Important Notice: Upcoming Blackboard Upgrade and Downtime
As you are planning courses for spring, please be aware that Blackboard Administrators in University Technology and Services in Columbia will be installing Service Pack upgrades to Blackboard on or about December 19th. This upgrade will require downtime of up to 48 hours when Blackboard will be unavailable. We will be confirming dates and sharing information about new features as soon as details are made available to us. Reminder: Echo 360 Captioning is now available!
As you create lecture capture recordings using Echo 360 Personal Capture, consider submitting your recordings for captioning. Captioning of Echo 360 recordings is now available through the Department of Learning Technologies.
To request captioning of your Echo 360 recordings, follow (newly updated) instructions provided on the
Echo 360 Captioning Site. (When prompted, enter your USC Upstate network log in credentials to access the site and submit an Echo video file for captioning). Note that the captioning process can be greatly facilitated if you include a script/transcript of your recording with your video file.
Please feel free to contact us if you have questions or need help with the submission process.
Call the IT Help Desk at 5257, or email Cindy Jennings:
cjennings@uscupstat.edu
For helpful tips and additional resources on creating effective screencasts, visit:
And for more on presentation design tips, visit this October 19th post by Stephen Ransom on his EdTechTrek blog:
Learning Presentation Design.
November BYOD App Feature - Explain Everything
Explain Everything is available for Android and iOS for $2.99.
"Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design". Use it as an interactive whteboard...record on-screen drawing and annotation...capture audio and video...and much more.
This is an excellent presentation tool for those of you using Apple TV in your classrooms. For more information, visit Explain Everything video tutorials.
News from Information Technology and Services
Welcome New ITS Staff Members:
Greg Aldridge joins the Department of Network Services as Senior Network Administrator. Greg and his wife Kerri have 2 daughters, Morgan and Karsyn. Greg worked with Heritage Healthcare in Greenville before coming to Upstate. Greg coaches his daughters' AYSO soccer teams in his spare time. Oh, and Greg says: GO STEELERS!
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Winona T. Hatcher joins the Department of Learning Technologies as Instructional Design and Assistive Technology Specialist. Winona and her husband Eric have 5 children, Brandon, Bryan, Brittany, Michaela, and Lydia. Winona worked at Aiken Technical College as Administrative Office Technology Program Coordinator before coming to Upstate. Winona shares that her passion is helping people learn how to use and integrate technology into their lives.
Help Learning Technologies Plan for Spring!
By completing our 5-Minute Survey:
Additional Opportunities coming in Spring:
From the New Media Consortium On the Horizon webinar series - Where EdTech Leaders Bring Horizon Project Research to Life. The "NMC on the Horizon" series reflects the research and work of the NMC Horizon Project in action. International panels of experts are convened across all education sectors to address the emerging technologies poised to significantly impact teaching and learning.
BYOD
January 8, 2014 - 12:00 - 1:00
Register on the Webinar homepage. Details coming soon!
Check out the HP Catalyst Academy:
...for professional learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering, mather and other 21st century high-tech disciplines. The academy features free online mini-courses that are specifically designed for STEMx teachers and faculty 6-16.
Visit the full mini-course catalog for more information.
