ITIXMeeting
Wednesday,October21,2015
StartTime:10:30a.m.
Attendance:
XiangTan–EngineeringandAppliedSciences
FranciscoTorres-Reyes-Engineeringand
AppliedSciences
DanLemack–CollegeofBusiness
CindyBrown–CollegeofEducation
Agenda:
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TabathaFarney-Library
MattGetze-SchoolofPublicAffairs
GregWilliams–InformationTechnology
KirkMoore–InformationTechnology
SarahMensch–InformationTechnology
WebContentQualityPlan
o AccreditationinNovemberof2016
o Every6monthsareportwillgooutstatingthatyou(ownerofasite)willneedtoupdate
yourwebsite.
§ Everywebpagethatispublished,notjustawebsite
§ Every webpage in Ingeniux all others on different servers will need to be selfaccountedfor.
Siteimprove-NewWebServiceSoftware
o Crawlercheckingforaccessibilityissues,brokenlinkandmisspellings
o Siteownerswillbegettingreportsoferrorsontheirsites
o DrupalhasalotoffeaturesthatSiteimprovealreadyhas.
ITAccessibility
o Sub-CommitteeofADATaskForcePlans
§ Closedcaptioning
• DocumentisbeingcreatedbyLeynaBencomo,JackieCrouchandKelsey
Hunt
• Anything that is being put out (basketball games, commencement,
facultyvideosetc)hastobeclosedcaptioned.
• Message will be sent to all faculty of what they need to do to get the
materialaccessible.
o DepartmentNeeds?
§ SPA–thereisalackofinterestandfacultycanbe“traditional”inthemeansof
experienceandchangeishard.
§ Engineering–hardtoobtaincentralcontrol.
CampusInternetBackupLink
o GettingconfirmationfromFRGPthatthenewcampusbackuplinkislive.
o Ifconfirmationisreceived,acutovertestwillbedonetonight,December2,2015.
§ CDOT will be cutting our primary line within the next two weeks. Test will be
donetoensuretherearenoissues.
DataCenterGenerator
PlansaremovingforwardfortheDataCenterGenerator,whichwillbeinstallednextto
theEngineeringgenerator
o Willbecompletebyendofbreak
NewDataCenterNetwork
o Currentlypurchasingnewinfrastructure.
§ Beginningofrefreshfromsevenyears.
§ Assistinbuildingserversfaster
o Longterm,serviceswillbesharedbetweencampuses.ThiswillallowCUasawholeto
nevergodown.
o Currentlylookingatbackupsolutionforallcampuscomputers,forallfilesandsoftware.
§ OneDriveandCampusdrivesarenotbeingused.
§ Retentionpolicywillbecreated
A/VupgradeinColumbine317
o Dayaftersemesterends,COH317willbetakenoffline.
o Will be a full screening room with 7.1 surround sound, upgraded projector and digital
pathways.
A/VInfrastructureupgradesinColumbine3rdfloor
o UpgradeswillbecompletedbyendofSummer2016.
o AllfloorsofCOHarebeinglookedat,however,itwillbedoneoneflooratatime.
LanSchoolSoftwareforComputerLabs
o CurrentlybeinginstalledinthenewMathlab
o Controlsoftwaresothattheinstructorcantakeoverindividualcomputers.
o ITisconsideringaddingitintoallsmartclassrooms
o COBiscurrentlyrunningitinbothoftheirlabs
§ Nomanagementissues
§ Goodreviews
ReadandWriteGoldSoftwareforComputerLabs
o Investigatingpricingoptionstoplacethisinlabs
o Thissoftwareisinteractive.
§ Readsandprovidesexplanations/definitions
Windows10forCampusandComputerLabs
o 10hasalotofsecurityenhancementsandfunctionalitiesthat8doesnot
o Faculty,staffandlabswillallbeupgraded
o Office2016wouldalsobeinstalledatthesametime
§ Thisiscurrentlyavailablefordownloadforanyone
o Fall2016rolloutwasagreeduponbyallpartiesandtestingmaybegin
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Homeworkforthemeeting:
November-DisasterRecoveryITNeedsforDepartment
Timelineofwhenthingswillgetbackonline
IfITownstheasset,theygetbacked
Dependsonthedisaster,WHENitgoesdownandwhoisavailable
December-ITWish-list(Hardware,SoftwareandSupport)
COB
SPA
Appledevices/productsandmanagement
Videoconferencingtechnology
Uccs.webex.com
MeetingminutesforITIXarefoundat:www.uccs.edu/itix
EndTime:11:39a.m.