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In face-to-face classes, I include im-ages like those above in slide shows that accompany and structure my lectures. When it was time to create an online course, I couldn't imagine doing it without that same multi-modal delivery of information.
I knew that I wanted to deliver that same sort of experience to my online students here at TAMUCC. Although most MOOC professors have entire teams of AV specialists to record and produce their videos, I found that creating the videos my class needed wasn't all that hard to do on my own.
I make my videos primarily with two applications: PowerPoint and Camta-sia. I occasionally use Adobe Pho-toshop to edit the images that I use in the videos. I get most of my imag-es from Creative Commons sources
like Wikimedia, Pixabay.com and Unsplash.com. I also get images from museums that allow reproduction of their images for educational purpos-es. When using an image of an ob-ject, I usually erase the background in Photoshop and save the image as a PNG file. This allows the illusion that we are looking at a 3-dimensional object. It just helps to make the expe-rience feel a little more tactile. View a sample of Eric’s video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1KMprBEGho&list=PL3TaIEL8QbJxyvyTpcsKVmA2-rZ4o1A23
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Library Created OER Guide ITC Online Survey Infographic
The Bell Library has created an online guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) at http://guides.library.tamucc.edu/oer to help faculty, staff and students learn more about these resources and the ways in which they can be used to supplement existing class materials or, when adopted by faculty, to substitute for high-cost textbooks. The guide features strategies for finding OER as well as tips for creating and adapting OER and suggestions for further reading. The guide grew out of the work of a newly-created OER Task Force, a committee of faculty, staff and students who are working together to explore issues related to textbook affordability and open education. Please contact Lisa Louis at [email protected] with any questions about the guide or Open Educational Resources.
Eric Luttrell on Video Recording Lectures
Full access at http://www.itcnetwork.org/aws/ITCN/asset_manager/get_file/178345?ver=948
End of Semester Checklist
New Box Feature in Bb
Video is available at https://youtu.be/O8KIvxBU4hE
As the semester comes to an end we would like to remind you of the end-of-semester processes for managing Bb courses. 1. Grade submission tool in the Bb Grade Center will transfer Final (and Midterm) grades directly to Banner during the date and time ranges stated in TAMU-CC’s Academic Calendar https://www.tamucc.edu/academics/calendar/. Use the tutorial available at https://iol.tamucc.edu/. 2. Extending Bb Course availability to students. Your Bb course will remain available to students 17 days after the last day of class listed in SAIL. You can extend the course availability to individual students if needed using Bb tutorial available at https://iol.tamucc.edu/. 3. Preparing your Bb course for the next semester. You can re-use the content of your current Bb course for another semester - follow the Bb tutorial available at https://iol.tamucc.edu/. 4. IT Help desk hours of operation and contact information are available at http://it.tamucc.edu/ and inside each Bb course > Start Here link.
“when I click “content” I like
when I see organized folders by unit
and chapter”
“I like to have PPTs available be-
fore the class that way I can print
them and take notes while professor
lectures”
“I find discussion boards annoy-
ing, especially, how the instructors
use them – in many of my online only
classes you fill out a paragraph and
then its’ always “go and do a discus-
sion with someone else” – “what do
you want from me?” half of the peo-
ple type in “it was good”
“its hard to tell which assign-
ments are recently graded because of
the way the gradebooks are disor-
ganized”
“I think all profs should be re-
quired to use blackboard at least for
grades “
“put due dates in the calendar,
it is so useful – especially the app –
because when you open it, it says
“upcoming due dates” in the “activity
stream”.
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Research Report Your Students Said:
Jocelyn Gutierrez on Feedback
Researchers studied of the role of feedback in distance education and concluded that instructors are wise to apply pre-feedback, ongoing feedback, and post-feedback strategies. They recommend that before students submit assignments, instructors provide explicit directions for use of feedback and examples of feedback often used. They suggest providing audio/video feedback as well as text-based feedback and requesting that students comment back to the instructor regarding feedback received.
Samantha N. Uribe & Michelle Vaughan (2017). Facilitating student learning in distance education: a case study on the development and implementation of a multifaceted feedback system, Distance Education, 38:3, 288-301, DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2017.1369005
In January 2018, Blackboard transitioned inline grading from Crocodoc into new Box View. While the new Box View offers improved rendering fidelity and expanded support for new file types we have found some limitations listed at https://iol.tamucc.edu/bb_resources_instructors.html. The latest feature added is the ability to draw on screen.
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Blackboard and IT Resources Workshops for Students
We invite your students to the Bb and IT resources hands-on workshops that are held at the beginning of each semester and are open for all students on a walk-in as needed basis. Each 90-minute workshop provides an overview of Blackboard navigation and hands-on activities for learning tools such as the discussion forum, wikis, blogs, journals, and quizzes. Please, advise your students to attend if they need more hands-on learning. Workshops are also available online using WebEx web conferencing software. Contact us at 361-825-2122 to make a reservation to attend a workshop in a web conference.
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In order to better assist our Faculty, the IT Help Desk has simplified the process for placing Blackboard re-quests: To add a TA to your course, please submit your request to [email protected] at least two weeks before the semester starts. Please include: - CRN and title of the course - The Island ID or A# of the person to add - The Island ID or A# of the Instruc-tor of Record -The role you would like this person added as Request courses or sections to be merged by submitting your request to [email protected] at least two weeks before the semester starts. The request must come from the Instructor on Record and include the CRN numbers of the courses and which will be the master course. Note: Courses and Labs cannot be merged together.
The Division of IT is currently in the process of implementing Duo two-factor authentication for student IslandID accounts. The implementa-tion of Duo for faculty and staff has been a smooth process so far and we expect the same as we complete the next stage. Students can being vol-untary enrollment into the Duo pro-gram this month along with required enrollment for students who get phished or have their accounts com-promised. Required Duo for all stu-dents will be configured in October of this year.
The IT Division would like to remind faculty members that they can use Syncplicity to access the files on their office computer in the classroom. Simply sign into the Syncplicity app in your office and it will automatically sync the files in your Desktop and Documents folders. When you get to your classroom, sign into tamucc.syncplicity.com and you will see your synced files. Syncplicity is not a backup it is a synchronization of file systems. If you delete a file from tamucc.syncplicity.com, the file will be deleted from the source file location as well. For more infor-mation, please contact the IT Service Desk at x2692.
All computer security experts agree – keeping your software updated is one of the most effective ways to protect your data. When a software company releases an update or “patch,” it’s wise to apply that patch as soon as possible. TAMUCC long ago automated the updating/patching of server and workstation operating systems (e.g. Windows), and server application patches are typically applied within 30 days. However, it is trickier to auto-mate the patching of third-party desktop apps such as Adobe Acro-bat, Adobe Flash, and Java. Never-theless, TAMUCC Division of IT re-cently started such a program, founded on a software program called Flexera.
In March of 2018 the Division of IT revised a key policy document, the IT Standards for All Users (ITSAU). The ITSAU, together with the TAMUCC Procedure on Acceptable Use and Privacy, define all the IT rights and responsibilities possessed by all users of TAMUCC computer systems. Key changes include: - A rewording of the section on pro-tecting TAMUCC information, mak-ing it easier for users to understand what they can and cannot do when handling TAMUCC confidential da-ta. Users should note that placing unencrypted confidential infor-mation on most cloud sharing ser-vices (e.g. Dropbox, Google Drive) is prohibited by state law, as is sending such information over the Internet. - An update to the list of applications that users cannot install on their workstations to include cybercurren-cy mining software, suspected mal-ware, and anti-virus/anti-malware programs. - A prohibition on certain types of unattended remote access. In partic-ular, a user cannot let a remote per-son take control of their session un-less the user remains at the comput-er.
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Using Syncplicity in the Classroom
Security Policy Update
Duo for Students
3rd Party Patching Blackboard Requests
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IT Facts: As of this week we have
1249 Androids, 3002 iOS, 15
Windows, 1 Blackberry, and 513
landlines registered with Duo
Security.
During the month of November
there were 986 WebEx sessions
which added up to 55,705 minutes.
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Learning Spaces Description - Learning Spaces serves as the Audio/Visual technology experts for the Univer-sity. Learning Spaces provides different levels of sup-port for over 300 spaces on campus. The team directly supports and maintains 69 classrooms and labs that are funded by the University Technology Council, and helps serve an additional 240 departmental class-rooms/meeting spaces on campus. Learning Spaces designs and implements Audio/Visual technology standards and systems campus-wide. Learning Spac-es provides live Audio/Visual technology solutions and support for events involving the President's office. The team is currently working to modernize and standard-ize campus classroom technology in order to provide a cohesive and consistent student and faculty user experience. Learning Spaces adheres to standards and practices put forth by AVIXA (Audiovisual Inte-grated Experience Association), an international standards setting group for Audio/Visual technology.
Meet the Learning Spaces Staff
IT Facts: In the last 24hrs: the campus Intrusion Prevention System has blocked 1,755 malicious activities against the
campus via the internet.
Matthew Clark , Client Technologies Analyst II. Matthew has worked with the central audio visual and classroom technology department since he was a student in the late 90s. He
graduated from TAMU-CC with a Bachelor of Computer Science in 2001 and began working full time with the Multimedia Services department in Spring of 2002. Mat-thew holds a Certified Technology Specialist certification with AVIXA. In his role he serves as a subject matter ex-pert for audio visual equipment and classroom design. He lives with his wife, daughter, five cats, two dogs and three bearded dragons. Matthew has a love of quotable cult-classic movies, video games, and DIY technology solutions.
Joshua Green, Classroom Technology Specialist I . Josh is a 2017 graduate of the TAMU-CC Bachelor of Computer Science pro-gram. He has worked with the TAMU-CC Information Technology division for 3
years in various student worker roles. Josh joined full time on January 1, 2018. Josh holds a Certified Technology Spe-cialist certification with AVIXA. In his role he serves as an expert for Audio/Visual consultations, as well as for instal-lations or implementations of Audio/Visual Solutions. Josh is the main point of contact for Presidential special event Audio/Visual technology support coverage and coordina-tion. Additionally in his role Josh oversees 6 student work-ers and 1 graduate assistant. Josh loves movies, problem solving, and designing unique interdisciplinary technology solutions and applications.
Melissa Asbury, Service Desk Manager and Interim Learning Spaces Manager at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Melissa has been in this role with TAMU-CC since January 1, 2018. She earned her B.A. degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems from Sam Houston State University and is currently pursuing her M.Ed. degree in Educational Administration from TAMU-
CC. Melissa has over nineteen years of experience in the Information Technology field with nine of those years being in higher education. She holds certifications in ITIL, IT Service Management, and Project Management. In her role, Melissa will be reviewing and revamping IT services and processes to ensure excellent support and services are being received from IT. She loves the beach, reading, and helping the less fortunate.