Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
March 15, 2005
1:30 p.m. ET 206
Members present: Tiff Adkins, Bob Kostrubanic, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, Mark Myers, Koichiro Otani, Judie Violette, and Michael Wolf.
Members absent: Samantha Birk, George Bullion, Dan Coroian, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath,
Linda Meyer (on sabbatical), Ed Moritz, and Robert Murray.
The minutes of the meeting of February 15, 2005 were approved.
Bob Kostrubanic reported that new high speed networking was up and running in most of Kettler Hall. The collaborative clustering of machines on campus is still under development with nearly 90 machines involved to date.
Judie Violette reported that the first phase of the Web Advisory Committee's work on the IPFW Web site redesign was completed with the release of the new IPFW Homepage. The second phase of work will involve the release of new VCAA Web pages, and Human Resources Web pages with individual schools to follow.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for April 12, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
February 15, 2005
1:30 p.m. ET 206
Members present: Tiff Adkins, Dan Coroian, Bob Kostrubanic, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, Koichiro Otani, Judie Violette, and Michael Wolf.
Members absent: Samantha Birk, George Bullion, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath,
Linda Meyer (on sabbatical), Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, and Mark Myers.
The minutes of the meeting of January 19, 2005 were approved.
Dan Coroian reported that the Web Advisory Committee has earmarked the major IPFW student information Web pages (Admission, Advising & Registration, OASIS, etc.) as the first wave of Web page conversions into the new IPFW Web page format.
Bob Kostrubanic reported that all four school systems in
Allen county are now connected with the Allen County Education Network. Related
to this, he also noted that the Information
Technology Office, located in
Tiff Adkins distributed copies of the current “Implementation of campus electronic bulletin boards” for review by Committee members. This document offers guidelines for IPFW faculty and staff on how best to disseminate information electronically to the campus community. Committee members agreed that these guidelines, established in 1996, needed to be reviewed in light of another campus group that is looking into establishing guidelines for distributing e-mail to large groups of students. Members of the Committee will offer suggestions at the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for March 15, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
January 19, 2005
1:30 p.m. ET 206
Members present: Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, Dan Coroian, George Bullion, Brad Gilbreath, Bob Kostrubanic, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, and Judie Violette.
Members absent: John Fitzgerald, Linda Meyer (on sabbatical), Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, Mark Myers, Koichiro Otani, and Michael Wolf.
The minutes of the meeting of December 8, 2004 were approved.
Bob Kostrubanic reported that the infrastructure for the Allen County Education Network and I-Light II is in place and is nearing completion. He also reported that the Indiana University Global ID system will be piloted this semester with full implementation expected for fall 2005.
Samantha Birk offered news that many instructors on campus were successfully using eInstruction in their classrooms. eInstruction is a personal response system that allows students to electronically respond to short in-class quizzes, questions, and polls. She also reported that the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), partnered with the Division of Continuing Studies, to provide three high-end multimedia workstations for faculty. These workstations, housed at CELT, can be used for creating instructional media.
Judith
Violette reminded all that Helmke Library implemented IU-Link during fall
semester. IU-Link is available from most of the databases offered by Helmke
Library. It offers links to full-text articles,
Samantha Birk informed the Committee that she is working on a project to identify a set of standard applications and menu items for the instructor stations in the classrooms and for the mobile instructor stations on carts. In pursuant to this, Committee members suggested gaining input from unit and department heads about what their instructors would like have on these machines.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for February 15, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
December 8, 2004
1:30 p.m. ET 206
Members present: Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, George Bullion, John Fitzgerald, Bob Kostrubanic, Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, and Judie Violette.
Members absent: Dan Coroian, Brad Gilbreath, Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, Mark Myers, Koichiro Otani, and Michael Wolf.
Guest:
David Wood, Director of Distance Learning and
The minutes of the meeting of November 10, 2004 were approved.
David Wood presented information about Mediasite Live, a software and hardware system designed to digitally capture presentations. IPFW has a Mediasite equipped classroom that can be scheduled through David’ s office.
Tiff Adkins presented an overview of Turnitin , a Web based plagiarism prevention and detection service. ACITAS will partner with the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) to offer a faculty forum on the use of a plagiarism detection service such as Turnitin, on the IPFW campus.
Bob Kostrubanic offered news that IPFW is now fully e-commerce ready which can accomplish such services as electronic student billing, online payments, and direct deposit of financial aid. He also reported that the student mass e-mail system is now operational.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for January 19, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
November 10, 2004
1:30 p.m. ET 206
Members present: Tiff Adkins, George Bullion, Dan Coroian, Brad Gilbreath, Bob Kostrubanic, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, Mark Myers, Koichiro Otani, Judie Violette, and Lee Peitzman (for John Fitzgerald).
Members absent: Samantha Birk, Linda Meyer, Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, and Michael Wolf.
The minutes of the meeting of October 13, 2004 were approved.
Judie Violette informed ACITAS members that the Information Technology Policy Committee has approved the Policy for IPFW Pages on the World Wide Web, put forth by the Web Advisory Committee. This coincides with the introduction of a new IPFW Web site design expected to be introduced by the end of December 2004.
Bob Kostrubanic offered updates to Committee members on several Information Technology Services (I.T.S.) related projects, including the following:
The Watchfire product (Web site analytic software) has arrived on campus.
Server space is now available for faculty request on an ITS Oracle relational database server.
A new IPFW mass E-mail communication policy is expected to go into effect
for December 2004.
Electronic billing will be introduced this month (November 2004) on a small scale. Full scale implementation is expected for spring semester 2005.
My IPFW is slated to replace ilogin by the end of November 2004, serving as a single login point for students.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
October 13, 2004
1:30 p.m. LB 201A
Members present: Tiff Adkins, George Bullion, Dan Coroian, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath, Donald Mueller, Mark Myers, and Judie Violette.
Members absent: Samantha Birk, Bob Kostrubanic, Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, Koichiro Otani, and Michael Wolf.
Guest: Gail Rathbun, Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
The minutes of the meeting of September 15, 2004 were approved.
Gail Rathbun presented information about the Leading Educational Application and Design (LEAD) project grants. Awarded by the Office of Academic Affairs, LEAD grants are available to faculty members who create proposals for innovative applications of technology to enhance student learning.
Tiff Adkins presented an overview of Helmke Library’s new Information Literacy Tool Kits. These two interactive online tutorials, Searching IUCAT, and Finding Articles, offer students fundamental search techniques and practice searches to reinforce their knowledge.
Dan Coroian will serve as ACITAS representative to the Web Advisory Committee.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for November 10, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206. The last meeting scheduled for fall semester will be on Wednesday, December 8th at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Minutes of Meeting
September 15, 2004
1:30 p.m. ET 206
The first meeting of the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee for the 2004-2005 academic year was called to order by Tiff Adkins at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Members present: Tiff Adkins, George Bullion, Dan Coroian, Bob Kostrubanic, Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, and Judie Violette.
Members absent: Samantha Birk, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath, Ed Moritz, Robert Murray, Mark Myers, Koichiro Otani, and Michael Wolf.
Following introductions of members, the election for the position of committee chair was held. Tiff Adkins was elected.
Bob Kostrubanic provided updates for the Committee members on several Information Technology Services (I.T.S.) related projects, including the following:
The IPFW mass E-mail communication initiative is expected to be ready by the end of this calendar year.
KT 217 is now serving as a 62 seat Student-Access Computing Lab.
Students in student housing are providing a lot of traffic for the campus network.
The arrival of new PacketShaper software will help with the network traffic on campus.
Problem areas associated with the latest release of WebCT have been identified and potential corrections are being investigated.
I.T.S. staff are currently undergoing training on the new Watchfire product (Web site analytic software).
Judie Violette reported the Web Advisory Committee is investigating several items rela ted to Web page creation and the University’s Web site including, meta data content, and ADA Web accessibility standards. New Web page templates have also been developed and will be presented later this semester.
The minutes of the meeting of April 6, 2004 were approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:35 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for October 13, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in LB 201A. The remaining meeting schedule for fall semester: Wednesday, November 10th, and Wednesday, December 8th at 1:30 p.m. in ET 206.
Respectfully submitted:
Tiff Adkins, chair