Minutes of the Academic Information Technology
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO5240 N. Jackson Avenue, M/S UC43
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743
April 13, 2009
Members Present: O. Benavides (Chair), B. Auernheimer, M. Bach, R. Boes, J. Cagle, L. Harding, K. Moffitt, P. Newell, R. Parker, S. Seepersad.
Members Absent: R. Amarasinghe, D. Martin, L. Newlander, D. Nef, E. Nelson, C. Won.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Otto Benavides at 1:10 p.m. in the Education Building room # 316.
- Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of March 23, 2009.
- Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
- Communications and Announcements.
P. Newell asked about Shibboleth. R. Boes said that it is pending. There
is a phase project approach. We are in Phase I and are expected to
complete by June of this year. [n.b.: The Shibboleth System is a
standards based, open source software package for web single sign-on
across or within organizational boundaries. It allows sites to make
informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online
resources in a privacy-preserving manner.]
Chair O. Benavides gave a keynote presentation at the International
Council for Education Media’s 4th Symposium of Education and Values.
The audience was 10,000. There was a webcast reaching 40,000 people.
His presentation was entitled, “Innovation, Technology and Human
Development.” [http://education.csufresno.edu/icem] - Campus Email.
R. Boes reported on Zimbra, the new email system. IETCC ratified the
decision. The contracts have been signed. The cost was the chief driver
of the selection. [http://www.zimbra.com/] R. Boes discussed adoption
and the barriers to adoption. IMAP users will have no trouble. Some
individuals use a POP for email reading. The other issue is the look and
feel of the new email reader online. He responded to various questions
about the software and about the implementation. There will be a period
of overlap between the old and new systems (e.g., launch Zimbra by
August and keep Meeting Making until Christmas).
J. Michael or R. Boes can add anyone to the test pilot group. - Minitab.
L. Harding reported that the site license has increased to $5000. Is it
worth continuing Minitab? An initial inquiry suggested that we could
discontinue it without disrupting instruction. She will send out a notice
to faculty that Minitab will be discontinued. - (APM 206) Interim Policies and Procedures on Technology
Mediated Courses.
This policy proposed revision was posted for review by the AIT
Committee:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcw839r6_6c5zv8gg5&invite=kntj74
The committee discussed the scope of the policy. The documents
currently online at Google Docs are:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcw839r6_6c5zv8gg5
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcw839r6_8tmbxhrck&hl=en
J. Cagle (conferring with S. Seepersad and B. Auernheimer) presented
two revisions for the policy. These were discussed and revised. - Campus Computer Labs.
B. Auernheimer reported on an idea for an “open source
teaching/learning collaboratory.”
[See https://eng.ucmerced.edu/soe/infoabout/leadership/infra-pln-mgmt/opn-src-coll/ for example.]
The committee discussed the nature and purposes of a laboratory in a
university today. Various configurations were discussed.
MSC to adjourn at 2:30 p.m.
The next scheduled meeting of the Academic Information Technology
Committee (AIT) will be on Monday, 27 April 2009. An agenda will be sent out
prior to the meeting.
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