Educational Technologies
Monthly Announcements


Quick Tip

By adding the "My Grades" button to your Compass toolbar students can check their grades in the upper right part of your course.  Grades come either from online Compass assessments or by manually entering in-class grades.

Monthly Tech Term

What's a wiki? A web tool for collaborative content creation and revision. For example, see Wikiepedia, a globally collaborative online encyclopedia that lets anyone add and update articles.

Brown Bags

October 5, 2005
Writing with Video
presented by
Maria Lovett
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.
130 Wohlers

October 18, 2005
Using Multimedia Blogs to Manage and Encourage Writing and Revision
presented by
Christian Sandvig
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.
27 Illini Hall

Contact Us

CITES Educational Technologies
505 East Armory
182 Armory Building MC-531
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-1078
Email: edtech@uiuc.edu

This list is used by CITES Educational Technologies for the sole purpose of updating Teaching with Technology users about upcoming events.

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Highlights

The Creative Commons: Share Your Work While You Protect Your Rights
by Alan Bilansky


Featured Event

Lunchtime Learning Showcase:
Preparation and Presentation

Join us for lunch during these quick and friendly explorations of technology and pedagogy. This month focuses on answering questions about the use of common technology tools as you prepare to teach and present to your classes. All sessions are from 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. and held in 23 Illini Hall. Registration is preferred and snacks will be provided.

Audacity to XnView: Promising Shareware and Freeware for Teaching and Learning Applications

After Netscape and Beyond Internet Explorer: New Breeds of Web Browsers Offer New Opportunities - and Challenges- for Teaching with Technology

Preparing Documents for Illinois Compass to Improve Student Access and Use

Please visit the EdTech calendar to register.


Upcoming Events

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
October 4, 2005
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Are the Students Getting It? Using Surveys, Self-Tests, and Quizzes
October 4, 2005
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Respondus
October 6, 2005
10:00 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M.
23 Illini Hall

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
October 18, 2005
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Illinois Compass Grade Book
October 19 , 2005
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about these and other workshops offered by EdTech.


Resources

Educational Technologies
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/

Illinois Compass Login
http://compass.uiuc.edu

Course Site Requests
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/compass/siterequest.html

Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/

WebCT
http://www.webct.com/

Educause
http://www.educause.edu/


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