Distance Education/Technology Advisory Group

DETAG >> Minutes >> November 15, 2002

1. Opening remarks and announcements

• University Dining has about 20 desktop machines for surplus; please contact him if you would like to claim one (or more).
  
• Leslie will contact Donna Petherbridge from LTS to see if they will attend a DETAG meeting.

2. Distance Education & Technology Services

• Leslie's area of responsibility has been given an office name: "Distance Education & Technology Services"
  
• Leslie's title has changed from "Distance Education Coordinator" to "Director of DETS"

3. Spring 2003 Meetings

• The Group agreed to meet more frequently during the Spring Semester - every two weeks. The overall meeting time will still be two hours. However, the last 30 minutes will be used for DETAG training, and we will work to be more efficient during the first 90 minutes.

4. Web Standards

• The draft was reviewed. Several suggestions were made and will be incorporated.
  
• Starting very basic, with room to grow

• Resources will be provided for implementation (examples, training, etc)

• No official “must be completed by” date, but rather "due diligence" or "good faith effort" to complly
  
• The draft will be vetted through the Division's webmasters.

5. Division Logo and Web Design

• DETS has contracted with Creative Services for
  • a logo design
  • a new home page and design and templates for the next two layers

• DETS will define audiences, architecture, and content
  
• DETAG provided suggestions for the "channels" (or "audiences" or "portals"....pick your lingo)