Instructors (Getting Started)

The North/Far North Regional Consortium (NFNRC) shared NETLAB+ system is available to any of the NFNRC participating region 1 and 2 community colleges.  Folsom Lake College (one of four Los Rios Community College District campuses) hosts the physical NETLAB+ and infrastructure hardware.

FOLSOM LAKE COLLEGE

Folsom Lake College IT Services has lead technical responsibility for the system:  installing and maintaining NETLAB+ appliances and supporting infrastructure; installing and replicating (cloning) virtual machines; creation of community leader accounts; providing technical support (second level).

PARTICIPATING COLLEGES

Community Leaders

Participating colleges should first appoint what NETLAB+ calls a ‘community leader’ for their college.  The four campuses of the Los Rios Community College District are combined in the NETLAB+ system as a single community.  Other participating colleges will need to first have a community leader.  Community leaders create instructor accounts at their participating college, mentor and provide on-site training/help to instructors, and provide first-level technical support for their campus.

Instructors wanting access to a course should first contact their college community leader.  Community leaders for each of the participating colleges are being determined and the list below will be updated.  Current community leaders are:

FRCCD\Feather River College – Nathan Tharp (ntharp@frc.edu)

LRCCD\American River College – Larry Dumais (dumaisl@arc.losrios.edu)

LRCCD\Cosumnes River College – Markus Geissler (markus.geissler@crc.losrios.edu)

LRCCD\Folsom Lake College – Caleb Fowler (fowlerc@flc.losrios.edu)

LRCCD\Sacramento City College – Kevin Anderson (andersk@scc.losrios.edu)

SJCCD\Sierra College – Shawn Monsen  (rmonsen@sierracollege.edu)

YCCD\Woodland Community College – Donna McGill-Cameron (dmcgill@yccd.edu)

YCCD\Yuba Community College – Percy Ellis (pellis@yccd.edu)

Licensing

Participating colleges should ensure that they have a current college/department Microsoft Imagine subscription to fullfull licensing requirements for NETLAB+ activities that incorporate Microsoft operating systems.

Training

Faculty using the NETLAB+ system should have already participated in professional development to learn to use NETLAB+.

Next Steps

Please click on Instructors (Resources) for more information on our NETLAB environment, getting access to the system, and on adopted standards and procedures.

The NFNRC NetLab will shut down after the 2026 Summer Session. Click here for more information.