New Prezi Features
Prezi, an online presentation tool, has released several new features listed below. Learn more about Prezi. Prezi Meeting You can now work together in real time on the same prezi! With Prezi Meeting, teams can collaborate live or simply present prezis with up to 10 people in a prezi at one time. Prezi Meeting is included in all license types. Color Wizard Now you can customize prezis according to your choice of colors and fonts. Paying users can even add their own business logo. Create branded themes by adding your exact colors. If you are a designer: start editing the CSS of the prezi directly. Drag and drop files to PreziDesktop Drag and drop images, videos and PDF documents directly to PreziDesktop from your computer! The color wizard and CSS editing are also available in this update of the offline editor. Snap to Ever wondered about creating more order in…
Read MoreKeep your files up-to-date with Mesh
Do you email yourself files or carry them around on a USB drive because you use multiple computers on regular basis? After you move your files around, do you have a hard time keeping straight which file is the most up-to-date? If you answered yes to either of those questions, a new product from Microsoft might be the solution. Microsoft Live Mesh 2011 uses cloud computing technology to sync files between multiple computers assuring that you have the most up-to-date version of the file in front of you. The free service, which is available for Windows and Macs, gives you 5 gigabytes of storage space for most any file type. Mesh allows you to select which folders and computers you would like to sync, and automatically updates each computer whenever a file changes. Mesh is part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 package. Learn more about Mesh, and other available…
Read MorePredator torments sorority pledges on facebook
At several southeast universities, including Florida State University, University of Florida, Auburn University, University of Alabama, and LSU, over 70 college girls pledging sororities have reported being targeted by a Facebook scam. They get a Facebook message from an older sorority sister offering to help the pledge, but the other person isn’t really a sorority sister. What starts as a normal conversation usually ends with nude photos, threats of violence, and personal secrets revealed. Watch the story from the Today show on NBC, and remember: * Use your privacy settings in social networking sites like Facebook * Only accept friends who you know in real life FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreBlackboard Learn Upgrade: The Grade Center
The Blackboard Learn Grade Center is more than just a way to record students’ grades; it is a dynamic and interactive tool. The Grade Center can record data, monitor student progress and communicate information to students. Use this valuable tool to help understand student progress and make informed decisions on how to improve educational performance. Grade Center Enhancements Creating and taking Tests have several enhancements to reduce errors and increase efficiency. Test-takers are reminded to submit answers before they are allowed to leave a test. Random Blocks and Question Sets are both available for instructors to add groups of questions to tests. Random Blocks pull questions into a test from a pool based on certain criteria. They are dynamic and reflect changes to the question pool. Question Sets are static and are made up of specific questions selected to be in the Question Set used in the Test. Question and…
Read MoreGoogle Docs: drag and drop upload
Google just launched a pair of features that can save you time and give you more room to work: drag and drop upload and compact controls. Read the entire blog post… FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreBlackboard Learn Upgrade: Blogs, Wikis, and Journals
This week’s topic highlights the addition of blogs, wikis, and journals in the new Blackboard Learn. When used together, these tools allow students collaborate, share information with their classmates, and post private information seen only by the instructor. Learn more about each tool below and how you can integrate them into your course. Blackboard Blogs A blog is a collaborative collection of information, similar to an online discussion board. Collaboration occurs as entries from multiple people collect in one place, but each participant’s entry is only editable by that person. “What we did / will do in class” – created by the instructor, but students can comment. It saves instructor the time it takes to answer the question for multiple students, one by one, via Email. If a classroom activity isn’t tied to a particular assignment, this can be a simple way to have your students hand in their work…
Read MoreGet legal with image search
NspireD2 by Chris Clark Cathy Schulz, my colleague in the OpenCourseware project, works hard to guarantee that materials she publishes online are legal to share. For example, faculty members send her images they use in the classroom, where fair use applies. Before an image can be shared with the world, though, Cathy has to find out who owns it. That can be very tricky when the instructor can’t remember where they got the image – or when the “source” has used someone else’s image without permission. Read the full blog post… FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreBlackboard Learn Upgrade: The Course Environment
Blackboard Learn is coming December 22, 2010. This week’s post highlights some of the changes to the course environment within the Blackboard Learn interface. The redesigned interface decreases the number of clicks, adds drag and drop functionality, and an edit button that allows you to quickly switch between instructor view and student view. Here are a few course environment enhancements we think will improve your experience in Blackboard. Fewer Clicks Everywhere Users will enjoy using fewer clicks to navigate the system and complete tasks. Reorganization of Course Management Actions Course Management features, such as the Control Panel and action bars, have been re-organized to align with the day-to-day tasks performed by instructors, increasing efficiency and becoming more task-appropriate. Edit in Place The ability to easily edit the course menu and switch back and forth between student and instructor view saves time. Instructors also no longer need to switch to a separate…
Read MoreCompany accused of firing over facebook post
“In what labor officials and lawyers view as a ground-breaking case involving workers and social media, the National Labor Relations Board has accused a company of illegally firing an employee after she criticized her supervisor on her Facebook page. This is the first case in which the labor board has stepped in to argue that workers’ criticisms of their bosses or companies on a social networking site are generally a protected activity and that employers would be violating the law by punishing workers for such statements.” Read more of this article by Steven Greenhouse from The New York Times. What do you think? Feel free to leave a comment and voice your opinion. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreBlackboard Learn Preview Sessions
Learn more by attending one of our identical Blackboard Learn Preview sessions. Registration is not required. Main Campus (Belk 115) – Sessions begin at 10:00am, 11:00am, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm on the following dates: · Tuesday, November 16 · Wednesday, November 17 Law School – Session begins at 10:00am · Thursday, November 18 FollowShare on Tumblr
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