Meeting Agenda for November 29, 2010
**what will be the consequences of reducing the number of people who have permissions on course websites? write something up for Justin to send to Paul and others.
Should we drop our Internet 2 service and increase Internet 1?
- Are faculty using any of the I2 capabilities?
- Do faculty apply for grants that require I2?
- How easy is it to reinstate?
Update on goals for the external review
- affirming the classroom experience at amherst
- does IT have the staff necessary
- how does amherst remain at the forefront of IT while supporting classroom instruction?
Close video analysis tool for Film and Media studies courses
Alternative to SPSS --> web-based interface to R
Opening access to course e-reserves during add/drop.
- request access without data input into datatel
- instructor approval required for students to access course materials during add/drop
What to do with faculty pages when faculty are no longer associated with the College.
Electronic course packs --> laptops in the classroom
ATS projects for coming year
- Virtual Computing Lab project
- Replacement for Wimba
- Presentation tool -- https://wsgdev3.amherst.edu/dru6-mg/
- iLogger -- http://www.ats.amherst.edu/ilogger/scott/map/
- Augmented Reality Gaming
- Cityscapes mapping application (Tokyo and Paris)
- Big Blue Button --> webconferencing tool in CMS
- Lecture capture
- R workshops for faculty
- SimQuabbin project (pending Dept. of Ed. proposal)
- Cathedral Builder 2.0
- NEH proposal --> Semantic search and visual browsing interface
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