VoiceThread Pilot

Are you looking for an easy-to-use tool for online presentation and commentary? Something that supports not only text, but also images, audio and video? VoiceThread could be the solution.

ITS Teaching and Learning is piloting VoiceThread, a Web-based application that allows users to post media files and then invite others to provide comments in writing, with voice or with video. The resulting VoiceThread can be shared with a specific group, the UNC-Chapel Hill community or anyone in the world.
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ITS Information Security Briefing

On Thursday, May 8, ITS Information Security will host an Information Security Briefing for UNC-Chapel Hill IT staff featuring presentations by Oracle, Mandiant, Microsoft, Symantec and the Office of University Counsel. The event will take place from 8 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center (PDF). Registration is required.
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Teaching and Learning Innovation: Taming the Tiger

On Friday, April 11, ITS Teaching and Learning will host Malcolm Brown, director of academic computing at Dartmouth College, who will present “Teaching and Learning Innovation: Taming the Tiger.” The event will take place from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. in Toy Lounge at Dey Hall. To learn more and register for this free event, please visit its.unc.edu/tl/dss.

Brown will focus on finding ways to innovate successfully within the institutional context. Technological innovation in teaching and learning is especially challenging given the rapid pace of change in the tools. Brown will describe a collaborative preparation process that can assist with a more active pursuit of innovation.
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Campus Wireless Survey

ITS has helped Student Government design a survey about student satisfaction with the campus wireless network. The survey will determine what services students use and what changes they would like to see regarding wireless Internet and related services.

The survey is available at http://its.unc.edu/tl/wireless_survey.php until mid-February 2008. All students who complete the survey will be entered to win an 8GB iPod Touch.
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Fall 2007 Tablet PC Student Pilot

Some say that the use of laptops in the classroom will lead to the demise of handwriting, but a new student pilot testing the potential impact of Lenovo X60 Tablet PCs could prove otherwise.

This fall, 25 students will receive a loaner Tablet PC for the remainder of the 2007-2008 academic school year and be required to participate in a basic orientation program, follow-up training sessions, regular blog postings and focus group meetings.

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