Ocotillo Chairs Meeting

February 9, 2001
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
District Office Room 311

Welcome and Introductions

attendees:

Pat Case - RSC
Jose Candanedo - GWCC
Brad Kincaid - MCC
Marybeth Mason - MCLI
Nancy Matte - PC

Pam Petty - CGCC
Tracy Price - MCLI
Doug Sawyer - SCC
Gloria Stahmer - GWCC
Roger Yohe - EMCC

MyMCC (Portal) Demo

Brad Kincaid, MCC
URL: http://www2.mc.maricopa.edu/mymcc/

This site supports learning and teaching at MCC.
Establishes a campus-wide intranet.
Provides a single access point for information and services.
Provides current and dynamic information via database connectivity.
Is fully authenticated, and
uses a Virtual Desktop

In order to fully access this site, you must be "tied" to MCC [i.e., Faculty, Admin, or Student]. Faculty members can add scrolling messages for up to two weeks onto their course web sites.

Portal Features

MyMCC Campus News
MyCLASSES Course Tools
MyMAIL - Web Based
MyLINKS - General at this time

MyCLASSES - Course list [including times and locations] for students and faculty, Course Tools, such as WebCT, Webboard, Class roster, , Messaging utilities and archives. The Course Links are in development.

MyMAIL - Web-based access to imap accounts, 10 MB of storage for each individual, can use Netscape Messenger, and can be used as web space for students.

MyLINKS - Registration, Academic Departments, MCC Catalog, International Education Office, the Help Desk, the Student Newspaper and Handbook, Class Schedules, the Campus Calendar, Financial Aid information, Campus Activities, the Bookstore, and the Library are all online.

MyTOOLS - User-specific tools, student-oriented tools, faculty and staff tools, and context-specific messaging. This site is more for faculty at this point. There is a student look-up that shows the students picture and where they are on campus at a given moment.

There are tools for all that include: Account creation and maintenance; Course lists and tools, Context specific messaging, Email access, and a nickname tool.

Faculty specific tools include: Course tools like WebCT, Webboard, Netscape Collabra, and CBT; Downloadable rosters, and Course messaging.

Administrator and staff tools include: Student look-up [campus security], VA benefit tools, Course listings by prefix, division, and location, and Group administration tools.

MyMCC has an Applications server [CITRIX & SunRay], Class roster pictures, Automatic course and instructor specific links, current project tools and guest accounts all in the works.

Ocotillo Retreat 2001

Doug Sawyer

May 22, 2001 at Paradise Valley Community College - Nuts and Bolts approach to solving various online problems through presentations and hands-on demonstrations by fellow faculty members.

May 23, 2001 at South Mountain Community College - This day will be filled with topical discussions on various technology and challenges with focus discussions in the afternoon on college roundtable activities and connections to district strategic issues.

A more in-depth description will be sent out separately in the next week. Refer to:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/retreat01/

Streamlining of Technology Purchases

Doug Sawyer
Doug met with Rufus Glasper. The system is set-up in a way that you can begin to make future year requests in or around April 15th. If you have any technology related purchase questions, please contact Ren Carlson, x18519, he can help you with purchases.

Dialogue Day Report

Marybeth Mason, MCLI
The agenda is set and listed on the Dialogue Day web site:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/dd/tech01/

Registration via the web site has nearly reached the 100 person maximum and we hope to repeat as many presentations as possible at the May retreat.

Monthly Technology Spotlight

Doug Sawyer
Each chair will report out at the meetings as well as provide a "feature article" for the Ocotillo web site to promote college best practices, and/or to showcase a colleges use of technology. A draft format is on-line at
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/spotlight/

Tentative schedule for 2001 is

February - Paradise Valley
March - Scottsdale
April - GateWay
May - South Mountain
June - Glendale
July - summer break, no issue off
August - Estella Mountain
September - Mesa
October - Chandler Gilbert
November - Phoenix College
December - Rio Salado

Survey Update

Doug Sawyer
Doug shared a draft of the Technology Survey. He asked for feedback as soon as possible. Maricopa will survey former students on their technology experience. Scottsdale will be administering the survey. Five thousand survey's will go out, it will be a random sample of the population. Mesa has a survey in the works as well.

Blackboard Group Report

Roger Yohe
Notes from the last Blackboard meeting were distributed. You can find more information about the status of the project and upcoming meeting dates at:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/bb/

Note that we will be holding the April meeting at Mesa Community College as the first step in broadening the group to an Ocotillo Online Learning Group.

Adjourn

Next meeting
March 9, 2001
2:00 - 4:00 PM
District Office, Room 311