Wright State University University Technology Committee

UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

July 8, 2004

Attendees: Chuck Taylor, Paul Hernandez, Stephen Foster, Barbara Denison, Jim Vance, Carol Holdcraft, Jeff Vernooy, Noel Nussbaum, Scott Rife (CaTS), and Bonnie Mathies

I. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the May meeting were approved as written.

II. Presentation of Technology Plans

Brenda Mobley, representative from School of Professional Psychology, could not attend the meeting and, therefore, did not give the technology plan presentation. Copies of the plan were distributed for review.

III. WINGS Portal Project Update and Demonstration of "Course Studio"

Scott Rife (CaTS) updated the committee on the WINGS Phase II - Transition to the Digital Campus. Scott also gave a brief demonstration on "Course Studio", a set of basic communication and collaboration tools integrated within the Luminis portal (WINGS) and being offered to the University faculty. Chuck Taylor distributed copies of the Faculty Focus Group (FFG) Recommendation to the Portal Advisory Committee (PAC) regarding implementation of this program. The FFG recommended that "Course Studio be implemented for Fall 2004 classes as part of the University's continuing development of the digital campus."

A motion was put before the UTC to recommend the implementation of Course Studio with a total of nine assenting and one dissenting votes. The motion was approved.

IV. Announcements

Paul Hernandez had several announcements:

  1. CaTS will be releasing 50 PCs from student labs. These Omni Tech 733mhz, Pentium 3 machines have a one-year warranty. Anyone with a use for these machines should e-mail their requests explaining the use and prioritizing the need for these machines. Requests should be e-mailed to Paul Hernandez no later than 9:00a.m. on Thursday, August 12, 2004. The requests will be reviewed at the next UTC meeting.
  2. CaTS has acquired a product named "Mail Frontier" which will eliminate approximately 60% of all e-mail Spam. This product will be made available to the campus community within the next several weeks.
  3. The University has signed a contract with Napster to provide Internet music services to the student population. Resident students will receive it as part of their technology plan, non-resident students will be able to subscribe to it for $30/year. This will reduce the broadband usage as the servers will reside on campus. A press release will be going out soon to announce this service.