Live a little: Get standard software
You make not only your own, but everybody’s life easier if you upgrade to standardized software. The University is now on Win XP Service-Pack 2, with Office 2003 and Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3....
View ArticleAutomatically download all documents/files/images linked from a web page
You can easily do this in FireFox with a free extension from Braunschweig (Germany): DownThemAll: Right-click on your page with the media you want. Make your choices: Lean back (or do something else!):...
View ArticleHow to disable or rather bypass the Popup Blocker in your Web browser
Try pressing the CTRL-key when clicking a link that tries to open a popup window. This is a known problem with web-based learning applications like Moodle or library ereserves (like UNCCC’s Docutek...
View ArticleHow we improve client service through changes to the reception desk computer...
These browser windows will now load automatically when student staff logs into the reception desk computers: Safari: In the entrance area, we display the live calendar of LRC events and services,...
View ArticleProtected: Moodle streaming video recording assignment glitches 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...
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View ArticleWhich browser and operating system we could get which Moodle Kaltura webcam...
Below please find our current (work in progress) test matrix. Use one of the combinations that worked (“YES”) to avoid problems when taking or grading webcam assignments (or come to the LRC where we...
View ArticleUpgrade to the Moodle 2 on the LRC reception desk computers is overdue…
It will be fixed eventually – let me know if not. Filed under: audience-is-language-learning-center-staff, audience-is-language-learning-center-temp-staff, Reception-desk Tagged: moodle, mozilla-firefox
View ArticleFirefox and Chrome – Enterprise version in computer lab image?
The tension between having to update the platform while not leaving the ecosystem behind seems one of the oldest issues IT – does the web browser platform add something fundamentally new to the mix?...
View ArticleFirefox Java AddOn settings on learning lab PCs
FireFox should not be allowed to update automatically: teacher student: after restart: change in: or: or in prefs.js and user.js v. 26 disables Java by default which we need for online textbook...
View ArticleAutomatically download all documents/files/images linked from a web page
You can easily do this in FireFox with a free extension from Braunschweig (Germany): DownThemAll: Right-click on your page with the media you want. Make your choices: Lean back (or do something else!):...
View ArticleHow to disable or rather bypass the Popup Blocker in your Web browser
Try pressing the CTRL-key when clicking a link that tries to open a popup window. This is a known problem with web-based learning applications like Moodle or library ereserves (like UNCCC’s Docutek...
View ArticleHow we improve client service through changes to the reception desk computer...
These browser windows will now load automatically when student staff logs into the reception desk computers: Safari: In the entrance area, we display the live calendar of LRC events and services,...
View ArticleProtected: Moodle streaming video recording assignment glitches 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
View ArticleWhich browser and operating system we could get which Moodle Kaltura webcam...
Below please find our current (work in progress) test matrix. Use one of the combinations that worked (“YES”) to avoid problems when taking or grading webcam assignments (or come to the LRC where we...
View ArticleUpgrade to the Moodle 2 on the LRC reception desk computers is overdue…
It will be fixed eventually – let me know if not. Filed under: audience-is-language-learning-center-staff, audience-is-language-learning-center-temp-staff, Reception-desk Tagged: moodle, mozilla-firefox
View ArticleFirefox and Chrome – Enterprise version in computer lab image?
The tension between having to update the platform while not leaving the ecosystem behind seems one of the oldest issues IT – does the web browser platform add something fundamentally new to the mix?...
View ArticleFirefox Java AddOn settings on learning lab PCs
FireFox should not be allowed to update automatically: teacher student: after restart: change in: or: or in prefs.js and user.js v. 26 disables Java by default which we need for online textbook...
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