ITS Coffee Break #72: 3D Printing, RSS Readers, Essay-Grading Software

On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break we discuss 3D printing at Lafayette College, alternatives to Google Reader, and the implications of EdX’s essay grading software. In help news we talk about an upcoming Lynda.com webinar on how to change up your classroom teaching style and look at how you can allow students to upload files to a course in Moodle.
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ITS Coffee Break #71: WordPress, IT Security Training, Google Reader Retired

On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break we’ve got a bunch of Lafayette technology updates, including upgrades to WordPress, news about problems logging into web apps, and security training. We also talk about the upcoming retirement of Google Reader, a fun way to learn the command-line editing tool VIM, and Insert Content Here, a podcast about writing for your web site.
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ITS Coffee Break for 2/27/08

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