How to test Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) for Vista Higher Learning Textbooks
2014/02/04
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- After logging in on vhlcentral.com,
- the Software is linked on your “My courses” page:
- Download and install:
- After install:
- Mine was already enabled, but the help says:
Log in (Note: my account info was different form my vhlcentral.com) 
- Check out the Tools menu
- Audio settings should be especially interesting, but there ix no built-on test:
- Need a partner for testing ..
Categories: e-infrastructure, Student-Computers, textbooks, web-conferencing
audio, blackboard, enfoques, im, image2014spring, java, pronto, supersite, vistahigherlearning, wimba
Protected: Are oral exams failing since language students have not been given write access to the Sanako share?
2014/02/03
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Experiencing frequent crashes of Sanako student light recorder
2014/02/03
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- The new weekly headset check by LRC assistants brought to light that the Sanako student recorder (updated to 7.1, but I did not observe this during a very brief test at start of term):
- Students provide us with large sets of photos like this:
- Need to investigate:
- what is the detail ?
- only on startup? what happens when the sanako is closed and restarted?
- collect the sanako log files before the (frozen) computer gets restarted
Categories: digital-audio-lab, e-languages, Glitches&Errors
7.1, sanako-study-1200, student.exe
Old new problem in Sanako Study 1200 version 7 with 2 student recorder exe’s running simultaneously on client, under different user accounts?
2014/01/31
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- This images is too low resolution, but I am trying to demonstrate that we still experience the same issue as in the fall: two users can be logged in simultaneously. In both cases ones was me. this can cause the language lab software to fail.
- If generally this is supposed to be prevented in our computing environment, what may be the root cause in these instances?
- I am pretty sure mstsc’ing has nothing to do with it. I do not remote into that PC usually.
- Is it possible for another user to log in when previous (administrative?) users got locked?
Categories: digital-audio-lab, e-infrastructure, Glitches&Errors, os
image2014spring, sanako-study-1200
How students need to work around Sanako startup issues at start of 2014
2014/01/31
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UPDATE: Step 1 is not necessary anymore, Step2 (Microphone click) still is.
Categories: animated-GIFs, audience-is-students, audience-is-teachers, digital-audio-lab, e-languages, Glitches&Errors, Institution-is-University-of-North-Carolina-Charlotte, Listening, multimedia-recording, service-is-testing-troubleshooting-debugging, Speaking, Student-Computers
image2014spring, sanako-study-1200, student.exe
How to get started with the new text-to-speech support in Sanako 7
2014/01/31
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- With the new text-to-speech feature, students can generate their own pronunciation help:
- Using the button:Advanced settings, you can even
- vary the speed of,
- insert bookmarks to use with Sanako player
- or insert thinking pauses for the learner into the audio – excellent ideas, I find
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- Unfortunately, the LRC currently has voices only for English and Mandarin. Extra voices cost extra
. - Then there is Google translate text-to-speech, but that cannot be saved to file.
How to create a form on Google Apps
2014/01/31
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- If you want to collect input from others (including students outside of a course = Moodle), including recurring input from the same student (multiple submissions are the default andsingle submission limit can apparently only be enforced offwith JavaScript hacks)(.
- Do this to create a form in Google Apps:
- Here is what you can have your submitters see:
- Here is what you get:
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