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Archive for February 2012
Wireless Network Survey
CEIT has begun planning for an overhaul of the college Wireless Network (also known as Wi – Fi, wireless LAN or WLAN). At this point, we are asking the college community for their input. Please provide your input by taking a short, but important, survey on the current state and future directions of your Douglas College … Continue reading
Microsoft Outlook FAQ on the CEIT Website
CEIT has published a Microsoft Outlook FAQ. This is a great place to start if you have a question about our upcoming installation of Microsoft Outlook. The FAQ is yours to shape and therefore will always be a work in progress. We are working on unpublished questions an concerns in the background and we will … Continue reading
Streaming Grad
Once again CEIT will be streaming our graduation ceremonies out to the world on February 15th and 16th at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM. For more information on the four ceremonies, please go to the Winter 2012 Graduation Student Information Guide on the Douglas College website. The Graduation Ceremonies Video Stream will be live 30 … Continue reading
Engaging Minds Speaker Series Now Online
If you weren’t able to attend last semester’s Engaging Minds: What makes us human? speaker series, not to worry. They are now available online. CEIT videotaped all four of these guest lectures, which can be viewed here: http://media.douglas.bc.ca/hss/psyc/engagingminds/default.html. The Engaging Minds presentations brought in speakers from local and international Universities to share their research and … Continue reading
Can’t turn on your mic in Elluminate? Probably not a techie issue.
Have you experienced a greyed out microphone during an Elluminate session? You may think this is a technical issue, but it may not be. Here’s why. The participant’s microphone permission is not enabled. By default, all participant permissions (such as permission to use the microphone, web cam, chatting, application sharing and whiteboard tools) are enabled. … Continue reading
Updated Media Release Forms Are Now Available
It was time. With the increase of new media use in the classroom and other service centres at the college, it was time to update the media release form. The changes clarify and modernize language to keep the document current with Canadian copyright laws. The form now covers recorded images and voice permissions as well … Continue reading
What Piece of Technology Am I?
The winner last month was Mary Cope! The answer was projection screen pull down nob. Good luck this month everyone! Remember, we define technology as any apparatus CEIT supports to facilitate teaching and learning and employee workplace performance. Mystery Technology for February 2012 Here are the rules. The contest is for Douglas College employees only. … Continue reading
Goodbye Vanessa Simpson
Our blogger, communications expert, and print media goddess is moving on. Vanessa has accepted a Communications Officer position at Simon Fraser University. It has been a true pleasure to work with Vanessa over the last 5 years. She will be missed in ways I am sure we don’t even yet realize. We all wish Vanessa … Continue reading
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