Month: October 2021

Should you download this? Monterey?

Apple recently released its next client operating system, macOS 12 Monterey. Please continue to use the current university-supported macOS, 10.15 (Catalina) and 11.x (Big Sur), until ITCS is able to complete a full assessment of macOS 12 Monterey.

In the upcoming months, ITCS will ensure that macOS 12 Monterey meets university standards for security and application capability, and make certain this new operating system does not present challenges to ITCS’s ability to support your device.

An announcement will be made to campus when we are ready to launch macOS 12 Monterey for ECU.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or post a comment.

You’ve heard about it, maybe even read about it, now…..

Oh hey there Panopto!  Such a pleasure to finally meet you. 

As mentioned before, ECU has selected PANOPTO as our new Lecture capture software.

What is panopto And why would you use it?

Panopto is a tool integrated into Canvas that makes working with video easy, and it can be used for recording lectures or presentations, uploading an existing video, or embedding videos with content in other parts of the Canvas site.

The Panopto implementation is still in the beginning stages, but my goal is to keep you all abreast as much as I can during the process.  Next week, active Mediasite users will receive details about our transition to Panopto.  The email will include an invitation for faculty to participate in the Panopto early adopter group.  I would like to encourage all that currently use Mediasite to take advantage in this opportunity to learn more about our new lecture capture system —> Panopto. As always, if you have any specific questions regarding our transition please don’t hesitate to comment here or email me.

KJ

Goodbye Windows 10… Hello Windows 11

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Microsoft recently launched its next client operating system, Windows 11. Please continue to use the current university-supported operating system, Windows 10, until ITCS is able to complete a full assessment of Windows 11.

In the coming months, ITCS will ensure that Windows 11 meets university standards for security and application capability, and make certain this new operating system does not present challenges in ITCS’s ability to support your device.

An announcement will be made to campus when we are ready to launch Windows 11 for ECU. If you use Windows 10, we believe Windows 11 will be a natural transition and update to what you know and are familiar with as it is built on the same foundation as Windows 10.

To learn more about some of the new features check out this ARTICLE.

Every year we FALL for…..

(ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)

Okay, wow are we already almost halfway through Fall semester? What is going on?! Where is the time going? Fall break is approaching October 9th – 12th, Saturday – Tuesday with classes resuming on Wednesday, October 13th.  

During the quiet days of Fall break, if anyone is in need of any technical assistance, or simply needed answers to questions that you may have had to put on hold due to a very busy start of Fall semester please feel free to stop by my office 3360 or schedule some time with me and I will gladly assist.

In the meantime, stay up late and sleep in, travel, work if you want too, pursue a hobby, and most of all RELAX.

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Humans connect with humans right? Well…..

Humanizing Online Learning Webinar (hosted by LinkedIn Learning)
October 14 | 1:00 PM | Register for the Webinar

Description: Humanizing learning includes cultural awareness and inclusiveness, as well as social presence—the ability to interact authentically with peers across all teaching and learning. To address the structural inequalities and exclusions found in our society and in an academia, administrators, employees, instructors and students must work together to create an environment that supports all learners in their quest for safety, belonging and achievement.

Laura Gogia PhotoSpeaker: Dr. Laura Gogia, Research Director, Learning Technologies & Student Success, Tambellini Group. Dr. Gogia researches, advises, and publishes on pedagogy, student experience, and academic technology. She has extensive experience in online learning design and faculty development across higher education.

Most recently, she served as Director of LX Innovation at iDesign, where she conceived and edited the iDEA book, an open educational resource (OER) on digital instructional design for faculty and online learning professionals. Before embracing education, she practiced medicine in rural Virginia.

Did someone say emoji??…..

New Features Release for September/October 2021

 

Choose an emoji OR a text reply in a Teams conversation

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Who doesn’t enjoy adding an emoji to their conversation right?  

Teams now has the ability for users to choose an emoji OR a text reply in a Teams conversation.  Previously only available through the Teams mobile app, you can now reply to any comment in a Teams Desktop app chat through the message actions.

 

Breakout rooms presenter support

Through the desktop app, meeting organizers will be able to assign presenters breakout room management so they will be able to perform the following:

  • assign users to a room
  • add/delete a room
  • open/close a room
  • re-assign users to a room
  • send announcements
  • recreate rooms
  • set a timer
  • adjust other breakout room settings

CLICK HERE to learn more about new the TEAMS updates.