Academic Technology Committee Meeting Minutes – 10/04/12 Members Present: Galbraith, Grilley, Jecklin, Konas, Modaff, O’Brien, Riley, Stoffregen, Wen Invited Guests: Elhindi, Mathwig-­‐Ramseier I.
Discussion of Turnit-in
a. November 30 deadline for pilot
b. Committee sought reassurances that students still owned their work, and that
Turnit-in could never publish their work without their consent.
i. Student names will remain on papers uploaded, advised that students
should remove names on documents they submit to Turnit-in
c. Ability of students to use Turnit-in independently of the D2L integration was
discussed. Additional contract information is required to answer this question.
d. Advantages of Turnit-in were discussed
i. Tool for checking/improving originality of thought
ii. Tool for showing students what needs to be quoted
iii. Tool for catching students who are cheating
e. Disadvantages of Turnit-in discussed
i. Cost is determined by size of campus and not number of active users
f. Committee would like additional information from other UW campuses that have
adopted Turnit-in.
i. Number of users (faculty and students)
ii. Distribution of departments that use it
iii. Implementation/acceptance lessons/advice
II.
Discussion of Lecture Capture:
a. ITS is requesting direction on
i. what types of lecture capture technologies faculty would like supported
(traditional lectures, podcasts, etc.)
ii. number of faculty that anticipate using lecture capture
b. Goal from ITS perspective is to move from nine fixed rooms to more flexible
solutions (different rooms, different lecture formats).
III.
Items to be discussed at next meeting
a. Classroom Design Standard
b. Wireless networking policy
IV.
Next Meeting: Oct 25, 2012
Approved: Oct 25, 2012