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A look back at February

It’s been a long month. I really wanted to do weekly reflections, but that just didn’t work out. This post roughly covers topics since my last post, but kind of covers the last 30 days.SPAN 001-003 RevisionsAssessment FeedbackDifferences between SPAN…

It’s been a long month. I really wanted to do weekly reflections, but that just didn’t work out. This post roughly covers topics since my last post, but kind of covers the last 30 days.
SPAN 001-003 Revisions
Assessment Feedback
Differences between SPAN 001 and 003
Roll-over Templates
Audio Files in Assessments
New Instructors don’t touch courses
fixed gradebook
Release Dates and Grades, Early Progress Reports
Editing PDF’s
Fixing Flashcards
M&LD
Deafblind canceled
OL2000 finishes

TLT Videos

ALA Logistics and Planning for March Session
Budget
Gathering Content and Storyboarding
Draft
Future action plan based on these reflections?
  • Take a big breath when working on Spanish. We’ve done an incredible amount of work. Patty has assisted me with the majority of our 110 individual tasks since we began tracking them and that list isn’t fully comprehensive.

MT4 doesn’t like PNG’s

Just a little head’s up to my fellow ePortfolio bloggers… I just discovered that MT4 prefers JPG images over PNG’s. If you try to add a PNG and want to have MT4 create a thumbnail, you’ll get an error. Just…

Just a little head’s up to my fellow ePortfolio bloggers… I just discovered that MT4 prefers JPG images over PNG’s. If you try to add a PNG and want to have MT4 create a thumbnail, you’ll get an error. Just convert your PNG’s into JPG’s and you’re golden!

When uploading your images, I highly recommend saving the images into a folder called “images” so that your root directory doesn’t get mobbed with random images. You’ll have to type in the name of your folder every time however and the folder doesn’t show up when you click on the “Choose Folder” list in MT4, but rest assured, it is there.
mt4 image upload.jpgYou may also want to clean up the HTML a little bit. Just switch the editor into “HTML mode” and delete “<br /> <div><br /></div>” or similar extra code at the bottom of your page.

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What to consider when selecting a Photo-sharing service for your class?

An instructor recently contacted me about the option of using a photo-sharing service for her photography class with CE@UP. I don’t have a lot of details about the course and her expectations, but there are a few things to think…

An instructor recently contacted me about the option of using a photo-sharing service for her photography class with CE@UP. I don’t have a lot of details about the course and her expectations, but there are a few things to think about that would apply to a number of different situations (roughly in order of importance):

  • uploading options
  • organization of the content
  • storage limits
  • bandwidth limits
  • view options: full-screen slideshows
  • sharing options
  • log-in requirements
  • visitor requirements
  • privacy and permissions
  • metadata options
  • service reliability
  • read the fine-print
  • Web 2.0 framework
  • service popularity
  • licensing options
  • statistics
  • printing options