ITS Coffee Break for 3/25/2009

Hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist talk about how Lafayette’s WordPress pilot is going, discuss their upcoming collaboration project that coordinates Moodle usability testing at six colleges, check out Shibboleth at Brown University and install the ink-saving EcoFont. In Help News, they talk about a new plugin for Firefox that makes copying and manipulating HTML tables a snap and announce upcoming hands-on workshops for Office 2007. Continue reading

ITS Coffee Break for 4/24/2008

On this week’s edition of the Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about Lafayette’s electronics recycling event for Green Week, announce when the Fall and Summer 2008 courses will be created in Moodle, and ask for feedback on how faculty use multimedia online.

In Tech News, they talk about PayPal’s decision to block visitors using old Web browsers, speculate on addition of New York Times news stories to Google Earth, and check out some new web applications for Facebook. Finally, Help News has tips on evaluating the effectiveness of your web site, as well as announcements about upcoming brownbag lunchs and workshops. Continue reading