Minutes November 6, 2020

Meeting called to order at 1:20pm.

Attendees

S Barnett, T Burkholder, S Clapp, M Donahue, J Edwards, D Hanford, M Fallon, S Hard, K Hermes, S Johnson, SJones, J Lee-Partridge, H Lim, C Menoche, K Meyer, K Mistra, J Nicoletti, A Schenck, G Singh, S Styruzula, KTrochsler, L Washko

Guests – G Claffey, A Kullgren, R Kelly, S McNickle, S Petras, D Pierce, T Rivera

Approval of Minutes October 2, 2020: Passed unanimously.

Chair Announcements

Committee documents can now be found in Teams.

IT Announcements

  • Remote Computing/VDA logins – a chart of usage was shared with the Subsequentdiscussion regarding VDA bandwidth
  • Many updates in place or nearly complete, Teams, WebEx, Citrix Workspace, VPN
  • Software updates during winter break, SPSS, Adobe Creative
  • Security Awareness training coming soon for those who have access to the Secure Enclave
  • Adobe Flash Player end of life December 31
  • Eduroam is expanding free WiFi service with many additional CT hopes to have Eduroam available in all 169 towns by the Spring semester – New Britain is a beta test city.

IDTRC Announcements

  • Recent BB update to the Content Editor
  • BB Collaborate updates coming – by the end of 2020 it will allow for more video faces
  • Lots of new training sessions available – HyFlex classrooms, Micro carts, – check IDTRC calendar.

Old Business

  • Pandemic related IT Expenditures (G Claffey)
    • 70% funded by the State plus CARES money for student
  • P & T Process Update (K Meyer)
    • Electronic process worked well
    • Discussion on who owns the process – it’s a collaborative effect between Faculty Senate and Departments. Provost handles the processing to make sure HR gets the records in a timely
  • Hardware & Software Subcommittee (L Washko)
    • Compiling requests – deadline is Committee meeting next week to look at and start to prioritize to give George Claffey a ballpark figure. Requests have been detailed and we will look at aligning costs to number of students. Report back next meeting.

New Business

  • Survey Subcommittee (G Singh/Hard)
    • Worked on Online Learning Committee survey – the updated survey was given to the Online Learning Committee – which worked on finalizing the survey that they hope to get out to all faculty by the end of
  • Online Learning Committee (T Burkholder)
    • Keep information going to faculty about online learning and discussed online teaching awards for Need to look at student opinion survey data. Meeting Monday, November 9 to finalize the survey.
  • The Future (S Barnett)
    • Changes for classrooms in the
      • Two Vance rooms converting to computer labs with 15 computers and students will be given their own keyboard
      • Remediate some existing Hyflex spaces – updates to cameras, screen control, More flexibility for teaching with any of the available online learning tools.
    • Discussion regarding what will happen if the campus closes abruptly – Labs/Studios on campusare most important to stay on-ground.
    • Label courses to make it easier for students to know what type of class they are registering
    • Come up with different options to get students to take class on-ground.

Motion to Adjourn (Hard/Washko): 2:40pm Adjourned.