Aug 12, 2015
DELTA, NC State’s division for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications, marked its 15th anniversary Aug. 12 with a celebration in the Hunt Library. “DELTA is a key innovator and facilitator at NC State—its impact on campus has been enormous and wide-ranging,” said Provost Warwick Arden. “Distance education course-delivery options and trends have changed dramatically in the…
Aug 4, 2015
Attain effective teaching with technology skills, expand your Learning Management System (LMS) knowledge, explore the benefits of synchronous learning and lecture capture tools, and learn strategies for teaching large, online classes. Registration is open for all NC State faculty, graduate students and staff beginning August 5. Workshops begin August 31. Topics include: Collaborate, Moodle, and My…
Jul 27, 2015
After wide adoption of My Mediasite from faculty and staff and continued requests for student use of the desktop recording software, we are rolling out a pilot for student use beginning in the Fall semester of 2015. My Mediasite includes two features in our suite of media production and online instruction applications: desktop recording and…
Jul 6, 2015
As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu. This article includes information on the following topics: Testing Software Updates Mediasite Recorder/SSL Update Carolina Chapter Mediasite/NC State MUG Meetings Mediasite Monthly Server Maintenance My…
Jun 29, 2015
The 14th annual College of Design Art + Design Department awards ceremony took place at the JC Raulston Arboretum in May. DELTA is pleased to recognize four current and former employees who received awards: Chrissie Van Hoever, Kelly Fish, Meg Snyder and Stephen Minervino. Chrissie Van Hoever, DELTA Dynamic Media Designer Graduate Student (graduated December 2014)…
Jun 12, 2015
Interested in developing your teaching with technology skills? Join DELTA for this year’s Summer Shorts in Instructional Technologies! This year’s program offers three tracks, or themes: advanced Moodle topics, teaching with video, and innovative instruction. At Summer Shorts, you’ll find opportunities to learn more about NC State’s learning technologies and explore best practices for teaching with…
May 29, 2015
While learning shouldn’t be all horseplay, who says we shouldn’t play games to learn about horses? With educational games in higher education on the rise, DELTA’s Instructional Innovation Services teamed up with Dr. Shannon Pratt-Phillips, associate professor of equine nutrition and physiology, to create a horse game. The opportunity was the perfect union of DELTA’s…
As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu. This article includes information on the following topics: Mediasite Monthly Server Maintenance Mediasite Recorder/SSL Update Carolina Chapter Mediasite/NC State MUG Meetings UNLEASH 2015, Mediasite User…
May 21, 2015
In April, a group from NC State University had the opportunity to attend the Unleash 2015, Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite User Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Attendees from DELTA included, Leisa Bolles, Yiling Chappelow, Larry Evans, Brian Dyer, John Gordon, Darren Ley, Bob Pence, Jeff Robinson, Bill Stancil, Laura Stephenson, Mark Wiest, and Bob Wilkerson. This year’s theme was…
May 13, 2015
Description PoodLL is a plugin for Moodle designed to add functionality for audio types of learning. Core Features/Functionality I’ve been diving into PoodLL Anywhere for a few short weeks. It’s always interesting to see how some of these Moodle plugins help solve pedagogical use-cases and instructor’s needs. And this is the case with PoodLL —…
