The Planning Teams and the Academic Senate will draft final recommendations to be presented to the College President and the College Planning and Budget Committee. Accept the Task Force membership, charge and timeline as stated above. Blackboard, another provider, is nearly 3 times as expensive and cannot handle as many hits. The Board of Trustees has recommended that standardization of software for online courses be considered throughout the district so that training by students and instructors be kept at a minimum, support help would be maximized and cost could be kept down. There will be a Web Taskforce meeting this week where different options will be considered.
Interested faculty are welcome to attend.
A report will be given to the Senate in two weeks at which time Warren Carter will show the Senate his on-line course. An additional, smaller version, will be placed at Golden West and McFadden. The yearly maintenance cost will be discussed at the next Sign Taskforce meeting as will the risk of vandalism. The use of PFE funds will need to be considered by the Senate. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 1-2 p.m., Humanities 114.