Meeting-03-04-07

Date: July 3, 2007 Room: 7-5 Attending: Chris, Andy, Judy, Slav, Bihn, Robert, Geoff, and Donna (virtually) __Staff Meetings__ __From last meeting__ __Summer Projects__ · Chris and Donna are designing workshops on Office 2007 and Vista Donna confirmed enrollments for the Distance Learning projects site in Blackboard __Distance Learning Newslette__r Judy asked if the items could be categorized and Andy thought that was a great idea: it would allow users to track their own interests in the newsletter via subscription. __Website Review__ We need to review and critique our website. To this end, we can __Elluminate Live__ The department has purchased [|Elluminate] to be used as a virtual classroom in Blackboard but also to be used as a training tool and for remote support. It is java based and should run on any computer. There is a list of [|tutorials] for this application that can be found on the Distance Learning website. __Archiving__ Multimedia Services is assisting in converting archived books into a useable format. We need to explore some way to automate this process. Action> send Andy an example __Inventory__ Judy will be conducting a basic inventory and hopefully will create more space. __Unicorn__ Our dept. will be taking the lead in moving the library from the old Horizon catalogue to the Unicorn catalogue. It includes built in book software that we will be able to use for checking out equipment. Robert asked if it was bought with tech fees and Andy said “yes.” __LRC Lab__ Action> Judy will look into the possibility of re-keying some of the doors to address possible security issues with the new LRC Lab. This room is available to students, staff, and faculty for check-out like a study room.
 * Distance Learning & Multimedia Services Staff Meeting**
 * Andy’s Items:**
 * Held on a monthly basis
 * Each meeting will have a volunteer scribe
 * There is a wiki for meeting minutes
 * Wiki defined: online collaborative document
 * Q: Were issues resolved from last meeting concerning equipment check-out?
 * A: (Judy) We will know more when summer is over and we have more traffic.
 * We will use 7-5 as a training space
 * Workshops will be open to all staff, students, and faculty
 * They will take 30 minutes
 * Geoff will help with curriculum design
 * Employees will take turns writing entries for the newsletter
 * It will have an RSS feed
 * An article idea: a spotlight on multimedia equipment or software
 * A profile of an instructor, staff member or student
 * The comment piece of the blog will allows others to contribute and collaborate on the newsletter
 * Find student, staff and faculty volunteers
 * Create a survey
 * Judy’s Items:**
 * Andy:**
 * Judy:**

Meeting adjourned at 1:55