She also stated that when using ID numbers to identify students in any way, no more than three sequential numbers from a SS number may be used. TED may want to consider holding training sessions on handling student information. Students and faculty may find some very useful information here. Testing the Palette image at the end of fall semester seems to have made for a smoother start of the semester. Far fewer problems have been reported.
Work can begin on the new image as soon as copies become available.
Visual Studio upgrades need to be ready for testing in April as this package is the most difficult to incorporate into the Palette. A question was asked about upgrading the Netscape to version 6. This version does not look up addresses in our student directory, which may prove unworkable, unless we change student email. Another question was asked about the reason for not fully supporting Internet Explorer. Originally, MAC and WIN had better compatibility with Netscape, so that was the choice.