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Instructional Technologies Including Blackboard Collaborate, Adobe
Connect, and Insight
TA/LA Information Session 8.27.14
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Ed Tech Advisor• New tool which shows Penn State-
supported resources
• ETA enables you to match pedagogical needs to education technology resources available at Penn State
• Includes info on "Help Me choose a Tool", "I'd Like To", "I'd Like My Students To", "Show Me All the Tools"
• More information: http://sites.psu.edu/eta/
• Help Me Choose a Tool I want:
• to disseminate information / deliver content to students.• to have online asynchronous conversations.• to have online synchronous conversations.• students to participate in class.• students to write and reflect.• students to collaborate outside of class.
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Blackboard Collaborate• Used in World Campus courses
• Allows synchronous communication with and among students
• Real-time voice, document and whiteboard sharing (among other things)
• Sessions can be recorded which allows for viewing at a later time (useful for online education students)
• Better built-in accessibility features
• More resilient and more forgiving of slower internet connections
Image: Blackboard Collaborate
World Campus
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Blackboard Collaborate • Students may find this tool beneficial for team project collaboration and can request their
own rooms
• Meeting space for Blackboard Collaborate may be requested by filling out an online form: https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/roomrequest/index.php
• World Campus Helpdesk supported: http://student.worldcampus.psu.edu/technical-support/contact-us
• Additional information: https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/bbcollaborate/collaborateintro.html
World Campus
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VoiceThread• A web-based application which allows you to
place collections of media such as images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation. (Multimedia discussion forum).
• Unique interface
• Helps facilitate collaboration and asynchronous learning
• Now has ANGEL integration to make it easier to
students to access the tool. (In ANGEL>Add Content>External Tool>Tool Provider>VoiceThread
Residential and World Campus
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VoiceThread• PSU and World Campus Helpdesk supported:
Penn State VoiceThread support: http://voicethread.psu.edu/support/
World Campus Technical support: http://student.worldcampus.psu.edu/technical-support/contact-us
• Additional information: http://voicethread.psu.edu/
Residential and World Campus
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Adobe Connect• Used more for residential courses
• Allows synchronous communication with and among students
• Real-time voice, document and whiteboard sharing (among other things)
• Sessions can be recorded which allows for viewing at a later time
• Has a cleaner interface than Blackboard Collaborate (but has some technical and support issues associated with using it in World Campus courses)
• Does not require Java, but does function better when user downloads a browser plug-in
Residential
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Adobe Connect • Mobile client available:
http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/mobile-meetings.html
• PSU supported:Help Resources: http://kb.its.psu.edu/article/1616;
• Additional information: http://adobeconnect.psu.edu/
Residential
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Insight• Computer lab interactive control
software
• The teacher’s screen can be shown to all students
• Show a student’s screen to other students
• Poll students
• Testing: re-create "secure" testing environments
• Limit student activities on their computers
• Teachers can launch the browser, go to a website and the same website is displayed on the student computer
Residential
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Insight• Run an application or a website on student computers
• Take control of selected student workstations
• View up to 256 student machines at the same time
• Send a message to any or all students
• Blank all student screens on the teacher channel and disable all student keyboards and mouse devices
• From the console, shutdown, logoff or restart selected student machines
• More information: http://www.faronics.com/assets/Insight.pdf
Residential
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Information on Additional Tools: Online Education Tools Beyond Instruction• ANGEL: Support knowledge base
http://kb.its.psu.edu/cms/article/191
• Turnitin: Writing assessment toolkit http://turnitin.psu.edu/
• PSU WebApps: Provides access to several popular applicationshttp://clc.its.psu.edu/RemoteAccess/WebApps
• Lynda.com: Free video tutorials on a myriad of popular technologieshttp://lynda.psu.edu/
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Thanks!• Questions?
• Presentation available at: http://www.slideshare.net/RondaReid/tala-technology-notes
Contact: Ronda Reid, [email protected]