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If you have difficulty viewing this e-mail, go to http://itc.utk.edu/newsletter_monthly/ November 2010 Blackboard Contract Renewal The current UTK/Blackboard contract for Course Management Systems is set to expire on April 30, 2011. In keeping with current fiscal policies, a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) process has been initiated, and the competitive procurement process is in full swing. As part of the process, University Purchasing has arranged for three competing vendors to visit campus to provide product demonstrations on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week. All three vendors have provided formal proposals for consideration in the procurement process. All interested faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend any of the open sessions. Vendor Product Demonstrations All demonstrations will be held in the Practice Presentation Room in the Commons of Hodges Library. Desire2Learn Wed, November 10 11am - noon 1pm - 2pm 2pm - 3pm 3pm - 4pm Blackboard Thurs, November 11 9am - 10am 10am - 11am 11am - noon 1pm - 2pm Dell, MoodleRooms Fri, November 12 9am - 10am 10am - 11am 2pm - 3pm 3pm - 4pm Join Our Team! Faculty Fellow Program Seeking Applicants The OIT Faculty Fellow Program contributes to the Innovative Technology Consulting focus of advancing exemplary teaching and enriching the experience of students. You can help us provide UT's learning communities with the support and resources to attain educational excellence through the appropriate use of technology. Pending budget approval, two Faculty Fellows will be funded for 2011-2012. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 7, 2011. Faculty Fellows will be announced by February 21, 2011. Read the full description http://itc.utk.edu/events/fellow.shtml OIT and Faculty Exchanged Ideas at the Faculty Meet and Greet Almost 60 faculty and staff visited haunted Hoskins on Friday, Oct 29 for the OIT Faculty Meet & Greet. They learned about the many teaching, learning, and research services available to them from the Office of Information Technology. Comments included: Thanks for putting this together! It was highly informative, and I'm going to use more of your services in the future! I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Thanks for this event. Want to know more about the services that OIT provides for faculty? Contact the HelpDesk at http://help.utk.edu or 974-9900 and request a consultation. Attend the Clicker Technology Roundtable Veteran and novice clicker instructors, as well as those who are "ready to get started," are invited to come and express your comments, concerns, or curiosity at an end-of-semester roundtable discussion. There will be Q&A, demos, and new feature highlights. OIT and Turning Technologies will sponsor the event on Wednesday, December 1 from 11:30am-1pm in the Hodges Library Practice Presentation Room. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Dr. Christina Goode at 974-6470 or [log in to unmask] Join us for the November 29 Community of Practice Lunch At our November 1 lunch, we had an open forum discussion on several topics. Participants considered the benefits of SharePoint software, and discussed at length the gap perceived by faculty between students' knowledge of technology and its appropriate application. Join us for the next lunch on Mon, November 29 from 12:15 - 1:15pm in Hoskins 191. 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 get hooked by a Phishing expedition Phishing continues to be a problem at the University as Internet scammers get increasingly better at their craft. However, there are simple things you can do to protect yourself: Never give your password or financial information away! Be cautious opening any attachment, regardless of who sent it. Regularly check the OIT Internet Scams page. End-of-Semester Help at the Commons South From Mon, November 29 – Fri, December 10, Online@UT consultants will be available at the Commons South from 8am-5pm to help you and your students wrap up the semester. If you have questions outside of our scheduled hours about Online@UT, Clickers, Technology Enhanced Classrooms, other instructional technologies, or arranging a consultation, you can reach us via the OIT HelpDesk at http://help.utk.edu or 974-9900. More Technology Training Workshops for You and Your Students Offerings in November include: Researcher-Focused ATLASti Basics SPSS Survey Design Student-Focused Creative Design: Photoshop Web Site Design: Web Page Design with HTML, Dreamweaver, JavaScript Microsoft Office: Access, PowerPoint, Electronic Thesis & Dissertation (Word to Acrobat) 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. If you would like to receive IT Weekly via email, go to the IT Weekly listserv page and click on "Join or leave the list (or change settings)". Learn more about all of our services and events at our Website, http://itc.utk.edu . October 2010 Scheduled Uptime: 99.8% Total Uptime: 99.8% Learn more Instructional Technology November Workshops Register for a Workshop SafeAssign in Online@UT SafeAssign is a software resource designed to help students avoid plagiarism and improper citation. • Thu, 11/4, 10am-noon Grade Center Best Practices Discover new and redesigned tools for managing grades online using the Online@UT Grade Center. • Mon, 11/8, 9-11am Introduction to LiveOnline@UT Learn how to manage your virtual classroom through live audio, text chat, real-time polling, and content sharing. • Tue, 11/9, 9:30-11:30am • Mon, 11/15, 2-4pm Online@UT Assessment Tools Learn to create, manage, deploy, and grade online assessments. Develop question pools, surveys, and more. • Wed, 11/10, 10am-noon 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. • Tue, 11/16, 10am-noon Blogs and Wikis in Online@UT Explore Online@UT blogs and wikis, configure these tools for different purposes, and discuss their instructional uses. • Thu, 11/18, 9-11am Advanced Uses of Clicker Technology Take clickers to the next level for deeper learning and more engagement. • Thu, 11/18, 1-4pm 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