http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/ Helping students create great papers! en-us 2011-10-10T13:18:30-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/314429.html We have some news on the Assignment Calculator. We learned back in April, 2011 that the Calculator wasn't working with the then new version of Firefox. We added a disclaimer to the top of the page to have folks try... katep 2011-10-10T13:18:30-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/265711.html We are please to announce a new type of assignment for the Assignment Calculator--Primary Sources Research Project. We created this in close partnership with folks from all around the the Archives and Special Collections. This was built around work with... katep 2011-01-03T15:43:17-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/265710.html Came across this example of the Assignment Calculator from Staffordshire University: Assignment Survival Kit: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/ask/... katep 2011-01-03T15:33:20-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/258078.html A new template for the Assignment Calculator has been created. It steps students through the process of submitting a proposal to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and allows them to customize the template according to their timeline. Janice Jaguszewski,... katep 2010-11-02T09:17:29-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/247566.html In August, Minitex released its expanded and improved Research Project Calculator for public use! This version allows anyone to create an account, regardless if you are a Minnesota resident or not! This means you can store and edit your own... Technical Issues/Questions jveldof 2010-09-10T17:19:55-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/222373.html Below is an open source version of the new Assignment Calculator written using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). IF you would like to play with the code and/or help us out feel free to download it: AssignmentCalculator-1.1.zip The original student... snackeru 2010-03-02T12:55:04-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/203135.html Just a heads-up that Minitex is rewriting its Research Project Calculator implementation to bring its teacher resources into the AC beta, with an eye toward extensibility. It will be written with on PHP / MySQL foundation to meet the platform... Enhancements jveldof 2009-11-10T08:30:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/202010.html The newest assignment in the Assignment Calculator has been featured in Bionews blog: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/bioblog/bionews/2009/10/tools_to_help_with_lab_reports.html... katep 2009-11-04T10:42:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/187159.html We are pleased to announce the Lab Report assignment is live: https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/?assnId=180. Step 1: Understand your assignment. Attend lab and complete experiment. Step 2: Describe your materials and methods Step 3: Analyze and describe your results Step 4: Conduct... Enhancements katep 2009-07-31T15:18:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/187163.html We have a rough draft of a revision to the popular research paper assignment https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/?assnId=120 What do you think?... katep 2009-07-17T15:30:42-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/187161.html We have a rough draft of a Poster assignment: https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/?assnId=187 Take a look and let us know any comments or questions.... katep 2009-07-10T15:27:19-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/183213.html We have drafted a "Lab report" assignment for the beta version of the Assignment Calculator. We will be sharing this with faculty to get feedback and continue to edit. Take a look: https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/?assnId=180. Please let me know (katep@umn.edu) if... Enhancements katep 2009-06-11T15:45:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/166292.html The new Assignment Calculator was highlighted in the University of Minnesota Weekly Brief on February 11... katep 2009-02-12T09:31:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/165723.html Thanks to the fine folks at the University of Portland, we have been alerted to the possibility of the Assignment Calculator code (specifically "date.php") being susceptible to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. What this means is that using a GET... snackeru 2009-02-09T14:55:05-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/calculator/164368.html Enhancements jveldof 2009-02-02T09:10:39-06:00