Think About It

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

Legal Facts!

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

H1N1

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

Safety First!

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.

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Sharepoint!

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

It Can Happen to You Too!

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

Screenshot on the go!

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

Space, space and more space!

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DID YOU KNOW that every faculty and staff has a 1 GB Piratedrive folder automatically created upon joining ECU.  On the department level you can also have space created on an ITCS server to store a department’s files.  A Piratedrive folder is much more secure than a personal workstation, laptop, USB thumb drive or external hard disk, which can easily be lost or stolen.

The Piratedrive servers are backed up each night and are fully redundant with support available 24/7.  Disaster recovery (DR) testing is conducted yearly.  Space is free of charge up to 5 GB, and additional space can be purchased at a one-time, non-recurring fee.

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