The Informer
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1. Special points of inter est Inside this issue Staff Profile 2 Classroom Technology 3 Update E Resource Locator 4 Technology 5 Development center Tegrity Guidelines 6 Did You Know 7 Browser Compatibility T Issues and Solutions Past Announcement 8 Spotlight Privacy Printing 8 TCMC Broadcast Digest 9 Training Resources 10 Sat Protie Classroom Technology Update Resource Locator Technolo Ds Center Teel Guidelines Did You Know Browser Compatibility sues and Solutions Past Anouncement The Informer Knowledge and Technology Resources pe in TCMC Staff Profile Chad Sakoski Chad Sakoski Systems Support Technician currently resides at Harvey s Lake and attended grade school and high school at Lake Lehman School Dis trice He then attended Penn State Wilkes Barre in Lehman PA where he obtained a BS in Information Sciences and Technology IST Story continues on page 2 Classroom Technology Update At the end of the first two months of classes Academic Informatics staff interviewed three faculty to get their impressions about the technology that has been offered in the classroom and how it has affected their teaching Story continues on page 3 E Resource Locator Have you ever wondered if TCMC carries your favorite E Journal or E Book Well the E Resource Loco toris a great place for you to find out The E Resource Locator is located in the2. Most chss materials and lectures are uploaded before class and the students have even approached him if the materi als were not posted When asked if he was comfortable with the technology that has been provided he said Yes delivering the materials has become easier The students can access it at anytime and it s helping the education process He also believes that the technology helps him keep the course materials organized Greg taught classes in 1995 using overhead projec tors and blackboards and believes that it is easier to teach with the new tech nology Maureen McLeod Ph D is the course director for Cellular and Molecular Basis of Life CMBL in the MD program and also believes the portal helps students In her course all materials handouts slides for presentations and introduc tions to lectures were posted An nouncements were also posted on a regular basis and Dr MeLeod further believes that the portal is the student s preferred method of communication CMBL was taught by several faculty all of whom utilized Tegrity TCMC s classroom capture software to record formal lectures for later viewing Ac cording to Dr McLeod students were very appreciative of Tegrity At TCMC s convocation she reports observing a few students showing their parents the Tegrity software in the classroom and noticed the parents ex citement At that point any doubts she had about using Tegrity vanished She b
3. Do this one more time on the Tegrity Player The video will now play for you offline These instructions are for Internet Explorer 7 or higher PC Processor CPU Pentium 4 1 3 GHz Mac Processor CPU Power PC 1 4 GHz or Intel 14 GHz Operating System Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista 32 bit Mac OS X 10 4 or higher Memory RAM 2 GB Free Disk Space 10 GB Browser Microsoft IE 7 Safari 3 0 Firefox 3 Bandwidth High speed cable modem lt is recommended that recording be done on one of the TCMC campuses on the TCMC network Holo Abby J Scaramuzza Course E T e Wed ieri 55N a on La ecard mem Record a Class egrity Tegrity Manual Please click on the Tegrity Icon below to download the Tegrity User Manual egrity Did you Know It is not advisable to cut and paste into Blackboard directly from MS Word MS Word contains hidden code that when pasted into Blackboard or any other site for that matter can cause problems What is recommended to our faculty s that you either paste as plain text into Black board or open your document in Notepad and copy and paste the desired text into Blackboard You ean avoid accidentally copying bad html code into your website by using the method listed above Contact Abby Scaramuzzo at sscaramuzzo temede org for more information ity Issues and Solutions for Blackboard Browser Compat sii Va Internet Explorer 8 Workarounds RA C
4. OH NENUR EE For cents who are unable to use the Firefox 3 0 or later client and who must use Internet Explorer 8 the following additional settings have been found to improve compatibility with Blackboard E katy dt cnet oe La How to Set Compatibilty View Settings in Internet Explorer 8 Launch Internet Explorer Select Tools Select Compatibility View Settings Type bsu eds in the Add this website text bax Click Add Click Close Restart Internet Explorer Clits urlar obee hs onest Baby sarana darn empty aen poo Een Hu How to Set Trusted Sites in Intemet Explorer 8 ases Soom nse cons erm hogan ae tush ineat Bok Slat amme ta ne gests Select Tools Select Internet Options Select Security Tab Click on Trusted Sites Click on Sites Type hetps blackboard bsu edu in the Add this website to the zone text box Click Aad Type htps blackboard com in the Add this website to the zone text box Click Close Click Ok Restart Internet Explorer eav o F Lxx Ere jenem erm Knowledge and Technology Resources Past Announcement Spotlight Large File Transfer TOMC has provided staff faculty and students a secure fle transfer for sending large fles The web address for the secure file transfer is httns accellion temede net To send large files follow the instructions below Ieee wen saee eget ere the kon in the Academic Tool lack In the E paur TCM THE COMMONWEAL
5. TH poesie he MEDICAL COLLEGE ck Sgn in iat Pele al MM secure Fe Taner mec bee order eed EN cele Ckck eva t parch for tha la yur E eae Gok Send Privacy Printing Privacy Printing means that you can lock your print job at your desktop and release it at the printer Follow the step by step directions below to print your documents in Privacy Mode Begin by opening the document you wish to print Click on the Office Button Select Print Once the print dialog box is open lick the Properties button Under job type click the drop down menu Select Locked Print Click the Details button Enter a user ID can be up to 8 alpha numeric characters and a password 4 8 digit numbers Click Ok three times The document will now be sent to the printer but will be locked until you release it At the printer Press the Printer button Press Print Jobs Press Locked Print Job List Select the Locked Print file to print Press Print Enter the password for the selected fle and press Ok It will ask if you would like to print the locked print job Press Yes Please dick here to view a video explaining how to print your documents in Privacy Mode TCMC Broadcast Digest TCMC s Broadcast Digest is an email that is sent once per day assuming there is con tent to go out that day and combines all of the messages that would formerly have come to you as individual broadcast messages It contains a table of contents at the t
6. Technology Train tive classroom experience to I IOTIRGE iin how to produce reaime ing and SmartBoard Trainingis our studens aa Surveys Ive question and an available ona one on one bas swer and or polling for lectures Please contact Abby Scara MS OneNote 2007 and presentations The Tegrity muzzo to set up a trainingses Training training session will lst one sion hour and will explain how to Academic Informatics is now record and publish a lecture offering Microsofe Office One presentation traning session Microsoft Office Training Note 2007 training both basic etc New Horizons and advanced This training Please contact Abby Scara schedule can be found on the muzzo to schedule a training Training offered in Microsoft main training calendar on the session Word Excel PowerPoint portal and the outline for both Access and Outlook the basic and advanced training ean be found by clicking hers Mentored Learning Flexible Ifyou are interested in attending a training session or have additional questions please contact Abby Scara muzzo ot ascoranuszo temedeorg or 570 504 9657 TCMC TCMC THE COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL COLLEGE
7. elieves that Tegrity and the portal make learning easier for the students and that students have more confidence because they can heat and see lectures again in case they missed something during the in class lecture Mark V White MD MPH is the Faculty Lead for the Community Health Research Projects CHRPs for the MD and MBS programs Course Director and Instruc tor for the Physician and Society course for the MD program and also participates in Community Experience course for the MBS program He reports that he not only finds posting lectures slides and other informational postings to the portal helpful but also finds that the students expect it at a minimum and will inquire and call him out if he doesn t Dr White uses Tegrity for almost every lec ture and believes that the pros definitely outweigh the cons He also finds Tegrity useful in critiquing his own teaching often adjusting his teaching methods and timing in future lectures based on what he ob serves When asked if he is comfortable with the technology Dr White replied Yes There is always a learning curve but 1 find it easy to use and relatively intui tive He believes that classroom tech nology improves learning because presen tations are no longer canned but interac tive Knowledge and Technology Resources E Resource Locator Con t Le Science Dect You may also system to locate a complete choose to look for all elec cita
8. header section of all library pages Additionally there is an E Resource Locator search box on the library home page on the left side navigation tiled Search Now The E Rescurce Locator includes an alphabetical listing of all TOMC subscribed electronie journals and electronic books The E Resource Locator has the ability to browse E Journals alphabetically by title Le Nature or E Books and E Journals by publisher package Story continues on page 4 Technology Development Center Open House Academic Informatics will be holding an Open House for the Technology Development Center on Tuesday November 24th from 1030 am 1 30 pm The Technology Development Center is located in the Library on the ground floor of Lackawanna College Story continues on page 5 Chad enjoys spending time at our family cottage in Ontario Canada which is located on Limerick Lake Knowledge and Technology Resources Staff Profile Chad Sakoski Con t He worked as a network hardwarelcommunieations technician and also as a sys temslnetwork administrator His responsibilities included maintaining over 100 PCs over 30 printers and over 15 serv ers He answered phone calls from in house employees to troubleshoot problems out on the floor with computers printers scanners and phones He was in charge of ordering and made purchasing decisions from hardware and software vendors He took care of all of the servers by performi
9. ic Informatics Targeting learning means you offering EndNote Web and department is now offering learn what you need to learn EndNote Training in the Fall If Blackboard Advanced Course without wasting your time with you are interested in more ware Training The traning what you may already know Information contact Eric Rec session will last one hour and Mentored Learning allows you tor at eractor temedeorg will introduce you to building ato maintain productivity and Wiki creating blogs creating a schedule around deadlines In the meantime you can portfolio and will also show while increasing your capabili download free online tutorials you how to add podeasts into ates Certified instructors are at wewwen notecom iining course within the portal These avalable to answer questions session are now being offered and ensure your comprehen Audience Response amp as indvidual training sessions sion of the course material Tegrity Recording Training Please contact Abby Scara muzzo to schedule a session Classroom Training Chass Audience Response Training room Learning delivery meth and Tegrity Recording Training Classroom Technology ods blend instructor lecture pm Wil continue tobe offered on Training amp SmartBoard demonstration hands on prac An indvidual basis The Aud Training tice and online resources to a tence Response training session provide a dynamic and interac The Info Wil last one hour and wil ex Classroom
10. isco voice over internet protocol phones and external hard disk drives and multiple types of Windows based software Chad now works for TCMC and has since July 2009 He is working as a Systems Support Technician and assists Brian John Brendan and the rest of the team currently as a con tracterconsulant Outside of work softwarelhardware and making the necessary configurations to Windows TCPIP and each piece of software In February 2008 Chad began working for Benco Dental in Wilkes Barre where he was a Technical Support Special ist He traveled to various cites in the United states to assist in the installation of new technology equipment for new dental offices He solved tech nical questions with issues from both customers and employ ees He would also provide support and service for multi ple software suites and imaging Chad enjoys spending time at his family cottage in Ontario Canada which is located on Limerick Lake Chad maintains his personal website www limeriellake comichad and another website for the marina and lodge at the lake www limerieklodge com Chad also enjoys nature peace and quiet and is a fan of boating and water sports November Edition 2009 Classroom Technology Update Con t Greg Shanower PhD teaches the Human Geneties course for the MBS program He has found the portal to be very useful and believes the students appreciate having materials posted to it
11. ng soft ware updates on troubleshoot ing issues He worked with software for the Wilkes Barre office and other employees throughout the United States Chad also assisted with the setup configuration and deployment of new laptops for Benco employees Several times a month he would per form field tech work and help employees throughout the building with technical issues or setting up and configuring new hardware or software In Sept of 2008 Chad received a job offer from The keyTech Group in Scranton PA At The keyTech group Chad was re sponsible for providing service and support to customers with technical issues along with the installation and maintenance of Microsoft Active Directory to create and remove user ac counts Chad created shared folders for users on the stor age server He created re moved and maintained email accounts in leewarp Merak Mail Sever and on MX Logic He monitored and maintained Kaspersky Anti Virus software through the Kaspersky Admin Kit He created VPN accounts and maintained Watchguard Firebox Firewall He repaired PCs problems associated with both hardware and software and put together new PCs for users out on the floor by in stalling the necessary Information systems He would primarily troubleshoot and installconfigure software based in a Windows operating environment He would deal with several aspects including workstations servers printers and faxes C
12. ng support for technology issues education and training for optimal use of technology The center contains tools and equipment not readily available to all faculty and students such as high end graphics packages Adobe Master Collection CS4 color printing desktop scan ning audiolvideo editing suites Te Acrobat Dstler 9 AL Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro AS Adobe After Effects C4 BB Adobe Bridge c54 Adobe Contribute C54 Adobe Device Central CS Adobe Dreamweaver C54 Adobe Drive CSS Adobe Encore CS4 Adobe ExtendScript Toolkt C54 Adobe Extension Manager C54 Adobe Freworks C54 Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Adobe tustrator C54 Adobe InDesign CS4 LS Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8 2 EE Adobe Media Encoder C54 IE Adobe ontocation cs4 Uil Adobe Photoshop c54 DA Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit Bi Adobe Premiere Pro cs Bl adobe Soundbooth C54 Mocha for After Effects C54 During the open house the first station can be used to try out the desktop scanner The second station will be open for users interested in Microsoft Visio Adobe CS4 suite will be available at the third station Please stop by on November 24th for light refreshments and the opportunity to test the equipment and programs of fered to our faculty staff and students Visio 2007 Academic Informatics will be holding an Open House for the Technology Development Center on Tuesday November 24th from 10 30 am 1 30 pm Knowledge and Technol
13. ogy Resources TCMC Guidelines and Instructions for Tegrity Minimum configuration requirements to View a Tegrity recording Minimum requirements to Create Edit or Record class content with Tegrity Computer Requirements Computer Requirements PC Processor CPU Pentium 4 1 3 GHz Mac Processor CPU Power PC 1 4 GHz or Intel 14 GHz Operating System Windows XP SP2 Windows Vista Mac OS X 104 Tiger oF 105 Leopard Memory RAM 1 GB Free Disk Space 4 GB Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Firefox 3 Safari 3 0 Bandwidth Cable modem or DSL If your connection speed is slower than what is listed above please follow the steps below to download a recording How to Download a Tegrity Recording Login to the portal and choose the course or organization that the Tegrity recording is located Click on the Tegrity Classes link button located on the left side of the sereen After locating the video click the double down arrows to the right ofthe video Click the Download button Click Save Navigate to the place you want to save this video remember where you save it Click Save After the video has been downloaded navigate to where you saved the video and double click on the Tegrity Icon Click Run It may then ask you to run ActiveX controls Do this by clicking on the yellow bar at the top of the screen and then click Allow Blocked Content and then click Yes
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