Faculty Association Committee Minutes

Present:

Katharine Brown, Catherine Cavanaugh, Rusty Smith, Paul Harwood, Diane Tanner

Absent:

Jim Alderman, Dale Clifford

Old Business

Minutes approved.

The January UTC meeting was cancelled, therefore no report.

The new Distance Learning Committee (under Academic Affairs) is working on a marketing plan to engage the university community in distance learning activities.

Updates from ITS on the following old business:

a.	Template for standardized classroom technology documentation has been returned to John Sharp but is not complete. If there is no action on this before the next UTC meeting, a request will be made for ITS to elevate this task. It was also noted the web pages for technology classrooms is not accurate (up-to-date), i.e. new room in 14/E is incorrect.
b.	Campus Audio Visual - no report
c.	New technology classrooms (4) - no good or bad reports have been heard, therefore it is assumed these classrooms are being utilized for Spring term without problems.

New Business

Bylaws change - A change is necessary to reflect the inclusion of a faculty representative from this committee on the new Distance Learning Committee. The following addition (underlined text) will be submitted to the next Faculty Association meeting for first reading.

ARTICLE VI - COMMITTEES
SECTION 4.

E. The Campus Technology Committee shall review and recommend policies, regulations, and practices concerning technology support, classroom, library, and computer lab technology, distance learning, academic and career advisement, instructional media, telephony and communication services, and any other academic technology services, and shall be advisory to the Office of Faculty Enhancement/Center for Instruction and Research Technology OFE/(CIRT), meeting regularly with its Director. The chairperson of this committee shall serve as one of the faculty representatives on the University Technology Committee. A member of this committee shall serve as one of the faculty representatives on the Distance Learning Committee.

Network Acceptable Use (NAU) policy - CTC agreed to participate in the development of network use policies but has not set out a plan for completing this task. Reps from other areas must be included (student, staff, technical, housing, etc.) The Security Action Team has completed a draft of security issues, which will be sent to CTC via e-mail to review. All CTC members will be added to the NAU Blackboard course to see the materials and documents collected by the NAU Action Team in 2003. Review the Bb site and draft and prepare to discuss a plan for completion at the next meeting.

Questions

Question: Plagiarism software. CCOB and some departments in COAS have purchased licenses for turnitin.com to monitor plagiarism. It may be appropriate to reconsider an institutional license. Much of the freeware available during the previous evaluation of software is no longer free. (Ask CIRT & ITS)

Question: Faculty Orientation. Have we heard anything on the status of our request to include C-techs and a presentation on technology classrooms in the Faculty Orientations? Katharine will contact Joanne Campbell and report back next meeting.

*** Spring schedule - 2 nd Thursday @ 10am (week after Faculty Assoc meets)
*** Spring meeting dates: Jan 13, Feb 10, March 10, April 14, May 12