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TurningPoint Cloud Services Restored

Posted by on August 24, 2015

TurningPoint Cloud account services appear to be restored for the time being. However, it is possible for services to be intermittent for several hours until all required emergency maintenance has been performed. EdTech will continue to monitor the situation.

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TurningPoint Cloud Account Page is Down

Posted by on August 24, 2015

Turning Technologies’ account page is currently unavailable to students and faculty today, Monday, August 24, 2015. Servers are overloaded with requests and the website isn’t responding to user attempts to login. As a result, students are unable to register their devices or create new accounts (or both). Faculty are unable to access their TurningPoint slides […]

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INSTRUCTORS: Using Clickers In The Fall? There’s Been a Critical Change You Need To Know About!

Posted by on August 11, 2015

The S&T Campus has moved to TurningPoint Cloud! Beginning in Fall 2015 the TurningPoint software is changing, and you’ll need to create a Turning account to use clickers in your classroom. The account is free for instructors, and is required to use clickers under the new framework. This change is driven by S&T’s move to […]

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Will You Be Using Tegrity Lecture Capture For FALL 2015?

Posted by on July 16, 2015

Do you plan to use Tegrity lecture capture during FALL 2015? If so, then Educational Technology will need to gather some basic information from you so that we may prepare any room(s) in which you will be teaching with the appropriate technology. To gather that information, we ask that you complete the survey linked below: […]

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REMINDER: Using Clickers in Fall 2015?

Posted by on July 16, 2015

If you are planning to use clickers in your FALL 2015 classes, please visit the clicker registration page (linked below) to register your classes by Friday, August 7. https://itweb.mst.edu/auth-cgi-bin/cgiwrap/clickers/request_clickers.pl This information helps EdTech prepare the classrooms for clicker technology and also alerts the bookstore about the number of clickers to purchase. If you haven’t used […]

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TEGRITY Courses Purged at End of Semester – SPRING 2015

Posted by on May 5, 2015

IMPORTANT! Please read the following message VERY carefully! Educational Technology (EdTech) will be purging ALL course sessions stored in Tegrity at close of business on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Missouri S&T’s usage agreement with Tegrity limits us to only 500 hours of recordings per semester. This means we MUST remove all recordings from Tegrity at […]

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Will You Be Using Tegrity Lecture Capture For SUMMER/FALL 2015?

Posted by on May 5, 2015

Do you plan to use Tegrity lecture capture during SUMMER/FALL 2015? If so, then Educational Technology will need to gather some basic information from you so that we may prepare any room(s) in which you will be teaching with the appropriate technology. To gather that information, we ask that you complete the survey linked below: […]

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Black Man’s Think Tank Hosts “A Conversation on Learning” on May 4 at 6 p.m. in Havener Center

Posted by on May 1, 2015

The Black Man’s Think Tank will be hosting an event called “A Conversation on Learning” on Monday, May 4, at 6 p.m. in St. Pat’s A of the Havener Center. George Holmes (ghbn8@mst.edu), President of the Black Man’s Think Tank, is the point of contact for this event if you have any questions or would […]

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Online Learning Consortium Effective Practice Award 2015 – Angie Hammons & Amy Skyles

Posted by on April 29, 2015

Angie Hammons, Manager of Educational Technology at Missouri S&T, and Amy Skyles, an Instructional Designer for EdTech recently accepted the 2015 Sloan-C Effective Practice Award from the Online Learning Consortium. They received the award for their project on Delivering Experiential Labs To All (DELTA). DELTA is a set of eLearning models, processes and strategies for […]

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LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

Posted by on February 1, 2015

Make a difference for current and future Missouri S&T students… In February 2016, freshman and seniors at S&T will be invited to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). This is your best opportunity to share your educational experiences at Missouri S&T through your involvement in campus-supported programs and activities. Win prizes for […]

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