Introduction to Evernote

Posted on: May 11, 2012 | By: Scott Hildebrand | Filed under: Tech Tips

Evernote is a Cloud productivity tool and digital notebook that allows you to store various types of content, and access your content seamlessly from various devices—whether it be a smartphone, a PC, or a tablet. If you’ve ever wished you could quickly capture, store, or categorize all your conference business cards, or share your brainstorming notes with a team before meeting, Evernote may be the business solution for you. Read the entire post on the Lynda blog. Sign into Elon’s Lynda training at www.elon.edu/lynda. Learn how to dowload Evernote for free at www.evernote.com FollowShare on Tumblr

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Moodle upgrade brings new features: what you need to know

Posted on: May 9, 2012 | By: Dan Reis | Filed under: Instructional Technologies, Moodle, Teaching & Learning

Elon will be upgrading to the latest version of Moodle on May 21, 2012. This is particularly important for faculty currently teaching graduate courses and faculty teaching upcoming summer courses.

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This Week in Tweets: May 4, 2012

Posted on: May 4, 2012 | By: Laura Van Drie | Filed under: News

Happy Friday! In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. Latest Moodle Musings blog posted on adding Twitter to your course. http://fb.me/1jMlXqnf7 Tech Blog: Record brief videos to introduce yourself or course content. http://fb.me/11VUbjA9J FollowShare on Tumblr

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Tablet User Group meeting – Apps

Posted on: May 3, 2012 | By: Dan Reis | Filed under: Tech Tips

Here are the apps discussed at the May meeting of the Tablet User Group. The apps are listed in no particular order. Also below is a very brief summary of other issues the group discussed. If anything was left out, please add it in the comments. FollowShare on Tumblr

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Record brief videos to introduce yourself or course content

Posted on: May 3, 2012 | By: Dan Reis | Filed under: Instructional Technologies, Tech Tips, Moodle

YouTube includes a largely unknown feature that makes it quick and easy to record video. That’s right – record video! It’s easy because no other video software is needed, it records directly into YouTube. Educators can quickly record a video welcoming students to a course, introduce an assignment or important course concept, or make an announcement. These short videos are a simple way to build a connection with students. In this post, we’ll talk about what you need to record videos using YouTube, tips for recording talking-head videos and a detailed tutorial. FollowShare on Tumblr

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This Week in Tweets: April 27, 2012

Posted on: April 27, 2012 | By: Laura Van Drie | Filed under: News

Happy Friday! In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. #Adobe CS6 Features now available from #Lynda Training. Access it at http://www.elon.edu/lynda. http://fb.me/1IjtZWHU #Google introduces Google Drive for cloud storage. You get 5GB for free to start. http://fb.me/1TBuFYKfm FollowShare on Tumblr

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What everyone is reading

Posted on: April 26, 2012 | By: Laura Van Drie | Filed under: Tech Tips

The staff in Teaching and Learning Technologies likes to stay up-to-date on current trends in technology, teaching, higher education and leadership. Here are some recent blog posts, articles and books that staff members have found interesting and helpful: FollowShare on Tumblr

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Tech Talks@2: About Safari

Posted on: April 20, 2012 | By: Ben McFadyen | Filed under: Tech Tips

When it comes to Internet browsers, not all are created equal. Tech Talks @2 recently started a four-part series to highlight some of the latest features in Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.  We will cover one browser each Tuesday, so tune in at 2:00pm to learn how your current browser of choice stacks up against the others. Who knows, you might walk away with a new favorite browser. This week’s Tech Talks @2 (watch now) focused on Safari, which is available for all versions of Windows (Windows XP and greater) and Mac (OSX 10.5 and greater). The following are some of the features of Safari. FollowShare on Tumblr

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This Week in Tweets: April 20, 2012

Posted on: April 20, 2012 | By: Laura Van Drie | Filed under: News

Happy Friday! In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. Interesting thoughts. RT @derekbruff: New blog post: Questions Worth Asking about Educational Technology http://bit.ly/IY2QxB Educause – 7 Things you should know about the evolution of the textbook. http://bit.ly/HSqhaa FollowShare on Tumblr

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Getting started with Twitter

Posted on: April 17, 2012 | By: Laura Van Drie | Filed under: Tech Tips

Overview “Tweets” are short, 140-character messages that are sent out into cyberspace. Once you set up a Twitter account, you can Tweet as much or as little as you like and follow your friends, companies, news sources and more. FollowShare on Tumblr

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