Highlights

Using WebDAV to Upload Files to Illinois Compass

Do you ever wonder if there is a faster way to upload a large number of files and/or folders to your Illinois Compass course section? Illinois Compass provides several options to designers for moving content from their desktop to their course site. Some instructors upload one file at a time, while others create a zip archive of their files and folders, upload it and let Illinois Compass unzip it. However, there is a more efficient way to upload files by using WebDAV.

WebDAV stands for ‘Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning.’ It is a protocol developed to make the web a more readable and writable medium by providing the functionality to create, change, and move documents on a remote server. Illinois Compass provides built-in support for WebDAV, making it easy to use files in the File Manager as if they were stored in a local directory. When instructors access the File Manager using WebDAV, a folder is created on their desktop that enables them to drag and drop files and folders from the desktop to the File Manager and vice-versa. Using WebDAV with Illinois Compass is supported on both Windows OS and Macintosh OS (versions 10.3 and higher). To learn how to use WebDAV please visit our help resource, which offers step-by-step illustrations: http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/compass/files/webdav.html

Featured Events

iLife 06 Training
Sponsored by CITES Educational Technologies and Apple

In this FREE, hands-on workshop you will learn how to use the six iLife 06 applications:

• iPhoto - to create books, calendars, slide shows, podcasts and photocasts
• iMovie HD - to create professional movies with four mouse clicks and new iMovie themes
• iDVD - to create DVDs from video files with a few mouse clicks
• iTunes and Garageband - to create podcasts that integrate audio, music, photographs, video
• iWeb - to create stunningly beautiful web pages, podcasts and blogs without having to learn anything about HTML programming

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 and Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Illini Media Center - 512 E. Green St., Champaign
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 9, 2006

Please choose one of the dates above to register. Seating is limited, so register now! Lunch provided for FREE! If you have questions, please email training@edtech.uiuc.edu.

Tentative Schedule

8:30 A.M. ~ 9:30 A.M.	iPhoto
9:30 A.M. ~ 11:00 A.M.	iMovie
11:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.	iDVD
12:00 P.M. ~ 12:45 P.M.	LUNCH
12:45 P.M. ~ 2:30 P.M.	Garageband & iTunes
2:30 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.	iWeb

Morrie Reece, Apple's Senior Education Development Executive, a former University of Illinois faculty member and a former teacher and coach at University High School will be facilitating the training.

Please visit the EdTech calendar to view more EdTech events..

Brown Bag Series

Please join us at our Fall semester Teaching with Technology Brown Bag series. This Fall we will not only have faculty from across the campus discussing how they have introduced new and innovative technology into their teaching, but Barbara Ganley will join us from Middlebury College to discuss her nationally-recognized work on blogging in the classroom. Our other speakers are Jim Witte of ATLAS who will discuss creating effective explanatory graphics for teaching; Christine Yerkes from Chemistry who will discuss her adoption of the open-source LON-CAPA online assessment system; and Cleora D’Arcy and Darin Eastburn of Crop Sciences who will present on how they have integrated magazine-style podcasts into their classes.

• October 4 - Jim Witte, Explanatory Graphics
• October 18 - Christine Yerkes, LON-CAPA Assessment System
• November 1 - Special Guest Barbara Ganley, Middlebury University, Blogging in the Classroom
• November 15 - Cleora D’Arcy and Darin Eastburn, Educational Podcasting

All presentations except for Jim Witte and Barbara Ganley’s will be held in 23 Illini Hall from 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. and are free and open to the public. Please see our Fall 2006 Brown Bag Series web page for more information about the presentations.

Upcoming Events

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
Nevada A Lab (1203 1/2 W. Nevada, Urbana)

Create Your Own Instructional Web Sites
Thursday, October 5, 2006
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:00 P.M.
Nevada B Lab (1203 1/2 W. Nevada, Urbana)

iLife 06
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
8:30 A.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.
Illini Media Center (512 E. Green, Champaign)

Prepare Your Students to Publish on the Web
Tuesday,October 10, 2006
2:00 P.M. ~ 3:30 P.M.
202 Lincoln Hall

iLife 06
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
8:30 A.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.
Illini Media Center (512 E. Green, Champaign)

Getting Started with RSS
Thursday, October 12, 2006
2:00 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.
Nevada A Lab (1203 1/2 W. Nevada, Urbana)

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Create Your Own Instructional Web Sites
Thursday, October 19, 2006
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
Nevada B Lab (1203 1/2 W. Nevada, Urbana)

Prepare Your Students to Publish on the Web
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
Nevada B Lab (1203 1/2 W. Nevada, Urbana)

Getting Started with Wikis
Thursday, October 26, 2006
1:00 P.M. ~ 2:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about 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/siterequest.html

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

Center for Teaching Excellence
http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/

BlackBoard
http://www.blackboard.com/

Educause
http://www.educause.edu/

Emerging Technology Term

Vodcast

Brown Bag

Jim Witte Brown Bag on Explanatory Graphics
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00P.M.
112 Speech and Hearing Bldg

Students learn better when the right kinds of graphics are added to text. At this brown bag, Jim Witte will focus on the technical and instructional design issues involved in representing course content in a visual way. In particular, he will talk about ways in which common software like PowerPoint and graphics programs like Photoshop can be better utilized in educational settings.

Lunchtime Learning Showcase

Online Images: Ideas and Options for Use in Your Course Site

Thursday, October 26, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

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