ATC Annual Report 2012-13
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Academic Technology Committee (ATC)
2012-2013 Annual Report to the
CSUN Faculty Senate
Submitted by Helen Heinrich
Membership
Jussi Eloranta
Sharlene Katz /Xiyi
Hang
Helen Heinrich
(Chair)
Gina Masequesmay
Ron Saito
Mary Schaffer
Chris Sales
David Miller
Sally Spencer
Michael Sullivan
Soheil Boroushaki
Sydni Powell
Andres Cuevas
Hilary J. Baker
Deone Zell
Jennifer De Iuliis
II.
Meetings
College of Science & Mathematics
College of Engineering & Computer Science
Library
College of Humanities
College of Art, Media & Communication
Senate
Senate
College of Business & Economics
College of Education
College of Health & Human Development
College of Social & Behavioral Science
Representative from Associate Students
Representative from Associate Students
(Non-voting; Executive Secretary)
(Non-voting; Permanent Guest)
(Non-voting; Recording Secretary)
September 7, 2012
October 5, 2012 joint w ERC
November 2, 2012
December 7, 2012
February 1, 2013
March 1, 2013 joint w ACAT
April 16, 2013 ERC joint w ATC
April 19, 2013
May 3, 2013
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Other Matters Discussed (see minutes, indexed by date, for
full details)
• Student/faculty Electronic Communications - demands and
expectations of students for the turnaround and the mode of
communication with faculty; suggestion to possibly look into this
topic as a policy recommendation (2/01/13); further discussion
of possible wording for the email etiquette statement, example
provided from the College of Ed (4/19/13; 5/3/13)
• Waitlist – provided feedback and discussed some concerns about
the new waitlist features 2012/2013 (9/07/12; 12/07/12;
2/01/13); changes (5/3/13)
• IT Survey – 2012: discussion of the annual survey for faculty,
students, and staff. The survey is conducted to poll their IT wants,
needs, and perceptions and to assist in setting priorities for
allocation of educational resources (10/05/12); draft of
categories for 2013 (2/01/13; 3/01/13)
• Video Streaming Services – an overview of the services available
from the Library; discussion of the pricing and copyright issues
(10/05/12)
• TeachLivE - demo of the software to increase student
opportunities for training in a simulated classroom setting
(11/2/12)
• Printing– overwhelming demand for printing services on campus;
however, no one wants to incur the expense of printing, as noted
in the IT survey data (10/02/12); Provost Hellenbrand allocated
funds as a temporary solution to assist the colleges. Campus is
looking into long-term solutions and the USU’s Go-Print is one
option that is being reviewed (11/2/12); further discussion and a
policy recommendation to have a first tier discussion between the
Library and the University Student Union to coordinate the
printing issue (4/16/13)
• WebOne - CSUN’s new web environment based upon a design
created by University Advancement, Marketing and
Communications (11/2/12; 12/07/12; 2/01/13)
• Student Access and Accommodation System (SAAS) - In the past, the
process of accommodating students was paperwork-driven. Now,
students can request services via a DRES web application and the
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DRES office and the professor can approve it online, including
alternate testing requests (12/07/12)
Learning Commons - the library re-design project: adding
materials in electronic form as much as possible; desktops will be
transformed into group settings; technology driven; different
furniture; promoting and adjusting toward bring your own device
(12/07/12); update on the progress, move of LRC to the Library
(3/01/13); new Oviatt Learning Commons webpage with
architectural renderings, showcasing the project (4/19/13)
Moodle – transition to Moodle 2.0 (12/07/12; 2/01/13; 4/19/13)
myCSUNTablet initiative (aka iPad initiative)- announced at the
Faculty Retreat by President Harrison to incorporate iPads into
the classroom (2/01/13); early adopters (3/01/13); new name
(myCSUNTablet), faculty kickoff; update (4/16/13)
SOLAR Online/Hybrid designations – review by ATC is due in
2013/14 (2/01/13); first year SOLAR results (4/19/03)
Emerging Technologies – Provost Hellenbrand: how do we adapt to
change in technology in higher education, test its effectiveness
and test for accessibility; need rational expectations, better
educating the community by not providing just answers but by
explaining where and how they can find the answers. (3/01/13)
eReader pilot – a CQF funded project from the Library; aims to
provide check-out eReaders for a variety of devices to test and
determine the performance and behavior of the devices and the
content itself. (3/01/13)
CSUN Open Access Initiative – the role of Scholar Works as CSUN’s
institutional repository for OA CSUN faculty publications as a way
to make scholarly output more available and increase the amount
of citations (per article for a discipline) for faculty; Scholar
Spotlight program (4/19/13)
SB 520/AB 1306 – implications for California higher education, CSU
and CSUN (4/16/13)
What’s New in IT – regular updates in every meeting.
Chair election – Chris Sales elected (5/3/13)
Guest Presentations
Diane Stephens, Dean Arnold, Debbie Hellman - University Video
Network (9/7/13)
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Elizabeth Adams – Waitlist (9/7/12; 5/3/13)
Jerry Schutte – Information Technology Survey 2012 (10/5/12)
Hilary Baker – myCSUNTablet Initiative (4/16/13)
Helen Heinrich, Mary Woodley – Video Streaming Services
(10/5/12)
Sally Spencer – TeachLive demo (11/2/12)
Editha Winterhalter – Printing in Labs (11/2/12)
Jodi Johnson, Paul Schantz – Student Access and Accommodation
System (SASS) (12/7/12)
Harry Hellenbrand – Emerging Technologies (3/1/13)
Harry Hellenbrand, Hilary Baker – myCSUNTablet initiative
(3/1/13)
Helen Heinrich – Library eReader pilot (3/1/13)
Helen Heinrich, Ben Quillian – Learning Commons update
(3/1/13; 4/19/13)
Andrew Weiss – CSUN Open Access Initiative (4/18/13)
Joint Meetings
• ATC met jointly with ACAT 3/1/13
• ATC met jointly with ERC 10/5/12, 4/16/13