with MS Excel.
Using computer software, logic, and long-term planning, students in this course develop data
presentations that are well-organized and designed for ongoing updates. Examples include
creating sortable data tables; using mail merge functions for mass mailings; developing long
documents with tables of contents, headers and footers, and section breaks; and using
spreadsheets for payment tables and linear regressions (“CS 150 Information,” p. 77).3
In addition, the University’s broad-scale technology initiatives include using:
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The Internet
Wireless Routers
LAN server and switcher
On-Line registration
Campus E-mail accounts
Blackboard
Departmental Computer Labs
SMART® Board technologies in classrooms
Microsoft Office Suite, especially
 Word
 PowerPoint
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 Excel
 Publisher
Adobe Suite
Multimedia carts equipped with PC computers
Scanners
Printers
Digital Cameras
DVD/VHS players
Tape Recorders
Televisions
Ceiling Projectors
Overhead Transparency Projectors
CD Players
Library Databases
Departmental and faculty web pages to access additional course information.
Discipline-Specific Technologies
In addition to the campus-wide technologies mentioned above, many departments have
specific facilities, equipment, and software for student use.
Department of Biology
The laboratory classrooms are equipped with additional technologies allowing
students to digitally record data of physiological and environmental conditions and
regularly use a host of software and equipment. This equipment, technology, and
software includes:
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Audio recording
Cell culture
Computer simulations
Chemiluminescence
Digital data recording of physiological and environmental conditions
Electrophoresis
Fluorescence microscopy
Gene cloning
GIS
GPS
Histology
Immunoassays
Light microscopy
PCR
Rapid identification of bacteria
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Recombinant DNA
Statistical analysis
Spectroflourometry
Spectrophotometry
Video recording
Computer Simulations
Digital data recording
GIS software
GPS
Image analysis
Spreadsheets
Statistical analysis and presentation software
Word processing.
Department of Chemistry
Each chemistry classroom is equipped with a ceiling-mounted LCD projector. A
portable LCD projector is available for use in Leatherman Science Facility 303 and
for off-campus presentations.
The classrooms are equipped with additional technologies, including:
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CAChe
Spartan
Interfaces
Instrument control or data acquisition with Logger Pro and Graphic
Analysis.
CAChe is used for Molecular modeling in the Honors and the 200-level courses.
Spartan is used for modeling in the 400-level courses. Instruments are routinely
attached to computers for instrument control or data acquisition. Computers with
suitable interfaces are used for data acquisition with Logger Pro in 100-level courses.
Students are required to take online quizzes and watch pre-lab videos stored on the
computers in the Media Center. Several courses require that students complete
PowerPoint presentations at the end of each semester. Graphing, spreadsheets and
word processing are widely used.
Department of English, Modern Languages and Philosophy
Room 108A in Founders Hall is equipped with a SMART® Board, which is
commonly used by students and faculty for instructional purposes.
All professional writing courses are taught in the computer labs in the Academic
Computing Center.
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The first-semester composition course, English 111, includes a lab experience; in
addition to three hours per week in a traditional classroom, students spend two hours
per week completing writing assignments in a computer-integrated lab environment,
located in Founders Hall 114-A.
Many faculty host course accounts on Blackboard, a web-based course management
program, used for presenting assignments, conducting discussions, answering
questions via email, receiving students’ completed projects, and posting grades
securely.
Students in English 112, 200, and upper-level courses are required to submit
assignments that are word-processed.
In English 200, students learn research techniques for locating materials in the library
databases and on the internet; methods for evaluating internet sources are also
addressed in this course.
In addition to the resources in the computer labs, the English 111 lab, and the Modern
Languages lab, students have access to a suite of computers in the Writing Center,
located in Founders Hall 114-C.
The faculty in the Modern Languages department regularly uses the Language Lab,
located in the Media Center, for instructional purposes. These computers are
equipped with Sony Soloist, which allows students to practice interactive language
pronunciation, recording, and comprehension exercises.
Students in English, Modern Language, and Philosophy regularly use a host of
software and equipment, including:
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Fireworks
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Elmo document projectors.
Department of Fine Arts
The classrooms and labs are equipped with additional technologies, including:
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Alias Maya
Auralia
Cakewalk
Fetch
Finale
FontLab
iMovie
Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash
Protools
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Quark Xpress
Virtual Pose Software
1 Digital projector
Mac computers
15-20 analog cameras
Photo card readers
Analog lighting
Ceramics kilns
Sound equipment
1 Film scanner.
The photography lab includes 16 - 18 digital cameras of various capabilities and
brands that are used for teaching photography courses.
The music program makes use of software such as Auralia, Finale, Protools, and
Cakewalk.
In theatre production, students are taught lighting and sound design/production by
using:
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Computerized light boards
4 digital color scollers
Sound computers.
The costume shop makes use of the Virtual Pose software for teaching costume
design.
Department of History
Outside of the classroom, historians communicate with students via email, and
Blackboard. History professors make assignments involving various internet sites
and the Departmental web page located on the FMU website.
Department of Mass Communication
The classrooms are equipped with additional technologies including:
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Acrobat
Camtasia
Final Draft AV
iMovie
iPhoto
iTunes
Mac Tiger OSX
Media Player
Safari.
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Department of Mathematics
Math students regularly use a host of software and equipment, including:
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Calculator Emulators (TI-84, 83, 73, 89, and 92)
Silverfrost Fortran Complier
Derive
Geometer’s Sketchpad
Graphing calculator (TI-73, 83, 84, 89, or 92)
Maple
Matlab
MyMathLab
Norton’s Ghost software.
To assist with daily assignments, the Department has two computer labs, each
containing 25 computers. One lab is used primarily for instruction and the other is
used as a student lab. During lab hours, students can access MyMathLab to complete
online tests and quizzes and use other mathematical software to complete homework
and projects. A Department server provides student accounts for various math
courses, including Math 212 and 304.
Four classrooms are equipped with SMART® Boards which are commonly used by
students and faculty for instructional purposes. Notebook software from SMART®
Tech and PowerPoint from Microsoft are used to create lessons.
Department of Nursing
Nursing students regularly use a host of software and equipment, including:
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ADAM software
Electronic Documentation
Electronic Medication Administration System
Media Player
PALM Held Computers
Simulated patient scenarios
Synergy Software.
Nursing students are required to use the internet to access case studies, evidencebased practice issues, and online videos for the skills lab and legal and ethical issues.
The internet is also widely used for research.
PALM hand held computers allow students to retrieve information on disease
processes, medications, and laboratory results.
Simulated patient scenarios allow students to see and hear abnormalities in a real
human. ADAM software helps to enhance the visual aspects of learning. To help
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develop study habits as well as test-taking strategies, Synergy software is used to
identify individual learning styles.
Outside the classroom, many students communicate through Blackboard by posting
comments on the discussion board. The Digital Drop Box is used to submit journals
and papers.
All nursing students are required to take the HESI ASSESSMENT Exam at the end of
the second semester of their junior year. As seniors, they must take the HESI Exit
Exam, which is also computerized.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Within the department, three classrooms contain multimedia projection systems with
permanently mounted LCD projectors. Instructors use the Dooley Planetarium star
projector and auxiliary projectors for both lectures and laboratories.
Physics and astronomy students regularly use a host of software and equipment
including:
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Dooley Planetarium’s star projector and auxiliary projector
Geiger Counters
High-Purity Germanium Dectors
Maple
Starboard Interactive Pen Display
TLD readers
Van de Graff Generator
Web simulations/video
Voyager
IDL.
In addition students often use C/C++ and FORTRAN computer languages.
The department houses a computer laboratory equipped with software needed for the
Physics and Astronomy laboratory assignments and the Computational Physics
classes.
FMU also houses an Observatory on campus that is extensively used by the
Astronomy faculty and classes. Computers at the Observatory are equipped with
Starry Night Pro for student and public use. In addition, The Observatory is equipped
with various telescopes which include:
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4 additional 8-inch telescopes
A 5-inch refractor telescope
A 12-inch Dobsonian telescope
A 14-inch permanently mounted Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
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Department of Political Science and Geography
Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including:
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ArcView GIS mapping software
SPSS statistical software.
Instructors and students access and utilize the internet for email exchange, on-line
library and web searches, collection of internet documents, access to faculty web
pages and specialized web pages, and other activities.
Department of Psychology
Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including:
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3 eClicker system portable stations
I-clicker clicker system
PRS Interwrite clicker system
Psych Info
QLocal software
SPSS
StatPlus with data analysis software
Two-field tachistoscope.
The computer classroom contains an instructor’s machine and 20 additional machines
for student use, all connected to the web. The computer lab contains 13 desktops to
assist students with daily assignments. To grade psychological tests, faculty and
students both use QLocal software.
Department of Sociology
Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including:
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Random number calculators
Citation Machine(s)
Ethnograph
Online data sites (U.S Census, Bureau of Justice, Scorecard)
SPSS.
The internet is used for gathering random samples of populations and providing
references for student generated papers.
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School of Business
Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including:
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SPSS
Web based interactive software.
Students use the various technologies for their students in Accounting, Economics,
Information Systems, Quantitative Methods, and Business Writing.
The School of Business has an agreement with Microsoft that allows students to use
specialized software, such as Microsoft Project, for no additional charge.
School of Education
Students in the School of Education regularly use a host of software and equipment
including:
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AlphaSmart text processors
GPS handheld units
Palm handheld units
Science probe ware.
In June 2000, Francis Marion University’s School of Education was awarded a $1.2
million PT3 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train future teachers to
use technology in the classroom (Thayer).4 In addition, a subsequent state grant was
awarded to improve the range of technological resources available to South Carolina
students.
Action Plan:
Implement the following improvements:
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Maintain our ongoing practice, as is.
None required.
Evidence:
The supporting documents that verify this compliance judgment include:
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“The University: Purpose – Mission Statement.” Francis Marion University Catalog 20072008. Florence, SC: Francis Marion University 2007-2008, p. 7. Available online at:
http://images.acswebnetworks.com/2017/614/0708Catalog.pdf.
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2
“General Education Requirements.” Francis Marion University Catalog 2006-2007.
Florence, SC: Francis Marion University 2006-2007, p. 64. Available online at:
http://alpha1.fmarion.edu/~catalog/Cat0607/ZundergradAcadPrgms.htm#genlEdRqmts.
3
Covington, Margie (Assistant Professor of Computer Science/Mathematics & Coordinator
of Computer Science Program). “CS 150 Information.” Florence, SC: Francis Marion
University, p. 77. Available online at:
http://images.acswebnetworks.com/2017/614/CS150InfoMCovington.doc.
4
Thayer, Barbara (Director, Teaching Materials Center). “RE: Questions about SACS Draft
CS 3.4.14.” Email to Lynn Hanson. 01 November 2006. p. 1. Available online at:
http://images.acswebnetworks.com/2017/614/ThayerREQuestionsaboutSACSDraftCS3414
.pdf.
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