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How to configure Java not to check for updates in the frozen computer lab

2014/02/26 Leave a comment
  1. Many applications – both web-based or standalone – in the LRC rely on Java. They currently all start Java with the autoupdater:
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  3. and may at least temporarily allow for Java versions not tested for compatibility with LRC applications
  4. which should not cause permanent problems, since the computers are frozen, but does cause client s unnecessary hassle and delays
  5. provided that
    1. the LRC applications have been tested to work with the reasonably recent version of Java in the LRC image
    2. and staying on this version for, say, a term, causes no overarching security concerns (if it does, the more recent Java version should be frozen into the underlying software image anyway, after testing for compatibility with  LRC applications).
  6. The answer how to shut out the autoupdater is likely in the Java control panel. This screenshot is from version 7.51 while we have 7.45, but likely similar image
  7. Registry keys note 32-bit and 64-bit)
    1. HKLM\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy    EnableAutoUpdateCheck
    2. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy    EnableAutoUpdateCheck
    3. HKLM\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy    EnableJavaUpdate
    4. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy    EnableJavaUpdate
  8. For programmatically configuring this, a quick web search finds this:

  9. deployment.expiration.check.enabled

    Boolean

    true

    Must be “true” to prompt users to update the JRE when an out-of-date JRE is found on their system. Set to “false” to suppress the prompt.

  10. This is a setting in here:  The deployment.config file is used for specifying the System-Level deployment.properties in the infrastructure. By default no deployment.config file exists; thus, no system-wide deployment.properties file exists. If deployment.config exists, it is located in one of the directories shown in the following table.
    Operating System:Windows
    Location
    • <Windows Directory>\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.config
    • ${deployment.java.home}\lib\deployment.config
  11. in addition, likely this should be included: “SomeKey=SomeValue, may be locked by including another key, SomeKey.locked … so that the user cannot change it”.
  12. Information is from http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/index.html which may likely contain other information needed to configure JAVA in the LRC environment.
Categories: e-infrastructure, Glitches&Errors, Translation, translation-software Tags: , ,

CHNS2202 exercise page

2014/02/26 Leave a comment

Categories: Mandarin, Scans, Uncategorized

Quizlet.com for Vocabulary learning practice

2014/02/25 Leave a comment

Neallt 2014 is featuring a presentation on “Using Quizlet.com to generate and share vocabulary activities” (William Price, University of Pittsburgh). I cannot attend, but the program inspired me to hold my own sneak preview:

Quizlet.com is yet another site that provides a variety of flashcard and quiz activities for a given wordlist. A nice example is the “Speller”activity – which proves a text-to-speech generated aural cue for dictation (not included in this video):quizlet-speller-german

Or step-by-step:

imageUnfortunately, the AI seems limited to only 1-1 L1-L2 relationships (which precludes how vocabulary seems to be learnt best: in phrasal contexts):

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Feedback on “wrong” user input is color red, aural and visual presentation of the correct form: image

Then the application re-prompts for user input and allows user correction:

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This is a “Test activity. Foreign language character input seems easy (but does beg the question since the inputs appear only when they are needed…)

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Mix-and-match is called Scatter:

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Here is the activity overview: image

 

Wait, there is more: image

Quizlet supports many dozen languages, including non-western, including ancient, not differentiating between modern and ancient Greek, but the browsing capabilities – admittedly a hard task – are somewhat flat (search and language)):

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And boasts 20 million sets (as of today – many consisting of 2 terms or few more). As so often, usefulness for class instruction hinges on the availability of textbook-aligned vocabulary lists. However, if you have them with your textbooks, Quizlet makes it automatic to generate uploaded materials into exercises.image

However, as said, you may not like how much you have to dumb it down.

Categories: Arabic, audience-is-teachers, e-languages, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek (ancient), Greek (modern), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Listening, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Vocabulary Tags: , , , ,

German Frame Semantic Online Lexicon

2014/02/21 Leave a comment

“The German Frame-based Dictionary is an attempt to apply the linguistic theory of Frame Semantics to the language classroom”, and is “based on the German FrameNet at the University of Texas at Austin, a digital archive of how German words are used in real life contexts”. How to Use the German Frame-based Dictionary.

Example Frame pagE:

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The Frames available are limited, but instructive samples which can help the naïve user with dictionary use: imageimage

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There are also some Arbeitsblätter, but only a few: image

(On the occasion of Charles Fillmore’s death).

Categories: Dictionaries, e-languages, English, German, websites Tags: , ,

How to get started with the new text-to-speech support in Sanako 7

2014/01/31 Leave a comment
  1. With the new text-to-speech feature, students can generate their own pronunciation help:
  2. sanako-tts-1
  3. sanako-tts-2
  4. Using the button:Advanced settings, you can even
    1. vary the speed of,
    2. insert bookmarks to use with Sanako player
    3. or insert thinking pauses for the learner into the audio – excellent ideas, I find Smile!
  5. Unfortunately, the LRC currently has voices only for English and Mandarin. Extra voices cost extra Sad smile.
  6. Then there is Google translate text-to-speech, but that cannot be saved to file.
Categories: audience-is-students, audience-is-teachers, digital-audio-lab, English, Listening, Mandarin, Speaking Tags: , , , ,

Free interactive online learning materials for Heinle Interaction

2014/01/30 Leave a comment
  1. Available here – in spite of the prominent user login button, you do not need to sign up.
  2. Rather simply click the “Select Chapter” to get started. image
  3. You then have access to some of these types of exercises, per chapter: image
  4. Free (a (free) account is not needed):
    1. Tutorial Quiz
    2. Audio
    3. Web Search Activities
    4. Concentration
    5. Heinle Playlist
    6. Google Earth Coordinates
    7. Web Links
  5. Not free
    1. Flashcards
    2. Video (except for chapter 1 as taster) image
    3. Podcasts
    4. Crossword
    5. Chapter Glossary
  6. What this content is good for:
    1. Practicing. Including with a tutor, for since this content is not assessed, there is no ethical issue if the tutor helps with these materials.
    2. It is from edition 8, which is not the current edition – but I expect it to be still reasonably to the current chapters chapter:
      1. Le commerce et la consommation
      2. Modes de vie
      3. La vie des jeunes
      4. Les télécommunications
      5. La presse et le message
      6. Le mot et l’image
      7. Les transports et la technologie
      8. A la fac
      9. La francophonie
      10. Découvrir et se décourvir
Categories: audience-is-students, French, learning-materials, service-is-evaluating-learning-tools, service-is-tutoring, textbooks, websites Tags: ,

LRC Faculty Showcase: Enhancing reading fluency in Spanish through Online Courses

2014/01/24 Leave a comment
  1. The videos of the presentation by Maria Mahaffey, Emily Kristoff and Shaun Stone on SPAN2200, using Hot Potatoes exercises in Moodle, and the ensuing discussion, are available on the intranet:
  2. PowerPoint screencast with audio: “S:\CLAS\LCS\MYDEPT\mahaffey\span2200\showcase\SLP_2014_PowerPoint.wmv” (size: 130MB).
  3. Video with presenter and PowerPoint on projector: “S:\CLAS\LCS\MYDEPT\mahaffey\span2200\showcase\showcase-SLP-2014.mp4” (size:410MB).
Categories: audience-is-teachers, e-languages, faculty-showcases, Institution-is-University-of-North-Carolina-Charlotte, Practice&Demos, Reading, Screencasts, Spanish, Videos, workshops Tags: ,

Overview over speech recognition assignment possibilities in the LRC–from beginning to end

2014/01/21 1 comment
  1. UPDATE: now with more videos to watch.
  2. First switch languages, once you are in the right language:
  3. The speech recognition loads at startup with this window:
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  4. or can be started from the desktop shortcut:
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  5. To activate = make it start/stop listening, click on the microphone image
  6. create and save individualized voice training data (only the first time you use speech recognition in the LRC),
    1. Watch how to train (for English, short 5 minutes);
    2. Watch how to back up/restore;
    3. beginner voice training example (long, before/after effect in speech recognition),
  7. homework assignment exercise design,
    1. Watch how (for English, with correction in MS-Word)
    2. dictation example.
Categories: assignments, e-languages, English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, os, Spanish, Speaking Tags: , ,