- Zimbra Weekly: Out-of-office and the auto-reply feature
- Newsletter updates: Full-text issue, plus archived “view by issue”
- Save/access your files in one place with Office Live Workspace
- CD/DVD duplication services in the Media Development Center
- Transferring courses between learning/course management systems
- K-State’s IDOS blog covers instructional design for e-learning
Zimbra Weekly: Out-of-office and the auto-reply feature
Tuesday, June 30, 2009When away from your e-mail, you may find it helpful to set an auto-reply message. This message will automatically be sent to people who send you e-mail while you are away. The auto-reply message is sent to each recipient only once every seven days, regardless of how many e-mails that person sends you during the designated away time.
Departments that are using this feature to respond to departmental e-mails need to be aware that the auto-reply message will only be sent once every seven days to the original sender.
To set an auto-reply message: More…
Newsletter updates: Full-text issue, plus archived “view by issue”
Tuesday, June 30, 2009While the current version of InfoTech Tuesday offers a wide range of features not possible on the previous platform, updates are still being made to the site to make it a more user-friendly vehicle for technology news at K-State. In this vein, a couple of improvements have been made to the site:
- An improved archives that allows “viewing by issue”.
- A new “full-text version” that allows readers to read an entire issue all on one webpage.
Improved archives with “viewing by issue“
Long a desired feature, an improved archives section has always been on the list of things to update. In the past, the only way to view archives was on an article-by-article basis. So, when looking chronologically at the archives, it was possible to view a listing of all articles in a given year or month. However, since InfoTech Tuesday is published on a “weekly issue” basis, the previous archives did not reflect this structure and allow for the browsing of articles on an issue-by-issue basis.
Save/access your files in one place with Office Live Workspace
Tuesday, June 30, 2009Do you struggle with finding a central location where you can access all of your files when you need them? You might have a laptop, a desktop computer, and a home computer and are always finding that you have saved a file on another device. One solution is to use Office Live Workspace so you can save your files in one location and then access your files no matter which device you are using.
Office Casual: How I use Office Live Workspace
See Microsoft’s Office Live Workspace to learn more.
By Cathy Rodriguez | Tagged: file sharing, file syncing, microsoft office
CD/DVD duplication services in the Media Development Center
Tuesday, June 30, 2009The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library can help K-Staters duplicate and print CDs and DVDs. There are two stand-alone, tower disc duplicators — one with a 9-disc capacity, and a smaller one with a 7-disc capacity. These duplicators can mass-produce copies of CDs in a fraction of the time.
The MDC also has a dedicated disc printer that can print quality photos right on the disc. Finally, an all-in-one production station allows you to duplicate and print discs from one station.
| MDC summer schedule | Hours |
| Monday-Friday | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |
| Saturday | 1-5 p.m. |
| Sunday | Closed |
Transferring courses between learning/course management systems
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
K-State Online is the learning/course management system at Kansas State University
For any number of reasons, faculty may find they have to transfer digital learning objects or modules or whole courses from one learning/course management system (L/CMS) to another. Sometimes this is due to the closing out of a contract for a particular L/CMS. Sometimes it’s a matter of changing workplaces and moving contents (for which faculty own all or partial copyright). Sometimes faculty members need to deploy a course on a different system in order to reach a wider audience.
Assuming that the digital learning objects have been built correctly (with the proper technologies and in an accessible way), various types of learning may be quite “portable.” These text files, digital imagery, diagrams, slideshows (still and animated), audio files, video files, games, tutorials, and other objects may be moved without affecting their quality.
By Shalin Hai-Jew | Tagged: learning course management system, learning objects, portable, transfer
K-State’s IDOS blog covers instructional design for e-learning
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The IDOS instructional web blog at K-State
Since its inception in 2006, the Instructional Design Open Studio (IDOS) blog (id.ome.ksu.edu/blog) has addressed issues of instructional design for e-learning. Instructional design refers to the application of pedagogical theory, educational research, and high-tech expertise in the building of learning — through digital learning objects, modules, digital short courses, automated learning, immersive learning, and long courses.
This blog originated at Kansas State University and is hosted by the Information Technology Assistance Center (iTAC).
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