Information Services has recently adopted the use of Kaltura Mediaspace Go, the smartphone app for Kaltura. With the app, you are able to upload videos directly from your smartphone to your own Kaltura My Media library. Once stored in My Media, they become easily shareable on your course Moodle page or on the college’s Mediaspace…
Author: Diane Creede
Reduce the Distractions! Use Kaltura to Share Youtube Videos
You may already know that Kaltura Video Resources can be added to your Moodle page to share videos that you have created and uploaded yourself or are available through the library’s Shared Repository. But did you know that you can also use Kaltura to share Youtube content? Most commonly, Youtube content is shared in a…
Happy Holidays!
The Research Support and Curricular Technology Team wishes you a happy and restful winter break! If you have any end-of-semester questions, we will be available until the Holiday Luncheon on Wednesday, December 21. We’ll be back in the office on Wednesday, January 4 to prepare for the new semester. Please feel free to reach out…
Using Hypothesis just got a little easier!
Hypothesis is the social reading/collaborative annotation tool that can be added as an activity to your Moodle site. Read more here about ways that you can use Hypothesis for class assignments. Until recently, only publicly available websites or PDF files stored in your Google Drive were able to be used with Hypothesis. Thanks to a…
Moodle Upgrade!
Information Services has upgraded Moodle to a newer version (3.11 for those who are keeping track). While you’ll find that most things look the same, there are a few changes that we think are worth noting. We have added a couple of new course formats to choose from, to change the visual appearance of your…
Zoom Smarter: All the Latest on Zoom Security
As the new semester begins (virtually!), we’d like to provide a quick round-up of all the latest Zoom security settings and features that are available for you to use in your classes, meetings or events. Enable Automatic Updates: Updating your Zoom software is important for keeping your security settings up-to-date, and will also provide you…
Moodle update for Fall 2021
It is still officially Summer, but Information Services has been busy getting ready for the fall semester! One of our recently completed projects is an upgrade of Moodle from version 3.8 to 3.10. This is a minor upgrade so you shouldn’t have any trouble making the transition, but you’ll find a few things of note…
New team member in Instructional Technology!
The Research Support and Curricular Technology team is very happy to announce that we have added a new member to our team! Kate Bengtson joined the college on August 12 in the role of Instructional Technology Specialist. Kate will be supporting a variety of instructional technologies, including Moodle, Digication and WordPress, and will be working…
Learning Student Names: the Moodle Roster
It’s the first week of school and one of your first tasks as an instructor is to figure out a way to learn all those new students’ names. While there are lots of tricks for learning student names, one useful tool is built right into Moodle, the Roster report. Even if you’re not using Moodle…
Workshop Tomorrow: Digital Connecticut College
Join us at 3 p.m. tomorrow, March 6, in the Advanced Technology Lab in Shain Library to learn how to make your own website using our new service, Digital Connecticut College. Digital Connecticut College provides students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to register a domain name and create a digital presence through various mediums…