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December 8, 2020

Date/Time
Tuesday, 12/08/2020
Location
via TEAMS
Submitted By:
Sujing Wang

Academic Information Technology Committee Meeting

Date: December 8, 2020

Location: Held via ذكذكتسئµs due to Covid

Starting Time: Members began joining meeting at 1:50 PM.

Attending: Stefan Andrei, Abdul Wajid Choudhry, Joseph Kruger, Sujing Wang, Frank Badua, Dale Fontenot, Eunjin Kwon, Reza Barzegaran, Michael Saar, Kenrich Aung, Don Warren, Cindy Cummings.

Call to Order:  2:02 PM.

Approval of November Committee Minutes

After the correction of attending list was made. The meeting minutes was handled by unanimous consent and approved by attending committee members unanimously.

Chair Report

  • Committee website was updated.
  • Committee goal was reported to Dr. Nordgren by email.
  • October meeting minutes was uploaded.

Discussion of the survey about computer and information technology services for faculty and instructional needs 

Current Survey

  • Faculty survey: assess services on online teaching, prepared by Division of Digital Learning
  • Student survey: prepared by faculty senator
  • Distance Education Committee also plans to conduct faculty survey

 Suggestions and discussions:  

  • collect the complete question list of the faculty survey by division of digital learning
  • combine our survey with the distance education committee survey
  • add some questions about the hybrid and hyflex courses on student survey
  • IT is working on identifying computers 10 years old to replace them. This process will continue very year
  • Faculty can request administrative privilege on their desktop/laptop at home by submitting online request
  • Suggestions to possible extend VPN connection for more than eight-hours to for faculty to work from home
  • Prepare the survey questionnaire
  • ذكذكتسئµ purchases a handful of software licenses, e.g., Zoom for teaching

Next committee meeting date

    Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2020, 2:00 pm on ذكذكتسئµs

Adjournment

    Motion to adjourn was made by Dr. Frank Badua. Seconded by Dr. Cindy Cummings. All members said ‘Aye’. Motion passed.

    Meeting adjourned at 2:50 PM.