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Developing instructional microcomputer laboratories for a university

Five microcomputer laboratories have been installed for general instructional use at Michigan State University. Each laboratory contains 16 fixed disc IBM#8482; PC-compatible microcomputers networked with the University's mainframe computer. In order to reduce costs and extend the hours the laboratories are available for student use, they are designed to be left unattended by Computer Laboratory staff. To accomplish this the laboratories have been made secure by storing the microcomputer system units in locked cabinets and cabling the monitors and keyboards to the work surfaces. Slave monitors driven by the instructor's microcomputer are available at each work station for demonstration purposes. A standard set of software including MD-DOS#8482;, two word processors, a spread-sheet, BASIC interpreter, tutorials and a communications package are provided on the fixed discs of each microcomputer by the Computer Laboratory. Instructors can request to have their software stored on the fixed discs. Student work files are stored on the University's mainframe computer and are up-and down-loaded via the cable network. The approaches used, problems encountered and solutions tried are described.