Reflection 12/05/11-12/09/11

Accomplishments:

         Made adjustments to IST 110 peer eval. Some students confused with PSU ID. Had to clarify that the ID was their email account ID. Also clarified directions in ANGEL.

         Continued with IST 111S revision

o   Contacted Deirdre via email about progress and to see where she is

  Got a response. She’s still working and asked for a drop dead date. Much has been completed, so I gave her a date of Dec 19.

o   Worked more on why interactive pieces are not working. Here’s what we found:

  One of the problems that we have with this object is that we don’t have the original fla file that was used to export the swf. Another is that drupal is renaming from the naming convention that we are using in our file structure by replacing with “node,” not sure if this is a drupal issue or how the original flash was programmed. Another is that the flash that is being used in this course is calling out to an xml file which is different than other items that work in drupal. We did some testing and we can get to the object using the url to our server. If we used a screen shot of the original object and link out to the object on our server, it works.

  Once the decision was made to link to the server via an jpg, we continued to have issues, only to find that the extension was JPG in caps on the server. Once this was adjusted, everything has worked perfectly.

         Heard back from Lisa about plan for 210 revision to help tie the course together a bit more with labs.

         Met with Hyunjeong about teaching 220 for Spring ’12. Shared sample introduction announcement.

         Continued with IST 331 revision

o   Worked through my last pass before turning things over to Martin to double check

o   Good impromptu meeting with Martin for clarification has sped up the process

o   Working out a few final items before having this complete

         Continued with IST 402 revision

o   Still need to complete 2 items for completion

Ongoing Projects:

         Working on Spring 2012 courses: IST 111S, IST 230, IST 295A, IST 331, IST 402, IST 495

         Working on Summer 2012 courses: IST 210, IST 220, IST 240, IST 250, IST 260W, IST 295B, IST 301, IST 302, IST 420, IST 421, IST 440W

         Check for flash and video that doesn’t show up from the WC version.

         Adding peer evals in drupal to courses.

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

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

Some things that I learned this week:

         When flash objects have swf pointing to xml can be problematic in drupal

         When placing code into drupal and if items are not showing up, change the case from lower to upper to see if that works.

Back Burner:

         Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:     

         Vacation Day – 12/22/11

         Winter Holiday (12/23/11-1/2/12)

         Dental Appt scheduled for 2/24/12 (Plan to take half day in the am)

         March 24 TLT Symposium – thinking of using this opportunity to practice session for Madison Conference (Possible to count this as time worked?)

Still running for 1st night 5K. Glad to hear that Kent is planning to join me in the run.

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