Campus
Resources:
- Blackboard 8 Server (bb.saintmarys.edu)
- Bbtest
- Bboardnew
- Zimbra
- My iGoogle
- Gmail
- Steve's LDAP
Phonebook
- Campus
Events EMS Calendar
- Class Roster
- Dan's TechNotes
- Training Site VTC
- Emmaus Gathering Website
- Tada List
- Mozilla FireFox
Updates
- College
Home Page
- SMCTV Stream
- SMCTV Stream
- Fall 2010 Class Schedule (Early)
- Saint
Mary's @ Home
- IT Tracking System
- Integratum
- ITRC New Media Geeks
- http://huisking.blogspot.com/
- http://www.typepad.com/site/blogs
- http://communityforum.typepad.com/my_weblog/
- Gary Friesen's Blog, Taylor Univ.
- Typepad System
- Cross-Platform PowerPoint Presentations
- Community Forum for Economic Development
- Student Orientation issues - Wetpaint Wiki
- Ta Da To Do List . After opening an account, click "create a new list," name it, type in a task and click "add this item." Add more items by typing them in. Order the items by clicking on "reorder" and dragging items up or down. Done rearranging? Click "I'm done reordering." When a task is completed, click the box next to it to move it down to the bottom. Edit or delete items (or the list itself) by selecting the edit link.
- Blackboard Scholar a social bookmarking service customized for education. An exciting new way for students and instructors to find educationally valuable resources on the Web. Using the knowledge and power of our network of educational users, Scholar will make it easier for instructors and students to find relevant resources on the Internet for courses and research. Furthermore, by storing and sharing associated information with each resource such as tags, disciplines, other users who have tagged and more, Scholar will allow users to evaluate the resources and find the most relevant and reliable.
- Blkbrd-L Listserve
Campus Resources for Blackboard
8.0
- Saint Mary's Blackboard 8.0 Faculty Support Website
- Blackboard Approved Browsers (as of Aug 27,2009)
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Browser Alerts:
- When taking a timed exam using Internet Explorer 8 - the timer tends to cover up the Submit button on the test. Blackboard hopes to soon have a patch to correct the problem. In the meantime, setting your IE browser to "Compatibility Mode" will help you avoid the problem. To use Compatibility View:
- From the IE 8 Tools Menu, select Compatibility View Settings.
- Enter your Blackboard URL in the Add This Website field and click Add.
- Then, click Close. (Or for a simpler solution, use the Mozilla Firefox browser or another browser besides Internet Explorer 8.)
- Errors occur when using Safari to create calculated columns in Grade Center: (Grade Center errors for calculated columns in Mac Safari 4; reference case #620347). Basically
the gist was that Mac Safari 4 is an unsupported browser ("provisional
support" notwithstanding), and Blackboard doesn't yet support the current release. (Or for a simpler solution, use the Mozilla Firefox browser or another browser besides Internet Explorer 8.)
- When trying to create an assignment with a file attachment in Firefox 3.01, or when students try submitting a Word Document, it continually asks for a "valid file attachment". We have seen this error message with users that are using Firefox 3.5, Goggle browser, and IE 8 users who are running Windows Vista. IE 6, IE7, and Firefox 2 usually do not get the error message.
- Univ of Melbourne's superb and thoughtful resources
(Travis Cox)
- BBADMIN-L (Blackboard Administrator Listserve)
- BLKBRD-L (Blackboard Arizona Usergroup Listserve)
Useful Web Resources for Blackboard
8.0
Instructional Design Tips and Resources:
- Eli Collins-Brown: Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Succesful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses
- Moodle
- What Everyone Should Know about Instructional Design
- Awareness Test (video)
- According to Dick and Carey, "Components such as the instructor, learners, materials, instructional activities, delivery system, and learning and performance environments interact with each other and work together to bring about the desired student learning outcomes"[20]. The components of the Systems Approach Model, also known as the Dick and Carey Model, are as follows.
- Identify Instructional Goal(s)
- Conduct Instructional Analysis
- Analyze Learners and Contexts
- Write Performance Objectives
- Develop Assessment Instruments
- Develop Instructional Strategy
- Develop and Select Instructional Materials
- Design and Conduct Formative Evaluation of Instruction
- Revise Instruction Design and
- Conduct Summative Evaluation
- Introduction to the ADDIE Model
- Wikipedia Constructivism (learning theory)
- Instructional Design & Learning Theory
- Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation
- Bloom's Taxonomy. It can be viewed as a sequence of progressive contextualisation of the material. (Based on Bloom,1956)
- What is Instructional Design Theory? Copyright, Peter de Lisle
- Reigeluth (1996; 1997) discusses the implications of the shift into the Information Age for ID theory... instruction needs to be customised rather than standardized (1997: 45)... instruction is learner-centred, and is based on authentic tasks (1996: 14).
- Whereas much ID focuses on cognitive skills and ignores the multi-perspectival presentation of knowledge, multimedia authoring tends to emphasize the presentation of knowledge without due regard for developing cognitive skills. A new model of ID needs to combine the best of both worlds by using a more constructivist approach, one which starts with relevant, non-trivial scenarios (derived from a needs analysis) as situations within which the cognitive skills are developed and practiced.
- Hoffman (1997) makes the link between Reigeluth's Elaboration Theory (ET) and hypermedia. The key aspects of Hypermedia are that it should provide easy access to information within an interactive environment which can be customized.
Copyright and Instructional Fair Use
Web 2.0
Resources on Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting
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Web-Conference / Web-casting Tools:
External
Web Resources:
- SmartPhones Product Reviews
- Web Design Tools
- Apple Discussion Forums
- SophosAnti-Virus
- Virus CounterMeasures
- Trend
Micro Weekly Virus Update
- Campus Computing Survey
- Campus Media Centers
- Online Support links
- Total Cost of Ownership
sites
- Reverse
DNS Lookup
- WinXP TCP/IP
Troubleshooting
- Information Fluency
- Configure Your Browser for Security
- Quicktime Troubleshooting
- Typepad.com, http://communityforum.typepad.com
- Adobe CS3 For a series of Getting Started tutorials that shows you how to build a website from start to finish,
- Hosted Web Meetings (aka.Video Conferencing)
- WebEX: conduct a web meeting (or web conferencing) right from your desktop, including video from a web cam for a more face-to-face interaction. (Multipoint video, supporting up to 4 web cams is available with WebEx Meeting Center, on request.) Share documents, presentations, applications, your browser, video — anything on your desktop.
All you need is a standard web browser and any telephone connection. See our detailed system requirements, including platform and browser support.
- Adobe Connect Pro: enables interactive, real-world web conferencing through online personal meeting rooms that anyone can access instantly without cumbersome software downloads. Spontaneous collaboration through screen sharing has never been easier for both meeting hosts and attendees. Communicate with integrated VoIP, chat and screen sharing capabilities
- Oovoo chat room
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- Web Conferencing between static locations:
- V-brick (K. recommends)
- Tandburg
- Giveaway of the Day
Instructional
Resources
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- cd <directory path>
du -h | sort -r
- Import Audio into iTunes
- New York Times article on M.I.T's Physics
- Mac Training Resources
- The Teaching Professor Blog
- Information about Adobe Concurrent Licensing
- Indiana University's Web Publishing
- Flashlight
- Technology Integration Matrix
(K-12)
- Teaching with GIS in Higher Education
- Adobe's Web-based Photoshop : Photoshop Express is completely web-based, so consumers can use it with any type of computer, operating system, and browser. After signing up for the free service, users can upload their photos and then edit them with Adobe’s simplified set of point-and-click controls for removing “red eye,” cropping, adjusting the brightness and color saturation, and other functions.
- Tablet PC's
- High Tech Center Training site
- Classroom Response Systems (i.e. PRS, CRS, SRS)
- Video Testimonial from U.C. Irving
- edu 2.0 is a free web-based education service for teachers, students and parents, founded by Graham Glass - worth exploring as a possible indicator of future educational practice. See the YouTube presentation for a quick overview.
- Papers written in collaboration with the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). As a resource to support teaching improvement, each is useful to anyone wanting to address specific ways to employ different teaching methods – each of which is utilized in the Diagnostic Form of the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction System.
- The Knowledge Building Paradigm:
A Model of Learning for Net Generation Students
by Donald Philip. Philip proposes a model of education
that acknowledges the sociocultural changes wrought by new technological tools, taps into the virtualization of knowledge arising from such tools, and fashions learning environments based on small, flexible groups that resemble the small teams currently used by institutions in the business world.
- Randy Bass, The Scholarship of Teaching: What's the Problem?
- Educator's Guide to Second Life
- Faculty Development Associates: links to 150 valuable teaching, learning and course management sites.
- Example of an Assessment Oriented Course:
Pantelis Vassilakis, Click on Login, and on next page click on Preview, click on the Courses tab, search for "interdisciplinary arts" and click on Pantelis's course.
- Instructional Design on Online Environments, presented by: Pantelis Vassilakis - DePaul University
- Faculty Development Online Resources
- Nada Dabbagh's Instructional Resources
- Practical Suggestions for Designing Effective Online Content- Presentation Handounts,
presented by: Carol Scheidenhelm of Northern Illinois University
- Two Sides of the Coin: Preparing Students for Online Learning- Presentation Handounts,
presented by: Jason Rhode - Northern Illinois University
- Incorporating Learning Styles in Technology,
presented by: Alice Smith, Creighton University
- Techniques to Enhance Online Discussions, presented by: Peter Draus - University of Pittsburgh
- "Engagement" and the Underprepared
- Taking the measure of quality online courses (California State Univ, Chico)
- Valuable Teaching and Learning Resources
- Review 3 Types of Basic Grade Computations
- Blackboard and Copyright
- Low Threshold Applications
- Useful Windows Tips
- Useful Mac OSX Tips
- Useful Photoshop Tips
- Useful Flash MX Resources
- Useful Authorware 7 Resources
- Useful
Blackboard Enhancements
- Useful Reference Information Resources
- Useful Quicktime Info
- HTML QuickStart
- Google Scholar
- Gender Issues
- Student Learning
- Teaching Effectively with Blackboard
- Notes on Blackboard Assessment
- Reasons
to Use Tablet PCs
- Windows on a Mac
- Photography
, ....more
- Frontline:
Belize, The
Invasion of Iraq
- Lighting Tips
- Digital Video Resources
- Unofficial iMovie FAQ
- iMovie 9 tips
- XpressDV Tips
- Streaming Resources
- Progressive Quicktime vs. Real Time Streaming
- Contribute: Notes
- Macromedia Director
- Printing PowerPoint Presentations
- Active Learning with PowerPoint
- New Blackboard Support Site
- Cascading Style Sheets 2
- Linux, Apache, MSQL, PHP Samples
- Educational Applications of Blogs and Wikis
- Lynda.com Online Training Library
-
Sample Podcast
- Slate 2005
- Skills Every Teacher Should Have:
If we are to believe the vendors at the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando last week, below is what classroom teachers should be trained to do with their students, curriculum, instruction, assessment and parents:
- They should have a classroom Web site. (Blackboard or any of the web 2.0 Wiki's)
- They should have an interactive whiteboard. (Blackboard Collaqborative Tools)
- They should have a wireless tablet that lets them run the interactive board without having to stand by the screen. (Sympodium tablets or Smartboard)
- They should create instructional lessons in a Web-based environment.
- They would be able to see every desktop from their own tablet. (SU 345 Synchroneyes)
- They are streaming videos from content sources. (YouTube, etc. all free)
- They can receive, edit and peer review content online.(Google Docs, free)
- They have a multi-user, multi tablet that supports student centered, collaborative learning where teachers and students can concurrently interact with and contribute to the same digital content. ???
- Their students use an individual, student response system that lets them take tests and register answers as they take them. (TLTR is evaluating Student Response Systems)
- They teach advanced math using an integrated calculator/laptop software system.
- They should provide assistive technology support that features flexibility in representation, expression and engagement.
- Their students should have laptops and participate in online science simulations.
- They should use differentiated instruction.
- They should be accessing interactive curriculum Web sites.
- Their curriculum should feature a personalized instruction, practice and assessment loop for students.
- They should have a curriculum that is supported by an online tutoring application and home access to lessons and practice. (Blackboard, Respondus)
- They should be networked with their colleagues in a collaborative learning environment and to Web-based, professional development portals.
- Their students should have access to wiki sites to work collaboratively online. (Blackboard or free Wiki sites)
- Networking and Software Utilities:
- Data Recovery: Recover My Files , Restorer 2000
- Report
on my Browser
- Report
on My Connection Speed
- Bandwidth Meter
- Browser support for File Transfers
to Network Directories
- Disabling Pop-up
Blockers
- Using a Shared Window's Printer on your OSX computer
Six Creative Uses for Classroom Data Projector:
• Reading/Writing. Display images, words, or phrases for writing prompts in creative writing or poetry class. Model savvy formatting and editing skills by giving live demonstrations in your word-processing software.
• Science. Ask students to add their experimental data directly to your spreadsheet and project graphs of their results for everyone to see—you'll identify those pesky outliers in no time. Protect your eyebrows and your budget by showing videos of dangerous chemistry demonstrations.
• Social Studies. Google Earth (earth.google.com) works wonders but loves to crash on older computers. Try the University of Texas at Austin's renowned Perry-Castañeda Library Virtual Map Room (www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/) for a wide array of PDF maps from around the globe.
• Timer, Stopwatch, Countdown. Using a simple freeware program like TimeLeft (www.timeleft.info), students will see exactly how long they've been working on a project, how much time is left, or how many days until the ice cream social after your final exam.
• Games and Quizzes. Turn those groans to glee come quiz-time with hyperlinked Powerpoint presentations that mimic popular quiz games like "Jeopardy!"
• Guest/Substitute Lectures. Live streaming or podcast lectures from guests will give your students access to experts around the world without footing for an airline ticket. Record your own lectures with software like Camtasia (www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp; $299) or upload your Powerpoint presentations to Slideshare (slideshare.net; free) and you'll be the toast of the substitute teaching pool. Best of all, students can access these lectures for future reference
Lecture Capture:
- Echo360
- Tegrity
- Camtasia
- Matterhorn Project.
Faculty Development - Online Learning
- Ohio Learning Network has e4Me (www.e4meohio.org)
- Univ of Maryland, Students with Disabilities: UMUC 111 Virtual Meet & Greet
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In this podcast, Kevin Reeve interviews Kevin J. Shanley of Utah State Universities Distance Education. Kevin Shanley did an extensive Literature review of important factors regarding student retention in Distance Education. His 30 page summary is excellent and lists 10 factors of student retention in online courses. This is a must read for new online instructors. Items discussed include:
- early contact with the students, and early submission of work, or discussion
- clear statement of expectations (many drop because they were not prepared for the workload or didn't feel they were suited for the online environment)
- Syllabus should be available to students before they register with statement of requirements
- Students expect online courses to be easier - when in fact they require more work
- Orientation to the course with personal introductions is important
- Provide support services, links to tutors, writing centers
- Good communications with students during the course; look for opportunities to support student learning
- Teaching online is more than posting Powerpoint presentations. It involves responding to student needs, discussions, etc
- iMovie '08 and Flip Video Ultra:
- Videos are found in FLIPVIDEO:DCIM:100VIDEO.
- Since iMovie '08 only imports DV, MPEG-4 and .mov files I used Mike Ash's QTAmateur to translate the AVI files to DV files and imported these into iMovie. QuickTime Pro would also work but costs $30 -- and Apple makes users repurchase a license with every significant update.
- Tips for automating the transcoding in Leopard and installing Perian
- MPEG Streamclip is a powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL. [If it was just me I'd go with MPEG Streamclip, do initial trimming with it, export as Apple MPEG4 then drop the clip in iMovie. I think Streamclip is too rough for the kids though. So on to QuickTime Pro.]
- I tried exporting a QuickTime movie using H.264 compression, but it was unbearably slow on my G5 iMac. MPEG-4 Improved had very tolerable speed and image size and quality, but it was not compatible with iMovie '08. Until I turned "streaming" off, then it worked. So I think I'll teach the kids to use this workflow:
- Copy videos to a shared folder.
- Trim and save using QuickTime Pro.
- If they want to assemble the clips into a movie we can use iMovie '08 or iMovie HD.
- USB Microphone Setup
on Windows
- Add New Hardware Wizard
- Click the Microphone On button (Lighted = On)
- Start>Programs>Accessories>Entertainment
- Click Sound Recorder
- Click the RECORD button and record voice
- Click the Stop
- click Play
- Volume Adjustments:
- Start>Settings>Control Panel>Sound Speech & Audio>Sound & Audio Devices
- Click on the "Adjust System Volume" tab and confirm that the mike (e.g. AK5370) is selected as the preferred device for audio recording.
- Click on the Volume tab and make sure Mute is NOT selected. Adjust volume levels
- Troubleshooting:
- Try a different USB port
- verify that volume and playback settings are not muted and volume is at least 1/2
- Check that the application has USB Audio Device selected as recording device
- Start>Settings> Control Panel> Multimedia check that recording preference is USB audio device and "use only preferred audio device" is sselected.
- Check for device in Device manager
- Macintosh:
- Plug in to USB port
- System Preferences>Sound Choose Speech to activate Microphone. Select Input and choose AK5370 for sound input
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