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 Blackboard
8 Upgrade!
We will be updating Blackboard to version 8 on June
21-22. The biggest change will be the
replacement of the current gradebook with the Grade
Center. For more on the upgrade,
click here; for more on the Grade Center,
click here (PDF) and
here (video); for more on
the new critical thinking tools,
click here (video). To
see version 8 in person, login
to the
Blackboard sandbox (use your
normal Palomar faculty login
credentials). If you have
questions, email
onlineclasses@palomar.edu or
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PeopleSoft 9 Upgrade
Here are the
handouts from Haydn's training
session for faculty members on
the PeopleSoft 9 upgrade.
You can hear
Haydn discuss these points in
his
Teaching with Technology
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Welcome. The purpose of the
Academic Technology Resource Center is
to facilitate and enhance teaching and
learning at Palomar College through the
use of technology.
What's New in technology -
news tracker, gadgets, online audio tools,
computer security, rss, blogging and
podcasts, software upgrades, media
players, wireless technology...
Taking online, self-paced traing for PD
credit?
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Follow along with this
podcast/website/e-newsletter and learn
Blackboard from the ground up.
Every other week David Gray and Dr.
Haydn Davis deliver instruction and
discussions on the technical and
pedagogical how-tos of building a
blackboard course site and getting it to
work to achieve your instructional
goals.
Blackboard support:
onlineclasses@palomar.edu or call
(760) 744-1150 ext. 2862.
"Teaching with Blackboard" How-to screen
videos
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Download/update news...
Here are the
latest updates and downloads
from various software vendors.
Be advised that some of software
reported on here is Beta
Software, and should not be
installed on production
computers.
New/Updated
software:
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Adobe Flash version 9.
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Adobe Reader 8.1.2 is now
available.
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Internet Explorer 7
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Windows media player 11
is now available
for download.
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Firefox version 2.0.
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iTunes version 7.6.2 with
QuickTime 7.4
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New versions
of StudyMate (2.0.2) and Respondus
(3.5.4) have been released. For
existing users, open
Respondus and/or StudyMate,
click Help, and Check for
Update. When the
update dialog box appears,
click Get Update. If
you experience problems, or
if you have not yet
installed these products (PC
only) go to our
Respondus/StudyMate download
site and do a full
install.
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We have set up a new
install point for the CPS ("Classroom
Performance System") software that is needed to
use the
radio frequency clickers we now have
available for checkout.
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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats. Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003
programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority
updates from
Microsoft Update before downloading the Compatibility Pack.
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Google
Earth desktop client, versions 4.3.
Beta software:
Software downloads...
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World technology headlines...
The latest how do I topics:
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furl
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