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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VoiceThread Maintenance Scheduled for July 18th, 2015

Posted by on July 1, 2015

VoiceThread will be performing system updates on Saturday, July 18 from 12:00 AM to 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time. VoiceThread will be unavailable from 12:00 AM to 2:00 AM, and service will be available but slow from 2:00 AM to 8:00 AM. Date: 07/18/2015 Expected duration: 8 hours VoiceThread unavailable: 12:00 AM – 2:00 AM EDT VoiceThread service […]

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Blackboard Back to Normal (mostly)

Posted by on June 15, 2015

Blackboard services are largely restored. We are seeing a few lingering effects from last week’s Blackboard problems, but they are being dealt with on a case-by-case at this time and are NOT part of any continuing problems with Blackboard. If you continue to experience problems with Blackboard, please contact the Help Desk (help.mst.edu or 573-341-HELP). […]

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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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Having issues with VDI and VM usage?

Posted by on April 17, 2015

If you’re experiencing difficulties when using the VDI or VM tools, please help us to best troubleshoot the issue by keeping the following tips in mind: Please notify the IT Help Desk as soon as possible! Timely problem reporting helps us to better track and investigate reported problems, and gives us the lead time we […]

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Reminder to Instructors: Back Up Your Important Blackboard Course Content!

Posted by on April 14, 2015

As the halcyon days of preserving all your hardcopy teaching materials in a big metal file cabinet draw to a close, the need for stable (i.e. redundant) digital record-keeping increases. Take control of your own destiny and make a local backup copy of your most important Blackboard course content. It’s quick, easy, and helps you […]

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