TechInfo

As you know, the campus has subscribed to the plagiarism detection software turnitin.com since 2003 as part of the commitment to academic integrity. The subscription ends on December 31st and the decision has been made not to renew it. If you are a user and have data you’d like to maintain, please download it.

All is not lost. There is a comparable plagiarism detection software within e-Learning (a.k.a. Blackboard/WebCT) called Safe Assign. Even if you don’t use e-learning, you will be able to have access to Safe Assign through myreddragon and it will also talk with your grade book (a much desired functionality turnitin couldn’t provide us unless we paid much bigger bucks!). Support for Safe Assign is through our Instructional Materials Design services and Hailey Ruoff (753-2231) will be happy to guide you through it. If you have other concerns, please feel free to contact Gail Wood (753-2222).

Best wishes for a fabulous holiday season!

Definition:

Webcasting is defined as transmitting audio and video media over the Internet for distribution to many simultaneous listeners and viewers. A webcast can be archived for subsequent broadcasts at a later time.

Responsibility:

Webcasts fall into three categories: curricular events also known as cultural and intellectual events, sporting events, and administrative meetings. Classroom Media Services is responsible for coordinating webcasts for SUNY Cortland in collaboration with the Library, Administrative Computing, CSTV and the faculty in the New Communications Media department. Specific Responsibilities: Cultural and Intellectual events are supported by New Communications Media through the Library’s Technology Internship Program; sporting events are supported by CSTV; and administrative conferences are supported by Classroom Media Services.

Procedure for Requesting an Event be Webcast:

Cultural and Intellectual Events; at least two weeks before the event, the request form is filled out. Online forms are sent to New Communications Media. Paper copies may be sent to Paul Van der Veur, 224-C Dowd Fine Arts. It is recommended that requestors immediately get the speaker release, the form is available online. Approval for webcast depends upon permissions and staff availability. When approved, New Communications Media coordinates the webcasting.

Sporting Events requests may be made to CSTV.

Administrative meeting events are made through Bob Babcock in Classroom Media Services.

Editing and Archiving Webcasts

Editing and preservation of webcasts is determined on a case-by-case basis depending on requestor needs. The production staff in Memorial Library is responsible for editing and makes recommendations about format and preservation. Once a decision is made Memorial Library is responsible for editing and making the webcast available in appropriate formats.

Memorial Library is responsible for archiving materials deemed appropriate for long-term storage and retrieval. Long-term storage and maintenance falls under the library’s collection development policies and procedures. The library faculty and staff collaborate with the requestor(s) to ensure that the informational value of the webcast is appropriately maintained.

Information Resources supports a variety of instructional hardware in classrooms, laboratories and campus offices. Information Resources consults with faculty and staff to determine the tools and resources that best meet their needs for instructional use. The following support policy identifies aspects of hardware support available. This assures standards and consistency while accommodating individual needs and preferences.

Support is provided by the following departments:

Memorial Library (LIB)
Classroom Media Services (CMS)
Academic Computing Services (ACS)
Administrative Computing Services (ADM)

Research and Development (Consultation and Design)

• Research, evaluate and test new technologies (ALL)
• Consultation assistance with project implementations (ALL)
• Determine systems necessary to meet instructional and administrative needs (ACS, CMS)

Procurement

• Guidance in procuring hardware and software to meet instructional and administrative needs (ALL)

Equipment loan

• Over-the-counter loan of audio/visual equipment for faculty and administrative offices (CMS)
• Laptop Loan Program available to faculty and staff (ACS)
• Equipment loan to students, faculty and staff. (LIB)

Technical support

• Formal and one-on-one and group training on hardware, software and media in classrooms, labs and offices (CMS, ACS, LIB)
• Support of enterprise and distributed (office, classrooms, labs) hardware and software (All)
• Network and systems security support (ADM)
• Enterprise level database support (ADM)
• Telecommunications support (ADM)
  • Telephones, Voicemail, wiring, emergency phones, Call Center queues

When you save your Garageband project while working in Garageband ‘08, you may have noticed that there is a new option – “Archive Project”.  The purpose of this option is to allow you to move your Garageband project to another machine to continue working on it, and is a new option available only in Garageband ‘08. (Remember, even if you do use this Archive Project option, do NOT launch the project file from a flash key or the network drive – move it to the desktop first before you attempt to open it)

If you want to save your Garageband project as an Archive Project, click on the File drop down menu, click on Save As, then give your project a name in the blank field at the top of the window.  Below that field is a check box for ‘Archive Project’.  If that box is ‘grayed out’ and you can’t check the box, follow these instructions.

Cancel the ‘Save As’ and return to your Garageband project in the Garageband interface.  At the bottom left of the screen, click on the icon that looks like an Eye.  This will bring up the Loop Browser. In the Loop Browser, choose any ‘blue’ loop – such as a jingle or a sound effect that appears as a blue region when you add it to your track area.  To add the loop as a track, drag it from the Loop Browser up into the track area where it says “Drag Apple Loops Here”.  A new track will be created, containing a blue region that is labelled with the name of the jingle or sound effect.  Having one of these ‘blue regions’ in your Garageband project activates the ‘Archive Project’ option under the ‘Save As’ window.

If you don’t want to actually use a sound effect in your project, you can ‘mute’ the track.  Just click on the icon that looks like a speaker for that particular track (the region will go from being a bright blue to a faded blue), and you will not hear it play back in your project.

If you have any questions, please contact

Tera Doty-Blance
Software Training and Support Specialist
Memorial Library B113
(607)753-4056
Tera.Doty-Blance@cortland.edu
http://library.cortland.edu/ttc/training_center.asp