Category Archives: Podcasts

Posts for the ITS Coffee Break podcast.

ITS Coffee Break for 2/27/08

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Tech news dominates the podcast as Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist talk about Blackboard’s elearning patent victory over Desire2Learn, a Tennessee bill that wants to force colleges to prevent online file sharing, Google’s new forms tool, the death of HD DVD at the hands of Sony’s Blu-Ray format, and a controversial new college gossip web site. In Help News, they look at how to generate a public RSS feed using tags in Google Reader, and preview upcoming technology workshops and brown bags sponsored by ITS. Continue reading →

ITS Coffee Break for 2/19/2008

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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. Continue reading →

ITS Coffee Break for 1/28/2008

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On the first ITS Coffee Break of the new year, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley recap Lafayette’s Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, talk about changes to Moodle for Spring 2008, and take a look at the new web-based survey tool Opinio. In Tech News they talk about the MPAA admitting that college students aren’t responsible for nearly as much lost revenues as they previously claimed, and experiment with GoodReads, a social networking site for folks who love books. Finally in Help News they explain how to change your name or e-mail address in Moodle, geek out about a Color Palette Generator that choses colors based on pictures users submit to it, and revisit the technology video podcast commandN. Continue reading →