Academic Computing and
Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
February 11, 2004
Members present:
Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, George Bullion,
Brad Gilbreath, Bob Kostrubanic,
Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Ed Moritz, Donald
Mueller, Mark Myers, Koichiro Otani,
and Judith Violette.
Members absent: John Fitzgerald, Margaret Kimble, Robert
Murray, and Richard Sutter.
The minutes of the meeting of January 7, 2004 were
approved.
Samantha Birk reported that
problems or issues associated with WebCT VISTA are
now going through the ITS tracking system to help
increase the resolve time. It was also
reported that the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) is
working on a proposal for a high-end computer laboratory for the support of
faculty teaching and learning.
Bob Kostrubanic reported that ITS is working with Purdue on issues associated with WebCT VISTA redundancy and backup systems. WebCT VISTA
bandwidth use is doing fine, however ITS is reviewing
other local uses of bandwidth for the drafting of a bandwidth policy. It was also reported that the IPFW/K-12
education consortium (broadband project) is expected to be in place by July
‘04. The library will be the first to
work at implementing the IPFW policy on E-mail for official
communication which is expected to go into effect in April ‘04.
ACITAS members discussed and created an initial list of
content for a new set of IPFW faculty and staff Web pages. The final list of
elements along with suggestions for page arrangement will be completed at the
March meeting for submission to the Web Advisory Committee by the end of April
‘04.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is
scheduled for March 3, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in ET206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and
Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
January 7, 2004
Members present:
Tiff Adkins, Bob Kostrubanic, Linda Meyer,
Kenneth Modesitt, Ed Moritz, Mark Myers and Judith Violette.
Members absent: Samantha Birk ,
George Bullion, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath,
Margaret Kimble, Donald Mueller, Robert Murray, Koichiro
Otani and Richard Sutter.
The minutes of the meeting of December 3, 2003 were
approved.
Bob Kostrubanic reported that the
campus wireless plan has been completed.
All buildings on campus, with the exception of
Judie Violette reported that Helmke library launched their new library Web site in
December.
Speaking as chair of the Web Advisory Committee, Judie Violette has asked the ACITAS members to recommend the type
of content and arrangement of information for a new set of IPFW faculty and
staff Web pages. Sample pages from other university Web sites were provided to
serve as examples. The Web Advisory
Committee will need to receive a final set of recommendations by the end of
April 2004.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is
scheduled for February 11, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in ET206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and
Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
December 3, 2003
Members present:
Tiff Adkins, George Bullion, Brad Gilbreath,
Bob Kostrubanic,
Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, Koichiro Otani, and Judith Violette.
Members absent: Samantha Birk, John Fitzgerald,
Margaret Kimble, Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, Mark Myers, and Richard Sutter.
Guest: Michael
Kanning
Michael Kanning
presented information about the draft IPFW
Mass E-Mail Policy that was produced through the efforts of the Banner Steering
Committee and Information Technology Services.
The policy provides guidelines on using e-mail as an official form of
University communication.
Bob Kostrubanic reported that the
WebCT problem experienced in October, generally
speaking, was a result of a sudden spike in storage. In addition, a flaw was found with the
restoration program used by ITS. The software vendor was notified and is
working on a fix for their product. It is expected that this type of problem is
less likely to occur with the new WebCT Vista.
Judie Violette reported that the
libraries at I.U. Bloomington and library representatives from the branch
campuses are investigating federated search engines and link checker
products. These products are designed to
enhance user access to the multitude of library resources available.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is
scheduled for January 7, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in ET206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
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Academic Computing and
Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
Members present: Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, John Fitzgerald, Bob Kostrubanic, Donald Mueller, Mark Myers, and Richard Sutter
Members absent: George Bullion, Brad Gilbreath, Margaret Kimble, Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, Koichiro Otani, and Judith Violette
John Fitzgerald reported that the LRC has implemented new security features on the new classroom data projectors being installed on campus to help reduce the chances of theft.
Bob Kostrubanic presented an update on the campus wireless network and information on network services for the new residence halls.
Tiff Adkins reported that IUCAT’s
new Request Delivery service will be available starting the week of
At the request of the Executive Committee, the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee investigated the rationale of Information Technology Services mandating a screen saver for all faculty computers on the IPFW campus. The Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee will forward a report to the Senate for information only.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is
scheduled for
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
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Academic Computing and
Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee Minutes of Meeting The first meeting of the Academic Computing and Information
Technology Advisory Subcommittee for the 2003-2004 academic year was called to order by Tiff Adkins at Members present:
Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, Bob Kostrubanic,
Linda Meyer, Ed Moritz, Donald Mueller, Bob Murray, Mark Myers, and Judith Violette Members absent: George Bullion, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath, Marga ret Kimble, Koichiro Otani, and Richard
Sutter Following introductions of members, the election for the
position of committee chair was held.
Tiff Adkins was elected. The committee appointed Margaret Kimble as representative
to the Web Advisory Committee. Samantha Birk and Bob Kostrubanic led a discussion on the topic of creating a
faculty computer laboratory. A major
talking point was the idea of having a facility on campus that could help
faculty to not only learn about new instructional technologies but to
facilitate the implementation of new technologies into the classroom. The facility should be equipped and staffed
to a level guaranteeing its success. Bob Kostrubanic distributed an
informal ranking sheet to help gather information about which ITS systems and
services would be most crucial to restore in the case of a potential outage.
Members are asked to return their rankings within two weeks. Mark Meyers commended Samantha Birk
and CELT for a job well done with new WebCT VISTA
training. ACITAS will meet on the first Wednesday of each month. The meeting was adjourned at Respectfully submitted: Tiff Adkins, chair Return
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