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December 17, 2010
WOU tv
Today we had our second WOU tv meeting.
WOU tv will be a centralized repository for all the campus videos.
Channels will be created to group content and allow anyone to see video from multiples areas.
Faculty will be able to release video to a set of students (securely, dynamically based on enrollment).
This is a good first step in taking advantage of a medium that students connect with, and faculty/staff are willing to work with.
Posted by ellism at 2:03 PM | Comments (0)
WOU iPhone App
A few months ago I worked with PR to help create an iPhone app for WOU.
The App will contain campus maps, the online directory, etc...
I learned a little about the resolution required by iPhone browser pages and CSS.
PR expects the app to be released by January 1
Posted by ellism at 2:01 PM | Comments (0)
December 10, 2010
sigma
Friends ...
Romans ...
FACULTY!
Thy desperate cries have not fallen upon deaf ears. The technology titans of old hath descendeth from the White Tower to bring fire (sigma) to faculty across the campus. Your online course evaluations hath sigma.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
But seriously, Wanda told us that Faculty wanted the sigma (standard deviation) the on responses for the SIR II course evaluations.
OK
So it's done. Christina did the math that Richard gave us and it even makes sense.
We hope you like it!
Posted by ellism at 1:40 PM | Comments (0)
New job role...
I have become the new unofficial "spec"-er of software for the campus at large.
Each time a department wants to buy a piece of software for internal use, the task ends up coming to me to help.
So I worked with the Health & Wellness Center.
I started working with DEP.
Soon we'll meet with Special Education.
It's an interesting process. I'm not really getting anything "done", but I am helping to make sure that technology-related questions are getting asked, and that we choose the optimal software to meet needs and integrate with existing technology.
Posted by ellism at 1:22 PM | Comments (0)
December 3, 2010
Networking
Paul and I went to Bellevue a few weeks ago for training. We have been bolstering our network skills.
The Cisco training was offered by Ascolta, who has been a great partner.
One of our goals is the desire to be a little more independent. Additional training will offer new ideas and open up new efficiencies.
At the training we learned (among many other things) about a technology for Cisco switches that would allow us to prevent rogue DHCP servers in the residence halls.
As we continue to put our new skills into practice, I expect our network and systems to be better maintained, monitored and secured.
Posted by ellism at 9:21 AM | Comments (0)
Power (overwhelming)
I actually built this quite awhile ago, but hadn't blogged about it yet...
http://www2.wou.edu:7777/pls/wou2/housing.ackerman.power_usage
With the help of many folks, we can measure the power usage of each community in Ackerman Hall (the new green residence hall), and graph them against each other.
We are pulling data every hour, with incremental usage totals. This will give us a myriad of opportunities to slice-n-dice the data and make all kinds of charts and graphs.
Next week I'll be meeting with Patrick Moser from Housing, to discuss their needs/wants and some of our creative ideas to maximize this data and these graphs.
Posted by ellism at 9:05 AM | Comments (0)