The meeting was called to
order at
No changes were requested
to the minutes of the
Cohn suggested that a
program might be useful in the
Security
Draus reported that the group identified two areas of
concern. They first want to survey what other schools are doing in security.
They are also concerned about transmission of grades over the network without
encryption. Could these grades be held on a more secure section of the network?
Walton suggested that AAU schools be surveyed. The subcommittee was asked to
assemble the necessary questions and submit to Klinzing.
Bandwidth
Hoelzeman invited other Council members to attend the
next meeting of this subcommittee scheduled for Friday, February 9 at
Systems Failure
Cohn reported that this group will be interviewing contacts from the units to
document the effects of previous failures. An alert should be placed on CourseInfo to warn users of potential problems.
Walton reported that the
residence halls and labs have been equipped with DS3 line. With this change,
the performance issues seem to be solved.
Blackboard 5
implementation is still underway. The equipment is being configured to support
high availability. CSSD is also working on improved software distribution.
The modem pool does not
permit concurrent logins and the peak usage limit is at 2 hours. Council
members expressed concern that faculty are reporting that they are being kicked
off prior to reaching the 2-hour limit.
Six hubs have been
upgraded as part of the gigabit upgrade. Buildings in these hubs are being scheduled
for upgrade. There will be budget implications due to additional ports, card
replacements, and elimination of thin wire.
Sereika suggested that Council look at
the possibilities of using Educart for instruction.
Klinzing will contact Diane Davis to arrange a demonstration.
A concern was voiced
concerning the difficulty of reporting grades within CourseInfo.
The meeting adjourned at