ITS Coffee Break for 9/10/2008

Hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley kick off this episode of the ITS Coffee Break with a rundown of their summer projects, including the redesign Library web site, a pilot for a new collaborative web site, and the newly-updated iTunes U. In Tech News they take a look at Google's just-released Chrome web browser and dig for tweets using Twitter's new search tool.

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Show Notes

ITS News

• Library Redesign
  
  • Library Web site now powered by Drupal:
    • http://library.lafayette.edu
  • Library Catalog has a new home:
    • http://libcat.lafayette.edu
  • You can now access resources using your Network ID instead of LNumber to access library resources.
• Spaces
  • Coming soon: A collaborative workspace for faculty powered by Moodle and Shibboleth.
• iTunes U
  • Lots of people using it this semester. Enrollments now based off of Moodle.
  • http://itunes.lafayette.edu

Tech News

• Google Chrome
  • http://www.google.com/chrome
• Twitter Search
  • http://search.twitter.com/

Help News

• Moodle: Where's my course?
  • A few waitlisted students were added then removed earlier this month. Sorry about that.
  • How add/drop works: We run it daily based on updates from Banner ... so be patient.
  • Your course may be there ... check with your teacher!
• Back up ... or you'll regret it!
  • Firewire drives circulated in library, but buy your own for long-term backups.
• Upcoming Workshops
  • Moodle Grade Book,
    2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Thu., Sep 11
  • Opinio, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Tue., Sep 16
  • Opinio Reporting, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Tue., Sep 16
  • View the complete list to register for a workshop.

Contact Us

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