CSG Systems Activities

January

February

March

• 01 January: Beginning of Spring Term
• 04 January: January exams and tests
• 07 January: EIE2 Accounts creation
• 20 January: Update fixed assets registry

• 15 March: Spring Term Exams
• 27 March: End of Spring Term

April

May

June

• 01 April: Spring Linux Package Upgrade
• 27 April: Beginning of Summer Term

• 01 May: First-year Java test

• 01 June: June Exam support
• 15 June: Final year project demos
• 22 June: End of Summer Term

July

August

September

• 01 July: Buy new machines for lab, staff and PhDs
• 01 July: Biennial: Begin build of new LTS Linux
• 04 July: Begin build of new Windows image
• 19 July: Optional July Gitlab upgrade

• 01 August: Warn graduates of account archiving
• 14 August: Deploy new Windows image
• 15 August: Replace 1/4 of lab machines
• 15 August: Biennial: Deploy build of new LTS Linux
• 17 August: Profile cleanup
• 20 August: Deploy New Staff and PhD Machines
• 23 August: Add new hardware to the cloud

• 01 September: timetable.doc refresh
• 04 September: Optional Sept Gitlab upgrade
• 07 September: September SQTs
• 10 September: Clear out old Gitlab users and projects
• 13 September: Archive graduate accounts
• 16 September: Late Summer Linux Package Upgrade
• 17 September: Reinstall Linux and Windows in lab
• 20 September: Student cohort rollover
• 23 September: Bulk create new student accounts

October

November

December

• 01 October: Beginning of Autumn Term
• 01 October: Destroy old VMs and users
• 08 October: Cloud Updates
• 15 October: Create group projects for 3rd year and MScs
• 17 October: Create Student project VMs

• 01 November: First-year driving test
• 20 November: Archive graduated MSc accounts

• 01 December: First-year Haskell main test
• 12 December: December Exam support
• 20 December: End of Autumn Term
• 23 December: Xmas Linux Package Upgrade
• 26 December: Optional Xmas Gitlab upgrade