Meeting called to order at 1:20pm.
Attendees
S Barnett, T Burkholder, M Casas, S Clapp, M Donohue, J Edwards, M Fallon, D Hanford, S Hard, S Johnson, J Lee-Partridge, H Lim, C Menoche, K Meyer, K Misra, J Nicoletti, O Odesina, S Petras, S Schenck, G Singh, L Washko
Guests: K Brassard, G Claffey, R Kelly, K McLaughlin, S McNickle, T Rivera, C Robinson, C Tower
Approval of Minutes Dec 4, 2020 with one change, S Petras is a member, not a guest. Passed unanimously.
Chair Announcements
IT Announcements
- Mobile Workforce – laptop configuration
- IT Website updated – thanks for input.
- IT Trailer is open for returns if you have equipment you no longer need. We provide contactless bags. Trailer is open Tues-Thurs 9a-3p.
- If you need some IT equipment, we still have items available. There is a form to fill out.
- Let students know that we still have many Lenovo laptops available for loan. There is a form for them to fill out. We also have a limited supply of Mifi devices for students who need Internet access.
- Be aware of the Pivot Plan – especially during the winter months – no more snow days.
- Password expiration policy change. Password expiration was set to 240 days last March, it is now going back to 120 days at the end of February.
- Zoom – many faculty have not activated their CCSU Zoom account. Faculty need to click on link in email received. If the account is not activated by the end of February, the account will be deleted and you will need to re-request the account. If faculty had a personal account with Zoom, they should now use their CCSU account. If there is a conflict with accounts, faculty must contact Zoom support.
- Starting to plan for summer and fall. If your department has needs, please contact IT.
IDTRC Announcements
- Name change – IDTRC and CTFD – merged to become Center for Teaching and Innovation (CTI).
- Questions about merging university calendar with calendar in Blackboard so that all courses can see the information. Jenn will investigate.
- You will see a lot of moving around of modules on the front page of Blackboard. Trying to stabilize this page.
- Lots of new training workshops are now available – check IDTRC/CTI calendar.
- Looking into getting BB integrated into the MyCCSU app.
- New Announcements link in BB (on course page) for students. Lots of very important and helpful information.
Old Business
Software/Hardware request committee
- G Claffey is advocating for finding money to cover software requests. Working with CFO and looking at Bond money and operating accounts.
Online Learning Committee (T Burkholder)
- Committee reviewed survey – analysis coming. Files attached to meeting agenda email with raw data and some analysis.
Promotion and Tenure Committee (K Meyer)
- Some faculty still want to submit paper but would like to push towards submitting digitally. Want to incentivize digital materials. Need ideas how can we help the university make the transition.
New Business
CCSU Web Pages
- New IT Web pages with Chatbot up and running
- CCSU master web pages will be looked at for updating sometime this year – need input from the university – will be using Global Café to get this input – more information coming.
New Programs and Needs (M Fallon)
- Data Science Program will have Cloud Computing and hardware needs – will need ITC to review and make recommendations.
- Other Programs coming through might not have technology needs that won’t need ITC review.
Formed a subcommittee to look more closely at programs before bringing to full committee – T Burkholder and G Singh.
Update from subcommittee to look at ever diminishing funds for software, going forward ( S Johnson, C Menoche, G Singh, S Clapp) – subcommittee will convene a meeting to discuss if this is a bigger issue and can ITC go anywhere with the issue.
Motion to Adjourn (S Barnett/G Singh): 3.00 pm Adjourned.