Reflection 8/15/11-8/19/11

Accomplishments:

         Updated documents on subversion as necessary

         Continuing with IST 111S revision

         Continuing IST 230 revision

         Haven’t heard anything from instructor revising IST 331 even with an email

         Continuing IST 402

o   With the summer semester closed will begin to pick up

         Met with Carl Cotner again about CE 210

o   Talked him through the course

o   Encouraged him to personalize

o   Populated his space with materials

o   Followed up with Amy Stever about the room for the section having computers

o   Checked in with Sharon Youtzy about the room and got it moved to a room with computers. She mentioned that he should discuss with the Media Tech group to see if the necessary software was available on the computers (http://www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/services/pool.html).

         Wrote up JRW and SRDP

 

Ongoing Projects:

         Adjusting IST 110 for Fall. Made an course announcement for students to login to drupal site.

         Holding a training session for using Elluminate Live on August 24th from 9 PM to 10 PM for instructor, Jan Mahar, and LA’s of 110

         Working on Spring 2012 courses: IST 111S, IST 230, IST 331, IST 402

         Working through content to update links, etc. (Found out that the links to ANGEL work if drupal is in the frame of ANGEL.). Here is the code to make this work for an item named Document Practice: https://cms.psu.edu/section/content/default.asp?WCI=Goto&WCU=CRSCNT&MATCH=Document+Practice. This only works if drupal is in the frame of ANGEL!

         Adding peer evals in drupal to courses. I found that to make a block I first need to create a menu item. Then I can drag the menu item in blocks to the appropriate place.

         Working on checking courses (content isn’t always there) from WCLD to be placed in Drupal through OIDI task list

         Updating syllabi & content in drupal

 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

         Need a closer look at how the code needs to be adjusted in the syllabus to enable the css to take in drupal. Thought that I got this to work but 295a isn’t working

         Would like to have a better working knowledge of…

o   Captivate

o   Kaltura

o   Jaycut

 

Back Burner:

         Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

         Need to read the book Understanding by Design: http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Design-Grant-Wiggins/dp/013093058X

 

   

Days off / Conferences:     

         Conference Nov. 8-11 – SLOAN-C Conference

 

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