Monthly Archives: September 2012
Gund update 2012-09-24
Finally got back to this project. Making use of dSpace import map file. map file records the ID of all new items added through the item importer, and can be used to delete those same items. Web Endnote interface now … Continue reading
BBB Update 2012-09-24
Interest in using BB from Steven Exler (EPSCoR) and Ken Bechtel (Social Work). This prompted investing some time in fixing numerous little bugs and misbehaving features. Also tried a stress-test, hooking up 25 clients and seeing around 50% CPU usage. … Continue reading
“I am wanting the use BigBlueButton for my Educational Technology class”
Carmen Petrick Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education writes: I am wanting the use BigBlueButton for my Educational Technology class to video chat with a class of 6th grade students. The 6th graders have netbooks and iPads. Will this be … Continue reading
BigBlueButton updates
updated from .8b3 to .80
BigBlueButton
CTL has been experimenting with BigBlueButton, which is similar to Adobe Connect, but free and open source Our installation: http://bigbluebutton.uvm.edu/ BigBlueButton home http://BigBlueButton.org/ We’re using a simple Drupal site as a front end to handle authentication and authorization Any Faculty … Continue reading
testing new radmind server
Original radmind server, skink, was anemic, capable of updating no more than 8 or 9 machines at a time without becoming unresponsive . ETS built a new one, been testing it. Along the way, processed updates for adobe cs6 … Continue reading
dSpace, Endnote, Gund
Former UVM staffer Hillary Archer and current Gund director Taylor Ricketts I received this note from Hillary Archer, Project Manager Media Communications, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. They are revising their site to better use the UVM template http://www.uvm.edu/giee/development/ … Continue reading
TIF grant: pilot a ‘lecture capture’ solution for campus
Concise description of proposal. Investigate and pilot a ‘lecture capture’ solution for campus. Project will obtain and install a variety of possible solutions, including the commercial products Echo360, Camtasia and Tegrity, and the open source OpenCast Matterhorn. Software can be … Continue reading
CTL Events Registration
Maintain and develop CTL events calendar and registration. New features request found HERE
Lab machine updates
Lab machine updates: creating Mac and Windows (via Parallels VM) system images for CTL, CMD, English A206 and others. Workflow is install one new update (system or application); run differences engine; upload difference transcript to sever; update command files to … Continue reading