UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTTEE
MEETING MINUTES
October 19, 2000

Attendees: Perry Moore, Chuck Taylor, Paul Hernandez, Vicki Montavon, Barbara Denison, Dan DeStephen, Jeff Vernooy, Todd Brittingham (for Dave Sauter), S. Narayanan, Bonnie Mathies, Donna Hamilton, Cindy Young

I. Approval of Minutes of Latest Meeting

There were no corrections or additions to the minutes of the September 14, 2000 meeting. Therefore, the minutes were approved as distributed.

II. Update on Responsible Use Policy - Vicki Montavon

With one minor change to the Responsible Use Policy by Gwen Mattison, the Provost will take the revised policy before the Cabinet for approval. Jackie McMillan will then add the revision to the Wright Way Policy Manual in the very near future.

III. Draft Policy on the Hosting of Web-Based Distance Learning and Web-Enhanced Courses - Dan DeStephen and Paul Hernandez

This draft policy, distributed at the last UTC meeting, was initiated due to support issues involving distance education students. Paul Hernandez gave an example of a faculty member using a remote site in place of the university server to host a distance learning course and students calling a central support number when questions arise, it becomes very difficult to assist the students. The members of UTC unanimously endorsed the basic principles of this policy and at a future meeting a permanent policy will be presented for endorsement.

Also, Dan DeStephen distributed a report on the "History of Distance Learning/Web Enhancement" using WebCT from January, 1999 to October, 2000.

IV. Educause Conference Report - Dan DeStephen and Vicki Montavon

Approximately ten staff members from the university (CTL, CaTS and University Library) attended the annual Educause Conference in Nashville, Tennessee recently. The main topics of interest were discussions on the need for educational institutions to integrate portals and e-commerce into their systems (conducting electronic business such as registration, grading system, purchasing, credit card transactions, etc).

V. Other Business

Donna Hamilton

1. Donna updated the committee on ROX (Raider On-line Express) services:
   
   · Grades on-line are fully functional
   · One-card monthly activity reports will be functional in the very near future
   · Spring Quarter class schedules will be fully accessible (i.e. - students will be able to see the number of available seats as registration progresses). The goal for on-line registration is scheduled for Winter Quarter, 2002.
   
   
2. The new university website design is now on-line.
3. A new athletic website on a server not owned by the university is on-line at www.wsuraiders.com
4. A draft of an "Accessibility Accountability" policy which web page owners and publishers must adhere to can be found at www.wright.edu/web/access/accountability.html. This policy will be enforced beginning Spring Quarter 2001. After reviewing this policy, Donna asked for an endorsement of this policy at the next UTC meeting.

Paul Hernandez

1. Paul announced that lifetime email accounts will be offered to members of the WSU Alumni Association beginning with Spring Quarter 2001 graduation.
2. CaTS will be doing an evaluation on the effectiveness of dot matrix printing in the labs and the impact of the elimination of this process. Paul will report the findings at a future date.

Vicki Montavon

Any OhioLink member institution can now submit theses and dissertations electronically. There are presently five documents submitted, but more are expected in the future.

The next scheduled UTC meeting will be Thursday, November 9, 2000 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in Student Union E157.