May 6, 2014 at 9:30 AM - Technology Committee Meeting

Discussion:  Scott and Rhonda have been working with Chris Watson to sort through the final charges that apply for this past year and to establish costs for the upcoming fiscal year. The Safari Montage team is working through some Edcast issues for ESU 13 with the Learn360 links. Rhonda has started to EdCast more Nebraska titles and will monitor that transfer. We are slowly progressing in having current issues resolved.

Discussion:  This summer, Scott plans to work with NOC on statewide projects beginning with high-level design of basic services and needs in May, and plan to review/revise in the summer. Identity Management - writing specs for user provisioning system, will evaluate solutions including YAMS; Will be completing initial work for data dashboard system in about 3 weeks, then begin integration testing; Letter from Brenda Decker stating that Network Nebraska will not add the Identity Management funding as discussed and proposed to NNAG. We will continue the discussion about where this work should be supported and collaborate on ways to accomplish building this foundation statewide. The IssueView ticket system is installed and being configured for ESUCC projects. An NDE Inter-local agreement being drafted to formalize work we undertake together.

Discussion:  Renovo - we are discontinuing the Renovo contract. The committee agrees that ESUCC can continue to host the Renovo software for individual ESUs or participants who want to license the software on their own. Community colleges who are offering dual-credit courses may put content on the ESU Safari servers and could pursue licenses on an ESU area server.

Discussion:  Is pursuing a new agreement with Blackboard to reduce ongoing costs and will use a Doodle poll to schedule summer training for ESU staff who will then be able to provide support for their area schools. We look at 2014-15 as a year for RFI and side-by-side comparison of efforts. It was noted that support has been the largest problem with the existing system and will need to be addressed whether through the vendor or a distributed system. LMS is changing rapidly and Eric will work to provide frequent updates for stakeholders.

Discussion:  Dave and BlendEd chairs have meetings planned with Senator Scheer and Senator Sullivan.

Discussion:  See also Eric's staff report above. BlendEd is watching evaluation processes at Omaha Public Schools and ESU 11 and will make recommendations for future evaluations or action based on those outcomes.

Discussion:  See Ron's attached report. Chad DeWester is the NOC Chair for 2014-15 and Mike Danahy was elected Recorder. The group continues to look at opportunities for statewide collaboration and has asked for project plans and design documents for the Identity Management work. Ron report: May 6, 2014 - NOC Summary Report Identity Management Project (IdM) 1. Visualization of the Project needed a. diagram of components b. project scope and definition c. Timeline and key drivers (Data Dashboard) 2. How do we move it forward? a. talking points for discussion b. policies and compliance needs c. discussion with affected entities (NATA) Network Nebraska Bidding process concerns (Best and Final Offer and lack of benefits) Pre-bid vendor meetings Summer circuit planning Preliminary costs Training Ubiquiti AirMax - November 12 & 13 - Columbus Consolidation of Services DNS, NTP would be quick/easy SPAM & email security (Cisco IronPort) SIS & LMS & SAFARI modules were mentioned NOC Leadership Chad DeWester – NOC Chair Mike Danahy – NOC Recorder Gary Needham – NOC Liaison to ESUPDO Ron Cone – Network Nebraska Advisory Group (K12) rep for Mike Danahy

Discussion:  Meeting Adjourned at 10:04 AM.