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Hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley kick off this episode of the ITS Coffee Break with a rundown of their summer projects, including the redesign Library web site, a pilot for a new collaborative web site, and the newly-updated iTunes U. In Tech News they take a look at Google’s just-released Chrome web browser and dig for tweets using Twitter’s new search tool.
Getting the Podcast
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Show Notes
ITS News
- Library Redesign
- Library Web site now powered by Drupal:
- Library Catalog has a new home:
- You can now access resources using your Network ID instead of LNumber to access library resources.
- Spaces
- Coming soon: A collaborative workspace for faculty powered by Moodle and Shibboleth.
- iTunes U
- Lots of people using it this semester. Enrollments now based off of Moodle.
- http://itunes.lafayette.edu
Tech News
- Google Chrome
- Twitter Search
Help News
- Moodle: Where’s my course?
- A few waitlisted students were added then removed earlier this month. Sorry about that.
- How add/drop works: We run it daily based on updates from Banner … so be patient.
- Your course may be there … check with your teacher!
- Back up … or you’ll regret it!
- Firewire drives circulated in library, but buy your own for long-term backups.
- Upcoming Workshops
- Moodle Grade Book,
2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Thu., Sep 11 - Opinio, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Tue., Sep 16
- Opinio Reporting, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Tue., Sep 16
- View the complete list to register for a workshop.
- Moodle Grade Book,