Academic Computing Committee
Meeting Minutes
May 5, 2008

Members Present:
University Senate Representative: R. Wolfson, J. Alvares

Faculty Representatives:  C. Du [CSAM Faculty Rep], E. Renfro-Michel [CEHSFaculty Rep.], R. Subramanian [proxy for SBUS Faculty Rep], S. Shapiro [LibraryFaculty Rep.].

Administrative Representatives (Academic Deans): S. Poger [CEHS AdministrativeRep],  M. Mallery [Library Administrative Rep.], A.J. Kelton [CHSSAdministrative Rep.], R. Salomon [SBUS Administrative Rep.]

Non-voting Members Present: J. O’Brien, OIT

Guest:  M. Heller

Absent: B. Carter [CART Administrative Rep.], P. Kahn [proxy for Associate VicePresident for Information Technology], S. Shappell [Graduate SchoolAdministrative Rep.], S. Sotillo [CHSS Faculty Rep.], A. Pemberton [CARTFaculty Rep.], J. Youn [CSAM Administrative Rep.],  T. Devlin [AcademicCoordinator of Education Computing Network], D. Stevens [Undergraduate StudentRep], A. Mohiuddin [Graduate Student Rep.], VACANT [Undergrad. Student Rep.]

Presiding: M. Kasner, Chair
Reporting: M. Mallery, Secretary
Distribution: ACC Web at http://frontpage.montclair.edu/acc/
Convened: 3:10 p.m. [Library Special Collections Room]
Adjourned: 4:25 p.m.

1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 3:10 p.m. when there was aquorum.

2. Minutes: Members approved the ACC Meeting Minutes of April 7th.

3. Announcements: Kelton announced that the“Unconference on MUVing Education Forward: Second Life as a Tool for Teachingand Learning” will be held on June23 from 8AM to 3PM in University Hall on the7^th Floor and is free and open to everyone..For information on theprogram and registration, please see the Web site at: http://capricorn.montclair.edu/mediawiki/index.php/MUVEing_Education_Forward.

Mallery announced that the deadlinefor the 2008 LibQUALSurvey on library service quality is extended to May 14^thand will be accessible from the Library’s Web page at: http://library.montclair.edu throughthat date.

4. Reports
• Chair's Report:  Kasner reported that he forwardedthe ACC Digital Repository Committee’s report and recommendations with a coverletter to Saundra Collins.  Salomon reported that the Senate Executive Boardreviewed the DR Report and referred it to the Administrative Affairs Council,which will meet over the summer.  Salomon said that he will report onthe progress of the DR Report recommendations at the first ACC meeting in theFall.

• OIT Report:  O’Brien reported that the Bell Tower Initiative vendor proposalpresentations were held on April 14^th (Peoplesoft) and April 28^th(SunGard Banner) at University Hall. There was discussion about the features of the two systems. Heller andWolfson noted that they were told to come to wrap-up sessions to answer their technicalquestions, but they were not invited to these sessions.  Heller notedthat theMSU Board of Trustees will vote on the BTI vendor at their July meeting. O’Brien noted that the BTI implementation phases will be: university portal;financial; human resources; then student information system (WESS).

• Ad Hoc Committee Reports:

a) Learning Management Subcommittee (LMS):
Kahn (Chair) sent an email to reportthat the next LMS meeting will be held on May 19^th at 1PM inUniversity Hall room 5015.  The LMS members will review Moodle, Sakai, andBlackBoard based on the analysis performed by Peter Campbell. OIT installedBlackBoard 7.3, and staff are doing preliminary testing.  There are somemigration issues, but MSU Summer 2008 courses are scheduled to use Bb 7.3.  Heller asked why Epsilen is not one of theLMS systems under review. Also, Heller noted that it could be valuable to havea BlackBoard test server for parallel implementations and for testing buildingblocks, such as Wimba.

b) EDUCAUSE Representation SubCommittee:
Kelton (Chair) reported that he is still working on getting names of EDUCAUSErepresentatives from the Deans.  Also, he asked for ACC members to submitnominations and/or volunteer to serve as Chair of the EDUCAUSE RepresentationSubCommittee next year.

c) Ad Hoc Committee Reports: Digital Repository SubCommittee: Mallery (Chair) hadno report.

d) Responsible Computing Policy Subcommittee: Wolfson (Chair) had no report.

5. Old Business:
a) Improving Communications Hellerasked if there had been any discussion on the Classroom Technology Communityset up in BlackBoard at http://montclair.blackboard.com for discussing equipment replacements and other issues.  Kelton saidthat he will post the schedule when he receives it, but no schedule has beenprovided yet. There was discussion about reporting procedures for brokenequipment or other technical problems, such as the cameras in the smartclassrooms are placed incorrectly. Kelton noted that the ACC has no input onOIT communication issues.  Wolfson notedthat instructional design support is also hard to get, even though MSU has manyinstructional designers.

6. New Business:
a) Next Meeting: Kelton, as incoming ACC Chair, willhold an organizational meeting of the Executive Board in early summer. Mallery will send out the 2008-2009 ACC meeting schedule in August and reserverooms in University Hall. Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 8^thfrom 3PM to 5PM.

6. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 PM