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Robert,
Cornell uses the community source platform known as Kuali Mobility. It is device agnostic due to its underlying HTML5 technology and can be test-driven from here: https://kuali.org/mobility. Currently two other schools – U. Michigan and Indiana U – also use the platform, with other institutions in planning mode. If you have BYOD issues, I think you’d find it worth a look.
…Ted
Ted Dodds
CIO and Vice President
Cornell University
Happy Holidays to one an all. If you can do me the favor of a reply it will be deeply appreciated.
I am putting together a proposal on a Technology fee and would like to understand the following:
1. Do you have a Technology Fee in place today at your institution? If so how long has the fee been in place?
2. What is the amount of the fee?
3. How is the fee constructed is it by semester, by credit hour etc…?
4. Is it a standalone fee just for the IT department or is it combined with other areas/items either related to IT or non IT-related
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We are in the process of updating our Document Retention Guidelines. Below are some IT related guidelines that were part of original retention guidelines from many years ago. We do not currently maintain records of individual computer program usage and I am wondering if this is really necessary.
Does anyone else have similar or hopefully more useful Document Retention Guidelines related to IT that you would be willing to share?
Electronic Data Processing |
| Electronic data processing planning, development, management, review and evaluation records documenting... |
Colleagues
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This needs several long conversations, but I’ll touch on the high points:
- Generally, the firms that help get you up and running require a long-term contract (think 5-10 years)
- They provide the marketing and call center services to attract and retain students, skills that many schools would need to learn on their own (which many schools don’t have the energy/desire to do, at least initially)
- They often provide the programmers to build your e-courses, but the school provides the course content
- They usually incur the upfront costs, but after the courses are written, they make a...
Brad,
Thanks for sharing!
- Mac -
Keith W. McIntosh, MBA
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
and Chief Information Officer (CIO)
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Information Technology
Pima County Community College District
kwmcintosh@pima.edu
Butler University is in the process of purchasing policy management software for the campus (not just IT).
Anyone using PowerDMS or PolicyTech and could share something about their experience? Or decided against these in favor of something else?
The following is critical to us:
· The ability to draft policies and procedures and route for changes and approval
· The ability to track our policies and procedures are compliant with standards such CALEA, HIPAA, etc.
· The ability to develop training materials
...Colleagues,
Our college librarian wants to implement a library privacy policy which covers the use of library computers. I believe it’s directly contradictory to most institutions’ AUPs (we have an old one, but I’ve been looking at others to re-write ours).
Here’s the proposed text of the library privacy policy (highlights by me):
In accordance with common standards of privacy, the Code of Ethics of the American Library Association, and the California Government Code (Sections 6267 and 6254), we recognize that the library records of Menlo College students, faculty, staff, and other library patrons are confidential. These records include, but are not limited to, circulation records, interlibrary loan records, and information stored by patrons on the Library's computers....
We are currently managing our departmental passwords (think service accounts, online services, etc) in keepass (an encrypted password management tool). However, it is clearly not for enterprise. There can only be one password, there is no way to control access or audit what has been viewed, etc. I’d love to have a tool that can do all of those and still store the passwords in a trustworthy way.
What are you using to solve this problem?
On a related note do you have a password strength/rotation policy for service accounts? (i.e. Accounts used by computers for computers, say the account that runs scheduled tasks on some server somewhere.)
Travis Wooley
Director of Information Technology
Florida Hospital College of Health...
Colleagues,
We were fortunate this year to able to send 12 people to Educause, including 6 first-timers, and some of our younger staff. Everyone got energized, attended great sessions, met new people, came back full of ideas. We are going to hold a debriefing on Friday to share our experiences and how we can put some of what we learned into practice. But, yes, we are also back at work…and you know how the buzz and promise can dissipate quickly.
Do any of you have good practices to share on how we can convert all that new knowledge and enthusiasm into our ongoing work? This is a phenomenon not exclusive to Educause; it can happen anytime someone returns from a professional development activity, a visit to another campus, or whatever.
It’s clear we need a better...
The Chessboard discussion has been very engaging. Just prior to that I volunteered to organize an above the campus discussion about shared support services. Thus far 11 schools are participating. I will be scheduling a Connect session to start off this discussion. Anyone else interested in attending the kick-off online session?
Sue
Sue B. Workman, Associate Vice President
Office Vice President and CIO, Indiana University
(812) 855-0913 (IU Bloomington) (317)278-9099 (IUPUI) (812)325-3928 (Cell)
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Hi folks,
Have any of you had to put in Panic Buttons? Can you recommend sources?
Rebecca Ramos
Assistant Vice President Information Technology
401-865-2780
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All,
Was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their e-mail retention policy. With FOIA requests, eDiscovery, etc., seems that we need to keep email access for longer periods of time. Do any of you use any kind of hierarchical storage models (online, near-line, long-term archival, etc.) regarding email?
I apologize if this has been brought up in the past, but if it has, maybe someone can point me to the thread (for some reason, my forum search keeps timing out).
Thanks...
Good Morning Colleagues,
I’ve recently entered the exciting world of higher education, after working 26+ years in healthcare. I was even more excited to learn that there’s a true spirit of collaboration amongst those of us that try to do the best with what we have in I.T.
One of my first tasks, as you can imagine, is to draft our I.T. strategic plan. I was wondering if any of you would be willing to share yours, just so I have a starting point and can learn from those that have walked before me. One of you has already been so gracious, but my VP would like a sampling of 4-5 as a starting point. My e-mail is below if you’re more...
Many institutions have already used information technology to achieve efficiencies. But "transformation" is a word du jour. Information technology allied with process reengineering and continuous improvement is the pathway to transformation. All aspects of higher education are being transformed, including teaching and learning, scholarship, research, institutional advancement, admissions, and administrative services. Information technology is never sufficient, but is almost always necessary, for those transformations to have both efficient and effective outcomes.
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I think this topic lines up tightly with the previous discussion about...
Is anyone aware of any amusing videos on computer security in the workplace? I’m specifically interested in something that would help motivate people to lock their workstations when they leave their work area. Thank you.
Sam Brown
UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center
IT Manager
(310) 206-6356
Colleagues,
I have gone through the CIO listserv archives with not much success. One of my previous presidents assists with the AASCU New Presidents’ Academy and has asked me to supply a reading list that will give new presidents an overview of technology in higher education (challenges and so forth). I am hoping that some of you will have some great suggestions that I could use.
Many thanks,
Frank Moore
F. X. Moore III, Ph.D.
Vice President for Information Technology, CIO and
Chief Privacy Officer
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909
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Current Issue
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