This blog is being posted earlier than usual to remind you to attend Think-In 2009 hosted by Academic Outreach, Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:00 – 12:00 in Mendenhall’s Great Room. “This is a great opportunity to network with colleagues and see some of the innovative strategies and learning technologies faculty are using to teach.” CAHS will have … Read more
In an educational institution, we make extensive use of the Fair Use Doctrine of the U.S. Copyright Law to allow us to use excerpts of copyrighted material for educational purposes and the courts have upheld this as Fair Use. However, the Fair Use Doctrine (http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html) clearly limits us to “…reproduction by a teacher or student … Read more
Academic Outreach is publishing a series on “Teaching Through H1N1” showcasing strategies that faculty throughout campus may utitlize in the event of widespread infection on campus. The series and conversations can be found here. The OET offered their suggestions for being prepared in our blog posting of September 2, 2009. Please review these suggestions and … Read more
So much email we often hit delete without even reviewing. Weekly tips from ITCS on Security are ones to be reviewed. As they have indicated
** OCTOBER is National Cyber Security Awareness Month **
Click on this link http://www.ecu.edu/itsecurity/securityaware09.cfm for information on phishing and vishing.
If you also are working from home as many of us do you might want to check out this site http://www.staysafeonline.org/content/home-users to make sure your home computer is also protected.
This article may be of interest to non-Mediasite users as well – How To Be A Better Presenter by Max Kalehoff, Friday, October 2, 2009, 10:15 AM
Working with others? Problems with attaching large files to emails. Why not set up a Sharepoint site. SharePoint is a browser-based content management system that allows groups, such as a project team or class, to set up a centralized, password-protected Web space for document sharing, online meetings, event planning and more. Sites are initially limited … Read more
You planned on showing a VHS tape in class. You popped the tape in, hit VCR on the Crestron Unit, hit Project Source and you could hear it but not see it. Unfortunately this scenario has happened in recent weeks. One way to avoid having to just listen to your tape is to have … Read more
Their homepage states “Sure, there are loads of free screen capture tools, but this is not another cheesy, spreadsheet-looking one. This one offers directness, ease of use, and does it with style.” This one works, it’s free and easy to use. PrtScr Hint: To get a square/rectangle capture press control and left click. Snag-It costs … Read more
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All the “Smart” classes have a sympodium which allow you to write directly on your PowerPoint presentation, Word document, Excel file or whatever program you might be working on. Your writing can be saved into a pdf or html file for distribution to your students. But we at OET often hear that writing on the … Read more