Venue: BT1.08 at 1000
Present: Jim Briggs (Chair), Steve Broadbent, Ed Kopinski, Alison White, Les Black
Apologies: Tom O'Doherty
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Actions carried forward |
Actions completed are noted in the minutes of the previous meeting. | ||
Perception server setup |
Action carried forward on AW to hunt out document. |
AW to hunt out the document | Done |
| There are still problems with setting up the Perception server. | AW to get Rick Thornton, Craig Browning and Mike Reid together to sort it out | Progressing. Had a meeting. Could be working, but Mike needs to check. Carried forward. Long-term, needs a University project to sort out. |
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Exclusive chat facilities |
It had been noted that students frequently needed exclusive chat facilities. The chat rooms in WebCT and the like were open to all students taking the course. What was needed was a chat facility that allowed students working in a group to keep others out. EK reported that Jabber might be available. |
EK to talk to JLS. | c/f |
MATLAB |
Ivan Jordanov had raised a need for additional packs for MATLAB. | AW to look at licence implications - how is it licenced? do we have/need concurrent licences? do we need more licences or just additional toolboxes? | c/f |
Lion Gate Postgraduate Centre facilities |
The machines had not been installed yet. |
EK to chase | Now up and running. |
Support policy for non-standard systems |
SB tabled a draft leaflet. EK/SB to keep working on it. | EK/SB | c/f |
IMPATICA |
Terry King has requested two copies of a product called IMPATICA (Impatica for PowerPoint, http://www.impatica.com); one for me and one for Emma DW. It is a product to add streamed sound to PowerPoint presentations that run in Web browsers (and it runs within WebCT). This is for the MSc eLT for Semster 1 next year. Clearly there will be have to be some jiggery-pockery with the WebCT server before the product is run, but whether we need just two personal copies or personal copies + server software I don't know. Please could ISO find out what we need and could you buy it. I don't think it's very expensive - they seem to have a price for education. | EK to investigate | Been ordered. |
Website rationalisation |
See http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~briggsj/ccc/students/index.htm Are all the pages up to date? Can we rationalise material duplicated between them? |
JSB to ask Mark Ferguson to permit access to pages for SB, TO and possibly LB | Done |
Policy on unused computers in labs |
SB reported complaints from students that lecturers would not allow them to use unused machines in labs during practical classes. | JSB to reiterate policy to staff | Ongoing. There have been a small number of student complaints - some about staff attitude |
Outstanding requests/orders: software |
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Outstanding requests/orders: hardware |
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Strategy/policy |
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Major projects |
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Operational issues |
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Unix passwords |
Jane Chandler says... "Please can you reconsider the mechanisms
for students accessing their Unix accounts?
It is rare for students to use Unix during their first semester with us so most will have forgotten their initial password. It is good, however, that access is available from the beginning but perhaps a genetic (sic) password would help or the password to mirror their current password." It was noted that this was under review. |
SB to feed this into the student setup review | Done. LDAP access to single password in NDS is coming, but quite a lot of work involved. |
Site support arrangements |
Jane is concerned that site support staff are coming from Mercantile to service Buckingham when there are several site support locations closer. This makes it difficult for her staff to carry equipment TO site support. | Not discussed. Carried forward | Take things to Lion Gate (satellite of Merc) |
Any other business |
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Date of next meeting |
Friday 30th April at 1000 in BT1.08 (JSB's office) |