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In this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley take a sneak peak at Moodle 1.9, talk about the survey tool migration from Vovici to Opinio, and discuss the new portable audio kits available in Skillman. In Tech News they review the Harvard Arts & Sciences Faculty’s arguments in favor of providing open access to their scholarly articles, and look at Research Blogging, a web site that chronicles academic blog posts and online peer-reviewed research articles. In Help News, they announce upcoming training workshops and offer tips on how to update a file resource within Moodle.
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Show Notes
ITS News
- Moodle 1.9: Quick Peak
- Improved gradebook (but still a work in progress)
- Edit Resources without Previewing
- Integrated Outcomes
- Import grades from CSV
- New Moodle “My Classes” Block
- Splits your courses into “current” and “other”. Let us know what you think!
- Press record: portable audio kits available at Skillman
- ITS now has two portable audio recording kits that can be borrowed from the Skillman Library circulation desk.
- http://webapps.lafayette.edu/drupalupgrade/node/475
Tech News
- The Harvard Crimson:
The Case for Open Access- Arts & Science faculty make a case for open access to their scholarly articles.
- http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521835
- Research Blogging
- From the site: “Research Blogging helps you locate and share academic blog posts about peer-reviewed research.” Topics include anthropology, astronomy, biolgoy, computer science, economics, philosophy, and much more.
Help News
- Replacing an Existing File Resource in Moodle
- If you’ve uploaded and linked to an existing file as a resource, you can update that file simply by uploading a newer one with the same file name. Just be sure to either log out and log back in or clear your cache to see the updated file.
- Workshops
- Google Earth: Feb. 26, 2008
- Google My Maps: Feb. 28, 2008
- Photoshop, Illustrator: Coming in March 2008
- Register via the ITS web site.
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