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Request to download the Sanako Study 1200 licensing server, student and classroom name reset, program and source

2013/06/11 plagwitz Leave a comment

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serverclientclassroomnamereset (=THE SOFTWARE) - even though it has been extensively both tested (strongly suggested you do the same first) and run in production by THE AUTHOR - is provided "AS IS" and "WITH ALL FAULTS," without warranty of any kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Although THE AUTHOR has attempted to find and correct any bugs in THE SOFTWARE programs, THE AUTHOR makes no warranty that THE SOFTWARE is free of defects or is suitable for any particular purpose. In no event shall THE AUTHOR be responsible for loss or damages arising from the installation or use of THE SOFTWARE, including but not limited to any indirect, punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages of any character including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of THE SOFTWARE is borne by you. Should THE SOFTWARE prove defective, you and not THE AUTHOR assume the entire cost of any service and repair. THE AUTHOR is under no obligation to provide support, service, corrections, or upgrades to THE SOFTWARE programs. For more information, please send an email to THE AUTHOR (trpsoft@outlook.com).

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Categories: audience-is-language-learning-center-manager, compiledcode, digital-audio-lab, e-infrastructure, forms, service-is-configuring-learning-tools, service-is-programming, sourcecode Tags: autoit, sanako-study-1200

Request to download the Sanako Study 1200 Recorder Installer source

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(Please be advised that there is no compiled code download for this software program since any implementation is institution-specific. The source code (written in AutoIT) download is for demonstration purposes only and not ready to run without you making the necessary adaptations to your environment).

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sanakorecorderinstallfaculty (=THE SOFTWARE) - even though it has been extensively both tested (strongly suggested you do the same first) and run in production by THE AUTHOR - is provided "AS IS" and "WITH ALL FAULTS," without warranty of any kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Although THE AUTHOR has attempted to find and correct any bugs in THE SOFTWARE programs, THE AUTHOR makes no warranty that THE SOFTWARE is free of defects or is suitable for any particular purpose. In no event shall THE AUTHOR be responsible for loss or damages arising from the installation or use of THE SOFTWARE, including but not limited to any indirect, punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages of any character including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of THE SOFTWARE is borne by you. Should THE SOFTWARE prove defective, you and not THE AUTHOR assume the entire cost of any service and repair. THE AUTHOR is under no obligation to provide support, service, corrections, or upgrades to THE SOFTWARE programs. For more information, please send an email to THE AUTHOR (trpsoft@outlook.com).

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Categories: audience-is-language-learning-center-manager, digital-audio-lab, e-infrastructure, service-is-configuring-learning-tools, service-is-it-managing, service-is-programming, sourcecode Tags: autoit, sanako-study-1200, sanakorecorderinstall.exe, student.exe, trpQuiz

Paper @ IALLT 2013: Driving Tutorial Call Into The Face-To-Face Classroom, and What It Took…

2013/06/01 plagwitz Leave a comment

…has been accepted for inclusion in the program for IALLT 2013, June 11-15 at the Pinecrest School (Fort Lauderdale, FL)/Florida International University (Boca Raton, FL) and was presented on June 14: Here are abstract and slide deck:

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How to get access to the LRC Sanako (teacher materials, student recordings) from your office or home PC

2013/05/15 plagwitz 1 comment

Run the Sanako Installer (first meant for faculty offices only, but now faculty also want to have access from home, so I added that functionality).
On your office and or home PC, you get a folder “SANAKO” on your desktop. This folder will contain all you need to access student assessments from past classes or upload learning materials for future classes:
1. In the office: : It is sufficient to click the additional “UNCC…” links at the bottom of the list .
2. At home:
  1. Click “1st connect…” and log into the campus.
  2. Click “How teachers find…”, log in with the blog password, open the PDF, click the links in the PDF to the Sanako off-campus folders, log in again with the network credentials as shown in the PDF (sigh…).
  3. EXAMPLE: Here you can see on a faculty home PC:
    1. the sanako recorder and campus connector:
    2. the SANAKO desktop folder shortcuts:
      1. You get the Word templates only if you can use them (have WORD installed – remember you can install MS-Office with your free faculty license from here).
      2. (No, you won’t get the “UNCC…”shortcuts at home, we simplified since.)
  4. Both office and home:
    1. Drag any audio files into the Sanako study recorder window (further reading on why the Sanako study recorder is useful for teachers).
    2. Need to record? configure your microphone in Sanako study recorder, menu Tools.

Categories: audience-is-teachers, documentation, e-infrastructure, e-languages, faculty-offices, Institution-is-University-of-North-Carolina-Charlotte, service-is-configuring-learning-tools, service-is-it-managing, service-is-programming Tags: autoit, iallt2013, MS-Word, sanako-study-1200, sanakorecorderinstall.exe, student.exe, vpn

Make life simpler in the language lab by disabling extra audio panels

2013/05/10 plagwitz Leave a comment

Problem: Having multiple audio panels enabled can led to too many options = sources of errors and confusion.
1. Software (e.g. Saba Centra) may defaults to different audio panels (front “Microphone” preferred over a “Rear Input” that can be used as a Microphone and is the preferred device in your lab (for security, safety and ergonomic reasons).
2. Students may make erroneous assumptions and try to reconfigure the PC audio by plugging cables into a different outlet.
3. ESP Panel software detects plugging in of devices and asks users to identify whether microphone or line-in device has been plugged into rear input which confuses our users even more.
Software configuration: On Dell Optiplex 760 under Windows 7 , you can
1. run mmsys.cpl,
2. go to tab:“recording” devices
3. to disable the front panel input microphone:
  1. select “microphone”(that is the front input)
  2. right-click and choose “disable”:
  3. result:
  4. right-=click and uncheck “show disabled devices”
4. to configure the “rear input”:
  1. select and click “properties”
  2. go to tab “custom” (may require having an add-on driver installed, consult the DELL driver update utility)
  3. check “use as microphone”
  4. check (optional, recommended): “microphone boost”
5. “Ok” out of all mmsys.cpl dialogues and (for good measure) restart computer.
Test your software configuration to work (listening, recording) with the applications used in your lab:
1. Sanako student recorder
2. Saba Centra
3. Audacity
4. Voicethread
5. Moodle: Audio and Kaltura (even though no webcam)
6. Etc.?
Hardware configuration
1. Plug your headset microphone and speaker into the rear audio panel. Tie the microphone cable down with a cable tie. Students have managed to pull the cable through the cable tie, so tie the cable into a knot around the cable tie to prevent that
2. Tape (plastic that student cannot push a plug through easily) over the front audio panel and put a label on top: “Do not use! Get help at desk!”. Instruct your help desk student staff.

Categories: audience-is-language-learning-center-staff, hardware, headphones, service-is-configuring-learning-tools, service-is-testing-troubleshooting-debugging Tags: audio, dell-optiplex-760, ms-windows-7

How not to have to join a Saba Centra online class from the LRC late, for lack of speaking capabilities

2013/05/06 plagwitz Leave a comment

Problem: We continue getting reports from teachers that students who try to participate in a Saba Centra online class from the LRC listening station computers (with analogue headphones) experience a considerable delay in joining and cause disruption to online classes since they have to troubleshoot their microphones, for lack of being audible online.
Root cause: Saba Centra on startup automatically selects the “microphone” as recording device…
Workaround:
1. On XP, click “Start”, click “Run”, type (without quotes) “SndVol32 –R” (meaning: “SoundVolume for Recording”), click “OK” which opens the volume mixer for recording devices. The radio button selected will be “Rear input”.
2. Start Saba Centra.
3. Switch back to the volume mixer you opened in step 1. Note that the radio button now selected is “Microphone”. This is wrong for the listening stations (and the teacher station) in the LRC. Switch it back to “Rear input” (you know that your headset is supposed to be plugged into the rear).
4. And off you go… Plus note: There is no need for “expensive” workarounds like:
  1. haphazardly trying to replug headphones,
  2. purchasing your own USB headphones,
  3. hogging the main classroom with its USB headphones.