Academic Information Technology Committee (ACITC)
Meeting Minutes
March 14, 2008
DRAFT
Attending: Korhan Oyman (Aero), Jason Ball (IT), Bill Gabrenya (COPLA), Kurt Winkelmann (COS),
Rhoda Baggs (SEGS), Mary Bonhomme (APOL), Bill Allen (COE), Judy Barlow (COB), Steven Lazarus
(COE)
Meeting was called to order at 3:02 pm.
Minutes for February 15, 2008 were approved as distributed.
Committee Reports
ADITC – No Report Submitted
University Alliance – Mary Bonhomme
Mary updated statistics as to the applications for UA classes and related majors. Foreign students have
the same requirements in regards to TOEFL and UA does not grant student VISA’s.
ITEC & IT – Jason Ball
Training for Angel for main campus faculty will be offered through departments and as group training.
Announcements will be sent with a schedule for training. Training will consist of migration of courses to
Angel, Angel basics, and advanced training forthcoming. The Tech Support Staff will also be trained and
will be the first level of support for any issues associated with Angel. Questions were raised as to
teaching assistants having access to assignments in Angel. Jason will research and report back.
Blackboard will no longer be available as of August 8, 2008 but will still be able to migrate content into
Angel after that date. On April 28, 2008 all UC staff will begin using Angel.
The document management project is moving forward with Financial Aid complete and Admissions and
Registration expected to be completed and in test in the next two to three weeks. All students, undergrad
and grad, will have electronic records by Spring 2009.
The Code Red (Emergency Notification) project is currently in phase I. Information is gathered via
Panther Pass. Information in employee’s records are currently in the Code Red system currently and will
be requested to be updated prior to going live.
Subcommittees
Minigrants –
A list of minigrant awards was distributed. Mary Mullins forfeited her award from last year and a vote
taken to apply her unused funds to fully award Jamie Younkin’s award for this year. This was approved
by the committee and recipients will be notified of their award and also posted to facforum and the faculty
website.
Resources – Bill Gabrenya
Discussion took place regarding a tech fee imposed on students to provide them with current software. It
was requested to research other universities and report back.
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Teaching & Learning – Carol Shehadeh
No report submitted.
Other Business
There was no other business and the meeting was adjourned at 3:38 pm.
The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 11th at 3:00 pm.
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