Accomplishments:
� IST 110 Spring ’12 Section 002 Canvas Pilot
o Attended the training on 12/15/11
o Impressed with how tools like google docs and EtherPad integrated into the interface
o Assessments ported over much better than any of the other CMS’s tested in a shorter period of time
o Looks like many different tools are integrated like live tool instead of having to submit surveys etc.
� IST 110 CE
o Export/Imported materials in the space for Liz T.
� IST 111S
o Spoke with Deirdre over the phone. I copied materials over from Development space to real space
o She has items in the last three Lessons to revise.
o The plan is for her to start by revising the activities in ANGEL
o Then we will unpublish the last three topics which will give her time to make adjustments. This also prevents students from getting too far ahead in the course
� CMPSC 360 Yk and IST 230 Yk
o Exported/Imported materials in space for Larry N.
� IST 301 for Spring ’12 will have a deaf student
o Identified videos that need to be transcribed to be done through WCLD
o Working on finding a tool for Rosalie to do screenrs with
� Dragonfly Dictate is what we will use
� Wondering if we should have it for her computer or on an external hard drive to be able to plug and play for anyone who needs it
� Continued with IST 331 revision
o Working back and forth via email to complete revision even though just down the hallway, very inefficient L
o Updated the videos to make them more accessible. Used beta captioning tool which takes a text file and matches the video with it.
o Completed and uploaded to the Spring ’12 space J
� IST 402 revision
o Double checked schedule and gradebook to make sure that it works
o Made a few adjustments but everything is set to go
� IST 440W
o Talked to Rob Lipton about his experience with 440W
o Need to tie the course and assignments with the text book
� Madison proposal
o Met with Amy and Gary on Monday
o Amy took the Summary and I took the Objectives
o We plan to work on the Content Description for 1/4/11
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:
� I was having trouble getting javascript to work in IST 260W, so I moved the content.css file to the files level and placed the following code at the top of the html: <script language=”javascript” type=”text/javascript” src=”https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/scripts_library/headscripts.js”></script>
<p>
<link type=”text/css” rel=”stylesheet” href=”/sites/ist260w/files/content.css” /></p>
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- The 23rd is a holiday compensation day)
� 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
I’m off to break. See you on the flip side.