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NetOp School 6 not upgrading

2012/06/21 Leave a comment
  1. Here is what we have:
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  3. Here is what get:
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  5. And for the indexing servers: “ Web Update failed with error: Index file could not be located at update-server.”
Categories: classroom-management-system, e-learning, Glitches&Errors, LRCRoomCoed434, LRCRoomCoed436 Tags:

Sanako Study 1200 Version 5 now allows for larger student screen thumbnails, but still limits the classroom layout size

2012/05/04 Leave a comment
  1. The capability of increasing the size of the student thumbnails, to be able to easily read the MS-Word writing student exercises template that I had programmed for Sanako Lab 300 was sorely missed in version 1 and 2 of the Sanako Study 1200 software.
  2. In version 5, the capability to adjust the size has been added.  In Tutor.exe, Go to Menu: tools / preferences / thumbnail-size.tutor-tools-preferences-thumbnail-size
  3. Now, however, the 20 licensed student seats we have, already fill up the entire Teacher software’s screen estate since the software window cannot be spanned across our multi-monitor setup (The Sanako software seems to have this single-screen limitation built-in. Our unusual asymmetric (1280 and 1024) dual-monitor system may have something to do with it).
  4. Fortunately, in the newest version 5.42 for of Sanako Study, scrollbars appear and allow for panning the classroom layout window if there are more student icons/thumbnails than will fit on the screen.
  5. Upgrading to a screen with a larger screen resolution on the teacher computer would be even better.
  6. We  hope to teach up to 30 students (class sizes seem to be constantly increasing, but the LRC also caters to visits of merged class sections which may be even larger than 30 students) in this large classroom setup:
  7. IMAG0113 Stitch (7000x1468)
Categories: audience-is-teachers, classroom-management-system, e-learning Tags: ,

LRC Workshop Demand Survey Results

2012/04/24 Leave a comment

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7 responded, 1 commented. OP=Oral Proficiency.

Categories: audience-is-teachers, Charts, e-infrastructure, e-languages, e-learning, Media, Polls, Visualizations, workshops Tags: , , , ,

Sanako Study 1200 controlled web browsing–strict policy

2012/04/18 Leave a comment
  1. View an sanako-webbrowsing_Thumb 80-seconds screencast showing how a teacher can set up a student activity where students are only allowed to access on web site.
  2. In this example, the website is a common dictionary: http://www.dict.cc which the student will be allowed to access during an exam (in lieu of a paper dictionary policy).
  3. Never mind that the voiceover is partially in German – the video should be self-explanatory. If not, here is a written step-by-step on Sanako controlled webbrowsing.
Categories: audience-is-teachers, classroom-management-system, documentation, e-learning, Presenter-Computer, Screencasts, Student-Computers Tags: ,

How a teacher uploads a video resource to Moodle using Kaltura

2012/03/20 Leave a comment
  1. Moodle Kaltura facilitates making segments of video (created from e.g. source DVD with the video editor of your choice) available for film studies classes, within the bounds of Fair Use and the Teach Act, since it makes video 
    1. easily available (streamed to anywhere where Adobe-Flash runs),
    2. but only to those who have an account in the Moodle installation and are registered for the course
  2. In addition, access to the video segments can be restricted further (by choosing from the management options that Moodle affords),
      1. only to the teacher, for display during face-to-face teaching)
      2. only during a time window, for timed assignments.
  3. Here is a (somewhat longwinded, but authentic) demonstration of how to make a Kaltura video resource available through a Moodle course.
    1. The demonstration includes the server-side encoding which happens only once during teacher upload – you do not have to wait for it to finish, just if you want to check immediately, like I do on the example whether your upload went through.
Categories: documentation, e-learning, Film-studies, lms, Screencasts, service-is-evaluating-learning-tools Tags: , , ,

Moodle streaming video recording assignment glitch 9

2012/03/16 Leave a comment
  1. Are all things Moodle Kaltura on Windows better than on iMacs?
  2. I don’t think so (Windows 7, IE9): Webcamera cannot be activated, hourglass. Looks like the Flash security dialogue does not make it into the foreground.
  3. kaltura-doesnot-see-hoursglass-cursor-windows7-ie9
Categories: assignments, audience-is-IT-staff, documentation, e-learning, Glitches&Errors, lms, multimedia-recording, service-is-evaluating-learning-tools Tags: , ,

Clicker-like exercises: A comparison what the LRC has to offer

2012/03/01 Leave a comment
  1. PollEverywhere.com
  2. Sanako Study 1200
    1. Live Feedback
    2. Voting
    3. Exam (not currently installed)
  3. NetOp School: TBA
Categories: audience-is-teachers, classroom-management-system, e-learning, Student-response-systems-AKA-clickers Tags:

Face-to-face-teaching exam using Sanako Study 1200

2012/03/01 Leave a comment
  1. Sanako Exam is an add-on at additional cost and not currently available in our setup.
    1. Sanako Exam teacher-created content is stored locally, file management beyond that is up to the user. This makes such polls less portable, but potentially sharing within a department might be easier.
    2. Student Results can be identified by student, and saved.
  2. View here a screencast demo of how a Sanako Exam can be
    1. authored and
    2. deployed.
Categories: audience-is-teachers, classroom-management-system, documentation, e-learning, Institution-is-Aston-University, Presenter-Computer, proposals, Screencasts, Student-Computers, Study-program-is-any Tags: ,