http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/ CCNMTL EnhancED Feed http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/web/images/slce_logo.gif http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/ 172 69 en Copyright 2012 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:59:47 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently announced the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a statement of "fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/best_practices_in_fair_use.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/best_practices_in_fair_use.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:59:47 -0500 Last week, Apple announced a major redesign of iTunes U with the launch of two new products. The first product is a dedicated iOS app, iTunes U, that provides access to the existing iTunes U content and to new content... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/solutions/new_itunes_u_releases.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/solutions/new_itunes_u_releases.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:05:16 -0500 On December 29th 2011, CUIT upgraded the New CourseWorks system to Sakai version 2.8. With it came a number of new features and interface improvements. The interface of the system has been upgraded to better utilize space and ease navigation... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/new_courseworks_updates_to_28.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/new_courseworks_updates_to_28.html Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:16:30 -0500 CCNMTL has assembled a playlist of videos on YouTube for faculty. Visit this article in the CCNMTL Knowledge Base to find a forty-five-minute screencast (with table of contents) of a recent New CourseWorks workshop. Other documentation is available in the... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/new_courseworks_sakai_screenca.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/new_courseworks_sakai_screenca.html Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:55:44 -0500 HackCollege has published an helpful infographic that provides some useful "Googling" guidelines for students and researchers alike. The infographic is embedded below. (While many of the examples use Mac keyboard shortcuts, they are applicable to Windows users as well.) Here's... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/get_more_out_of_google_searches.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/get_more_out_of_google_searches.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:33:09 -0500 EDUCAUSE's 7 Things You Should Know About MOOC describes massively open online courses (MOOC), a new format that has been tried by a few faculty to extend the reach of their courses. The MOOC are typically paired up with a... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/7_things_mooc.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/7_things_mooc.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:19:05 -0500 Created by a pair of Columbia students, the Codeacademy offers courses on JavaScript using a series of simple steps that build on each other, while offering plenty of encouragement and feedback to the learner. The site has gotten a lot... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/learn_to_code_at_the_codeacademy.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/learn_to_code_at_the_codeacademy.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:03:47 -0500 Originally created for the auto industry by Toyota, Quick Response (QR) codes have become more ubiquitous in magazines, catalogs, and advertisements. QR codes are also beginning to appear more frequently on campus print and digital signage to bridge the physical... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/qr_codes_explained.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/qr_codes_explained.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:46:58 -0500 Google Docs recently announced expanded features for receiving feedback on documents by releasing a "Can comment" permission level to docs. In the past, users could create a document and select "Can edit" or "Can view" as sharing options, but there... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/comments-only_access_google_docs.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/noted/comments-only_access_google_docs.html Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:48:52 -0500 One problem students might encounter when working in Wikispaces sites is overwriting each others' work with editing simultaneously. This is most likely to happen on a page where many students are expected to contribute before a specific deadline. A simply... http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/solutions/preventing_edit_conflicts.html http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/enhanced/solutions/preventing_edit_conflicts.html Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:40:03 -0500