For those who haven’t checked out Atomic Learning, it is a great collection of video tutorials on a huge range of software. Whether you’re looking to learn more about a specific program, or want a helpful reference to send your students to, Atomic Learning is a key resource to be aware of. Check out our…
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Request SPARK Courses in SPIRE!
Starting today, August 6, 2008, you can request SPARK courses and sign up for SPARK to SPIRE Grade Upload directly in SPIRE. This replaces the SPARK Course Request Form previously available on the OIT Web site. If you haven’t requested your SPARK course(s) for Fall 2008, you can now use SPIRE to submit your request.…
August 2008 Faculty Workshops
Academic Computing is offering several workshops this month on using SPARK and the UMass blogs system. Workshop topics include: Building a new course from scratch in SPARK Working with the grade book in SPARK Creating a research or professional blog Using a blog as a course website To view the schedule and register for workshops…
WebCT CE is Retiring!
The WebCT CE system will be officially retired at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. As of July 1st, all faculty accounts will be removed from the WebCT CE system and courses will no longer be accessible. If there is any course material in WebCT you wish to keep that has not already been…
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Online Software Tutorials at Atomic Learning
Atomic Learning provides a vast collection of short video tutorials about software. These videos cover everything from Word and Photoshop to Access and SPSS; at levels from basics to advanced. The University has a site license which provides everyone on campus free access to these videos. The current license expires on May 31, 2008, so…
Academic Computing June Workshops
Academic Computing is offering a wide variety of workshops for instructors this June. Most of these are hands-on workshops that allow you to learn new technologies while working with content from your own course. Check out the full schedule of workshops and register online at: http://www.umass.edu/accoprod/workshop/register.php Make sure to tell your colleagues! Topics include: Basic…
Upcoming Events: SPARK Community of Practice Lunch: Strategies for Using SPARK in Large Classes
Our second and final SPARK Community of Practice Lunch of the semester will be Thursday April 24th, 11:45-1:00. For this event we will be revisiting a topic from our Fall series of events: Strategies for Using SPARK in Large Classes. Our guest speakers will be Professors John Gerber and Susan Han, both from Plant, Soil…
Next “Emerging Technology and Pie” Event: Digital Storytelling
Our third and final Emerging Technology and Pie event of the semester will be Thursday April 17th, 1:15-2:15. The topic for the event will be Digital Storytelling, our guest speakers are Aline Gubrium and Tom Schiff, instructors for Public Health course “Community Development in Health Education: Technological Approaches to Addressing Community Health and Social Justice.”…
Next “Emerging Technology and Pie” Event: Using Google Groups with Students
Our second Emerging Technology and Pie event of the semester will be Thursday April 3rd, 1:15-2:15. The topic for the event will be using Google Groups with students, our guest speaker is Ruth-Ellen Verock-O’Loughlin from the School of Education. Google Groups is a free Web-based discussion tool by Google where students can have discussions about…
This Week: Getting Bubble Sheet Exam Results into SPARK
It’s not too late! There are still a few spaces for Friday’s workshop: Getting Bubble Sheet Exam Results into SPARK. Friday March 28th, 10:30am to Noon. Just finished administering a mid-term using bubble sheets (i.e. OPSCAN)? Bring your exam scores and we’ll show you how to convert and upload them into SPARK as a convenient…
Journaling in SPARK
For those of you that may have missed our SPARK Community of Practice gathering on the Journaling tool; our presenters have copies of their handouts and slides that you should take a look at. Journaling can be a powerful pedagogical tool and the Journal and Discussion tools in SPARK provides one way to implement journaling…