Academic Computing Committee
Meeting Minutes DRAFT
May 2, 2005
Members Present:
University Senate Representatives: J. Alvares,
M. Heller
Faculty Representatives: A. Adarkar [CHSS Faculty
Rep.], A. Koeller (CSAM), M. Davidson [CEHS Faculty
Rep.], R. Xing [SBUS Faculty Rep.]
Administrative Representatives (Academic Deans): A.J. Kelton
[CHSS Administrative Rep.], M. Mallery [Library
Administrative Rep.], L. Jenkins [CEHS Administrative Rep.], R. Salomon [Proxy
for Dean Alan Oppenheim], J. Youn
[CSAM Administrative Rep.]
Non-voting Members Present: R. Wolfson, Local
1904 Observer, T. Devlin, Academic Coordinator of Education Computing Network
Absent: A. Pemberton [SART Faculty Rep.], R. Julian Robinson [SART
Administrative Rep.], S. Shapiro [Library Faculty Rep.], E. Chapel ( Associate
Vice pPresident for Information Technology), D.
Stevens [Undergraduate Student Rep], A. Mohiuddin
[Graduate Student Rep.], Drew Stevens [Undergrad. Student
Rep.], Vivian Lilikas [Undergrad. Student Rep.], J. Donadeu [
Guest: P. Kahn
Presiding: J. Alvares, Chair
Reporting: M. Mallery, Secretary
Distribution: ACC Web at http://frontpage.montclair.edu/acc
Convened: 3:15 p.m. [Library Special Collections Room]
Adjourned: 4:45 p.m.
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m.
2. Minutes: Minutes for April 11 were approved.
3. Announcements: Alvares announced that MSU EdTeXpo will be held on October 11. The Committee will be
meeting over the summer, and John O'Brien is the Chair this year.
Kahn announced that the BlackBoard Content Management
System went live today. Faculty training sessions for Blackboard CMS will
be held over the summer and announced via email. She also noted that July
18 is the date for the New York/New Jersey Blackboard Users Group Manhattan
Summer Conference (& Dinner Cruise), and a call for poster sessions was
announced via the listserv with a deadline of May 15. More information is
online at: http://www.njedge.net/activities/nynjbug.html
4. Reports
• Chair's Report: Alvares thanked all
ACC members for their diligent work during this year of transition.
• OIT Report: No report. Chapel was absent.
• Ad Hoc Committee Reports:
a) Learning Systems Subcommittee (LSS) – Koeller
(Chair) reported that the committee discussed via email Blackboard posting
archiving policies. Kahn noted that in the Content Management System
(CMS), instructors will have a default place for archives. Kahn has
interactive learning modules and training videos for CMS. There was
discussion about whether Blackboard training should be required for new
faculty, but it was not decided yet. All faculty
will be invited to Blackboard CMS training during the summer.
b) EDUCAUSE Membership: Kelton (Chair)
reported that all schools have contacted him now, and there is one change from
the
c) Mandatory MSU NetID Registration and
Use: Heller (Co-Chair) and Youn (Co-Chair) reported
that as follow-up to their March report, theACC
should ask for a status report on leveraging the use of netID
and central directory services using LDAP. Alvares
added that the new Campus Administration System should include netID authentication. Youn said
that we need to know about policies as well as systems capabilities. Youn volunteered to write up the request and send it to Alvares for forwarding to IT.
d) Restructuring Committee for ACC: Kelton
reported that the Committee has not met yet and will resume discussion in
September.
5. Ongoing Business:
• Internet Access Control in Classrooms: Kelton
distributed a proposed motion, which was discussed and amended. The
following motion passed (8 in favor, 1 opposed, no abstentions):
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ACC Motion for Internet Access Control in Classrooms:
Whereas, the Academic Computing Committee supports the concepts and benefits of
hardware and software that controls and enhances the classroom environment, and
Whereas, the classrooms in discussion are defined as an environment where there
are fixed technology assets for each student, and
Whereas, the following three PC-based applications have been discussed and
considered by both the Academic Computing Committee and several areas within
the Office of Information Technology; NetOp School, NetSupport School, and LanSchool,
and
Whereas the Academic Computing Committee also recommends Apple Remote Desktop
for Mac-based environment, therefore,
The Academic Computing Committee encourages the Office of Information
Technology to formally investigate the feasibility and costs involved in
implementing such a system, with a final report presented back to the Academic
Computing Committee in time for consideration and review at the first meeting
of the next academic year, AY06.
***
Kelton will email the text of the motion to Mallery for recording in the Minutes, and to Alvares, who will forward the motion to Ed Chapel for IT's action.
• Spyware Applications: Youn
proposed a motion, which was discussed and approved with the following text:
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ACC Motion on Spyware
Whereas Spyware has become an increasing distraction
to computing usage at MSU and
Whereas active Spyware protection requires licensed
software,
Therefore, the ACC encourages the Office of Information Technology to
investigate the purchase and deployment of active anti-Spyware
software for all computer users at MSU.
***
• Mandatory MSU Email Use: Alvares reported
that as follow-up to last month's meeting, he sent Karen Pennington an email,
and he posted her response regarding the mandatory MSU email policy to the ACC
listserv, which included the following: "When students are registered
during orientations they are required to set up their MSU accounts and told
that this is the University's official means of communication."
Xing noted that spam is filling up email for faculty and asked if IT could
increase email space for faculty. Heller suggested that faculty
auto-delete spam, but Kelton said that some
spam-tagged items are not spam. During the summer, server-side mail
filters are being installed by IT that may help with this problem.
Kahn asked if this is an issue for faculty training, where they learn how to
save email off the server and delete old emails so that their accounts don't
get too full.
Xing asked how long is retention for student email as well, and could we get
alumni email accounts for students? Alvares
will put this issue on the list of future ACC topics for discussion.
6. New Business:
• Next Year's ACC Meetings: Alvares will check
the Faculty Senate calendar for next year's meeting dates. Mallery will reserve the Special Collections Room.
• Future Topics for ACC Discussion:
a) Student Response System - Salomon reported that SBUS is purchasing student
response system units for research. If the units prove popular, MSU could use
this unit for assessment. Heller said that this is a good item to discuss, but
it is not a tool that everyone will use in their teaching. Alvares requested that Salomon send him a note to place
this on the ACC agedna for September.
b) Lecture 123 - Kahn reported that since the November pilot project of Lecture
123, she has had a lot of interest from faculty, and she is inviting Mitch Germansky to come and show this e-learning system to the
campus. Alvares asked that MSU faculty also
participate in this demonstration and talk about how they use Lecture 123 in
their classes and that the ACC should discuss uses of this e-learning tool. Dr.
Susana Juniu in the College of Education and Human
Services, Dr. Jack Baldwin LeClair in the College of
Humanities and Social Sciences, and Dr. David Radosevich
in the School of Business participated in the Lecture 123 pilot project at MSU.
c) New MSU Procurement System - Youn noted that the enw procurement system will affect every academic unit,
including faculty who have grants. Youn and Mallery volunteered to investigate what is the impact of the
new procurement system, including contacting the Office of Sponsored Research. Kelton will invite Tony Mejido to
come to a future ACC meeting to speak about the new procurement system and
answer our questions.
7. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 PM.