IT Advisory Board meeting - January 2018

Recap from last term: 

We asked our groups to pick the top three ideas from last term that they were really interested in. Here's what they came up with (in no particular order):

  • Outdoor Wi-Fi
  • Student IST Site (and Knowledge Base)
  • More comprehensive list of student software and pricing
  • Portal App Improvements
  • Cybersecurity awareness
  • Brochures for first-years
  • Learn Document Viewer (Word Compatibility)

We asked our group to let us know what three things IST is already doing a good job of:

  • Student Portal
    • improvements are heading in the right direction
    • We like that so many things are available in one place
  • Wi-Fi has good overall speed
  • Service Desks
    • Free
    • Friendly
    • Can help with lots of problems

We asked our group to tell us three things IST can improve on:

  • More access to cheaper / free software
    • Better availability for software which is required but not available on campus 
  • Student Portal
    • Should be advertised more for first years
  • Wi-Fi 
    • We should continue to improve Wi-Fi where signal is poor, in areas like bathrooms, stairwells, etc.
    • Densely populated areas, like DC Library, or busy lecture halls, have slow Wi-F​i

We asked our group what they would like to discuss in the future:

  • Portal
  • Marketing for IST 
  • IST Security
  • Wi-Fi