The new DE Center is located at the LH (formerly known as AD) building, room 298. The Center provides friendly support for our faculty and students. Come over and check out our new facility which includes a student lounge area, a faculty training/meeting room, our friendly DE staff, and coming soon, a multimedia center.
Be on the lookout for the upcoming open house later this month :)
Friday, October 7, 2011
Google Announces ADA Improvements in Docs, Calendar, and Sites Apps
Interesting article by Google, see link below. If you follow the http://google.com/accessibility link provided within, you can learn more specifics on what Google is doing to improve universal accessibility for users. At Casper College, all students upon registration are given a MyCC Google account which contains not only Gmail, but also Docs, Calendar, Sites, Chat, Google Talk, and support for mobile devices. Students log in using their CC username and password.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/enhanced-accessibility-in-docs-sites.html
DE Team
distance_ed@caspercollege.edu
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/enhanced-accessibility-in-docs-sites.html
DE Team
distance_ed@caspercollege.edu
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Smarthinking Online Training Dates Announced
Christine Lustik, Ph.D., former Director of Distance Education at WWCC, in Rock Springs, WY, and now an Implementation Specialist for Smarthinking, is putting on a series of webinars specifically
for Wyoming faculty, outreach centers, advisors, librarians, tutors,
and anyone else that works with students when they need academic help.
Do you need to understand what Smarthinking is and exactly how it can help your students? These webinars are for you!
Do you need to understand what Smarthinking is and exactly how it can help your students? These webinars are for you!
These webinars will:
- Show examples of essay feedback and describe our writing feedback goals;
- Review the nursing topic options;
- Talk about exciting new content areas to be covered within the next month, such as Microsoft Office;
- Talk about who our tutors are and the training they receive; and
- See how your students interact with live tutors
So pick a time, put it on your calendar, and sign up now!
Day
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Time (mountain time)
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Registration Link
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October 17, Monday
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12:00 pm (noon)
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November 1, Tuesday
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9:00 am
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November 2, Wednesday
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3:00 pm
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November 3, Thursday
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4:00 pm
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November 4, Friday
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12:00 pm (noon)
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Christine Lustik, Ph.D.
Implementation Specialist,
Smarthinking
(307) 466-4170 (office)
(307) 262-8778 (mobile)
www.smarthinking.com
Implementation Specialist,
Smarthinking
(307) 466-4170 (office)
(307) 262-8778 (mobile)
www.smarthinking.com
Friday, August 19, 2011
Fall 2011 and Previous Courses Moodle Links
- Fall 2008 - Summer 2010 - http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/2009 (logins remained the same as they were during that time and may not correspond with your current Casper College account. These courses are scheduled to be archived at the end of September.
- Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 - http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/2010 (logins are the same as your Casper College account)
- Fall 2011 - Summer 2012 - http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/ (our current default Moodle4Me link. Logins are the same as your Casper College account)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Moodle4Me Links Faculty Reminder
The new academic year courses, 2011-12, are presently located in a separate link, http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/fall2011/.
Current (2010-11) and previous (2008-2001) academic year courses are located at:
Current (2010-11) and previous (2008-2001) academic year courses are located at:
- Fall 2008 - Summer 2010 - http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/2009 (logins remained the same as they were during that time and may not correspond with your current Casper College account.
- Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 - http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/ (our current default Moodle4Me link. Logins are the same as your Casper College account)
On August 15, we will be "swapping" the current Moodle4Me instance link with the new 2011-12 link. After this date, the new academic year Moodle4Me courses will default to: http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/
and the 2010-2011 year courses will be located at:
http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/2010
Logins will still match your Casper College account. If you do not see all of your courses or cannot log in, please let us know.
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