Monthly Archives: April 2012
Blackboard News
PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD Recently an instructor asked if there is a place in Blackboard where instructors can go to view student activity within a course. Blackboard tracks and logs course activity—e.g., discussion board activity—and is a great place to view a … Continue reading
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Annual TWT Conference “Where Is Learning?”
The 2012 Teaching with Technology (TWT) Conference, “Where Is Learning?”, is happening on Tuesday, May 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Davidson Conference Center (check-in and breakfast from 8:15 a.m.). If you would like to be placed … Continue reading
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Teaching with Technology Events
Video@USC: Approaches to Fair Use On Friday, April 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the CST will present “Approaches to Fair Use,” its second Video@USC event. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Patricia Aufderheide, author of Reclaiming Fair Use: … Continue reading
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What’s on the Horizon in 2012 and Beyond?
The New Media Consortium (NMC) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) have published the 2012 Horizon Report for Higher Education. In the report, the Horizon Advisory Board has predicted that the following educational technologies will be widely adopted in the next … Continue reading
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Six Minutes from the 10th Anniversary Horizon Retreat
From January 24 – 26, 2012, one hundred distinguished thought leaders from all over the world came together in Austin, Texas, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Horizon Project. The NMC has posted videos of six-minute thought pieces presented … Continue reading
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Updated Computing Center Software Request Form
ITS has updated and streamlined the form used to request the installation of course-specific software in the ITS computing centers. To submit a request for instructional software for the computing centers located in Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL), Frank … Continue reading
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Invite Students to Share Presentations Online with Google Docs
When your students give presentations, do they bring in PowerPoint or Keynote files? What happens when you don’t have the right software to view the presentation—or when the embedded images don’t come through? There are a number of ways your … Continue reading
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