Tegrity Updates

Here are some of the new features in Tegrity's December update.

Tegrity Connect - lets students exchange knowledge with other students in real-time.

New iPhone application - newly designed native iPhone application with media rich interface supporting the search and review of class recordings.

Major Performance Enhancements - index thumbnails load up to 800% faster, and search results appear up to 400% faster.

Usability Enhancements - clearer indication of "Pause" and "No Audio" on the Tegrity recorder and shorter URL's for class recording links.


Upgraded Tegrity Recorder for Mac - enhancements include full 64-bit Snow Leopard support, the ability to upload recordings in the background, and auto-updates.

Improved Windows 7 support - support for 64-bit machines running Windows 7.

To learn more about Tegrity, visit the our Tegrity information page.

elearning Spring training dates announced.

The elearning Resource Hub has announed their spring 2010 training dates. We will be offering many of our traditional Blackboard trainings, but also some new trainings including using an iPhone or iTouch in the classroom.

Please visit the elearning Resource Hub and click on Events Calendar to see the entire schedule and information on how to sign up.

Don't Be Caught Off Guard by H1N1

The elearning Resources Hub is offering a four training sessions to help professors be prepared if the H1N1 virus comes to the Wichita State campus and causes lengthy time away for professors or students. The sessions will help professors learn ways to continue to teach their class online. All sessions will be held in the Wireless Learning Space at the Media Resources Center. You are invited to bring your lunch if you woud like.

• Resources to Teach if H1N1 Strikes - Thursday, October 8th 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
  
  • Learn about tools available for teaching and learning online.

• Nuts and Bolts of Blackboard - Thursday, October 15th 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
  
  • Learn about Online Posting documents, navigating the Grade Center, managing announcements and more.
  
  
• Assessment and Grading Online - Thursday, October 22nd 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  
  • Learn about Quizzing, LockDown Browser (for secure testing), SafeAssignment (for academic integrity), Self and Peer Assessment, StudyMate (for student self-assessment activities) and using the Grade Center.

• Lecturing and Communication Tools - Thursday, October 29th 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  
  • Learn about Tegrity (for lecture recording), Wimba Pronto (for text and voice chat), Discussion Board (for asynchronous communication) and more.

To register, log in to myWSU, select the Help for Faculty/Staff tab, click on Blackboard/elearning Training Registration, then click Schedule in the Training Opportunities box and select the session you wish to attend and click Submit.

Tegrity Updates

Tegrity Campus 2.0 has been updated and there are new features now available that we wanted to make you aware of. Some of these include:

Video for Macs
- Mac users can now record video along with their screen recording in a Tegrity lecture.

Ability to send questions to the professor
- Students can easily flag and email a specific point in a lecture (and an associated question) to their professor or fellow student. The recipient simply clicks the attached link to start the playback at that point.

Tegrity Bookmarks
- Tegrity Bookmarks enable students to “set” bookmarks during class by clicking a single key on their iPods, iPhones, browser-enabled cell phones or regular browsers. Students can set bookmarks to denote “action items” for later review, referencing specific points they didn’t understand or information that seemed critical for a test. Later, when reviewing classes with Tegrity Campus, the student can easily navigate to these bookmarks, check them off after review, and set new ones.
Instructors can also set bookmarks to highlight key points for the entire class, for example, to flag items to be tested. By setting public bookmarks, students and instructors can collaborate around the content, creating a content (class)-centric discussion board.

Improved student recording workflow
- Not only can students record with Tegrity, but the instructor controls whether student recordings can be viewed by the Professor alone, the entire class, or only a portion of the class. This degree of personalization is only possible with Tegrity dataset integration.

Twitter from the elearning Resource Hub

The elearning Resource Hub now has a Twitter site where you can follow us for Blackboard/Tegrity services updates, training/event notices, and more!

Go to http://www.twitter.com/elearninghub for view tweets, follow us, or subscribe to an RSS feed.

StudyMate Assessment Tool Licensed for Blackboard

StudyMate Class Server and StudyMate author have been licenses for use with Blackboard. The solution is one of many licensed from Respondus which includes an offline test/survey manager tool for Blackboard as well as Respondus LockDown Browser.

For more information on StudyMate or Respondus including sessions and access visit http://www.wichita.edu/elearning.