{"id":887,"date":"2011-01-25T10:43:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/?p=887"},"modified":"2011-01-25T10:43:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T15:43:45","slug":"meeting-notes-1242011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/2011\/01\/25\/meeting-notes-1242011\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Notes 1\/24\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the outburst of posts today! But just wanted to share some news from our TAG meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n

The meeting centered around our frighteningly long to-do list and how to tackle all of TAG’s various projects.\u00a0 One of our main discussion points was how to get more faculty actively involved in TAG – so if anyone has any suggestions, please let us know! We’re hoping that our departmental meeting visits in early Spring 2011 will help us recruit more willing victims<\/del> volunteers.\u00a0 If not, we may have to cut back on our project list.<\/p>\n

Here’s a snapshot of some of the projects we’re working on, somewhat in order of priority:<\/p>\n

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  1. Transition to Microsoft Live @ Edu email<\/a>.\u00a0 This transition will have two main impacts on faculty.\u00a0 Firstly, faculty who currently use Thunderbird will need to adjust to a new interface<\/strong> (Outlook desktop client or web client).\u00a0 Secondly, IR is still exploring ways to migrate faculty email<\/strong> both from the current RoyalMail server and especially from faculty local drives to Live @ Edu cloud storage.\u00a0 TAG is figuring out the best ways for us to be involved in this transition – whether that means training faculty on the new interface, participating in discussions about migration strategies, etc.<\/li>\n
  2. Classroom Mediation Survey<\/a>. TAG is working with IR, Academic Affairs, and the CTLE to put together a survey that will determine what classroom technology is used in what classrooms, so that equipment budgets can be allocated more efficiently.<\/li>\n
  3. User ID change<\/a>. TAG’s role here will basically be to help get the word out to faculty so that no one will be surprised come March\/April when they need to log in with their R number.<\/li>\n
  4. Knowledge base<\/a>. TAG hopes to provide here on our website lists of faculty who use certain classroom technologies (see, for example, our list of campus resources on Facebook and other social media<\/a>) – so that if you’re interested in trying out a new technology tool in your classroom, you’ll know who on campus you can talk to about it.<\/li>\n
  5. Faculty websites<\/a>. TAG is working with PR to establish protocols for requesting and building faculty websites within the new CMS.\u00a0 We’re on track to have two models to show other faculty, one built using a basic template and one built using an advanced template.<\/li>\n
  6. Faculty scholarship database. Word has it that Academic Affairs is reviewing products for tracking and cataloging faculty publications. TAG hopes to provide faculty feedback on the products reviewed before a decision is made.<\/li>\n
  7. Keeping the TAG website up to date. We hope that this website becomes (if it isn’t already) a useful resource for faculty.<\/li>\n
  8. Evaluating and providing feedback on technology training for faculty.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you or anyone you know would be interested in and willing to lend a hand on any of these projects, please let us know<\/a>!<\/p>\n

    Last but not least, TAG’s next major step is to visit a department meeting in early Spring 2011 for each department on campus. We’re currently working on developing talking points for those visits. Keep an eye out for your TAG liaison<\/a> at your next faculty meeting!<\/p>\n

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