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Why not streaming audio from teacher to students in the Sanako is a poor workaround
2013/11/12
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- We lost streaming capabilities with upgrade to Sanako Version 7 – still investigating how we can get them back, for the workaround is not working well: Now class activities fail because of permission issues that we did not have when we still were able to stream.
- Below is the result of an attempt today to play a listening comprehension activity to students for a TOEFL list mock exam with a student that has regular SANAKO permissions, but not the ones to download from this file location (would need to redo the permissions if we keep streaming).
How to create screencasts of student presentations for the language learner ePortfolio in the digital audio lab
2013/11/08
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- Students can now easily video-record their own screens during class presentations – not only when using PowerPoint; instead students could demo a website, like their Facebook page.
- Last year, we were limited to PowerPoint’s record slideshow with timing and narration feature, and either send the PPSX (small, but requires the PowerPoint viewer) or the “Save as” video (new in PowerPoint 2010; computing intensive and large file size).
- Now with MS-Community Clips, screencasts are
- minimal effort to create (keyboard shortcut WIN+ALT+R or T; save on desktop; drag/drop into Sanako homework folder)
- and little effort to distribute:
- Students could have uploaded to a Moodle’ file upload assignment (default file size limit: 64MB) or Kaltura file upload assignment (not sure whether there is a size limit). This seems more suitable for assignments with screencasts recordings.
- In this instance
- Sanako collected the Homework files to the Sanako share,
- my langlabemailer emailed them as attachment (so far tested to allow for 25MB attachment size, the equivalent of 7-8 minute screencast, a hefty space to fill in L2! We also established: 45MB is too much…
) to the originating student and teacher, for review, grading –
- and – provided it passes muster as an attractive and significant piece – possibly for re-use in the student’s language learner ePortfolio.
- In addition,
- Before the presentations, the teacher easily collaborated on proof-reading the slide decks of individual students, by using the Sanako Remote control screen sharing feature.
- During the presentation, students followed more closely – which seemed to increase their attention and comprehension -, thanks to audio and screen being shared to them from the presenter, using the Sanako’s “Model student” feature.
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Static noise on sanako headsets
2013/11/08
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We seem to have one of these outages in ever class recently. Not sure, whether it is the hardware – the headphone seems not always have static, but frequently. What would be a good way to test this before class, or – to not have to log in individually on all lab computers – at beginning of class?
Categories: digital-audio-lab, Glitches&Errors, hardware, headphones
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How to record your screen with MS-Community Clips
2013/11/06
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- During presentations, when creating demonstrations etc., it can be useful to record your screen (and your voice, if you speak into the headphone microphone). In the LRC, we have MS Community Clips pre-installed for this purpose. To start recording:
- To stop recording, follow the same steps, but in step 3 choose “stop”.
- Or forget about the menus and remember the keyboard shortcuts: WIN+ALT+R or T.
- The video will play automatically. Click stop, menu: Save, Save your recording where you need it (e.g. Desktop).
- If your teacher wants you to submit your recording, in the LRC you can drop it into the Sanako Homework window and “send” it:
Can we get rid of Windows Media Player first run experience?
2013/11/05
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- It costs a lot of time in a language lab where computers are frozen (user cannot change settings between sessions – unless this is a roaming user setting on the server which it does not appear to be) and audio files are frequently played for which Windows Media Player has is set to be the default player to go through this set of dialogues whenever trying to listen to a file. We had this bypassed in Windows XP/Symantec Ghost.
- Even better, make the Sanako Recorder the default player for audio files in the language lab. The Sanako student settings I recommend here are meant for the teacher office computers where we do not have to control and try and optimize the experience as tightly as in a face-to-face class teaching lab and therefore can tread lightly during install of the Sanako. In the Student Recorder Settings, "associate media files" option should be checked.
Categories: digital-audio-lab, e-languages
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Teacher cannot remote control student computers in Sanako Study 1200 Autoscan
2013/10/15
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- Problem:
- The 1st video shows me unable to remote control a student PC from the Sanako Tutor/ Screensharing / Autoscan window, despite (audibly) clicking the mouse and typing on the keyboard.
- The 2nd video demonstrates another strange behavior: Not only can I not remote control the student PC – the Autoscan window keeps showing the same screen even after switching to the next student – although students all work on different texts, as is further evidenced by the thumbnail view of the whole classroom on the left.
- This photo was supposed to demonstrate another oddity: the teacher’s typing (instead of going to the student) flashing up in the upper left of the Autoscan window, between the “Monitor” button and the “Word” window frame – but I missed the right moment. Besides, it may be an additional complication due to the Office 2010 Japanese IME chosen here on both teacher and student. Or it may be the root of the problems (but including mouse? screen not updating)
- Additional Info: For what it is worth: here are the Sanako log files from
- Debugging:
- Can this be replicated with an IME other than Office 2010 Japanese (or any non-Western IM), on teacher and/or student? An actual student should be logged in (<- permissions issue?), preferably many (<- performance issue?). Update: No, could not be replicated yet using another keyboard than an East-Asian IME is involved – bug?
Categories: digital-audio-lab, e-languages, Glitches&Errors
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Driverinstaller has stopped working
2013/10/14
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A frequent crash message on both student and teacher station:
Update: I think this could be a Sanako issue. The release notes for Sanako Study 1200 ver 7.1 mention: “Fixed issue where a "DriverInstaller has stopped working" notification was shown in Windows 7 64bit environments when Student application was started up after crashing ”. This indeed looks like the context I have been seeing this in regularly: 
Categories: audience-is-IT-staff, Glitches&Errors
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How to move an invisible window back onto the screen in Windows
2013/10/01
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- Normally you would drag the window by its title bar into its position with the mouse – but if the window is off the screen, the mouse cannot access it.
- Here is how to use the keyboard arrow-keys to do the same, after right-clicking the window’s task bar icon:
- This example is with our Sanako student (a bug or misconfiguration we are investigating), but works with most windows on most versions of MS-Windows.
Categories: audience-is-students, Glitches&Errors, os
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