College of Education
Technology Committee
Meeting Minutes for September 16, 1999
Attendance:
| Adult and Community Education: | Gary Dean |
| Communications Media: | Kurt Dudt |
| Counseling: | Claire Dandeneau |
| Educational & School Psychology: | |
| Professional Studies: | Joan Elliott |
| Special Education: | |
| Student Affairs in Higher Education: | |
| University School: | |
| Technology Support: | David Lind, Kevin Painter, Brad Smith |
| Dean's Office: | John Butzow |
Items for Discussion:
1. COE Technology Overview
a. Two new multi-media carts are on order. Expected delivery is by the end of October.
b. Network Updates - The main college server that houses all the home and department shared directories was upgraded toward the end of the summer. This will provide additional storage space that was needed.
c. Tech Support Web Page - Reminder of the COE tech support web page located at http://www.coe.iup.edu/techsupport/ which can also be reached from the COE main web page. This has information on technology within the COE as well as on-line equipment and lab schedules. This page should also be used to submit any technology request/problems electronically.
d. Technology Committee Web Page - Brad will work on creating a web page for the technology committee which will have information that the committee is working on as well as meeting agendas and minutes.
e. Department Web pages - Every department should be reviewing their web pages for accuracy. Brad indicated he would have a student work on a template for the departments to use to help keep department web pages consistent. Brad also indicated he would provide student assistance for web page development as needed.
f. Video Conferencing - David Lind reported that all the video conferencing equipment
has been moved to Stouffer 255 which will be the permanent video conferencing room. Work
is being done to upgrade some of the video conference equipment. Please contact David Lind
on any video conference needs or questions.
2. University Wide Technology Overview
a. Microsoft Campus Agreement - The University is part of an agreement between Microsoft and the State System that allows many of the Microsoft desktop products to be loaded on University machines without additional cost to the individual departments. The agreement also allows users to load this software on home machines for work purposes. The software products included in the agreement are:
MS Office
MS Front Page
MS Publisher
MS Visual Studio (primary programming
languages)
MS Network Client License
If you are interested in loading these products at home please see Brad Smith to sign out the software media. Please be advised that support of home PC's is not the responsibility of the COE technology staff.
b. Student NT Network Authentication - Beginning September 1999, the University is providing NT network usernames to students. This is the first step in the process of providing NT network services to the students. In January 2000 students will be given a "home" directory of 20MB so they can store computer files using the network.
c. IUP Gopher Service - The TSC would like to remove the Gopher Internet service from the VMS system. This system has become outdated and most of the information on this system is old and outdated and has been replaced by WWW sites.
ACTION: The COE Tech Committee supports the removal of the Gopher service. This will be
reported back to the TSC by Brad Smith.
3. Open Discussion - Academic Content and Related technology
The committee started discussions on how technology is used in the various discipline within the College to make sure we are providing the appropriate technologies within the College to meet academic needs.
Additional discussion will take place at the next meeting.
Next Scheduled Meeting:
September 30, 1999 - 3:30pm
Stouffer 104