{"id":279,"date":"2017-11-13T11:21:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/?p=279"},"modified":"2017-11-13T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:21:18","slug":"minutes-october-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/minutes-october-20-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes, October 20, 2017 (Approved)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tA meeting of the Committee on Information Systems (CIS) was held Friday, October 20, 2017 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM in SIS260.<\/p>\n

The attendees were:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Robert Adcock (SIS)<\/li>\n
  2. Stefano Constanzi (CAS)<\/li>\n
  3. Michael Fernandez (LIB)<\/li>\n
  4. Terry Fernandez (OIT)<\/li>\n
  5. Katie Holton ( (CAS)<\/li>\n
  6. Billie Jo Kaufman (WCL)<\/li>\n
  7. Joseph Mortati (KSB)<\/li>\n
  8. Rick Semiatin (SPEX)<\/li>\n
  9. Sonja Walti (SPA) (by phone)<\/li>\n
  10. Stef Woods (CAS)<\/li>\n
  11. Alan Isaac (CAS)<\/li>\n
  12. David Rose (CTRL)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These items of business were discussed:<\/p>\n

    Chair Stef Woods opened the meeting with approval of the minutes.\u00a0 The minutes from the September 20, 2017 were approved (https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/minutes_september_20_2017<\/a><\/p>\n

    Committee members introduced themselves.<\/p>\n

    Scott Vanek, Assistant Director, e-Learning & Instructional Design Services, University Library, reported on the new features for BLACKBOARD.\u00a0 He provided an update on training (one on one; handouts, and short videos). The future enhancements will eliminate downtime for back-ups and offer a choice to faculty for the \u201cultra\u201d version.\u00a0 Many updates will be seamless to faculty.\u00a0 The e-Learning team will allow for \u201cpilots\u201d in summer, 2018.\u00a0 They will also present at the Ann Ferren Conference in January.<\/p>\n

    Alan Issac spoke briefly about the survey for AU faculty on classroom hardware\/software needs.\u00a0 Alan intends to prepare a final draft of the survey instrument and arrange to distribute the survey via OIT.<\/p>\n

    Stef presented a request from the Senate to \u201crebalance\u201d the terms of the CIS Committee to comply with Senate By-Laws and create staggered terms for chairs so there will greater stability.\u00a0 A motion was made to make the adjustments and provide an updated list of members, expiration dates of terms, and chair transitions.\u00a0 It was approved unanimously.<\/p>\n

    The next meeting will be held Wednesday, November 15, 2017 from 11AM \u2013 Noon in BL1B143, Library Administration Conference Room.\u00a0 A representative from the Registrar\u2019s office will present on classroom scheduling and modernization plans.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A meeting of the Committee on Information Systems (CIS) was held Friday, October 20, 2017 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM in SIS260. The attendees were: Robert Adcock (SIS) Stefano Constanzi (CAS) Michael Fernandez (LIB) Terry Fernandez (OIT) Katie Holton ( (CAS) Billie Jo Kaufman (WCL) Joseph Mortati (KSB) Rick Semiatin (SPEX) Sonja Walti (SPA) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}