LabStats Features Manhattan College on Homepage

Check out Rich Musal, Director of Client Services & Operations, and Anita McCarthy, Training Manager, IT Services, discussing how LabStats helped Manhattan College make better, more informed budgeting decisions for their computer labs. 

This interview is featured on the LabStats home page.

Software usage data was used to accurately adjust the amounts of licenses being purchased. A request to make more open computer labs available to students was proved unnecessary when hardware usage data was presented to administration.

IT Services uses the data from Labstats to support LabSeat. Which can be found on inside.manhattan.edu Quick Links (see image below.)  This  is a new web application that is installed on our lab computers.  These simple computer lab maps show computer availability in real time before you leave for the lab. This is especially useful during busier times such as midterms and finals week as students can choose where to study by how many computers are available.

Often times a lab is underutilized because students don’t know it exists. They flock to common areas like the library or student center, walking past smaller labs in department buildings or multi-use classroom labs. The data LabSeat provides solves this challenge.

For more details please review LabSeat: Find an Open Computer on Campus.

Partially reposted from the LabStats home page.

Helping Students Find Available Computers on Campus

LabSeat is a new web application that was installed on our lab computers last year.  These simple computer lab maps show computer availability in real time before you leave for the lab. This is especially useful during busier times such as midterms and finals week as students can choose where to study by how many computers are available.

Often times a lab is underutilized because students don’t know it exists. They flock to common areas like the library or student center, walking past smaller labs in department buildings or multi-use classroom labs.

Manhattan College's Computer Labs were featured in a recent article on the LabStats website:  How to Even Out Computer Lab Usage Across Campus

The launch of the LabSeat project was a result of a collaboration of IT Services Operations, Web and Collaboration and Desktop Operations teams.  They were able to use LabStats Application Programming Interface (API) and make it possible to share LabStats data with other software programs.
The result of this successful initiative resulted in an excellent tool which helps students find tech on campus and allows IT Services to use the data to run our labs and equipment more efficiently.

Partially reposted from:  Helping Students Find Tech on Campus

Week 11 Tech Showcase - LabSeat

LabSeat is a useful tool at Manhattan College that allows you to check the availability of a computer lab on campus. With LabSeat, you can see the number of PCs in the room as well as if they are being used or offline.  
LabSeat is especially useful when it’s time for finals and you need to find a good studying spot in the computer labs.

Note the bar colors signify:

Green means go! Plenty of availability
Yellow means 75% full

To get started, please visit this link for LabSeat.

For more information and instructions on using LabSeat, please visit this Knowledge Base Article: LabSeat: Find an Open Computer on Campus

IT Services is interested in your feedback on LabSeat.  Please take a few moments to complete the following LabSeat Survey. 

Contact IT Services with any questions:

• Call: 718-862-7973
• Email: its@manhattan.edu