Creative Kaltura Uses

Kaltura is one of the technologies we use at Casper College, via Distance Education, to share multimedia content on the web. Some of our pioneers in using Kaltura videos were Marty Finch and Todd Jones, Business Ag instructors.

Aside from our more traditional use within the Moodle4Me course environment, the Agriculture department has made available some of the latest Ag Lecture videos on their website http://www.caspercollege.edu/agriculture/index.html and click the video icon.

One more way to support innovation and education for a lifetime. Do you know of an unique use of technology in our institution? Share it with us :)

Making a Course Available for Students

Instructors in a Moodle course (teacher role), can change availability of a course shell. This feature is very helpful so you can make your course visible to enrolled students (anyone listed under People > Participants) prior to the start of classes, up to 7 days. Students will be enrolled into Moodle approximately 10 days before the first day of the semester. When courses are not available to students, the names will appear in gray, once they are made available, the font color of the tittle will change to red.
Steps to make your course available:

1. Log into Moodle4Me
2. Go to the course you want to make available by clicking on the course name
3. Navigate your mouse cursor to the Administration block
   
4. Click on Settings
   
5. On the course settings page, scroll down to the "Availability" section
   
6. Change the "Availability" setting to "This course is available to students"
   
7. Click the Save changes button at the bottom of the page

After the initial enrollment, as students add/drop courses, Moodle updates this information within 48 hours. If you do not have access to a course or have questions, feel free to contact us at: distance_ed@caspercollege.edu

WebEx One-Click For MS-Windows Systems

You can easily create a new lecture, start a meeting, or a training session using the One-Click Productivity Tool. After you have an active WebEx account (click here to request one), login onto the Casper College WebEx site. One-Click allows you to quickly set up and/or start a session. You can change the default topic name later, if you like.

When the Productivity Tools option, "Would you like to set up WebEx Productivity Tools for your desktop?", shows up on your screen, click on the Yes button, then Save the file on your computer desktop.
If you do not see the message, you can also click on the Productivity Tools option on the left side of the MyWebEx page and then the Install Productivity Tools button.

Double-click on the downloaded tool (ptools.msi) and follow the installation prompts.

Once installed, you should see a round blue/green ball shortcut icon on your desktop.

Double-click on the icon







Click on Edit WebEx Settings






Under the Account Tab enter:
-Site URL: https://caspercollege.webex.com
-User name: Your WebEx given username
-Password: Your WebEx password
"Remember my password" checkbox (optional)

Under Instant Meetings select:
-Meeting template
TC:Training Center Default
Training Center Training session
Enter the default Training topic (e.g., Class Lecture, Virtual Office, Online Meeting). The topic can be edited later.
Password is optional - Not needed for Moodle4Me
-Audio Conference
Use VoIP only
(Leave other defaults)


Under One-Click deselect:
-"Always stay on top of desktop"
-"Start WebEx when Windows starts"

Click the OK button.

You are set up! If you would like to change your defaults, go back to the settings screen, edit, click Apply to save the changes, and OK to close.

Link for Moodle4Me Site News

This can link you directly to the Site News Posts for Casper College Moodle4me:
https://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=3

Cisco WebEx Webconferencing and Collaboration at Casper College

		Fast connecting, multi-use webconferencing!
What does this mean for you? Now you can get more done faster than ever. Skip back-and-forth emails and time-consuming trips. Meet colleagues or students right from your desk—wherever they are. Have virtual office hours from the office or home. Record your class lectures and make the links available to your students in Moodle4Me Connect and interact with your students synchronously in a virtual environment Conduct or participate in virtual meetings while saving on travel and lodging Get started today 1. Go to Casper College Distance Education > Faculty Resources tab > Faculty Forms section to request a user account 2. Join a WebEx training session using your new account.at WebEx University 3. Start meeting online! Remember to request an account so you can participate in the WebEx University training sessions. Use Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari browsers and a DSL or better internet connection. For more information, go to http://caspercollege.edu/distance_ed/webex.html.