IT Governance May 2019

CSUSB Website Redesign—Robert Tenczar, Associate Vice President for Strategic Communication, Michael Casadonte, Director Digital Transformation, Ricky Courtes, Information Technology Consultant, Digital Transformation
 
VP Sudhakar provided an overview of the website redesign process from 2013 and introduced Robert Tenczar to give an overview of the thoughts and logic behind the new website design. Ricky Courtes provided an overview of the proposed new homepage design. 
 
The new design is based on the target audience being the prospective student population. The new homepage will have an image that will cover half the screen with the other half always showing content. The next steps include the team beginning roadshows for different audiences to gather feedback including students, faculty and staff. The Executive Committee provided feedback about the design and made suggestions about the roll out and the communication plan.
 
Accessible Technology Initiative Presentation—Sam Sudhakar, Vice President/CIO for ITS, Leon McNaught, ATI Coordinator
 
VP Sudhakar provided an overview and presentation of the Accessible Technology Services for students, faculty and staff with disabilities at CSUSB. Major highlights were presented as follows-- 
  

• ITS Accessible Technology provides comprehensive accessibility services at the SB and PD Campuses
  • Assistive Technology & Accessibility Center (ATAC) lab
    • including 25 adaptive workstations across SB and PD
• Accessibility Consultation for students, faculty, and staff
• Implements the CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI):
  • Web accessibility
  • Accessible Procurement of IT
  • Instructional material accessibility
• Accessibility Consultation and Collaboration
  • Work closely with Services to Students with Disabilities (SSD) and create accommodations for students, faculty and staff
  • Work with the Office of Strategic Communication, colleges and departments across San Bernardino and Palm Desert Campuses to provide video captioning
  • Provide AT licensing and technical support to SSD, Veteran’s Success Center, WorkAbility, and SAIL offices
  • Collaboration with College of Education Rehabilitation Counseling Program
• Accessible Technology Initiative Steering Committee Charge
  • The CSUSB Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator and the ATI Steering Committee work together with the campus community to accomplish progress in the following three areas:
  • Web accessibility 
  • Instructional materials accessibility 
  • Procurement of Accessible Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
• Accessible Technology Initiative Subcommittees
  • The CSUSB Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator oversees three monthly subcommittees that work together with the campus community to accomplish progress in the three ATI priority areas:
  • Web accessibility subcommittee
  • Accessible Procurement subcommittee
  • Instructional Materials subcommittee
• Building CSUSB’s Accessible Technology Organizational Capability: Present & Future
  • Accessible Technology Initiative: Capability Maturity Model
  • Annual report to CO regarding status of 158 success indicators across Web, Procurement, and Instructional Materials
  • Each Success Indicator is assigned a status level from 0 to 5
  • ATI Annual Report is a self-assessment by each campus
  • An honest assessment of capacity and progress guides CSUSB’s implementation efforts and ensures real progress

Network Upgrade Schedule Recommendation- Gerard Au, Associate Vice President for Technology Operations and Customer Support 
Gerard Au provided a draft of the Network Upgrade schedule. He stated that all work should be completed by September 11-12-2019. VP Sudhakar stated that the ITS team is working with the college technicians to work around any blackout dates or dates of impact. The schedule will be finalized in the next couple of weeks and then shared with the campus community.