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Lafayette's network upgrade rolls through campus and host Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley try out the second of three new microphones in this edition of the ITS Coffee Break. In Tech News, they discuss new apps for Apple's iPhone, how to collaborate with Google Docs and Sheets and speculate on Microsoft's plans to offer DRM-free downloads through its Zune Music Store. Finally, in Help News they review ITS' web site update project and take a look at the upcoming Web and Video Conferencing lecture being held in November.

The ITS Coffee Break tries recording in stereo as it tests out one of three new microphones recently purchased by Lafayette for podcasting. In Tech News, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about ways to spruce up your Facebook profile, discuss Berkley's decision to upload 200 course lectures to YouTube, and speculate on Google's purchase of the microblogging platform Jaiku. In Help News, two new "Integrating Teaching with Technology" presentations are announced, as well as an ITS brown bag lunch about getting started with Linux.

The October 3rd edition of the Coffee Break leads off with news of Lafayette's implementation of Shibolleth and the recent Podcamp Philly event held at Drexel University. In Tech News, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss the new Firefox Campus Edition, the Chronicle of Higher Education's new Tech Therapy podcast, and one professor's attempt to rate the trustworthyness of Wikipedia's contributors. In Help News they review file compatibility issues with Microsoft Office 2007, announce upcoming Outlook and NetStorage workshops, and offer a tip for quickly saving photos using Safari.

The ITS Coffee Break returns for the fall semester with news of bouncing e-mails, the switch to SFTP for accessing web sites on WW2, updates to the Lafayette Toolbar for Firefox, a discussion of the top ten Facebook apps for Librarians, and a look at the latest features added to Google Maps.

By default each course site in Moodle has a General News and Announcements forum, and additional forums can be added to a course site to promote engagement and interactivity. In this Moodle Minute, hear about the four types of forums and the features they provide.

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In this episode of the Moodle Minute, learn about Lafayette's automated procedure for adding students to courses, and how faculty can manually add users and assign roles if someone is missing.

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Learn how to upload files to a course in this edition of the Moodle Minute. You can also find these instructions as part of the Moodle Faculty Quickstart Guide. Comments and suggestions about the podcast can be sent to .

Learn how to add web links to a course in this edition of the Moodle Minute. Comments and suggestions about the podcast can be sent to .

The merits of the topic vs. weekly format for courses is discussed in this edition of the Moodle Minute. Comments and suggestions about the podcast can be sent to .

In this Moodle Minute, we discuss how to move content from existing Blackboard courses to Moodle. Comments and suggestions about the podcast can be sent to .