28 September 2009

Minutes

Attending:  Larry Martinez, Mike Blazey, Bill Grissom, Hicks Marlowe, Suzanne Wechsler, Carl Lipo, Seiji Steimetz

1. Fact Report – Larry Martinez
   1. Nothing to report – no meeting yet this semester
   2. Big bombshell is that we are not going to Angel.
   3. Meeting in the next 2 weeks.
   4. Agreement signed for another year for Beachboard
   5. Moodle – hosting services? Need to find out where we are.
   6. Centralized data storage update (Bill Grissom)
      1. CLA bought 6 terabytes of space to allocate out for centralized storage for faculty and staff.
      2. Hoping to get 10-20 gigs for faculty and staff.
      3. Was to be ready this summer. Met with ITS – were going to develop a Service Level Agreement (SLA).
      4. June – storage has been put on hold. Not clear why. AVP Janet Foster (DAF) and AVP Don Gardner (AA) – some confusion over who does what.
      5. Project now back on track – nothing started again until August.
      6. RAID array – striped for redundancy
      7. Shadow Copy – allow incremental backup.
      8. Virtualized server.
      9. Getting close. Maybe by next meeting.
      10. Move folks from who were on Campus-NAS to new disk.
      11. Mac infrastructure – discussion with OAT
          1. Note: we need a mac infrastructure – or an infrastructure that allows the same degree of control as Windows.
          2. What are College SLAs?
             1. i.     Server side management
             2. ii.     Pass through authentication
2. Should be provided by OAT – to support Mac and Windows
3. Web support group update
   1. Web support group formed – Not representative of faculty – very IT/administration focused.
      1. i.     Goal to come up with content management system. Budget cut issues.
4. Current Dreamweaver/Contribute – client side
5. Need more web-based, defined roles, access privileges.
6. COTA has made contact with someone who is doing demo on Thursday.
   1. i.     We are just trying to push it.
7. We need to continually push centralized providers
8. Email/calendar/collaboration suite/strategy
   1. At one point in time they were going to Exchange.
   2. Now looks like we will move to Google Mail. Concerns over security – but not clear that this is an issue given their SLA. However, they offer a Google Enterprise Edition. Disk space.
   3. Email would be @csulb.edu
   4. CSU has signed a master service agreement. So campuses can move forwards.
   5. Confusion about who is leading what – students first?
   6. Information Technology Leadership Council – formed –  Janet, Don, Bill, Praveen Soni, Mike Costa (note: basically no faculty from the Colleges).
   7. Need representation of faculty at these administration committees
      1. Talk to Chair of Academic Senate – Praveen Soni — about issues self-governance – representation – openness in terms of these ad hoc and non-representative committees.
         1. i.     Why are committees being formed by administration that have no faculty representatively?
         2. ii.     Are these committees open? Posting minutes? Posting agenda? Meeting times?
         3. Computer Refresh:
            1. Current Policy is to do replacement every 4 years.
            2. We don’t know if we are getting BATS funding this year.
            3. Discussion about applications and prioritizing refreshes.

(note: these are draft minutes and are subject to change)

CLA Technology Committee Meeting Minutes

Date:  14 April 2009, 11:00AM

 

Attending: Michael Blazey, Ed Funkhauser, Konsura Gerumaareki, Chrisotpher Karadoj, Carl Lipo, Larry Martinez, Seiji Steimez, Dustin Thoman, Suzanne Wechsler

Minutes By: Carl Lipo

1.     New Beachboard (Larry Martinez )

a.     This system will be called Beachboard 2.0 though it will run on the Angel learning management platform.   – 2.0 (Angel).

b.     The system is reported to be much better than the existing Blackboard based system.

c.     Transfers of course material from Beachboard 1.0 -> Beachboard 2.0 is supposed to be simple (basically requiring an export from Beachboard 1.0 and import into Beachboard 2.0).

d.     Personnel at the Technology Help Desk will be trained to help faculty transfer courses

e.     The Help Desk staff will be the primary point of contact for all questions related to Beachboard 2.0.

f.      Effort is being made to make sure the initial startup and implementation will be smooth.

g.     Contact Leslie Kennedy ( lkennedy@csulb.edu ) (she is leading implementation) to volunteer to use early

h.     Information on implementation plan and schedule is available here: http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/angel/index.shtml

i.      There is a 12 month timeline – and we are currently in month 4 of that timeline.

j.      Initial testing rollout will occur in the summer ’09.  Full rollout in the fall.

k.     The first semester will have “dual” systems (Beachboard 1.0 and Beachboard 2.0). By spring, the rollover will be complete.

l.      Nonstudent (e.g., alumni accounts are possible in this new system).

m.   Assigned time has been given to a number of “Angel Gurus.” These are listed here: http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/design/elearn_consultants.html  For CLA our “guru” is Marc Simoes (msimoes@csulb.edu, 5-4261), lecturer, Dept of English.

n.     Faculty should get ready for this change – perhaps by testing over the summer or creating groups for sharing documents, etc.

2.     iTunes U: Podcasts (Larry Martinez)

a.     Walter Gajewski ( gajewski@csulb.edu) INSTRUCTIONAL MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR in Academic Computing Services, is prepared to assist faculty who would like to create and post podcasts of lectures for iTunes U.

b.     The iTunes U initiative allows universities to share lecture content.

c.     This brings up issues of intellectual property and about open access publishing (in its other forms as well).

d.     Students need to be trained in fair-use of electronic resources. Perhaps this could be included in University 100 training.

3.     Computer based testing centers (Larry Martinez)

a.     Larry Martinez and Bill Grissom have prepared two classroom in SSPA building (206/207) to serve as computer test areas.

b.     Using Insite software on computers in the Social Science/Public Administration (SSPA) building (rooms 206/207) running Insight (http://www.faronics.com/html/Insight.asp ) to lock down computers – shut down USB ports and internet access. 

c.     Allows instructors to provide facilities for online tests or computers for type-written essays.

d.     Could eventually develop testing centers across campus.

e.     Current rooms have ca. 50 workstations.

f.      Scheduling of rooms for exams is coordinated by Nancy St. Martin (stmartin@csulb.edu) Office Manager, Political Science.

4.     Computer Refresh (Mike Blazey)           

a.     Computer refresh for faculty and staff is proceeding (Bill Grissom leading)

b.     Trying to get to a 4-year cycle for replacements.

c.     Targeting key staff people (e.g., ASCs) for computer replacement.

d.     Discussion about how to prioritize computers – more to come.

5.     Web support group – (Mike Blazey)

a.     Content management a big issue: solutions are being considered.

 

Meeting adjourned 12:00PM

 So if anyone else is wondering, it *is* down.

 Would anyone else like to be able to get these kinds of things fixed on the weekends — when most of us might find time to communicate with colleagues via email? Would you like to have Campus Tech Services provide a status report for outages on the web page? Or a call-in number?

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(1) create a login/password by going to:http://www.csulb-cla.org/conferences/index.php/CLA/2008/user/account?source=&requiresPresenter=
(2) Then click on “Home” – you should see the CLA poster session listed in the set of current conferences. Click on the 2008 CLA Student Research Showcase. To enter the poster title, you will need to click on the url listed on the page or go to this URL:http://www.csulb-cla.org/conferences/index.php/CLA/2008/presenter/submit/1

FTP is an old internet protocol for moving files from one computer to the other. The advantage of FTP over email is that multiple large files can be moved without clogging inboxes. If you are not familiar with FTP, the College of Business has a great tutorial on how to use it. You can find this at: http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cba/it/tutorials/wsftp.html

Academic Technology also has a good set of instructions for FTP:
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/academic_technology/thd/account/website/

Also this web site has some useful tips:
http://www.csulb.edu/~athomaso/ftpnotes.htm

Chrys Rodrigue has some useful FTP instructions on her page (at the bottom) on creating and editing HTML files:
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/geography/gdep/html.html

(2) Submit the title of your poster after you have registered. We need this information so we can be certain to have all entries judged for the poster competition.This is done here: http://www.csulb-cla.org/conferences/index.php/CLA/2008/presenter/submit/1
(3) Use the Powerpoint template to make your poster. This template can be found at: http://www.csulb.edu/~clipo/papers/CLA2008/template.pot If you use your own template, make sure you use a size no larger than 36″x44″ You are free to modify the poster template in any other way (fonts, colors, images, etc).
(4) When your poster is complete and ready for printing, please ftp it to: ftp://www.csulb-cla.org/files/
when ftp’ing the posters (email me for the login and password) If you need instructions on ftping your file (or need a client to do the ftping) please see: http://www.csulb.edu/~athomaso/ftpnotes.htm (5) When your ftp is complete, please email: clipo@csulb.edu to let us know it is ready for printing. If you have problems, please email me. (6) The deadline for giving us the file is 9 May 2008 @ 6:00PM – this deadline is in place so we have enough time to print the posters prior to the poster session. Please email me in advance if you forsee any problems with that deadline.(7) We will email you the poster board location that you will be assigned prior to the poster session (and will also have a list at the session). We will have all posters ready by 9AM on the morning of the poster session (this begins @ 10AM). Please be ready to put your poster up before the beginning of the session. If you are printing the poster yourself, just bring it to the event — but be sure to register so we can make sure we have a space allocated to you.
We also ask that you spend as much time with your poster as possible so that participants can ask questions and so that you can explain your work. This explanation will be considered as part of the judging process.
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.