Leading Department

Computer Basics Experiment Teaching Center

Summarize

Huazhong University of Science and Technology has built a comprehensive security management system for computer use based on the LISS system, which enables multi-scenario identity authentication, precise permission isolation, and full-process usage traceability. It also automatically collects and analyzes service data, providing scientific support for resource optimization and management decisions.

Project Overview

The Computer Fundamentals Experiment Teaching Center at Huazhong University of Science and Technology undertakes multiple tasks, including large-scale computer lab instruction and ad-hoc examinations for the entire university, facing complex challenges in lab management: when multiple courses are conducted simultaneously in the large computer labs, teachers struggle to quickly locate students, impacting tutoring efficiency; issues such as non-course personnel occupying computer seats and cumbersome ad-hoc exam account configuration occur frequently; terminal operation risks are difficult to detect in a timely manner, and there is a lack of data support for equipment idleness and malfunctions; the lack of quantitative statistics on lab usage across different departments and majors hinders optimal resource allocation. To address these pain points, the center urgently needs a digital solution focusing on lab security management and service data collection to ensure lab order and maximize data value.

User needs

• Multi-mode computer access authentication and usage tracking: Supports integration with the school's unified identity authentication system, solving the problem of account memory; the entire computer access process is traceable, meeting the needs of retrospective investigation.

• Precise and secure access control: During class hours, only students of the corresponding courses are allowed to log in, preventing seat hogging; temporary exam scenarios support login-free settings, eliminating the need for additional account configuration.

• Intelligent terminal risk monitoring: Automatically detects risks such as prolonged terminal idleness and issues alarms to assist in operation and maintenance troubleshooting and reduce potential equipment failures.

• Visualized information query: Enables teachers and students to quickly view information such as computer lab schedules and desktop software configurations, improving ease of use.

• Multi-dimensional data collection and analysis: Statistics on in-class and out-of-class human-computer interaction time, usage distribution across different departments and majors, etc., to provide a basis for data reporting and resource optimization.

• Teaching Aid Positioning: When multiple courses are running in parallel in a large computer lab, the system visualizes student locations, making it easy for teachers to quickly find students and provide tutoring.

Solution

Based on the core needs of the center, the Ouyi Cloud LISS system has created an integrated solution of "security management and data acquisition", with core functions focusing on core scenarios:

• Multi-mode authentication and full-process traceability: It connects to the school's unified identity authentication system for single sign-on; it automatically records students' login and logout times, operation paths, internet logs, and other information to form a complete and traceable usage file, meeting the needs of retrospective investigation.

• Scenario-based security access control: Automatically isolates computer access based on class schedule data, allowing only students of the course to log in during class hours to prevent non-course personnel from occupying the computer; supports setting up login-free scheduling for unscheduled classes, adapting to scenarios such as temporary exams, without the need to create additional accounts.

• Intelligent terminal risk perception: The built-in terminal risk monitoring module can detect risks such as prolonged idleness and hardware abnormalities in real time and automatically issue alarms, helping administrators to intervene in advance and ensure stable operation of the equipment.

• Information visualization query: A platform for querying class schedules and software information has been built, allowing teachers and students to quickly obtain details such as computer lab usage arrangements and terminal software configurations through the system, reducing consultation costs.

• Multi-dimensional data collection and analysis: Automated collection of data such as laboratory terminal usage time, utilization rate, departmental and professional usage distribution, and in-class and out-of-class human-computer interaction time, generating multi-dimensional statistical reports to intuitively present resource usage.

• Student Location Visualization: A classroom seating distribution map is generated via terminal mapping, allowing teachers to view student locations in real time, quickly respond to tutoring needs, and adapt to large computer labs with multiple courses.

Customer Value

• The security management of computer access has been comprehensively upgraded: multi-mode authentication solves the problem of account confusion, permission isolation prevents computer slot occupation, and usage traceability meets the needs of traceability, thus ensuring the order and security of computer access in all aspects.
  

• Significantly improved operation and maintenance efficiency: The automatic terminal risk monitoring and alarm function can avoid the risks of equipment idleness and failure in advance, reduce the workload of manual troubleshooting, and reduce operation and maintenance costs.

• More precise teaching assistance: The student location visualization function solves the problem of tutoring in large computer labs. Teachers can quickly locate students and provide guidance, improving the efficiency of teaching interaction.

• Data supports scientific decision-making: Multi-dimensional on-the-job data statistics clearly present the efficiency and distribution characteristics of resource utilization, providing quantitative basis for departmental professional teaching evaluation and equipment procurement and upgrading, and eliminating unnecessary investment.

• Improved user experience for teachers and students: quick access to class schedules and software information, and the ability to take temporary exams without logging in, reducing operational complexity and enhancing the convenience of computer use and management for teachers and students.

• Management system standardization transformation: The system runs through the entire process of computer access authentication, access control, and data collection, realizing the transformation of computer access management from experience-based to standardized and data-driven, and helping to comprehensively improve the management efficiency of the experimental teaching center.