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MTG Minutes of – Technology Committee Meeting

Time: 2:35-3:45 pm Date: 10/02/07 Location: D-204

Present: Odette Borrey, Curt Childress, Amy Cuneo, Corinna Evett, Alice Ho, Al Huerta, Scott James, Bonnie Slager, Cindy Swift, John Weispfenning, Connie Wilson, Jed Wu, and Joe Yorba

Roles: Chair – J. Yorba Note Taker – C. Evett & C. Swift

  1. Objectives: Newsletter, Technology Master Plan, Distance Education Update, Computer Conduct Standards/Technology in Student Handbook, Additional IT Resources, Wireless Access Update, TAG Committee (10/4/07), and Other
  1. Meeting Discussion / Decisions:

Newsletter:

  • Just a reminder to those who offered to write articles:
  • Amy and Scott, maybe a Web Task Force Update? Don?
  • Connie praised the level of submissions as including great writing.

Technology Master Plan:

  • On hold until approved by Academic Senate.

Distance Education Update:

  • Rosi gave an update that included the following:
  • Three main focuses of the Distance Ed Task Force: Tech software support, On-line degrees/certificates, and On-line, universal student orientation.
  • Goal is to accomplish these focuses by next year.
  • Rosi also handed out “Software Titles by Room Number/Department.”

Computer Conduct Standards/Technology in Student Handbook:

  • Cindy has been taking the lead on this: She’ll compile and compose a set of standards specific to SCC.
  • Bonnie and Alice said that they’d provide Cindy with copies of items they use(d).
  • Corinna shared Senate info: go ahead and create standards, send it out, let faculty review it, and then bring it to Senate.

Additional IT Resources:

  • For our information, Curt let us know about upcoming additions to IT Staff.
  • He also spoke about obtaining a server strictly dedicated to Blackboard sites in the future
  • He also encouraged us to think about any technological needs we might anticipate the college needing as we’re so rapidly growing.

Wireless Access Update:

  • Curt shared that IT installed a box that is intended to fix problems with Vista and wireless connection.
  • Previously students who were running Vista on their laptops had troubleconnecting to the school network.The problem was that studentscould log onto the network,but they would be kicked off periodically.
  • Curt said that they don't know if the box hasfixed the problem because it is too soon to tell. He is waiting for more feedback.

TAG Committee (10/4/07):

  • The Technology Advisory Group will have its first meeting on Thursday, 10/4 at 2:30p.m.
  • The purpose of the group (not a committee according to Curt) is to discuss district wide technology issues such as Turnitin.com.

Other:

  • None

3. Next Meeting:

Date: Tuesday, Oct 16thTime: 2:35 p.m. Location: D-204

Distribution: Technology Committee Members