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Department
Announcements
Fall 2007
Instructional Support Services - Distance Education
Services - (posted
7/25/07) - All
DYC students will access Blackboard using their
student number as their username. Their
passwords will continue to be the last 4 digits of
their SSN or SIN. Faculty and staff accounts will
NOT change.
Moodle:
Our new Moodle server is located at:
http://moodle.dyc.edu.
Moodle, an open source course management system
somewhat like Blackboard, is being beta tested this
year. Faculty and select students are eligible for
Moodle accounts.
X-Chat:
Those students using chat, please contact
716-829-8133 for information on X-Chat. Directions
for X-Chat can be found under SERVICES or at http://ddl.dyc.edu/xchat.html> on this
page.
Please contact Dr. John Murphy (716-829-8147) or
Thomas Milano (716-829-8147) to arrange support and
any needed in-service for instructors and
students.
DDL &
PROJECT: Special Inservice sessions are
available for building websites and for using our
new blogging software, WordPress.
PowerPoint:
Many students need to print PowerPoint files from
Blackboard web pages. Directions on how to do this
are located ---->
HERE
Sympodium - What appears to be a
fancy monitor on the electronic podium in BFAC-104
is actually a "Sympodium", a device that allows one
to sketch on the screen and save the results. The
department, through Instructional Media (BFAC-9)
provides faculty and staff with in-service on the
operation of the new gadget. Special in-service
sessions are available, subject to room
availability on the use of the Sympodium with
Blackboard. Contact Dr. John Murphy (716-829-8147)
or Instructional Media at (716) 829-7664.
Smart Classrooms: Technology podiums
(computer, VCR, DVD, and LCD) have been added to
BFAC 202, BFAC 302, ALT 141, ALT 150, ALT 158, ALT
605, and ALT 607. Technology podiums are planned
for: BFAC 106, BFAC 205, BFAC 304, BFAC 305, ALT
307, ALT 308, ALT 604, ALT 606, and ALT 641. These
rooms will be supervised by Instructional Media
(BFAC-009).
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