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December 07, 2017 Meeting

Agenda


Special ITC Meeting to develop a “wish list” for the five-year technology plan.

Minutes


I wish I could…

  • Submit timesheets online
  • Onboarding process for employees online
  • Student email required. That way students do not use their own personal email address
  • Know what parking spot is open, that way there’s not people circling the parking lot
  • Electronic process for event setup for IT and MNO
  • Wireless printing for students from laptop in the library
  • Students log on by email to each computer in library
  • No more free printing in the library because the cost to run and maintain the printers outweighs the money being brought in
  • Panic button for administrators, easier way to put campus on lockdown
  • Automatic lights off when you leave a room
  • Door lock automatically when you leave a room
  • Submit budget transfers online
  • Banner pop-ups for administrators, to avoid student confusion
  • Central location for professional development
  • Classroom design to be more flexible, different learning environments
  • Panic button for counselors
  • Technology to plan future for students. This would be a 2 year plan
  • Early alert to catch students who may fail
  • LMS-learning management to know what student is using
  • Online proctoring service, to prevent cheating
  • Online tutoring service 24 hrs.
  • More online video conferences, gives sense of community to students
  • Technology resources need to be available, it’s the law
  • Active learning classrooms, allows students to use own devices
  • Smart study room in the library, to help students with presentations
  • A place that students can take their technology problems
  • SLO achievement data prepopulate annual reviews
  • Easier access to Wi-Fi for students
  • Better communication between students and teachers and IT
  • Manage printing resource, reduce expense of printers
  • Restrict cell phone use in classroom, reduce cell phone use in class
  • 5 year technology replacement plan, improve reliability
  • Central Inventory System
  • Central trouble ticket system
  • Improve Data systems
  • Job descriptions posted online
  • Allow students to text instructorscounselors
  • IM on computer for staff
  • Share point- committee website
  • Outlook training for staff
  • Scanners to track students (instead of A number or sign-in)
  • Upgrade network
  • Secondary location for emergencies (for the network)
  • Faculty office computers part of 5 year plan
  • Have a loaner device plan for instructors, that way if one of their devices stops working we have the exact make and model to loan out to them
  • 5 year plan for classrooms
  • Upgrade schedule-notifications
  • Student access with counselors question and answers, live chat online
  • HDMI standard connectivity in classrooms
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