It’s Live, NOW!

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Did you know that all Mediasite recordings are broadcast live?  Students who have access to the catalog for a course can click on the lecture link and view the presentation.  While viewing live students have the ability to click the “Ask a Question” icon and send their question directly to the instructor.  Mediasite will automatically … Read more

Videoconference – Here and Now!

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Where – HSB 1355 When – M – F,  7:30 – 6:30 or by special request Who – you, your colleagues located here or anywhere How – Contact our office and we will assist in getting you setup once you have contacted Vicki Johnson first for room reservation.

IS it ON or OFF?

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Edit Mode – the way you add content, make changes, etc in Blackboard 9.  It is the button located in the upper right of all Blackboard pages.

Something old, something new

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Old – Blackboard 8 New – Blackboard 9 Your content will remain but the way you edit it, add to it, delete has changed.  Come to one of OET’s short training sessions or check our our Blackboard 9 blog where you can view a presentation.

Just a little tip . . .

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You have moved up in the technological world and now have two monitors.  So now you want to compare two word documents, two powerpoint presentations or two excel files but they still open in the same window.  In order to have multiple windows open of an application you must open the application the long route … Read more

PowerPoint through History

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Do your students’ eyes glaze over during your PowerPoint presentation?  Are you the executioner in a “Death by PowerPower” scene?  Even if your answers to these questions are “No,” check out this slideshow on  Do’s and Don’ts for PowerPoint presentations.  There are some other interesting videos on this site, too.

is that all there is? Not just for recording lectures . . .

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Mediasite recorders and recording software are great tools for lecture capturing for delivering to Distance Ed students as well as lecture review for Face to Face students.  But is that all there is? With the addition of two portable recorders the College of Allied Health Sciences has 12 recorders, 10 in classrooms and 2 portables … Read more

It’s a bird . . . .

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I have been in Blackboard 9 training for the past day and a half and since there is plenty of BB9 information available right now I decided to make this week’s blog a bit lighthearted and share something I came upon in my Google reader.  Just a little distraction as we near the end of … Read more

E-Portfolio

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At ECU we are using I-Webfolio to create electronic portfolios and in Allied Health the Department of Occupational Therapy now has the Class of 2011 and 2012 using the system. “Electronic portfolios allow students to collect evidence of learning outside the classroom so they don’t need to be tied to the classroom to learn. The … Read more

There be dragons…

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Our department, as Mediasite content managers, have recently been reminded of certain copyright issues.  For those of you who record classes, either with Mediasite or other means, there is a wrinkle in the copyright law that you should be aware of.  Those who teach in face-to-face classrooms have a great deal of power to use copyrighted material under Section 110 of the copyright law.  They can, for example, legally show entire Hollywood movies as part of their class presentation.  However, once a “digital network” becomes involved (such as for transmitting the performance to a place outside the classroom, such as a distance student watching live, or a digital recorder or server that contains a copy of the performance), Section 110 places a load of restrictions on the teacher.  The nature of these restrictions is too complex to discuss here but I will be glad to discuss them with anyone who asks.

From the perspective of the professor recording a course, BE CAREFUL.  You can show the in-class students an episode of “Seinfeld” or “Gone with the Wind,” for example, but you cannot place this on your Mediasite

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