NITLE Instructional Technology Workshop Registration Deadline

Friday, April 4th is the registration deadline for the NITLE workshops on teaching students who grew up in the digital age.

The workshops Teaching Digital Immigrants and Visual Literacy: Tools for Teaching and Learning with Images still have spaces available. Both workshops are full-day sessions that will be offered on May 15 and 16 respectively.

Participation in these workshop is open to members of the Allegheny community and faculty, librarians, and technologists from peer colleges of the NITLE network. Visit the online registration form before Friday April 4 to reserve your place in these workshops.

The registration period for the remaining instructional technology workshop remains open until a week prior to the workshop.

WebCT Users Invited to Attend Lunch

We would like to invite everyone who has used WebCT in the past or is
currently using it to attend a lunch discussion on EITHER Monday,
February 25, 2008 at noon or Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 12:30 pm.
Both sessions will be held in the Campus Center, Room 301/302 and
lunch will be provided.

The main purpose of this discussion is to tell you more about Sakai,
the new software that will be replacing WebCT beginning Fall 2008,
and to talk about the transition from WebCT to this product.

If you are able to join us, please sign up for one of these lunch
sessions at the following page:

http://training.allegheny.edu/ACCS_Forms/fac_reg/workshopreg.php

So that we are sure to order enough food, please sign up by February
15, 2008.

NITLE Workshops Announced for May 15th and 16th

Learning, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) is please to announce two instructional technology workshops presented in conjunction with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) -

• May 15, 2008: Teaching Digital Natives: Strategies for Digital Immigrants
• May 16, 2008: Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning

The workshops will focus on the impact emerging technology has on liberal arts education and methodologies for taking advantage of those technologies within a liberal arts philosophy. The materials and activities of the workshop are geared to faculty and those who support instruction at liberal arts colleges with limited seats available.

Participation in this workshop is open to members of the Allegheny community and NITLE Network colleges. Similar workshops in years past provided an opportunity to investigate new instructional technology and learn how those tools are being utilized by instructors at peer institutions.

The registration deadline for this workshop is April 4, 2008 if you are interested in attending or learning more please contact James Fadden.

Removal of Fall 2007 WebCT Courses

The WebCT courses from Fall 2007 will be removed from the WebCT server on January 24, 2008.

As part of daily server maintenance, the system administrator creates a backup of entire server which includes the individual courses on the server. While it is possible to retrieve individual courses from this server backup, it is best if you create your own backup of each course and download them to your computer if you would like a backup of your course. Instructions for creating your own backup are available online at:

http://help.allegheny.edu/tutorials/webct/create_backup.html

If you get this message after January 24, 2008, please do not panic. Instead call your Instructional Technologist, who will help you gain access to the courses you need.

If you have concerns or would like help creating and downloading backups, feel free to contact your Instructional Technologist.