In this issue
February 2012
New Features Available in Blackboard • Using Audio and Video in Blackboard Now Easier • Electronic Textbooks @ Cornell • Interested in ePortfolios? Many Options are Available • Lecture Anytime, Anywhere with Panopto • New Learning Technologies Subcommittee • Computing Labs: Remote Application Delivery Project • Save Time! Take advantage of CIT's Student Technology Assistance Program (STAP)
May 2011
Locations for Blackboard Days • How to Sign Up for Blackboard 9.1 Workshops • What to Use Instead of Blackboard Digital Dropbox • Changes to Blackboard GuestID • Known Blackboard Issues and Workarounds • Dates for Upcoming Blackboard Maintenance • i>clicker is Changing • The New Process to Stream Video and Audio Files • The Panopto Lecture Capture Pilot is Ending, but It May Become a Service • Computers in CIT Labs to Pilot Login • Save Time with CIT’s Student Technology Assistance Program
February 2011
Confluence to be Upgraded in March • Teach Using Tools in the Cloud • Cornell's Central Blog Service: Tailored for Teaching and Learning • Blackboard Digital Dropbox is Being Replaced • Better Streaming Video/Audio Available • Elmo Units Project Magazines, Models, and More • Recording Lectures? Consider Joining the Panopto Lecture Capture Pilot • Save Time! Take advantage of CIT's Student Technology Assistance Program (STAP) • Explorations of Openness at the Educause Learning Initiative Conference • Risk of Password Exposure Via Unsecured Wi-Fi
May 2011
Locations for Blackboard Days • How to Sign Up for Blackboard 9.1 Workshops • What to Use Instead of Blackboard Digital Dropbox • Changes to Blackboard GuestID • Known Blackboard Issues and Workarounds • Dates for Upcoming Blackboard Maintenance • i>clicker is Changing • The New Process to Stream Video and Audio Files • The Panopto Lecture Capture Pilot is Ending, but It May Become a Service • Computers in CIT Labs to Pilot Login • Save Time with CIT’s Student Technology Assistance Program
August 2011
Learn About the Changes in the New Version of Blackboard • Blackboard’s New Tools for Large Lecture Courses • New Features for Cornell Blog Service • Upload Video and Audio through Blackboard, Starting This Fall • One-Stop Shop for Faculty Resources: myCornell • It’s Now Simpler to Record Your Lectures • eduroam: New Secure Wi-Fi Option • Visit the Academic Technology Center • Save Time! Take Advantage of the Student Technology Assistance Program • VideoNote Lecture Recording Service • i>clicker Upgrades Provide Better Polling Experience
November 2011
Forum: Automating Blackboard, Integrating Student Information • Video Streaming Service Update • It’s Now Simpler to Record Your Lectures • Use i>clicker But Didn’t Upgrade This Fall? • New Features Available in Cornell Blogs • Visit the All-New Academic Technologies Web Site • Use MathJax to Include LaTex Notation in Blackboard • Winter 2012 Classes • Secure Your Computer: Updated Cornell E-Book • 2011 ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and IT
February 2010
Creating Social Learning Communities with ConnectYard • 2010 Horizon Report Examines Emerging Tech and Trends • Investigating and Building Student Engagement • CIT Partners with Cornell Library, CTE in Information Competency Initiative • CIT Joins Up with CTE for Spring Teaching with Technology Series • Spring 2010 Teaching with Technology Events • Faculty Training Events for Spring 2010 • i>clicker Demonstration & Panel Discussion • Need Help? Check out the Student Technology Assistant Program • Moodle Pilot Update
May 2010
Explorations of ePortfolio Software • Discovery Project: Delivering Applications Remotely to Labs • Cleanup Time for Course Tools • Faculty Innovation in Teaching Project Database Now Available • Faculty Innovation in Teaching Call for Proposals • View Teaching with Technology Talks Online • Blog Service Adds “Subscribe by Email” • Course Reserves Fully Integrated with Blackboard • Upcoming Classes and Events
August 2010
Blackboard Learning Management System Upgrade • New Survey Service Available • Softchalk Tutorial Creation • Video Infrastructure Project: Hosting vendor selected • New! Campus Public Computing Lab Map • Take advantage of the Student Technology Assistance Program (STAP) • Faculty Support: Finding services | Making Requests | Getting Help • The Faculty Innovation in Teaching Project Database: source of ideas and solutions • Subscribe! Innovation in Teaching Blog • Changes in handling of licensed software • Active Learning Resource Bank - Clicker Question Pilot Project • ePortfolio Pilot conclusions
November 2010
Improved Audio/Video Services for Courses • Help with Instructional Technology Projects • Invitation to Participate in Panopto Classroom Capture Pilot • Faculty Perspectives on Teaching with Technology • NetIDs Can Soon Be Used to Sign In to Cornell Blog Service • Blackboard Digital Dropbox Retiring • Cleanup Time for Blackboard Courses • Internet Safety is a Shared Responsibility
August 2009
Blackboard classes: Learn what's new and what you can do • Guides to providing effective instruction while away from campus • New and better equipment for instructors in CIT Academic Labs • Technical support on call and chat • New blog options for the Cornell community • Electronic Portfolio pilot allows easy collection and review of student work • Digital Literacy Resource: Clarifying complex issues the Internet presents to academia • New email and calendar coming for faculty and staff • CU People retired--Website hosting still available for teaching and research • Changes in software licensing • Computing at Cornell "For Students" • EZ-Remote to be discontinued • Understanding copyright and how it applies to you • Stop NetID theft • i>clicker Demonstration & Panel Discussion • Forum: Challenges of Teaching Large Lecture Courses
November 2009
Upcoming classes: Blackboard and Checkbox • New services offered by STAP • New blog features enhance teaching and learning • CyberTower relaunches with new look and improved functions • Annotation tools support online course collaboration • ePortfolio pilot update • ePortfolio expert's Cornell talk available online
