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K-State Online: MagicMarker app

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”

K-State Online: Canvas mobile app for iOS and Android devices

by Information Technology Services

Canvas Mobile App

One of the great benefits of K-State’s new Learning Management System (LMS) is the free Canvas by Instructure mobile app. The app shares many of the same features of the web version of Canvas, which includes: Continue reading “K-State Online: Canvas mobile app for iOS and Android devices”

Zoom training sessions available in Hale Library on Sept. 11, Sept. 19

Information Technology Services is offering training sessions in Hale Library on Zoom, a high-definition video and audio conferencing tool that is available to all K-State students, faculty, and staff.

Seating is limited and sign-up is required for these sessions:

  • Wednesday, Sept. 11, 3-4 p.m., 301 Hale Library
  • Thursday, Sept. 19, 10-11 a.m., 301 Hale Library
  • Thursday, Sept. 19, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 301 Hale Library

Continue reading “Zoom training sessions available in Hale Library on Sept. 11, Sept. 19”

iPad user meeting Thursday, July 18: Photo Collage Apps

By Mary Hammel

iPad user group logo

Join us as we take a look at some fun apps for creating photo-based collages on the iPad, noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in 16 Bluemont Hall. This meeting is open to all K-Staters.  Continue reading “iPad user meeting Thursday, July 18: Photo Collage Apps”

Zoom video conferencing tool now available to all students, faculty, and staff

Zoom, for HD video and audio conferencing and screen sharing, is now available to all K-State students, faculty and staff. Zoom can be used from any PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android device, or phone line and will soon include H.323 and SIP participants to leverage existing legacy devices including Polycom, Tandberg, LifeSize, and others. Continue reading “Zoom video conferencing tool now available to all students, faculty, and staff”

NodeXL series highlights free tool for data visualization of social media

With an abundance of data from social media platforms, various tools have been created to extract data from these sites and then to enable ways to visualize the information.  The graph below is a data crawl of the USGAO account on Twitter (the microblogging site).

An interactive version of the graph above is available.  Users may zoom into the graph and scroll over each of the nodes to view the Twitter account represented.

Continue reading “NodeXL series highlights free tool for data visualization of social media”

iPad User Group meeting Thursday, March 14: Audio apps

iPad user group icon

noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Bluemont Hall Room 21
Kansas State University

This meeting is open to all K-Staters.

Agenda: Audio Apps.  Join us as we take a look at using Audio apps on the iPad.

  • Recording meetings
  • Garage Band
  • Dragon Dictation
  • and other apps

Continue reading “iPad User Group meeting Thursday, March 14: Audio apps”

Wunderlist is a wonderful to-do app

Wunderlist is a neat, free to-do solution that is available for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac OS X computers and devices through native apps as well as any device with a web browser. With the independent-platform approach, Wunderlist is one of the more flexible solutions available to those looking for a simple yet robust to-do list solution. One of the best features is the ability to sync between all of your computers and devices so your lists are up-to-date on all devices. For more information visit Wunderlist at https://www.wunderlist.com.

A little Caffeine for your Mac (so it doesn’t go to sleep)

Have you ever wanted to make sure that your Mac would not go to sleep on you during a presentation or in the middle of watching a webcast? A neat little free tool is available in the Mac App Store that does just that. The app is called Caffeine, and once installed it places a little empty coffee cup on the right side of the menu bar at the top of the screen.  Continue reading “A little Caffeine for your Mac (so it doesn’t go to sleep)”