Instructional Academic Computing Committee

Minutes

October 11, 2007
Meeting in AH-1120 at 1 p.m.
James Frazee, Co-Chair

ITSO Update
Felecia Vlahos announced the Vulnerability Management Plan (VMP) is in its final stages of review and now includes a matrix on "How to Handle" confidential data by levels. During the review process some of the "must do" and "should do" items shifted places. The Senate asked for a concise list of the "must do" and "should do" items and the list will be posted soon. It will be going to Peer Review this week and will be there for two weeks. Then the VMP will be combined with the Policies adopted by the Senate, the Incident Response Plan and the Security portion already accepted. Once that happens, the entire document will then be referred to as the SDSU Security Plan.

Discussion ensued on handling confidential data and the difference between internal versus external sharing of data. Concerns were mentioned about forwarding email to gmail and yahoo accounts. Felecia stated that how SDSU manages email is an auditable point.

Smart Classrooms
James Frazee introduced Rich Bakken, Coordinator of Instructional Resources & Technology Systems. He can be reached at rbakken@mail.sdsu.edu, 594-2047, or AH-1131A. Rich is responsible for day-to-day operation of video conferencing systems, Smart Classrooms, and Electronic Presentation Room, and participates in the design, installation and implementation thereof.

Rich announced the November 2nd Smart Classroom Facilitators meeting in AH-2108 at Noon. Lunch will be provided for the attendees meeting in the new AH facility for Nursing. Please RSVP to rbakken@mail.sdsu.edu, if you will be attending. This large seat room has the latest in multimedia and video conferencing. The agenda for the meeting will include:

• MS Office 2007 deployment and training plans
• Classroom Technical Support
• Clickers and CPS software
• Responsibilities regarding refreshing/replacing of the Smart Classroom computer setups

ITS General Update
James Frazee mentioned ITS will be working on 4 room conversions for the School of Language/Communications, as they are moving into the old Health Center. In addition, he indicated that Smart Classroom with manual controls are at the top of their list for conversions. James noted the following:

• More and more demand for video conferencing is changing campus priorities.
• The Course Design Institute is being planned now for next summer.
• New Tech Stars will be announced in Spring 2008 with the focus this time on having student using technology to demonstrate their understanding of class materials.

Area Updates
Diana Osborn reminded everyone that October is the month for the snapshot of the Software Survey results. She said it would happen at the end of the month, so please update your area numbers.

Carol Phillips stated the Student Computing Center has both MS Office 2003 and 2007 available on the computers. .DOC is the default file extension.

Inquiry was made on suggestions for securing large plasma TVs. James mentioned a cage surround was purchased for the plasma TVs in the new Nursing facility and that Kathy Garcia from Purchasing was involved in the purchase.

Also of note, please be aware that 64 bit machines appear to have problem with legacy print drivers.

Next IACC meeting - November 8, 2007 at 1 p.m. in AH-1112.

PLEASE NOTE: The statements found on the IACC Home Page are for informational purposes only. While every effort is made to ensure that this information is up to date and accurate, official information can be found in the University publications.

Last modified on November 7, 2007
This page is maintained by the ROHAN webmaster