iPod mobile test tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/brown299/mobile//10182 2011-03-08T16:24:04Z Movable Type 4.31-en [Keith] Student Feedback tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/brown299/mobile//10182.279214 2011-03-08T15:55:12Z 2011-03-08T16:24:04Z Last year I led an ATIP review on clickers that included folks from several colleges around the U and the IT Director for the Rochester campus and the head of ITSS at UM-Duluth. Part of this process included taking a... Keith Brown Popular Polling software (most used by some faculty at the U):

PollEverywhere:

  • Text message (SMS) polls and voting
  • Can display results on web or through PowerPoint (updates automatically)
  • Can also vote via Twitter or Smartphones
polldaddy:
  • no innovations - simply a free/for pay pro options easy to use online poll and survey tool
misterpoll:
  • Internet's Largest Poll Database
  • free and easy to use
  • polls made by accounts are searchable
  • automatically adds a threaded discussion for every poll that folks can go to immediately after completing poll
Software driven clickers (including mobile devices):

iRespond AnyPlace - web-based version of clicker

  • Allows for essay answers
  • Homework
eInstruction:
  • vClicker mobile edition - virtual clicker
TurningPoint:
  • ResponseWare - web-based polling on laptops and cell phones/smart phones with web browsers
    • works on Wi-Fi and cell/data networks
    • Allows alphanumeric entry
    • Aids with accessibility issues
  • RemotePoll - Simultaneously connect multiple lecture rooms through the internet using ResponseCard hardware and RemotePoll to enable the host site to gather and display results immediately from all locations.
iClicker:
  • web>clicker - browser-based voting system that combines the simplicity and reliability of i>clicker with the flexibility of laptops and handheld devices.
    • works with laptops
    • works with mobile devices that support a browser
Systems adding new functionality beyond traditional clickers:

Quizdom:

  • Q7 Presenter Tablet - allows teachers to draw, annotate, and control computer applications without being tethered to a computer. Additionally, presenters can view notes, presentation indicators, and input from participants on the tablet's LCD screen.
  • Q5 instructor remote - can start and stop media as well as initiate a spontaneous question right from the remote.
  • Slide/question bank available for many disciplines from company
iRespond:
  • Intellislate - device that allows annotation over presentations, programs, documents and web pages Clip Art Library for Geography, Math, Science, History and more
  • iRespond mini tablet
    • Control your PC using the iRespond Mini-Tablet!
    • Tablet technology functionality at one-half the cost
    • Issue questions to students
    • Use as a teacher's/presenter's remote
    • Draw and capture capability
eInstruction:
  • InterWrite WorkSpace - vendor provided content (content, lessons, assessments, etc...)
  • InterWriteMobi - The teacher and student can concurrently interact with and contribute to the same digital content - ideal for team activities, learning simulations, student exploration, and more.
Hotseat (developed internally for use at Purdue http://www.purdue/hotseat):
  • Enabling collaborative micro-discussion in and out of the classroom
    • social networking-powered mobile Web application
    • creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience
    • Students can post messages to Hotseat using:
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • text messages
    • logging into Hotseat site
  • Students can also vote on questions posed to help instructor prioritize questions to answer
DyKnow (more of a technology classroom management tool):
  • Has a polling tool
  • Unique in that there is 2-way communication through the tool (faculty can address students questions individually)
]]> 7-22 upload file test using m4a file tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2010:/brown299/mobile//10182.243413 2010-07-22T15:03:55Z 2010-07-22T15:04:16Z test.m4a... Keith Brown test.m4a

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]]> Changes to wireless access for campus guests tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/brown299/mobile//10182.175581 2009-04-09T14:48:18Z 2009-04-09T14:49:14Z Campus guests now can use wireless Internet service by logging on to the “UofM Guest” SSID. Guests can use any existing e-mail address to log in to this network.... Keith Brown Campus guests now can use wireless Internet service by logging on to the “UofM Guest” SSID. Guests can use any existing e-mail address to log in to this network.

]]> Campus guests now can use wireless Internet service by logging on to the “UofM Guest” SSID. Guests can use any existing e-mail address to log in to this network.

This service is "best effort," offering no encryption and is limited in bandwidth and capacity. Therefore, presenters, conference attendees, and other official University guests still should use one of the other options for accessing the wireless network on campus. Additional information about other guest access options is at www.umn.edu/wireless/information/access/index.html.

In addition, customers with Service Gateway access may create and manage Guest accounts at no charge. Also, OIT has discontinued the service by which guests can sponsor themselves by purchasing a wireless account with a credit card. Guests should either use the “UofM Guest” SSID or use one of the additional options.

University students, faculty, and staff are reminded that they should log in to the “UofM Secure” network with their Internet ID (X.500) and password to take full advantage of the wireless network. The “UofM Guest” SSID is not designed to support University affiliates.

For additional assistance, call 1-HELP at (612) 301-4357.

]]> Conficker C worm threat tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/brown299/mobile//10182.175580 2009-04-09T14:44:36Z 2009-04-09T14:46:16Z Windows operating system users who haven't kept up with Microsoft’s security updates might find themselves infected with the Conficker C worm.... Keith Brown Windows operating system users who haven't kept up with Microsoft’s security updates might find themselves infected with the Conficker C worm.

]]> Windows operating system users who haven't kept up with Microsoft’s security updates might find themselves infected with the Conficker C worm.

Conficker, also known as Kido or Downadup, cropped up in November, and exploits a vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft patched in October. The worm threat, triggered on April 1, attempts to download files from a list of addresses, redirects DNS requests to certain sites (it doesn’t want you finding a fix for it!) and stops some Windows services and processes.

You can easily check to see if you're already infected by visiting Microsoft's Web site and security sites such as Symantec or McAfee. If you can surf those sites, you're probably fine. If you can't you're probably infected. Find more information on Conficker, including ways in which to remove it, from Web sites such as Symantec or ZDNet.

]]> Telephone feature sets, layout standardization planned tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/brown299/mobile//10182.175579 2009-04-09T14:42:21Z 2009-04-09T14:47:06Z The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is standardizing telephone feature sets and button layouts on all multi-line telephones throughout the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus.... Keith Brown The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is standardizing telephone feature sets and button layouts on all multi-line telephones throughout the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus.

]]> The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is standardizing telephone feature sets and button layouts on all multi-line telephones throughout the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus.

The work is being done to prepare for an online self-help process that will allow authorized users to manage voice services on their telephones. It will allow OIT to create significant savings in human resource overhead, to automate the order process, and to improve the accuracy of our databases. In addition, this change will introduce a universal, familiar feature set to each University phone.

No fixed features will be removed from telephones, but some features will be accessed with the use of keypad buttons instead of fixed programmed buttons on the telephones. For example, the “Last Number Redial” feature will be accessed by using “#9.”

All ITE12 and ITE30 telephones will be converted to the new telephone feature sets within the next year. Cutovers will be done building-by-building, starting with the St. Paul campus, followed by East Bank and West Bank, respectively. Posters indicating "Telephone Standardization in Progress" will be displayed in buildings while cutovers are happening.

For more information, go to www.oit.umn.edu/telephones and click on “Campus Implementation,” or send e-mail to ntsphones@umn.edu.

]]> IP cutover in Walter tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/brown299/mobile//10182.175493 2009-04-08T20:55:10Z 2009-04-08T20:57:55Z Today, NTS along with Tonu Mikk sliced and diced the network to give the DMC its own VLAN giving them rights to manage their own IP addresses rather than the Libraries.... Keith Brown Today, NTS along with Tonu Mikk sliced and diced the network to give the DMC its own VLAN giving them rights to manage their own IP addresses rather than the Libraries.

]]> Today, NTS along with Tonu Mikk sliced and diced the network to give the DMC its own VLAN giving them rights to manage their own IP addresses rather than the Libraries.

Printing might be affected for those in the Walter Library DMC offices and other OIT offices in Walter Library.

]]> OIT goes green tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/brown299/mobile//10182.175490 2009-04-08T20:51:23Z 2009-04-08T20:54:05Z OIT will no longer print any documents. Keith Brown OIT will no longer print any documents. Documents will now be shared by using portable document readers similar to the Sony model.

]]> OIT will no longer print any documents. Documents will now be shared by using portable document readers similar to the Sony model.

This is a hoax. This is really just Keith testing the system.

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