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AI-Based Security Cameras

Posted By Jameson Watkins 04-08-2024 12:00:00 PM
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Hi – We've been looking at replacing some key campus security cameras with AI-based options that have facial and license-plate recognition capabilities and cloud-based storage. The demos we've seen are mind-blowing (and a little frightening). Have any of you made the transition? How has it gone? Looking ...

RE: web directory tools

Posted By Jameson Watkins 02-15-2024 02:55:41 PM
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At a previous institution we went that route and built a custom web application for folks to edit parts of their own entries and also display/hide attributes and display others for on-campus (IP-based) only. And then we got into proxy access for others' records, because admin assistants in some areas ...

RE: ITSM Presentation to Non-IT Service Depts

Posted By Jameson Watkins 08-22-2023 01:13:50 PM
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Just what I was looking for, Bob. I'm stealing a few bullet points here and there. Thank you! Jameson Watkins Chief Information Officer Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences jmwatkins@pnwu.edu | Teams Chat | www.pnwu.edu

ITSM Presentation to Non-IT Service Depts

Posted By Jameson Watkins 08-22-2023 09:19:00 AM
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Hi everyone, I'm preparing a slide deck for a presentation to non-academic departments on campus that are interested in some form of service management. Before I started hacking away at creating a wheel, I thought I'd check with this group to see if anyone could share if they've done something similar. ...

RE: SharePoint Forms Solution

Posted By Jameson Watkins 08-01-2023 04:14:35 PM
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I'd be concerned about trying to do too much with advanced forms in SharePoint; it'd be an enormous effort that hinges on Microsoft not changing any of that environment from under you, which you know will happen and without warning. At some point custom C# web apps make more sense with a longer, ...

RE: NSC Breach

Posted By Jameson Watkins 07-12-2023 09:39:05 AM
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Thanks. That's not how I understand how the MoveIt service works, but would welcome another opinion. It seemed on the surface to me that MoveIt is an ETL tool that uses SFTP or similar service to connect to institutions' SIS to pull appropriate data, transform it, and move it to NSC systems. The ...

RE: NSC Breach

Posted By Jameson Watkins 07-12-2023 09:10:34 AM
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Hi everyone, Has anyone heard any more details from NSC? Last week I requested a list of compromised users and what data was taken, and they said they're still working on it. Many states have a 30-day notification law, which as of today gives us two weeks to notify. Wondering if anyone has received ...

RE: Has anyone installed or investigated Learning Pathways?

Posted By Jameson Watkins 05-12-2023 09:33:11 AM
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We implemented as well about 3-4 years ago and incorporated into our SharePoint-based intranet. The integration was easy and works well. As far as content goes, I would say it's not a bad introduction to M365 services, but it in no way replaces any sort of training. It's really a collection of well-produced ...

RE: ChatGPT and its impact

Posted By Jameson Watkins 12-14-2022 12:59:24 PM
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Hi George, I've been following ChatGPT, too. I've played with it myself to create a passable DEI statement and an intro to a strategic plan, both of which are good examples where clichés and truisms are common and no one would blink twice at their content (and provenance). The Atlantic has several ...

RE: Cell Phone Policy

Posted By Jameson Watkins 10-06-2022 09:46:57 AM
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Here's our mobile device stipend policy: https://www.pnwu.edu/about/policy-library/mobile-device-stipend-policy/ Stipends are the way to go for almost everyone – you do not want to buy new phones when they're dropped by their kid or argue upgrade needs when the latest iPhone drops. We only pay for ...

Consultants for HRIS/ERP Assessment

Posted By Jameson Watkins 10-05-2022 01:04:38 PM
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Hi everyone, I'm looking for recommendations for consultant groups focused on HRIS/ERP readiness assessments. We're aware of CampusWorks but looking for other vendors to compare. Things we're looking for in an engagement include change management, staff skill level requirements, FTE count, process ...

RE: How to handle growing list of supported applications

Posted By Jameson Watkins 07-18-2022 08:07:23 AM
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We try to head off departments purchasing applications/services without IT knowledge at several fronts. First, we include info in annual budget director and cybersecurity trainings that all software/hardware needs to be reviewed and approved by IT. Our second line of defense is a good relationship with ...

RE: Course evaluation software

Posted By Jameson Watkins 06-29-2022 02:15:34 PM
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We just signed a contract for Watermark's course survey tool to be implemented for fall semester. We evaluated Qualtrics as well but the cost was prohibitive for us. Jameson Watkins Chief Information Officer Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences 509.249.7719 jmwatkins@pnwu.edu | Teams ...

RE: EHR for Case-Based Learning??

Posted By Jameson Watkins 06-07-2022 10:48:34 AM
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Hi Tracy, We use MedAffinity. We went down the path of trying to get our students access to a dev environment of Epic run by some of our partners, and it was a non-starter for some of the reasons you described below. An EHR is not an educational tool. We found it was easier to mimic Epic screens ...

RE: Web Site Creation Policies

Posted By Jameson Watkins 03-21-2022 11:48:02 AM
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Hi Jennifer, We had this problem at my former (larger, more complicated) institution more so in the earlier days of the web. You should have a governance policy in place making it clear there is an authorization process before creating new sites, but unfortunately the folks that need to seek out ...

RE: Thoughts on right-sizing the new Safeguards Rule for smaller colleges

Posted By Jameson Watkins 02-14-2022 09:18:30 AM
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Hi Keith, Appreciate you sending this update to the group – I was not aware of the changes. We too are a small private non-profit. After reviewing the elements in 613.4 (it's page 37 of the linked PDF) the good news is the requirements are in line with just about any of the cybersecurity frameworks ...

RE: Employee directories

Posted By Jameson Watkins 02-09-2022 03:00:34 PM
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Hi Joe, At my former institution pulling data from AD for a public-facing web directory wasn't an option, as it wasn't kept up to date and didn't reflect multiple other affiliated organizations that needed to be in our directory but weren't in our AD. We built a custom web application in .Net and ...

RE: Moving on Premise Backup disk-disk-tape tp disk-disk-cloud

Posted By Jameson Watkins 10-26-2021 02:15:32 PM
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We switched from on-prem backups to a combination of Veeam and BackBlaze cloud storage, though we're only doing 25 terabytes (typing 'only' in front of 25 terabytes seems amazing to me). One option to consider if you haven't already is a tiered approach of hybrid solutions based on criticality of ...