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by Sean Stockburger
This spring ADMCS and University Communications launched a new Announcement Channel for the myWestern Portal. Announcements were previously created using the Bullseye Targeted Messaging system, but now announcements can be viewed and created within the portal itself...
by John Farquhar
The use of the web for delivering a presentation in real time can be described using various terms. These terms are used inconsistently, but often refer to different technologies with different capabilities. You might have heard reference to webinars, web conferencing, webcasts, as well as web streaming when it comes to presenting online. How do you determine which is which in order to request the right assistance?
Before leaving for the summer, please review the following computer account tips so you can hit the ground running when you return for Fall quarter...
by John Farquhar
This year’s Tech Tonic was a collaboration between multiple colleges and programs to bring attention to visual literacies for the new millennium. The overall event included the Tech Center’s tech expo in the lobby of the PAC where robots, tablets, touch tables, and other tech furniture was on display. Student groups such as the KVIK video production club and a class of smartphone app developers were showcasing projects that they had developed...
by Susan Brown
Adobe CS6, IBM SPSS 20, Microsoft Home Use, and apps for university-owned iPads and iPods.
by Rick Nichols
Microsoft Outlook provides the ability to recover items that have been deleted. After the Deleted Items folder is emptied, the deleted items will remain in the Recover Deleted Items folder for 14 days...
by Marie Raney
We are currently building the Western Web Edit system for Colleges and Departments. Simultaneously, the design team is meeting to define a template or family of templates for these new websites. The first three colleges will be CBE, Woodring, and CFPA, with the other colleges starting this summer or whenever they are ready for the conversion...
by Suzanne Blais, Executive Director of the Center for New Media
On April 11, 2012, twenty-two students across campus from the Video Production/New Media Internship team started a conversation between students and faculty about how technology is currently being used at Western...
by Rob Galbraith
You can request a lab reservation using the Request a Reservation online form on the ATUS Computer Labs page...
by John Farquhar
Western co-hosted the Northwest MET (NW/MET) conference for Managers of Educational Technology held in Bellingham, from April 22 to 24, 2012...
by John Farquhar
The Washington State Board of Community and Technology Colleges (SBCTC) recently completed a thorough review of Learning Management Systems (LMSs) in anticipation of migrating to a new platform. And, in April of 2012, they announced that they had selected Canvas as their apparent successful vendor...
This is Issue 51, Spring 2012
Academic Technology News is a production of Academic Technology & User Services, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225-9094.
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Editor: Susan Brown |
Contributors:
Suzanne Blais, John Farquhar, Rob Galbraith, Rick Nichols, Marie Raney, Sean Stockburger, Susan Brown
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