UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
March 14, 2002

Attendees:  Chuck Taylor, Paul Hernandez, Terry Anderson, Bonnie Mathies, Andy Montesano, Dan DeStephen, Sheila Shellabarger (for Pat Walker), Donna Hamilton, Jeff Vernooy, George Frey, Ron Dorsten, David Grossie.

 I. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the February, 2002 meeting were approved

II. CaTS Update - Terry Anderson
Workflow Project:
1. Electronic Forms-Working on automated assignment of participants to the route list based on form content. Will deploy after fiscal year end cycle is over, probably in September, 2002.
2. FDS/Labor Distribution - This will put labor distribution information into FDS. Scheduled for release by July 1, 2002.
3. Budget Transfer Form - This will be the next project.
4. Other Forms - have not yet decided which forms will be next.

ROX:
1. Registration - Went live in late December. Spring registration was split about 50/50 between ROX and REX (Telephone Registration).
2. Fee Payment - This project is in beta testing in Bursar's office. Will deploy to students the week of March 18, 2002.
3. Student Government Elections - Just beginning to work on this project. Elections take place April 23-25.
4. Other Projects - Have a list of approximately 25 other areas to be prioritized.

ADS - Academic Desktop Services:
1. This project will deliver academic data via the Web.
2. Data Warehouse:
    a. Financial data and student data have now been defined and are now available.
    Human Resources data will be available soon.
3. On March 27, CaTS will have a Gartner Group consultant on campus to gather information from faculty, administrative, CaTS, CTL, and Library staff in order to make recommendations on our mail and directory services as well as strategies for the future. The results will be available by the end of April.

Paul Hernandez announce that beginning July 1, 2002, CaTS will begin distributing FAS reports electronically instead of sending out hard copies.

II. CTL Update

1. Dan DeStephen reminded faculty that CTL is mailing out packets to students enrolled in on-line distance education. If a faculty member wishes to have his/her course included in packet, the information should be sent to Terri Klaus.

2. Jeff Vernooy requested a sub-committee be formed to discuss the issues of closed captioning for courses being offered now and in the future at WSU. This was approved by UTC members.

3. George Frey reported during Spring Break, the keyboard covers in the electronic classrooms will be removed.

III. LibQUAL

Sheila Shellabarger reported on a project the University Library will be participating in this spring. LibQUAL is a Web survey that tests a tool for measuring library users' perceptions of service quality and identifies gaps between desired, perceived, and minimum expectations of service. The survey will include 169 libraries, including 51 OhioLINK libraries and 40 academic health sciences libraries across the U.S. The goal is to gather information that will enable WSU Libraries to provide services that are more closely aligned with the user's expectations and services that better help users reach their learning and research objectives. In April, information about LibQUAL will be emailed to a randomly-selected group of 900 undergraduates, 600 grad students and all faculty. They will be given a URL and be invited to participate in the survey. The results will be published in August.

IV. CoLA Distance Learning Conference

Chuck Taylor invited all faculty to attend the Trends In Technology Conference 2002 sponsored by College of Liberal Arts on April 2, 2002 in 156E Student Union. This is a mini-conference to discuss distance learning as it is now developing at Wright State University and how it might look in the future. For more information, call Victoria Chadbourne at extension 3776.

V. Other Business

Donna Hamilton announced the new course descriptions are now available online. The address is www.wright.edu/courses

Paul Hernandez reminded the committee members that funs received from the Faculty Computer Initiative are to be used to purchase systems from recommended and supported vendors only, not off-brand equipment. A letter confirming this information has been sent out to all College Coordinators.

The next scheduled meeting will be on Thursday, April 11, 2002 from 3:00 - 5:00p.m. Location will be announced later.