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New K-State Mobile app released

Posted on by Jennifer Gehrt

 

A new K-State Mobile app is available for download from the App Store or K-State Mobile appPlay Store. The app is designed to help manage life at K-State and connect to the campus scene. Features include on-the-go people and departmental directories, transportation information, interactive map, K-State Connect and more.

Users can select from four personas at the bottom of the app: Student, Future Student, Faculty/Staff or Family & Friends with varying content for each group.

The app will continue to evolve over the next several months with plans to mobilize some KSIS features, K-State Online, dining center hours and menus, parking garage availability and more. Plans for the app also include specific content for the Olathe and Polytechnic campuses. Please send suggestions for content and features to mobile@ksu.edu.

Exploring social media with NodeXL Basic training April 15

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

“Exploring Social Media with NodeXL Basic” is a two-hour session that introduces some of the social media data extraction and network graphing functionalities of an open-source and freeware tool NodeXL Basic. This event will be 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, in 401B Hale Library.

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This image shows an example of a network graph with small clusters of individuals in relationships and even smaller motifs.
  • Ever wonder what sorts of #hashtagged conversations may be occurring on Twitter and who the discussants are? Curious about the social networks of particular @accounts on Twitter?
  • Wonder what a public-facing social network looks like on Facebook? A private one?
  • Intrigued by a related tags network from Flickr? An article network on Wikipedia? A video network on YouTube? A user network on YouTube?

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March 10 iPad user meeting: Mind-mapping apps, and troubleshooting your iPad

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

iPad logo, purple and black

by Mary Hammel

This month, we will be showing tips for troubleshooting frequent iPad problems, and also take a look at two apps for creating mind-maps (visual diagrams): iThoughts and Inspiration Maps. Please come and share any mind-map apps that you might be using.

March 2016 iPad User Group Meeting
noon-1 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2016
21 Bluemont Hall

You are welcome to bring your lunch! Check out our website at coe.ksu.edu/ipad-user-group.

iPad user meeting May 14: More about Office 365 mobile apps

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

iPad logo (small size) used by State TodayBy Mary Hammel

Join the iPad User Group as we continue our April discussion of Office 365 mobile apps. The meeting is noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in 21 Bluemont Hall. This event is open to all K-Staters.   Continue reading “iPad user meeting May 14: More about Office 365 mobile apps” →

Office 365: Web apps, OneDrive, and ProPlus coming this week

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

by Information Technology Services

Today, the new features of Microsoft Office 365 begin rolling out to K-State students and faculty/staff through their webmail accounts. The process will continue throughout the week, until all users have access to the OneDrive file-storage space and Office Online web apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote). If you do not see these features in your App Launcher by Monday, March 16, contact the IT Help Desk.

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Qualtrics Offline Mobile App for iOS and Android devices

Posted on by Rebecca Gould

The Qualtrics Offline Mobile App (for iPad, iPhone, and Android tablets and smartphones running Android 4.0 and later) is a new application available for iOS and Android devices, allowing the administration of surveys without an Internet connection. Responses can be collected in the field and uploaded to Qualtrics once there is an Internet connection.  Continue reading “Qualtrics Offline Mobile App for iOS and Android devices” →

K-State Online: SpeedGrader app now available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

Instructors using K-State Online powered by Canvas can grade assignments and provide feedback easily and on-the-go with the SpeedGrader app. Continue reading “K-State Online: SpeedGrader app now available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices” →

Microsoft makes iOS Office apps free

Posted on by Eric Dover

Green "Office" graphic with Word, Excel, PowerPoint icons (created by iTAC staffer)Microsoft announced that the iOS Office apps will be available for free, without the need of an Office 365 subscription. The apps include mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To access the editing features, log into the apps with a Microsoft account (Live or Hotmail account), which can be freely created at www.live.com. Previously users would have needed an Office 365 subscription to edit within the iOS Office apps.

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K-State Online: Polls app

Posted on by Christine Doucette
Polls app

by Information Technology Services

Do you ever wonder what your students are thinking in the classroom? Collecting your student’s opinions is easy with the Polls for Canvas application for mobile devices.

Quick and efficient, the polling app helps you collect responses with ease. You can share the same poll with all sections of a course or publish it for individual sections of different courses.

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K-State Online: MagicMarker app

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

Learning outcomes are an important form of assessment. However, collecting valuable outcome mastery information can be difficult, especially in face-to-face situations. Grading and collecting the data has become easier with the new MagicMarker app available in K-State Online powered by Canvas. Continue reading “K-State Online: MagicMarker app” →