Faculty who would like to incorporate new media technologies into their teaching, or are looking for ideas on how to create multimedia assignments in the classroom are invited to “Campus Media in the Classroom” on Tuesday, September 15, 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the Clark Library Digital Lab. Talks from faculty and staff will focus […]
Academic Technology Services
Moodle training and drop-in hours
Academic Technology Services (ATS) have completed upgrades to UP’s Moodle environment. To support faculty with their Fall ’15 Moodle courses, ATS will be staffing drop-in lab hours for support and training. We will be available in Franz Hall 10 the week prior to classes starting and the first week of classes Monday to Thursday. Drop In Hours: Monday August 24 – Thursday, August 27 from […]
Academic Technology Roundtable Call for Proposals
The academic technology services office is seeking proposals for the 2015/16 Academic Technology Roundtable, according to Sam Williams, information services. The Academic Technology Roundtable is open to all full-time faculty at the University of Portland. The roundtable will collaboratively research emerging and existing technology tools and plan for the implementation of academic technology for the […]
Making An iBook With iBooks Author, May 28
Faculty, staff, and students who would like to learn to create multi-touch iBooks using iBooks Author are invited to attend a free worksop on Thursday, May 28, at 10 a.m., in the Digital Lab of the Clark Library, with Peter Pappas, education (pictured). Refreshments will be served. Pappas has published six of his own iBooks […]
ATS Workshop: Getting Started with iBooks
Academic technology services will offer a training workshop on how to create multi-touch iBooks using iBooks author on Monday, April 20 from 2-3:30 p.m. in the library classroom. Peter Pappas, adjunct instruction in the School of Education, will demonstrate features of multi-touch iBooks and the key steps in designing an iBook. Attendees of all tech […]
Faculty Speakers Series: Jennette Lovejoy, Feb. 26
The next guest of the Faculty Speaker Series will be Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies, who will present “Social Networking in the Classroom” on Thursday, February 26, at 3 p.m., in the Clark Library classroom. Lovejoy will give a talk about an innovative project she piloted recently using Cel.ly. She challenged her students to communicate solely […]
Curation Workshop, Nov. 5
Academic Technology Services will present a curation workshop, in collaboration with the Clark Library, on Wednesday, November 5, from 12 – 1 p.m., in the Clark Library classroom. Heidi Senior, library, will share best practices around finding pictures and music licensed for reuse or in the public domain to support the creation of multimedia projects. […]
UP Virtual Learning Center
The academic technology services office is pleased to announce the creation and launch of the UP Virtual Learning Center (VLC), created in response to the growing need for professional development for staff and faculty on the University of Portland campus. The initial offerings include mini courses on Moodle, Storytelling, and MediaSpace. New self-paced online courses […]
Professional Development Workshops, Lectures
Academic technology services will offer new professional development opportunities this fall, according to Maria Erb, information services. A faculty speaker series, “Managing Technology in the Classroom,” will debut on Tuesday, October 28, from 3 to 4 p.m., in the Clark Library classroom with guest speaker Eric Anctil, education. His talk, “When Technology Invades the College […]
UP Tech Talk Podcast
Academic technology services has started production on a new podcast series that will focus on the campus-wide use of technology. The weekly UP Tech Talk podcast will be available each Friday from the UP Tech Talk blog at wordpress.up.edu/techtalk starting on October 10. The 15-minute podcast features new guests each week and is hosted by […]