FALLing Behind?
This is the fourth week of the fall semester and to say it’s been hectic is an understatement. The new campus portal myRedDragon with its single sign-on capability coupled with the new format for student netid’s has created a flurry of activity at the Technology Help Center. Information Resources has debuted its new Webpage with TechInfo to dynamically provide information about where to find support. It is still in a development stage but seems to be used with some regularity. Site visitors aren’t always sure what to do with the tag clouds but they are catching on quickly and the echat feature seems to be getting some activity.
The challenge as always is getting the word out to campus about the many services and resources that we offer. Faculty and students alike are interested in Web 2.0 technologies and the interest in their use is growing, as evidenced by the size of those tag clouds on the Tech Info blog. Many of IR’s instructional services are located in Memorial Library and next week they are hosting an Information Fair to showcase instructional technologies for faculty and students. The IR annual Information and Technology Planning Document has been updated and is a good barometer for progress and priorities.