Call for Proposals

The CHECK (Conference on Higher Education in Kansas) annual conference is scheduled for May 22 - 23, 2019 at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS. We invite you take an active role and participate in the conference by submitting a proposal for a (45-minute long) presentation. The deadline for submitting a presentation proposal is February 25.

Please submit your proposal above.

The CHECK Planning Committee (CPC) has developed a list of suggested topics to get you started:

IT Administration

• IT governing structures – who is on the committee? Do they set policy?
• Mobile self-service or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
• Policy & compliance
• Cloud software licensing
• The future of IT
• Data warehouse best practices

IT Security

• Security campaign
• Multifactor authentication
• Security tools
• Data management
• Dealing with FERPA/HIPAA requirements
• Vulnerabilities
• System scanning

User Services

• Desktop management on an enterprise scale
• Help desk best practices
• IT inventory and asset management
• IT training models
• ITIL and other best practice frameworks for managing IT services
• Mobile apps for higher education
• Using the Office 365 suite for collaboration
• NOCs and monitoring systems
• Open textbook initiatives and IT’s involvement
• Remote desktop support
• Virtualizing our world

Disaster Recovery

• Building a disaster recovery plan
• Planning for disasters
• Implementing disaster recovery

IT Communications

• Accessibility
• Collaboration between Kansas institutions
• Collaboration with cities or local entities
• e-textbooks
• How to prepare for the one-to-one generation (their expectations in terms of IT needs and IT infused into instruction)
• Improvements to business processes/work flow
• Marketing IT services
• Website
• Social media
• Video conferencing/lecture capturing

Server and Application Services

• Access request system (Identity Management)
• CAS (Single Sign On)
• Data storage including a discussion of cloud services (Evernote, DropBox, box.net, etc.)
• Digital signage
• Digital signatures
• Enterprise solutions (email, student systems, financial systems, content management systems, etc.)
• Learning management system
• Linux server patch management and maintenance
• Office 365 in higher education
• Pay-for-print, or campus printing solutions (for students)
• Streaming server solutions/implementations
• Software asset management
• Software licensing compliance

Additional Topics

• QA Testing for upgrades, etc.
• Central IT working in decentralized environments
• Google in higher ed
• Innovations worth touting
• Managing projects
• Open source
• Wireless network challenges, evolution, and strategies