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On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist talk about the newly-released Moodle 1.9 and its improved Gradebook module and Ken reports on his recent visit to DrupalCon Boston. In Tech News, they discuss the fate of college rumor site Juicy Campus, the merits of campus text alerts, and find out how some faculty are using Twitter.
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Show Notes
ITS News
- Moodle 1.9 released
- Ken and Courtney review what’s new (yes, a Gradebook that supports decimals) and what it means for Lafayette.
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=91667
- DrupalCon Boston
- Ken reports attending this conference for this open source content managment system
- http://boston2008.drupalcon.or
Tech News
- Students Don’t Sign Up for Text Alerts, Colleges Find
- Forget E-Mail: New Messaging Service Has Students and Professors Atwitter
- New Jersey prosecutors investigating JuicyCampus
Help News
- PicLens
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579
- From the web site: “PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen 3D experience for viewing images across the web. Our new interactive “3D Wall” and built-in search function lets you effortlessly drag, click, zoom, and zip your way around a wall of pictures for an extraordinary viewing experience.”
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