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Action item
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Rationale
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Responsibility
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1 Install Wireless Access
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Install
wireless segment to the network on campus.
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Provide
faculty, staff and students with wireless access to the Internet
from several locations on campus.
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Information
Technology
Instructional
Technology
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2. Develop Rotation Plan for
Office and Employee Computer Replacement
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Review
the current process for obtaining computers for offices and
departments. Develop a
rotation plan based on equipment needs.
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Some
of our office computers are over 5 years old and are unable to
support current software.
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Administrative
Affairs
Academic
Affairs
Student
Affairs
Instructional
Technology
Information
Technology
Academic
Deans
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3. Obtain and Install Internet
Conferencing in two areas; from the desktop and a conference room.
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A.
Install at least one Internet Teleconferencing room on campus.
B.
Make available resources to conduct Internet conference calls from
the desktop.
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Holding
MnSCU meetings via the Internet will save travel expenses to St.
Paul.
Having
this resource available will allow our employees to collaborate with
colleagues on other campuses.
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Information
Technology
Facilities
Instructional
Media
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4.
Install a better centralized personal scheduling system.
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Install
a personal scheduling system that would allow users to share their
calendars with others and provide ‘hot-sync’ capabilities with
PDAs.
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The
current calendaring system is six years old.
If it crashes, we are not sure we could recover.
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Information
Technology
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5.
Provide Adequate Printing Services – Black & White and Color..
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Obtain
high volume printers for campus use.
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Many
of the offices printers are old and unable to produce quality
printed material.
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Vice
Presidents
Information
Technology
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6.
Provide Text Scanning Capabilities.
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Provide
hardware and software to scan text documents into a computer in an
editable format.
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Many
older documents are not available in electronic form.
We have to retype them.
Scanning would be a faster option.
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Instructional
Technology
Information
Technology
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7.
Improve Campus Communications – Internal and External.
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Provide
information in multiple formats to our on-campus and off-campus
audiences..
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New
methods of communications should be used to publish our image.
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Publications
Dragon
Communications Committee
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8.
Provide for Staff Professional Development and Training.
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Provide support
and encouragement for staff to incorporate technology into their
position. |
Staff training should be offered on
topics conducive to personal improvement. |
Information Technology
Human Resources |
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