Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee

Minutes of Meeting

January 11, 2006

2:30 p.m. ET 206

The fourth meeting of the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee for the 2005-2006 academic year was called to order by Tiff Adkins at 2:30 p.m. in ET 206.

Members present: Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, Stuart Blythe, Brad Gilbreath, Scott Vitz (for Robert Kostrubanic), Kenneth Modesitt, and Koichiro Otani.

Members absent: George Bullion, Dan Coroian, John Fitzgerald, Linda Meyer, Donald Mueller, Robert Murray, Michael Wolf, and Judie Violette (on sabbatical).

Guest: Joseph McCormick, Manager of Client Support for Information Technology Services.

Samantha Birk demonstrated several new instructional technology applications coming to campus during spring semester 2006 including the following:

E-Instruction (student response system) has a new plug-in feature available through WebCT.

Turnitin (online plagiarism detection tool) available through WebCT.

OpenMind 2 (brainstorming and concept mapping software).

Samantha also briefly described other technologies currently being investigated by members of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching which included screen capturing software and podcasting.

Tiff Adkins shared with Committee members news about Helmke Library's newly redesigned homepage, including the launch of a new search tool OneSearch. This new search tool offers users the opportunity to search multiple academic databases simultaneously.

Scott Vitz introduced Committee members to Joseph McCormick, the new Manager of Client Support for Information Technology Services.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:

Tiff Adkins, chair

Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee

Minutes of Meeting

November 9, 2005

2:30 p.m. ET 206

The third meeting of the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee for the 2005-2006 academic year was called to order by Tiff Adkins at 2:30 p.m. in ET 206.

Members present: Tiff Adkins, George Bullion, Samantha Birk, Dan Coroian, John Fitzgerald, Robert Kostrubanic, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, Robert Murray, and Koichiro Otani.

Members absent: Stuart Blythe, Brad Gilbreath, Linda Meyer, Michael Wolf, and

Judie Violette (on sabbatical).

Guest: Gail Rathbun, Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.

Gail Rathbun, provided an update on the development of Studio M, the new multimedia laboratory for students. Studio M will have five high-end workstations and will be located in the Student Access Computer Lab in Walb 221. Plans also call for the lab to be staffed and opened six days a week.

Samantha Birk reported that Macromedia Breeze (Web-based conferencing tool) was approved for purchase. A pilot project during spring 2006 will help implement Macromedia Breeze on campus. Samantha also let committee members know that WebCT will have two new tools available starting spring 2006: 1. A new plug-in will be available for e-Instruction (student response system). 2. The turnitin plagiarism detection tool will be available through WebCT.

John Fitzgerald reported that the Learning Resource Center staff have installed nine new presentation stations in classrooms across the campus this year. These new additions push the number of classrooms with presentation stations to 37, which totals nearly half of all the classrooms on campus.

Bob Kostrubanic provided updates for Committee members on several Information Technology Services (I.T.S.) related projects, including the following:

I.T.S. will soon be upgrading their servers.

Interviews are currently being conducted for a Client Manager.

The Collaboratory, in ET 351 is nearing completion.

Collaborative Cluster project on campus now has over 100 networked machines, which is approaching 27% of the capacity of a Super Computer.

The campus wireless network will be re-evaluated over the next few months.

I.T.S. has purchased a new Web content management package.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:

Tiff Adkins, chair

Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee

Minutes of Meeting

October 12, 2005

2:30 p.m. ET 206

The second meeting of the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee for the 2005-2006 academic year was called to order by Tiff Adkins at 2:30 p.m. in ET 206.

Members present:  Tiff Adkins, Samantha Birk, Stuart Blythe, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath, Robert Kostrubanic, Linda Meyer, Donald Mueller, and Judie Violette.

Members absent: George Bullion, Dan Coroian, Kenneth Modesitt, Robert Murray, Koichiro Otani, and Michael Wolf.  

Sandy Schaufelberger, ACELINK Project Coordinator, with the Division of Continuing Studies, and Invent Tomorrow Education Consortium, shared with committee members information about ACELINK.  ACELINK works as the content coordinator for the broadband Allen County Education Network also known as ACENet.  ACENet is the shared high-speed network linking together several Allen County community partners including IPFW and local public and private schools.  Committee members were invited and encouraged to participate in the development of potential new content for ACELINK.

Samantha Birk, presented an overview of Macromedia Breeze to committee members.  Macromedia Breeze is a Web based colloboration system.  Samantha demonstrated a few of the capabilities of Breeze, including its ability to provide synchronous video, and voice over IP. Samantha will present a proposal for the purchase and implementation of Macromedia Breeze at IPFW, at the next meeting of the Information Technology Policy Committee.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

The remaining meeting schedule for fall semester: Wednesday, November 9th, and Wednesday, December 7th, at 2:30 p.m. in the Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building, room 206 (ET 206).

Respectfully submitted:

Tiff Adkins, chair

Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee

Minutes of Meeting

September 14, 2005

2:30 p.m. ET 206

The first meeting of the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee for the 2005-2006 academic year was called to order by Tiff Adkins at 2:30 p.m. in ET 206.

Members present:  Tiff Adkins, George Bullion, Stuart Blythe, Dan Coroian, Scott Vitz (for Robert Kostrubanic), Linda Meyer, Kenneth Modesitt, Donald Mueller, Koichiro Otani,  and Judie Violette.

Members absent: Samantha Birk, John Fitzgerald, Brad Gilbreath, Robert Murray, and Michael Wolf. 

Following introductions of members, the election for the position of committee chair was held.  Tiff Adkins was elected.

Tiff Adkins presented a summary of the main discussions and activities carried out by the Committee during 2004-2005.  Main discussions and activities included, MediaSite Live, Leading Educational Application and Design (LEAD) Project, WebCT, IPFW Web page redesign, Digital Mass Communication Options and Policies, and the Forum on Plagiarism Detection Software.

The committee appointed Dan Coroian as representative to the Web Advisory Committee.

The minutes of the meeting of March 15, 2005 were approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.

The remaining meeting schedule for fall semester: Wednesday, October 12th, Wednesday, November 9th, and Wednesday, December 7th, at 2:30 p.m. in the Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building, room 206 (ET 206).

Respectfully submitted:

Tiff Adkins, chair