May 2017

May 31, 2017

Robinson Recognized as Finalist for Enterprise Video Awards

DELTA’s Mobile Media Producer Jeff Robinson was recently recognized as a finalist in the 2017 Enterprise Video Awards hosted by the Sonic Foundry Mediasite Conference titled Unleash17. Robinson worked with Mediasite Video Platform to show three different views of the interferometer used in labs at NC State. 

May 23, 2017

New CTI Nameplates Utilize Latest Technology

DELTA staff members recently received a modifiable tablet nameplate outside of their office space in the Center for Technology and Innovation. The nameplates allow DELTA staff members to set a status on the tablet including free, busy, in a meeting, on a lunch break or available for questions. 

May 19, 2017

REPORTER at NC State

NC State’s Registration Platform for Non-Credit Activity and Required Training: REPORTER, is a cross-university solution for tracking, managing and reporting non-degree credit activities. It measures external outreach, internal training and non-credit activities, to assess their impact across the university and beyond. 

May 19, 2017

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Ben Huckaby

A new Inside DELTA highlighting the life of DELTA staff in their day-to-day work routines and life outside of the workplace. Ben Huckaby is a Lead Interaction Designer/Developer at DELTA where he focuses on designing and developing games and online interactions for education. Huckaby is also a DJ and avid cyclist. 

May 5, 2017

Meet DELTA Faculty Fellow Carolyn Quarterman

We will be featuring our second cohort group of DELTA Faculty Fellows in articles during the next few months. Meet Dr. Carolyn Quarterman, senior lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 

May 5, 2017

WolfWare Website Usability Study Released

The WolfWare website is our gateway to the learning technologies we make available for faculty to teach their classes. DELTA recently conducted a usability study of the WolfWare website to help us assess how usable the website is for our faculty. 

May 3, 2017

Provost Warwick Arden Visits DELTA

On April 19, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden visited DELTA to give staff members an opportunity to discuss relevant projects and provide an overview of DELTA’s many services. The provost toured the Centennial Campus Testing Center and the Center for Technology and Innovation. 

May 3, 2017

A Work in Progress: Virtual Field Trips for BIO 181

A team of DELTA staff and Biology faculty Miriam Ferzli, Lisa Paciulli and Betty Black are working to immerse students in field-based experiences where they find and observe organisms in their natural habitats as part of Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity (BIO 181). 

May 2, 2017

May 2017 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

Unleash 2017 Online Access The Unleash Mediasite Conference takes place in Madison, Wisconsin, Monday, May 1 through Wednesday, May 3. Free online attendance is available to those of us at NC State who aren’t able to attend in person. You can attend online live if you wish, but if you don’t have time this week (or if… 

May 1, 2017

What’s New in Moodle 3.2?

Recently, DELTA performed the annual upgrade of Moodle, to Moodle 3.2, for courses starting Summer of 2017 and beyond. While most of the functionality is the same, there have been a number of changes to the interface that were designed to reduce clutter and improve the user experience.