Geographic Information Systems: from Megabytes to Map Making to Myths

A brown bag focusing on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will be held Wednesday, March 28, at noon, in Skillman 003. The presenter will be John R. Wilson of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences.

ITS Coffee Break for 3/26/07

News about the Leopard Shorts deadline extension and an announcement about Podcamp Philly at Drexel lead off the March 26 edition of the ITS Coffee Break. In Tech News, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss the ed-cast directory of education podcasts, uncover wireless networks with the Mac wifi detector iStumbler, and review the latest iteration of Yahoo Widgets. In Help News, Courtney announces upcoming brown bag programs on GIS and Moodle. Listen in iTunes or download it from Soapbox.

Updates for Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time started earlier and will end later in 2007 than in previous years. This change can cause problems with your computer's operating system and with Microsoft Outlook's calendaring functions unless certain steps are taken. Please see the instructions for:

• Windows XP
• Windows 2000

Mac OS users should make sure to run Software Update and Office Update. For more information about DST on Macs, read this knowledge base article. Palm users should read the DST support page on the Palm web site

ITS Coffee Break for 2/27/07

In this week's Coffee Break hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss the implications of the change in Daylight Savings Time on your computers. In Tech News they discuss Google's public opening of Gmail, assess tech-savvy presidential candidates at TechPresident.com, and speculate on Middlebury College's decision on the use of Wikipedia. In Help News, Courtney reviews connecting a Wii to the campus network. Listen in iTunes or download it from Soapbox.

ITS Coffee Break for 2/19/2007

Prizes for the upcoming Leopard Shorts Digital Media Competition leads off the ITS Coffee Break this week, followed by an explanation of why you may be having trouble sending email to Yahoo accounts f

ITS Coffee Break for 2/7/2007

News of Lafayette's Moodle pilot program and the Leopard Shorts Digital Media Competition lead off the ITS Coffee Break this week. Tech news finds Blackboard pledging not to sue open source course management systems and those who use them for infringing on its patents, while Apple Inc. and the Beatles' Apple Corp. resolve their long running trademark dispute. Finally, Help News reviews the new Moodle, iTunes U, and Word documentation that's been posted to the ITS web site, previews upcoming workshops, and offers a quick tip on working with the iTunes Music Store's FairPlay authorization system.

ITS Coffee Break for 1/11/2007

Hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley lead off the podcast with news about network drive changes for those using Macs. In Tech News they update listeners on the fate of the Deleting Online Predators Act, discuss UCLA's adoption of Moodle as their campus course management system, speculate about Apple's new DashCode tool for creating Dashboard widgets, and ponder a month of Apple bugs. Listen in iTunes or download the episode from Soapbox

ITS Coffee Break for 1/2/2007

News about workshops to help keep those New Year's resolutions to clean up Websites and learn about multimedia editing tops the ITS Coffee Break as hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about the upcoming Web Design Day and Audio & Video Project Planning workshops for faculty and staff. In Tech News, Ken and Courtney give a roundup of education technology blogs, while in Help News they discuss the rest of ITS's Interim workshop offerings. Visit Soapbox to get the episode and read the show notes.

ITS Launches iTunes U Pilot

iTunes U arrived this spring in the form of a pilot program designed to test the new education-oriented service's usefulness at Lafayette. Created by Apple, iTunes U allows participating colleges to distribute audio and video to campus via the company's iTunes software. Lafayette's incarnation of iTunes U can be accessed at itunes.lafayette.edu.

As part of the pilot, ITS is looking for volunteers seeking to share digital content with the campus community. Possible projects include podcasts, audio or video recordings of class lectures, and student documentary projects.

To volunteer for the pilot contact Ken Newquist at 610-330-5759 or e-mail newquisk@lafayette.edu.

ITS Coffee Break for 12/18/2006

News about iTunes U tops the ITS Coffee Break this week as Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss Lafayette's Spring 2007 pilot program for Apple's new education-centric service. In Tech News they focus on LibWork, a search engine dedicated to searching over 1000 librarian-related RSS feeds, while in Help News they look at ways that faculty can use the social bookmarking web site Del.icio.us and RSS to share web sites and online articles with students. Download the episode and read the show notes on Soapbox.