What is My Mediasite? Isn’t it Desktop Recording?

My Mediasite What it does My Mediasite  provides tools for managing your recordings.  All faculty have access to My Mediasite and the ability to download the Desktop Recorder.  Even if you do not use desktop recordings you are able to manage your semester recordings via the  My Mediasite  web page. By clicking on the title of your … Read more

Need to Know?

Is there some technology you need to learn about or that your students need to become familiar with?  Well check out Lynda.com’s library of resources.  lynda.com is an online learning company that helps anyone learn software, design, and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. ECU has a subscription and it is available to … Read more

So what’s next?

Interesting article from Campus Technology “The 6 Most Important Technologies To Impact Teaching and Learning in the Next 5 Years“. These technologies include virtual assistants, flipped classrooms, gamification, the quantified self and 3-D printing.  Many of our faculty are using the flipped classroom mode check out the article for more information on using this teaching … Read more

Lync – what does it do?

Or rather what does it not do?  This program which loads on many of our computers is an easy-to-use and versatile communication tool. Available to students, faculty and staff, Lync integrates seamlessly with email, calendar and the ECU address book to allow instant text messages, video conferences, online presentations and more. Lync also allows collaborative desktop sharing for quick … Read more

Happy New Year and Happy New Rooms!

Many of our most popular classrooms were refreshed over winter break.  The refresh included a new monitor which is actually a “Smart Board” letting you annotate on any screen displayed on the computer, save your annotations and share!   The new Document Camera by Wolfvision is much sleeker than the old one, has an enhanced … Read more

Best IPad office apps under $5

Just an article I came upon yesterday – here are some of the highlights – Office in the cloud: CloudOn File manager: GoodReader PDF markup: GoodReader Note-taking: Notability Calculator: Calculator Original Do you have these want to learn more just check out this article or contact this office.

Have you tried?

The new touchscreen monitor in HSB1345, just swipe your finger across and advance your PowerPoint slides.  You can annotate with either the pen (which I only know where it is hidden) or your finger.  HSB classrooms are due for refreshing and 1345 is a preview. You also can use the new feature AirMedia which allows … Read more

AU REVOIR!

Yes I am speaking French as I am leaving for a trip to Southern France tomorrow! My student worker Kayla Boyer, boyerk10@students.ecu.edu will be covering my phone and office while I am gone.   I will be back in the office on Monday, October 14.  Mediasite recordings will be monitored by her and the ITCS … Read more

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