myCommNet--a look under the hood

Dr. Carrie Horvath, myCommNet Portal Support Specialist from the System Office presented an overview of the myCommNet tools at last month's Distance Learning Council meeting. A copy of the presentation is attached here for your perusal. Course Studio, the learning management system that is part of the Luminis product discussed in Carrie's presentation, can used by Continuing Education departments and faculty not using WebCT Vista. Don't forget, we go live with myCommNet on Wednesday, November 21, 2007. In addition, WebCT Vista and Banner Self-Service will not be available between Friday, November 16, 2007 and Tuesday, November 20, 2007. Students are advised to set up their Banner security question prior to November 16, 2007 so that they will be able to reset their NetID password if necessary. Students can stop by the computer lab to set up or modify their Banner security question.

http://www.qvcc.commnet.edu/qvccdl/pdfs/myCommNet_overview.pdf

Podcasting Webinar Part 1 held on October 10th

Part 1 of the podcasting webinar co-sponsored by the QVCC Center for Teaching and facilitated by our own Amy Barlow, Reference Librarian, took place on Wednesday, October 10th in the auditorium. Part 2: Developing Student Engagement through Podcasting to Reach Students will be held on November 14th. For more information, please contact Amy at abarlow@qvcc.commnet.edu. Many thanks to Amy for spearheading these informative sessions!

eTutoring has arrived!

Rachel Sarantopoulos, QVCC's eTutoring Administrator, facilitated an eTutoring Lunch 'n Learn in the Corporate Seminar Room this afternoon for interested faculty and staff. Attendees included: Joy Mark, Jim Grimord, Scott DeShong, Jack Derby, Brian Donohue-Lynch, Cindi Brassington, Arlene Normandin, and Elkin Spitia.

Rachel is available for in-class orientations for the eTutoring software. For more information about this online resource, please contact her at x7285 or rsarantopoulos@qvcc.commnet.edu.

Thanks for participating!

Many thanks to all the adjunct faculty members (new and returning) who participated in today's Adjunct Faculty Workshop.

I was very pleased with the podcasting session. Len Samboroski was able to upload a podcast to his Intro to Macroeconomics course while Robin Miyashiro and Arlene Normandin uploaded podcasts to the Moodle site Dr. Brian Lynch set up for us!

Stay tuned for more Web 2.0 workshops and Lunch 'n Learns to be offered throughout this upcoming school year. Both faculty and staff are invited to participate. Up next: Video podcasting!

Pauline

Adjunct Faculty Workshop Resources

Two websites for uploading podcasts:

Ning
http://www.ning.com/

Q-Voodle (QVCC Moodle)
http://learningblogsnpods.com/qvoodle/

Are you ready for Web 2.0? A PowerPoint presentation from Pauline
http://www.qvcc.commnet.edu/qvccdl/ppts/Web_2_point_0.pps

Web 2.0 Resources

Many thanks to those adjunct faculty members who attended this past Wednesday's Adjunct Faculty Networking Night.

The following links will get you started on the Web 2.0 Resources we discussed:

Blogger (create your own blog)
http://www.blogger.com

Del.icio.us (social bookmarking-anytime, anywhere access to your favorite webpages, etc.)
http://del.icio.us/

Audacity (creating audio files)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Lame (used in conjunction with Audacity, this program allows you to export audio files in mp3 format)
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html

iTunes (podcatcher)
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Be sure to attend one of the two the Adjunct Faculty Orientations on August 4th or August 10th. For more information, please contact Melissa Philion at mphilion@qvcc.commnet.edu.

Blogger

I had a Blogger account a while back but I can't for the life of me remember the username! I ended up creating a new blogger account.

Converting mp3 files to swf files

Brian told me about an app that can convert mp3 files to swf files but I'm having trouble getting a copy. The website is in German and I can't find a "download now" button anywhere! Drats!

Standards and rubrics

Hey Brian,

Sorry to bother you again (can you just see Pandora's box opening?)...Is there a way to view any sample rubrics that faculty members have built?

Let's start here!

I'd like to use this space to comment on technology resources we come across that may potentially be useful for our faculty. Please feel free to add any comments you like.

For instance, I have a question for Brian DL. It would be cool to open this up for authoring to QV faculty. Would I have to enter every single email address? I'm thinking I won't be able to use the QV-CC distribution group, huh? WAH!

Do not ask me why I'm online at 3:36 in the morning. He he.