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CITS introduces UMassD Blogs
CITS is pleased to announce the launch of the UMassD Blog hosting service. Blogs, short for web logs, function as an easy way for faculty, students, staff, and departments to publish content to the web and require virtually no HTML expertise. Blogs can be used for a wide range of purposes including journaling; online course sites; collaboration with colleagues, departments and organizations; offering up-to-date news items; sharing of documents; and online discussions.
The blog service is available now to all faculty and staff with a valid UMass Logon (email username and password). You will need to login with these credentials in order to create a blog, write postings and maintain your blog(s). Faculty and staff are invited to utilize the blog service for UMass Dartmouth professional, course-related, or organizational purposes.
The blog service will be available to students beginning with the Fall 2009
semester.
CITS has scheduled several workshops during May and June to help users get started with UMassD Blogs.
For more information:
- bloghelp@umassd.edu
- Instructional Development help line: 508-999-8501
Provost's Best Practice Awards for the recognition of excellence in teaching and learning with technology
Recipients of the awards for 2008 were recently announced.
Learning Commons opens in the Claire T. Carney Library
Opening on the first day of the new semester, the Learning Commons at the Claire T. Carney Library integrates library, technology, and academic support services for UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff.
The Learning Commons, or LC, is a cross-campus collaborative effort. It will be administered by the Division of Library Services, Information Resources and Technology with a campus-wide advisory group. They will ensure that the LC continually develops to meet the ever-changing needs of teaching, learning, and scholarship in a technology-rich environment.
The first-floor LC is a comfortable place designed for undergraduates to study, write papers, prepare presentations for class, collaborate with groups, do library research, and get help with technology. The LC offers 39 computer work stations, a scanning station, and a print center.
The welcoming, helpful staff at the LC Service Desk can assist with a wide variety of questions, from library and reference resources to technology services, such as COIN, email, and support for software applications. Students can also meet with tutors from the Writing & Reading Center in the evenings for help with writing papers. As the LC develops, additional academic support services will be available at this convenient location.
