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	<title>TeachOIT: a Blog for People Who Teach with Technology</title>
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		<title>SPARK to SPIRE Grade Upload Support</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/12/19/spark-to-spire-grade-upload-support/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/12/19/spark-to-spire-grade-upload-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The SPARK to SPIRE Grade Upload process began just after at 11:59 pm on the evening of Monday, December 12.  Because grades are due Tuesday, December 27, grades will need to be posted in SPARK before 11:59 pm on Monday, December 26 in order to make the last grade transfer from SPARK to SPIRE. OIT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distraction Free Writing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/08/17/distraction-free-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/08/17/distraction-free-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach McDowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplating Tech]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Helping you accomplish all of the things you need to do before breakfast remains the focus of many technologies. Some software helps us remain productive; to-do lists, notes, and all the other digital nags and sound effects that remind us what we should be doing, when we should be doing it, and where. And then there&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Clicker System in the Fall</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/07/18/new-clicker-system-in-the-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/07/18/new-clicker-system-in-the-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Fall 2011 the UMass Amherst campus is switching from using eInstruction’s PRS clickers to i&#62;clicker. Instructors will be pre-ordering i&#62;clicker remotes through the Textbook Annex. To stay up to date with announcements and information about the new i&#62;clicker system please visit our new Audience Response System blog. This August we will be offering introductory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moodle Summer Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/07/14/moodle-summer-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/07/14/moodle-summer-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moodle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The campus may be quiet during July&#8230; but our planning and preparations for the Fall 2012 Moodle Pilot continue to move forward. If you are part of our Fall 2011 Moodle pilot, make sure to check out our upcoming Moodle workshops in August. In addition to startup and conversion workshops, we have sessions on setting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Storytelling Resources</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/04/15/digital-storytelling-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/04/15/digital-storytelling-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Storytelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we conclude the 2010-2011 academic year we wanted to assemble a collection of our resources related to digital storytelling and student video projects in anticipation of instructors who may want to use these next year. As always if this is something you are interested in exploring further we encourage you to contact the Instructional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying in Synch</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/04/08/staying-in-synch/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/04/08/staying-in-synch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who works from more than one computer, synchronizing files is an important issue. If you can’t access the latest version of your grant proposal or the revised version of that syllabus; frustration is bound to ensue. Carrying files around on USB drives and emailing attachments to yourself are possible solutions, but there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moodle Preview</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/03/25/moodle-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/03/25/moodle-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moodle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we hosted our first Preview of Moodle, UMass Amherst&#8217;s new Learning Management System. (We have three more previews in the coming weeks if you&#8217;d like to attend one, check our workshop schedule.) What is Moodle and when do I have to change? Moodle is a widely-used open source learning management system (LMS), that can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Additions to Google Docs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/03/25/new-additions-to-google-docs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/03/25/new-additions-to-google-docs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google Docs has recently released two major additions that continue to make it one of the most powerful collaboration tools on the web. If you haven&#8217;t tried Google Docs yet, do yourself a favor and spend an hour exploring it. If you already use it, take a moment to check out these two new big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying Safe Online: Securing Your Facebook Account</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/03/24/staying-safe-online-securing-your-facebook-account/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/03/24/staying-safe-online-securing-your-facebook-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Facebook continues to grow in popularity the potential for your personal data to be compromised is ever-increasing. What many Facebook users may not realize is that when you access Facebook through a network connection that other people share (such as in a coffee shop or at an airport) there is the potential that nefarious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Workshops from OIT Academic Computing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/01/31/february-workshops-from-oit-academic-computing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/01/31/february-workshops-from-oit-academic-computing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This February, Academic Computing is offering workshops on a range of instructional technology topics, including: Designing Effective Presentations PowerPoint Basics for Mac and Windows Keynote Basics Managing Citations with Zotero Using GoogleDocs for Collaboration Turnitin in SPARK: Originality Reports on Student Papers Grade Book Management in SPARK Basic Digital Storytelling with iMovie and GarageBand Advanced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Changing Education Paradigms</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/01/27/video-changing-education-paradigms/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2011/01/27/video-changing-education-paradigms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplating Tech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Nat Turner reminded me about this great YouTube video you might enjoy on education paradigms:]]></description>
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		<title>January Workshops from OIT Academic Computing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/12/17/january-workshops-from-oit-academic-computing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/12/17/january-workshops-from-oit-academic-computing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello! This January, Academic Computing is offering technology workshops for faculty and instructors on basic technologies for teaching and research, audio and video production, and building course websites with SPARK. Many of these workshops are hands-on sessions where you can learn new technologies while working with content from your own courses. For the workshop schedule, descriptions, and online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campus Chooses Moodle for New LMS</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/12/15/campus-chooses-moodle-for-new-lms/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/12/15/campus-chooses-moodle-for-new-lms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPARK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CIO John Dubach has made the formal announcement about our new LMS system to replace the current Blackboard Vista system we call SPARK: To the Amherst campus faculty: I am writing today with information concerning an important change the campus will be making in its instructional technology over the next two years. As outlined in previous emails, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPARK Gradebook not loading? Clear your browser cache</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/12/06/spark-gradebook-not-loading-clear-your-browser-cache/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/12/06/spark-gradebook-not-loading-clear-your-browser-cache/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SPARK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been receiving reports of the SPARK Gradebook loading as a blank screen. This is easily fixable by clearing the &#8220;cache&#8221; from your web browser. Below are the steps for clearing your cache for the 3 most common browsers: To clear the cache in Firefox: 1. In Firefox, click on &#8220;Tools&#8221; in the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iMovie Tutorials</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/11/17/imovie-tutorials/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/11/17/imovie-tutorials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio & Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Storytelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some links to recently created tutorials on using iMovie to create short video projects. We created these to help students with video projects they are creating for different course projects. These are designed to act as a supplement to our iMovie: Digital Video Editing Basics Guide. iMovie &#8217;09 Tutorials, in 12 Parts: Part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting to SPARK using WebDAV on Windows 7</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/10/25/connecting-to-spark-using-webdav-on-windows-7/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/10/25/connecting-to-spark-using-webdav-on-windows-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hari stephen kumar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SPARK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WebDAV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PROBLEM: WebDAV on Windows 7 does not connect with SPARK. WORKAROUND: If you are on Windows 7, use www.anyclient.com as a third-party client to connect with SPARK. We have instructions below. BACKGROUND: WebDAV is an internet standard for collaborative authoring and sharing of files on the Web. When used with SPARK, WebDAV creates a folder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Effective Presentations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/10/21/designing-effective-presentations-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/10/21/designing-effective-presentations-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Presentations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A screencast tutorial of our popular seminar &#8220;Designing Effective Presentations&#8221; is now available in four parts: Designing Effective Presentations Part 1: Common Pitfalls and What to Avoid Designing Effective Presentations Part 2: The Process for Planning a Presentations Designing Effective Presentations Part 3: Visual Design of Presentations Designing Effective Presentations Part 4: Getting Beyond Bullet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October is Cyber Security Awareness Month!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/10/04/october-is-cyber-security-awareness-month-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/10/04/october-is-cyber-security-awareness-month-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In support of this national initiative, OIT is sponsoring a number of activities designed to help the UMass Amherst community stay safe online. Each week in October will have its own cyber security theme. 6 Easy Ways To Protect Your Computer &#38; Personal Information 1. Remove your address, phone number, birth date, or class schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall 2010 SPARK Numbers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/09/23/fall-2010-spark-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/09/23/fall-2010-spark-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SPARK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Requests for SPARK courses continue to roll in, here are the numbers so far for the semester: Number of SPARK courses: 2,184 Number of instructors in SPARK:  1,119 Departments and programs represented: 95 Number of students in SPARK:  23,030 Number of student “seats”:  78,671  (the average student has SPARK for several courses) Largest course in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using the iPad for Presentations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/09/21/using-the-ipad-for-presentations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/09/21/using-the-ipad-for-presentations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplating Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presentations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s iPad was released last April so this marks the first semester that faculty might consider using it in a planned way in the classroom. An activity many instructors have expressed interest in is the use of the iPad as a presentation device. After some initial testing I would suggest that this first generation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start of Semester Tip: Photo Rosters in SPIRE</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/09/01/1737/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/09/01/1737/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology Survival Guide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The addition of photo rosters to SPIRE has been a personal boon to me in terms of learning my students’ names as quickly a s possible. Don’t have access to photo rosters for your own courses yet? Take the FERPA quiz and earn your security certificate to activate this feature in SPIRE: http://www.oit.umass.edu/spire/for_instructors/class_information/photo_roster.html]]></description>
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		<title>Start of Semester Tip: When can students access SPARK?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/27/start-of-semester-tip-when-can-students-access-spark-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your students will have access to your Fall 2010 SPARK on Monday September 6th(12:01 AM to be exact.) If you have requested and received a SPARK course, but not yet opened it up and begun building it, your students will see that course listed as when the log into SPARK, but receive a “Course not yet available message” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start of Semester Tip: Getting TAs into SPARK</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/26/start-of-semester-tip-getting-tas-into-spark-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/26/start-of-semester-tip-getting-tas-into-spark-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the beginning of the semester approaches and faculty continue to prepare for teaching, Teaching Assistants are also being assigned. Academic Computing would like to remind you of the necessary steps for giving TAs access to your SPARK course: For Graduate TAs: If your TA cannot access your SPARK course, confirm with the Academic Scheduling Representative in your department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start of Semester Tip: Request SPARK courses through SPIRE</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/25/start-of-semester-tip-request-spark-courses-through-spire-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/25/start-of-semester-tip-request-spark-courses-through-spire-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In SPIRE, find the SPARK Course Request Form in the left Menu, under Faculty Home &#62; SPARK Course Request. If you have already requested your SPARK course for Fall 2010, you may check the status of your request in SPIRE. For more information about requesting a SPARK course in SPIRE please see: http://www.oit.umass.edu/spire/for_instructors/class_information/sparkcourse_request.html Courses are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start of Semester Tip: Key requests for AV cabinets in classrooms</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/24/start-of-semester-tip-key-requests-for-av-cabinets-in-classrooms-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/24/start-of-semester-tip-key-requests-for-av-cabinets-in-classrooms-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many classrooms across campus are equipped with cabinets of audio visual equipment which including a DVD player, VCR, and the all important laptop-to-projector connection cable. Step 1: Check if your classroom(s) are on the list of spaces with the cabinets installed: http://www.umass.edu/provost/classroom/ Step 2: Request keys for audio visual cabinets through the Provost Office’s webpage: http://www.umass.edu/provost/key-request/ With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start of Semester Tip: Create Class Email Lists in SPIRE</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/23/start-of-semester-tip-create-class-email-lists-in-spire-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/08/23/start-of-semester-tip-create-class-email-lists-in-spire-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating a class email list can be a simple way to keep your students up-to-date with announcements on course events. Instructors can use SPIRE to create, refresh, and delete class email lists. This will generate a single email address that lets you email all the students enrolled in the course at once. More information at: http://www.oit.umass.edu/spire/for_instructors/class_information/mailing_list.html Tip: Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DMCA Copyright Exceptions: Increased Rights for Teaching with Video</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/29/dmca-copyright-exceptions-increased-rights-for-teaching-with-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/29/dmca-copyright-exceptions-increased-rights-for-teaching-with-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Academic Computing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Blanchard and Zach McDowell Earlier this week, the U.S. Library of Congress handed down a ruling that expands the circumstances in which academics can circumvent copy protection in order to use copyrighted materials for fair use. This ruling will significantly affect instructors using DVD clips and other technologies in their course.  However, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 2010 Workshops</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/29/august-2010-workshops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sindelar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This August, Academic Computing is offering several workshops on a range of instructional technologies to help you gear up for the start of the semester. August Workshop topics include: PowerPoint Basics for Windows and Mac Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations Basics of Using Keynote, Apple&#8217;s presentation tool Screencasting with Camtasia for Windows and Mac Getting Started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Licenses Available for UMass Amherst Faculty and Staff</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/19/microsoft-licenses-available-for-umass-amherst-faculty-and-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/19/microsoft-licenses-available-for-umass-amherst-faculty-and-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Blanchard</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/?p=1657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting this summer, UMass Amherst faculty and staff can obtain licenses for popular Microsoft software and desktop operating systems for University–owned computers at no additional cost. Licenses will be available through the Microsoft Campus Agreement (MCA) for: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus and Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise for Windows (includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsource Online Discussion Grading in SPARK</title>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/01/crowdsource-online-discussion-grading-in-spark/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.umass.edu/teachoit/2010/07/01/crowdsource-online-discussion-grading-in-spark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Blanchard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating class discussions is a strong educational technique that allows students to construct ideas and articulate thoughts with their peers.  Putting class discussions on the Web is a great way to extend course content outside of the classroom, and exposes students to online interactions&#8211; a crucial 21st century skill. However, motivating students to participate meaningfully [...]]]></description>
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