Mike Smith
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Nov 20
Change in Library Proxy
Faculty, The proxy used by the Libraries to offer off-campus access to online databases is about to change. You will need to update any URLs to databases offered by the Libraries in any online courses or other materials that you provide. The change to make is at the beginning of the URL. Change https://proxy.tamuc.edu:2048 to …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/change-in-library-proxy/
Nov 10
NBC Learn Subscription Discontinued
The decision has been made not to renew NBC Learn beyond the end of 2015. The decision was informed by the following factors: A review of faculty responses to a recent CFEI survey regarding use level of NBC Learn, revealing low utilization Faculty Center Advisory Committee input regarding the NBC Survey results …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/nbc-learn-subscription-discontinued/
Oct 05
Emerging Tech Cafe- Digital Literacy and the First Brew
Our Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation recently held its grand opening. Among the events was our first Emerging Tech Cafe. This was a round table discussion with faculty regarding trends and emerging educational technology that they are either using, or interested in using. As guide posts for our discussion, we referenced the 2015 NMC Horizon …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/emerging-tech-cafe-digital-literacy-and-the-first-brew/
Aug 10
Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) Helpdesk Email Retiring
Pearson LearningStudio’s (eCollege) email service, helpdesk@online.tamuc.org, is retiring. In order to better meet the needs of students and instructors and encourage a quick turnaround time to the requests, Pearson will be retiring the email customer service support on August 9th. By focusing on online chat and phone, Pearson will be able to more quickly and thoroughly serve …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/pearson-learningstudio-ecollege-helpdesk-email-retiring/
Jul 14
Amara-Free Online Captioning Tool
Have you ever encountered a YouTube video that you’d love to use in a course but it does not have closed captions? As an instructor concerned with accessibility and search-ability, you may be reluctant to use it, even if it contains great information. Closed captions and transcripts potentially benefit all learners, so including those features …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/amara-free-online-captioning-tool/
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