ATTACHMENT 4
Elluminate Web Conferencing Application
UA Joint Use Agreement
The University of Alaska uses various conferencing options to support classes and do
administrative work. The College of Rural and Community Development has
experimented with web conferencing for the past two years to use in conjunction with
audio conferencing courses. CDE has implemented and maintained the software.
In July 2005, UAA purchased an annual hosted unlimited license to the same software.
UAS began investigating adding the same software to its collection in the spring of 2006.
As a result of the close communication afforded by the DESB and ETT, all the
installation instances have been coordinated into a single license. A novel technical and
administrative solution is now in place that contributes significant cost savings to the
University in addition to significant simplification for students and staff.
UA now collectively holds a permanent license for 300 concurrent seats paid through
June 30 2008. A single server located at UAA will integrate to all three university course
management systems as three separate views. UAA will provide engineering support
through a negotiated service level agreement to UAS and UAF. The license
administration remains at CDE.
As a result of negotiating a permanent license, each university will see annual costs for
sustaining the web conferencing software drop over 80%.