Academic Technology Committee MINUTES OF MEETING: 05/01/15 APPROVED BY COMMITTEE: 09/11/15 Submitted Exec. Committee: _____ Approved by Exec. Committee: ________ Submitted Academic Senate: _____ Approved by Academic Senate: ________ ATC Members Present: Chris Sales (chair), Soheil Boroushaki, Xiyi Hang, Peri Klemm, Joel Krantz, Uma Krishnan, Stephen Kutay, David Miller, Iswari Pandey, Henk Postma, Kyle Shaver; Absent: Khachik Kamalmazyan, Norm Herr Executive Secretary: Hilary Baker; Recording Secretary; Celene Valenzuela; Permanent Guest: Deone Zell; Guests: Ron Phillips, Ben Quillian, Paul Schantz 1. Announcements a. CSUN Technology Fair – Quillian invited all to attend the upcoming CSUN Technology Fair. The fair has been scheduled for Thursday, May 28th from 9:30am to 2:00pm at the USU, Grand Salon. 2. Approval of Minutes – The minutes from the February 6, 2015; April 3, 2015 ATC meetings and the March 6, 2015 ATC/ACAT joint meeting were approved without amendments. 3. Chair Report a. ACAT Meeting Update – Sales shared that this was the last ACAT meeting with retiring Provost Hellenbrand, focused on the AppJam Competition, campus space refresh, the IT Survey data, and wireless payment options for students. Sales added that the IT Survey data will be further discussed with the incoming Provost. 4. VP/CIO’s Report a. Technology Changes Impacting Faculty -­‐ Summer and Fall (https://mycsun.box.com/changes-­‐impacting-­‐fac) – Philips highlighted the technology projects that may impact faculty during the summer and fall semester. During the summer, faculty and staff can install Microsoft Office at no cost on up to 5 PC or Mac personal devices. Apple mobile device users can also install the Microsoft Office App to edit and store files in myCSUNbox accounts. A new Moodle theme will be more mobile-­‐responsive and ADA accessible. Starting in Fall 2015, CSUN will rollout a new Virtual Private Network (VPN). b. AppJam Update (http://www.csun.edu/it/appjam) – Zell shared that the AppJam Showcase and Award Ceremony held on April 30, 2015 in the Oviatt Library Presentation Room was a great success. Twenty four student teams participated in the competition with top prize winners announced as Matador Patrol for Student Life and uCarPool for Student Finance. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZoU_bApBsE) & (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbC-­‐
GOfhD4c). Kutay congratulated all who were a part of planning the competition. 5. Discussion Topics a. Audio or Video Captioning – Klemm provided background on requests made to her chair to fund captioning, for five videos, adding that new forms of support will need to be offered if new captioning services become available to faculty. Postma noted that the university should already have these types of programs in place since students are presently enrolled in courses that require transcripts. Kutay noted that there are high costs associated with developing transcripts and captioning videos. b. Chancellor’s Office Course Redesign Opportunities – Zell provided an update on the CSU Course Redesign with Technology Committee. The focus of the program is to provide campuses with opportunities to implement courses that show promise of improving student success. The Chancellor’s Office course redesign is continuing to support faculty across many disciplines. As the campus coordinator, Zell is responsible for helping faculty with RFP submissions and resolving campus questions related to Course Redesign. Zell added that Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) are submitted to the Provost. c. Agenda Topics for Next Academic Year – Sales opened the discussion for possible agenda topics for the next academic year and announced the new ATC members: Ashley Greg, representing Electrical & Computer Engineering and Tara Fahmie, representing Psychology. He added that the first meeting for the next Academic Year is scheduled be held on Friday, September 11, 2015. The committee agreed on Sequoia Hall 250A as the meeting location for ATC in AY 15-­‐16. d. ATC Chair Election – Sales was the only candidate nominated for the ATC chair role in AY 15-­‐16. The committee unanimously voted Sales to serve as chair for the upcoming academic year. 6. Department/College Issues – None. 7. Policy – None 8. New Business -­‐ None Meeting adjourned at 2:59pm