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If you have difficulty viewing this e-mail, go to http://itc.utk.edu/newsletter_monthly/ October 2010 Call for Proposals: Project RITE For the 6th year, UT Knoxville and UT Martin are offering Project RITE (Research of Instructional Technology in Education) grants to faculty who plan to study the impact of technology-mediated instructional strategies on student learning outcomes. 2011 Project RITE proposals are due on Tuesday, October 12. Read the 2011 Call for Proposals. To inquire about the Project RITE program, contact Gina Phipps at 974-7912 or [log in to unmask] Save the Date: Please join us between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 29, on the 1st floor of Hoskins, for the OIT Support: Faculty Meet & Greet. You'll have the opportunity to learn about the many teaching, learning, and research resources available to you, as well as meet OIT staff and interact with colleagues with similar interests. Refreshments will be served. Learn more about the Faculty Meet & Greet IT Community of Practice Update The first Instructional Technology Community of Practice Brown Bag Lunch of the semester took place on October 4. We discussed current and potential instructional technology initiatives such as Online@UT, eTextbooks, and mobile learning, as well as student expectations of and faculty motivation for use of technology in teaching. Please join us for the next lunch on Mon, November 1 from 12:15-1:15pm. For more information, or to be added to the IT CoP mailing list, contact Gina Phipps at [log in to unmask] or 974-7912. Don’t be a phish! We’ve all gotten these messages from time to time - an email that looks like it came from a reputable source: the HelpDesk, a social networking site, your bank - but it has a link in it and you’re told to click the link. Or, you might be asked to reply and "confirm your password," open the attached document for a special mortgage interest rate, or something similar. These are all popular scams to get you to give up your login credentials for the University, your banking website, or social networking sites, in order to violate your identity or spread malware. Many scams today use multiple tricks to fool you into following their directions. Hackers have become very talented at crafting emails that look just like the real thing, and they even employ people to proofread their English, since poor grammar was once the hallmark of spam. In Information Technology, we call this Phishing. The simple rules to avoid being scammed are simple. The HelpDesk will NEVER ask you for your password by phone or email, period, end of story. Neither will your bank, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or any other reputable entity. Don’t give your password away! NEVER click links in emails that you have not personally verified with the person who sent the email - even if it looks like your mother sent you a link. If you weren’t expecting to receive that email, call her up and ask her if she sent it. NEVER click links in emails asking you to "log in here," even if the text of the link looks correct. It is a simple matter to hide the real destination of a link behind otherwise legitimate-looking text. NEVER open attachments unless you are expecting them from the person who sent them or have verbally verified that they are legitimate. Email attachments are still one of the most popular vectors for spreading viruses, trojans, and other malware. Most malware today is designed to steal banking or other site login credentials for the purpose of monetary or identity theft. DO contact the HelpDesk at 974-9900 or help.utk.edu if you believe you have fallen prey to one of these scams. For additional information about Phishing, check out the OIT Phishing page. Course Capture in Hoskins 110 If you need to webcast one or more class sessions, or capture sessions for use later, the course capture system in Hoskins 110 is just what you need! In addition to real-time webcasting and time-shifting of class sessions, this technology can be used to create supplemental presentations, to preserve presentations by guest lecturers, and for advance recording of review sessions prior to exams. To learn more about course capture, read Lecture Capture: a Guide for Effective Use [PDF] from the CRLT Occasional Papers series published by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan. Please note that logistical and technical considerations require that this service be scheduled no less than 24 hours in advance, and it may not be available at certain times. In addition, this facility cannot be reserved as a class venue on a semester-long basis, only for specific, individual sessions scheduled in advance. For more information or to schedule a session, please call the OIT HelpDesk at 974-9900. More Technology Training Workshops for You and Your Students Offerings in October include: Researcher-Focused ArcGIS 2 Student-Focused Creative Design: Flash Web Site Design: Web Page Design with HTML, Dreamweaver, Creating HTML Newsletters, JavaScript SharePoint: Introductory SharePoint Share Point for Team Site Administrators Registration is required for all workshops. To view descriptions and register for sessions, visit the OIT Training page. If you have questions or need help with registration for any of the workshops listed above, contact the HelpDesk at http://help.utk.edu or 974-9900. Check Out IT Weekly! Each week, OIT CIO Scott Studham shares updates on current activities, the latest news, highlights of services, and much more – including a current workshop list. 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September 2010 Scheduled Uptime: 100% Total Uptime: 100% Learn more Instructional Technology October Workshops Register for a Workshop Blogs and Wikis in Online@UT Explore Online@UT blogs and wikis, configure these tools for different purposes, and discuss their instructional uses. • Tue, 10/5, 10am-noon Turning Point Clicker Technology OIT is providing training for all current and interested clicker technology faculty. • Wed, 10/6, 9:30am-12:30pm SafeAssign in Online@UT SafeAssign is a software resource designed to help students avoid plagiarism and improper citation. • Mon, 10/11, 1-3pm Discover the LiveOnline@UT Recording Studio Learn how to use this off-line recording application developed by Saba Centra. • Tue, 10/12, 2-4pm Online@UT Assessment Tools Learn to create, manage, deploy, and grade online assessments. Develop question pools, surveys, and more. • Wed, 10/13, 2-4pm Introduction to LiveOnline@UT Learn how to manage your virtual classroom through live audio, text chat, real-time polling, and content sharing. • Thu, 10/14, 9:30-11:30am Adobe Captivate: Going Beyond PowerPoint Use Adobe Captivate (Windows only) to create an interactive learning module with slides, images, video, captions, hyperlinks, and quiz sections. • Thu, 10/14, 1-4pm • Tue, 10/26, 9am-noon Advanced Uses of Clicker Technology Take clickers to the next level for deeper learning and more engagement. • Wed, 10/20, 9:30am-12:30pm Grade Center Best Practices Discover new and redesigned tools for managing grades online using the Online@UT Grade Center. • Thu, 10/21, 1-3pm Introduction to Online@UT Access your online course site, receive an overview of instructor development tools and resources, and learn to upload a variety of document types. • Wed, 10/27, 9-11am Give PowerPoint a Voice: Narrated Presentations Add value to PowerPoint as an effective teaching and learning tool by adding audio to your slide presentations. • Wed, 10/27, 1-2:30pm Register for a Workshop -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the ITC-FORUM archives or Join/Leave the list go to: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/itc-forum.html