Academic Computing and Electronic Communications Meeting Minutes

Meeting Details:

Fiscal Year: FY2023
Date:
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Zoom
Minutes Recorded By: Andi Back
Minutes Approved On:

Attendance—

Attending Members

  • Andi Back, Libraries (Chair)
  • David Rahn, Geography
  • Joseph Chapes, IT Technology Manager
  • Jila Niknejad, Mathematics
  • Scott Cossel, Libraries
  • Robert Szarka, Business

Other Attendees

  • Tom Roderick, Associate Director of Strategic Development and Governance-KU IT
  • John Rinnert, Director of KU IT

Approval of Previous Minutes —

Minutes from meeting on December 19, 2022. No edits were suggested, and minutes were approved by all attending.

Unfinished Business —

Updates regarding FY23 Charges

John Rinnert suggested inviting Gina Wyant, Director of University Assessment, to a future meeting to discuss the committees’ concerns regarding privacy and Canvas. Rinnert had recently spoken with Wyant and shared a draft handbook related to assessment at KU, highlighting page 15 regarding student rights. Wyant stressed that faculty should communicate with students when assignments would be pulled from Canvas for assessment and that identification is removed. Further work needs to be done to anonymize research studies, for example speech videos. There is currently no model in place to search the learning management system for content, at present this is all done with faculty/departments voluntarily.

New Business —

Agenda items for February Meeting

The committee came to a consensus to invite Gina Wyant, Director of University Assessment and Ed Hudson, CISO, to the remaining spring meetings to further our work towards the FY23 charges.

Open Discussion

No open discussion ensued.

The meeting then adjourned with a plan to meet again in mid-January 2023.

ACEC - Jan. 27, 2023