Accomplishments:

• Summer ’12 courses running
  • IST 210
    • feedback from Fred that rubrics for labs would be nice but that he increases expectations for each lab as they progress through the course
      • I mentioned that it may be appropriate to have a separate rubric per lab
    • Mike is out on vaca this week
    • Received several emails from students
    • Gary helped me to answer, but Mike took care of it
    • Received some updates to the course from Gary
    • Updated all 3 currently running sections and dev space
  • IST 220
    • Abbi sent in an IST Helpdesk ticket on Sunday which was remedied

  • IST 240
  • Tim L requested a bit more about specifically he should be looking for in Assignment 3 submissions
    • Hal provided info
  • Hal requested information about the unpublished exams
    • I provided the info
  • IST 301
    • Found out how to download files from voicethread. Here is a short screenr of the process: http://screenr.com/h1r8
  • IST 302
    • Received another email about something that needed to be fixed because of changes to the course
      • Amy G stepped in
      • Meeting set for August to make adjustments

  • Summer ’12 revisions/developments
    • IST 420 (Ocker)
    • Asked about the amount of a textbook that we can use in a course (15%)
    • Also asked about whether the 15% can come from each edition of the text
      • Checked with Kathy Highbaugh who encouraged me to speak with Chris Holobar
      • Sent not to Holobar and will let Rosalie know when I hear back from Chris
    • IST 402 (Saab)
      • Next meeting is June 18
      • Need to look at syllabus and set up the development space before then
  • 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 Done 4/20
    
  • June 4 – Register for the conference (instructions will be sent)
  • July 4 – Upload session handout(s) – Google Hangout meeting set for 6/7/12 to get started on presentation (using prezi) for the conference
    • Started prezi: http://prezi.com/7ewxqdrscndu/online-program-success-through-cross-unit-collaboration/?auth_key=17981bdcbd6b4e1006d9ebc511a113b483603e36
  • Here is a reflection on EGC Gameday
  • https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/05/22/egc-game-day/
  • Fall ’12 Course Prep – mapped out on my outlook calendar courses to work on so that I’m done before we head out to Madison
    
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001
        
        • Copied Jan’s Spring ’12 section into the Fall ’12 space
        • Notified Jan, but didn’t receive word about how to proceed
      • Sec 002
        • Waiting to do this one until hear back from Jan about whether it’s okay to proceed.
        • Plan is to fix section 001, then copy into section 002
      • Sec 003
        • Copied master course section into the space
      • Sec 004 Pearson Pilot
        
        • No longer a Pearson Pilot
        • Probably will not be used based upon into from Amy S

    • IST 111S
      
      • Sec 001
        • Emailed Deirdre to give her a heads up that I’m moving on to populating her section next week.
    • IST 210
    • Sec 001
    • Sec 002
    • IST 220
    • Sec 001
    • Sec 002
    • IST 230
    • Sec 001
    • Emailed Larry to give him a heads up that I’m moving on to populating his section next week.
    • IST 240
    • Sec 001
    • IST 250
      • Sec 001
      • Sec 002
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001
    • IST 331
    • Sec 001
    • Sec 002
    • IST 402 SMO
    • Sec 001
    • IST 420 –
      • Sent Amy S a note about why section 2 was missing from the undergraduate listing of schedule of courses
        • Section 2 is an EA mps course
      • Made adjustments to Sec 001
        • Links updated
        • Course schedule updated
        • Team Work elements moved
        • Discussion forum rubric created and linked
      • When I hear back from John H about the rubric, I plan to…
        • export, merge sections 1-3, import materials into merged section
      • Sec 001
      • Sec 002
      • Sec 003
    • IST 440W
    • Sec 001
    • Sec 002
    • IST 495
    • Sec 001

  Ongoing Projects:

  • Updating google spreadsheet for Summer ’12 &  Fall ’12 
  • Created a new end of the semester survey for Spring ’12 & received good feedback from the team before implementation
    • Have a plan of sending out a survey a day until all Spring course surveys have been sent out
  • Thinking about how to point out to places that will be updated from the syllabus
    • Meeting next week with Kent to sure this up
  • Working on Fall ’12 Courses listed above
  • Set up Virtual Team Group in Yammer: https://www.yammer.com/psu.edu/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=567058
    • I’m trying to get discussion going but not getting alot of participation
  • Spent most of the time this week in the office on interviewing for a new candidate
  • 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

  Something New I worked on this Week

  • See items about Voicethread above

  Days off / Conferences:

  • June 4 – 4 hours vaction in AM
  • June 11 & 12 Web 2012 Conference
  • June 22, 25-28 vacation days
  • June 29 – Personal holiday
  • July 10 AM Sick time for Dental Appt
  • August 8-10 Madison Conference