Tools and processes that enhance collaboration, file sharing, and group efforts
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Although regular physical activity is a key factor in the prevention of a variety of chronic diseases, the majority of Americans remain insufficiently active. In fact, less than 5 percent of U.S. adults meet the national physical activity recommendations of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week. Continue reading “Help us solve our nation’s heath problems: Web developers needed for social media physical activity intervention”
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued an email and memorandum last week in response to the more than 65,000 individuals and organizations that responded to or signed a petition to require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. The new directive applies to federal agencies that spend more than $100 million per year on research and development and requires each agency to create a plan for the free, public access to federally funded research within 12 months of publication.
The directive specifically addresses public access to peer-reviewed articles and scientific data. K-State researchers who receive funding from USDA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Homeland Security, Food and Drug Administration, NASA, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency and 14 other agencies are affected by this directive. Agencies have six months to submit draft plans; implementation will take place once final plans are in place. Continue reading “Researchers, please read: Office of Science and Technology Policy presidential directive”
Video Conferencing Services is currently testing Zoom (zoom.us), a simple-to-use video conferencing tool that provides HD quality audio and video for up to 25 simultaneous PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and/or Android device connections. Zoom features include screen sharing from PC, Mac, iPad, and iPhone users; recording and playback of meetings; host control of participants; and instant messaging in meetings.
Zoom will be at the ITL conference March 4-5 in the K-State Student Union. A workshop is scheduled Monday afternoon, and a demonstration booth will be at the showcase Tuesday. Continue reading “Video conferencing tool Zoom available for testing”
K-State Online now has wikis and blogs.
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After a successful pilot with faculty and students in real courses at K-State, beginning this month K-State Online will offer a wiki and blogging tool powered by Campus Pack. This wiki and blog system has several features of interest to K-State Online users: Continue reading “K-State Online: Now with wikis and blogs”
The email upgrade committee will have a demonstration of the calendar functions in Google Apps for Education and Microsoft 365 from 1:30-3 p.m. today in the Big 12 Room at the K-State Student Union.
Seth Galitzer, computing and information sciences, and David Williams, housing and dining services, will be presenting the calendar functions. To ensure adequate space, please RSVP and provide any questions that you would like to see addressed in the presentation to https://surveys.ksu.edu/TS?offeringId=202278.
(Editor’s note: Reprinted from K-State Today’s article published Dec. 12, 2012.)
K-State’s new “Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference” (ITL) is announcing a call for proposals to showcase K-State faculty’s teaching, learning, and technology used in the classroom or distance course(s). The deadline for submissions is now extended to Jan. 22, 2013, and the proposal form is available on the InnovationsInTeachingAndLearning.org website. Possible topics include:
This conference is a merger of two K-State conferences from previous years: the Axio conference, and the Teaching, Learning, and Technology showcase. Scheduled 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, the conference will have several hands-on workshops with presenters and the guest speaker. Continue reading “Call for proposals: K-State Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference March 5”
The email upgrade committee will be hosting a demonstration of the calendar functions in Google Apps for Education and Microsoft 365 from 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Big 12 Room at the K-State Student Union. Continue reading “Email upgrade committee hosting calendar function demonstration”
Keepandshare.com is an online, web-based resource with free, lifetime individual accounts for group collaboration. It includes many tools used by working groups, including:
The site, which went live in 2004, is totally “in the cloud” — no software required, and all you need is a computer or mobile device to access the Web. The free mobile version works on iPhone, Android, iPad, and BlackBerry.
Continue reading “KeepandShare.com provides free work tools for group collaboration”
Students and faculty/staff are invited to try out a new collaboration and videoconferencing space named media:scape that’s just arrived in Hale Library and on loan to the university for six weeks. Information Technology Services and K-State Libraries made arrangements for the trial from Steelcase Inc. This is the 21st stop across the nation for this unit.
The technology includes a collaborative station for up to six people, and connections for up to six laptops, with any two displaying at one time.
The media:scape space “democratizes how people access and share information by allowing all participants to contribute their ideas – equally, quickly and seamlessly,” according to Steelcase’s website. For details, see Steelcase’s media:scape overview.
Students and faculty/staff are encouraged to walk in and use the system (no scheduling needed), which is on the second floor of Hale Library. A survey will be available to collect feedback from participants.
Questions about the technology trial can be sent to Ernie Perez, ern@k-state.edu, 785-532-3190.
What it is: An online tool to store all your files such as documents, images, and videos, and access them from a central location.
What it does: After creating your own Dropbox account, this free service allows you to have access to your files at your fingertips and exchange files with other Dropbox users. It is web-based and independent of the computer you are using.
A quick download of the Dropbox application to your computer permits all documents to be uploaded and available in the Dropbox website. Files can be exchanged easily across Macs and PCs.
Note: Internal, confidential, and proprietary data should not be shared with third-party services. See Data Classification Schema in K-State’s Data Classification and Security Policy. Also, the K-State Zimbra Briefcase allows for file storage.
Continue reading “Free tool: Dropbox (online storage space)”
