Accomplishments:

• Spring ’12 courses running

• IST 110
• I started to work on the google peer evaluation ideas for working with Jan and company next week
• IST 230
  • Added three more ppts to the course as solutions for problems of the week
  • I’m thinking that it might make sense to convert these to captivate to see if Larry might like them to be added to the course, but if the problems change this would need to be redone.
• Spring ’12 revisions
  • IST 210 (Heberling)
  • Gary will be adjusting Labs and Team Project
  • Gary will be going through the assessment questions to see what should be removed from the banks
  • IST 220 (Bertin)
  • Need to try the labs myself
  • IST 240 (Smith)
    • Received lessons 13, 14, and 15 and placed in the course
    • When I emailed Hal, I mentioned using vlabs
    • He was fine with this and mentioned that he would be getting me more info about assignments in Lesson 5 and 13 shortly.
    • I reminded him about the need to revise Lesson 1 as well
  • IST 402 (Cameron) – I’ll be assisting Melissa when needed
  • IST 402 (Saab)
    • Meeting planned for April 30
  • IST 421 (Hill)
  • John made more adjustments to the course including assessment materials
  • I added these to the course and also these:
    • adjusting course schedule for summer
    • creating the gradebook
  • I would also like to make adjustments to the course schedule so that we have the Spring ’13 schedule ready
• Madison proposal
  • Received confirmation that I have been selected to present for the 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning in Madison, WI in the lightning session format. The session title is “An overview to providing accessible videos using free tools.”
  • Deadlines
  • May 4 – Upload required paper for Conference Proceedings and Resources publication
  • June 4 – Register for the conference (instructions will be sent)
  • July 4 – Upload session handout(s)
  • Worked on my sections for April 12 meeting
  • Amy and Gary did as well and we are having a follow up meeting next Wed 4/18
  • I need to check out the reference example before then and check Amy and Gary sections
• Summer ’12 Course Prep
  • Emailed IST undergrad faculty about ANGEL upgrade on May 5: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/news/2012/angel-to-be-upgraded-to-version-8-may-5
  • IST 110
    • Sec 001 Followed up to find out which section to export/import from
      • Larry notified about course being prepped and consulted about whether it was okay to use the dev space materials or Fall ’11
      • Sent a reply that he would check & then I can move from there
    • Sec 002
      • Completed the update of Rob’s section and awaiting feedback from Larry about the course schedule
    • Sec 003
      • Awaiting Larry’s reply before populating the space
      • Amy G will be teaching this section as a Pearson pilot
    • Sec 004
      • Awaiting Larry’s reply before populating the space
      • Deirdre will be teaching this section
  • IST 111S Followed up about which section to import/export from
    • Sec 001
      • Deirdre notified about course being prepped and consulted about whether it is okay to use Spring ’12 as the section to copy
      • Plan to remove course schedule from the syllabus since she already places the course schedule under the Lessons tab in ANGEL
  • IST 220
  • Sec 001
  • Completed all items for Summer ’12 opening
  • Sec 002
  • Completed all items for Summer ’12 opening
  • Sec 003
  • Completed all items for Summer ’12 opening
  • IST 230
  • Sec 001
  • Emailed Larry to confirm that it is okay to export Spring ’12 materials to import into the Summer ’12 space
  • Received confirmation to set up space
  • Completed all items for Summer ’12 opening
  • IST 295B
  • Sec 001
  • Completed all items for Summer ’12 opening
  • IST 301
  • Rosalie set up HBR articles and provided me a link
  • She’s also going to populate her spaces
  • IST 495
  • Sec 001
  • Completed all items for Summer ’12 opening

Ongoing Projects:

• Updating google spreadsheet for Summer ’12 &  Fall ’12
• Working on Summer 2012 courses: 110, 111S, 210, 220, 230, 240, 295B, 301, 302, 420 EA (Melissa), 421, 495
• IST 260W content added in drupal
  • I need to check it with the WC offering
    • Began the process but looks like there is a reference to an old textbook in the content

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

• None

Back Burner:

• Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:

• April 10 – 4 hours vacation
• April 13 – 8 hours vacation
• April 16 – 8 hours vacation
• June 11 & 12 Web 2012 Conference
• June 22, 25-29 vacation days
• July 10 AM Sick time for Dental Appt
• August 8-10 Madison Conference