Over the Summer, Fordham will be upgrading to Blackboard Learning System 8.0. you can get a leg up on the new system–including the enhanced grade book–by taking a look at the Faculty Release Notes: https://behind.blackboard.com/s/sysadminas/refcenter/docs/details.BbDocumentID=3226&pid=100&rid=5759&dt=
Archive for the 'Tools' Category
A common misconception we encounter in the FTC is that one needs Acrobat Professional to comment on or review a PDF. That is simply not the case. If someone sends you a PDF that has been properly review-enabled, you can add your comments and edits using any recent version (7 or 
of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
One of our most frequently asked questions in the FTC is “how can I save a YouTube video,” for offline use, to insert into a presentation, or just to save for later in case it gets taken down. The answer, as long as you feel you have rights to save the video, either explicitly or through Fair Use, is http://vixy.net. Just paste the url of a YouTube (or Google Videos, or other video service) video into the input box on vixy.net, and in a few minutes you’ll have a downloadable video to take with you, in the file format of your choice.
If you’ve been hearing about Twitter, but aren’t sure what it is, how it’s different from blogging, or why you might be interested in it, the latest episode of the Common Craft Show lays it all out for you, in an easy-to-follow papercraft presentation from the people who brought you Wikis in Plain English and Blogs in Plain English, previously featured here.
Tags: Twitter, CommonCraft, Common Craft, blog, in plain english
The Spring technology training schedule for faculty and staff has been posted. New offerings for this year include wikis, social networking, and Google Documents, as well as classes on a range of MS Office products and basic web tools. See http://www.fordham.edu/training for details.
25
Jan
SPSS 16 Available
SPSS 16 is now available to members of the Fordham community. Version 16 represents a major upgrade to the SPSS platform and, for the first time, introduces an SPSS version for Intel Macs.
For installation on faculty office machines, please contact User Support at 718-817-3999. For home use or other needs, please contact the Faculty Technology Center on your campus: http://www.fordham.edu/FTC.
03
Dec
Blogs in Plain English
From CommonCraft, the people who brought you Wikis in Plain English, a quick 3-minute introduction to what blogs are, and what they can do for you.
