TechInfo

Using EndNote

Dan Harms — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:58:13 +0000

Need help with getting up with speed on EndNote? It’s a program that allows you to download citations, to insert them into Word documents, and change formats with a few clicks.

If you’d like to get started, or want tips for particular problems, please get in touch with Dan Harms, Instructional Services Librarian, at daniel.harms@cortland.edu or at extension X4042.

Blogging at Cortland

Dan Harms — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:56:32 +0000

What is a blog?

A blog (short for “web log”) is a website that allows you to post news, thoughts, or other comments where others can read them.

What can I do with a blog?

You can use a blog to post announcements, let students know about employment opportunities, discuss scholarly issues, or give your students a public forum to present findings and air views.

How can I get a blog?

Cortland provides you with a free on-campus blog. Go to http://blog.cortland.edu and click on the “Create a blog” link on the right. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dan Harms, Instructional Services Librarian, at X4042 or daniel.harms@cortland.edu.

Multiple Home pages

Hailey Ruoff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:33:24 +0000

As more and more information is moving into the myRedDragon portal; you may want to start making it a habit of logging into myRedDragon at least once a day. An easy way to remind yourself is by setting myRedDragon up as a home page on your browser. You can do this in addition to your other favorite sites.

Directions for the three most common browers are located here:

Multiple Home pages in Internet Explorer

Multiple Home pages in Firefox

Multiple Home pages in Safari

eLearning for Faculty – Gradebook – Hiding Grades

Hailey Ruoff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:28:54 +0000

There may be several reasons that you do not wish for astudent to know his/her grade immediately after you have entered it. One may be that you are grading multiple essays and do not want one student to know their grade and then have another not receive a grade for several hours or even a day.

To diminish this there is a way to hide the student grades until you are ready. You can find the directions here: GradeBook-HidingGradesfromStudents

eLearning for Faculty – Extended Time Exam

Hailey Ruoff — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:28 +0000

If you are using the Assessment tool inside of eLearning you may need to extend the time limit for a studetn with a documented need. You are able to do this without affecting the time limit for the rest of the class. Please follow the directions located here.

eLearning for Faculty – Using a Discussion board for student introductions (w/photo)

Hailey Ruoff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:34:15 +0000

One of the most disconcerting things about on-line education is that you miss the face to face interaction with your students and you don’t get to see what they look like!!

With eLearning’s Discussion Boards you are able to have student’s post pictures of themselves. Click here to find out how: Creating a Discussion board for Student introductions

eLearning for Faculty – Creating an Anonymous Survey

Hailey Ruoff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:41:43 +0000

Surveys are anonymous tests in eLearning for which no grades are assigned but which provide you with statistics. Survey responses are automatically tabulated and the results are summarized. Because the results are anonymous, surveys are ideal for course evaluations or for canvassing opinions on an issue discussed in the course.

For instruction on how to create an anonymous survey click here

Student email in Banner

Hailey Ruoff — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:19:26 +0000

Do you know what email address the college has on file for you? Are you wondering why you aren’t getting important class emails from your professor?

Check the email that you have on file with the campus by following the directions located here

eLearning for Faculty – SafeAssign (Turnitin Alternative)

Hailey Ruoff — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:45:05 +0000

“SafeAssign™ is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard to its Blackboard Learning System Enterprise, Vista Enterprise and CE Enterprise clients. This service helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism deterrent, it also has features designed to aid in educating students about plagiarism and importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content.”

If you would like directions on how to have a student submit their own paper click here

Student directions on submitting a paper can be found here

You can directly submit a paper yourself. For directions on how to create a Direct Submit area click here

For directions on how to upload a paper click here.

Hailey M. Ruoff
Coordinator, Training & Production Services
SUNY Cortland
hailey.ruoff@cortland.edu

Basic CMS User Guide (Web)

Loren Leonard — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:13 +0000

Basic CMS User Guide (.pdf)

SUNY Cortland has implemented a Content Management System (CMS) to make managing and contributing content to our college Web site a more simple collaborative process.

The CMS is not intended for use for individual faculty member Web pages but rather for use on any Web sites on the main college server (www.cortland.edu).