http://digitalunion.osu.edu Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:00:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/13/carmen-dropbox-and-you-or-your-students/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/13/carmen-dropbox-and-you-or-your-students/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:00:11 +0000 Megan Strathearn & TJ Armstrong http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19469 This week’s blog is brought to you by our undergraduate student intern, TJ Armstrong: Howdy Folks, Ah, summer term. Summer term means Frisbee on the Oval in between classes, iced coffee to accompany study sessions and lesson planning, and best practices for your course’s Carmen  Dropbox tool. Was that a solid intro or what? But in all seriousness, ...Read more at the full article: Carmen Dropbox and You (or Your Students)]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/13/carmen-dropbox-and-you-or-your-students/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/06/carmen-twitter/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/06/carmen-twitter/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:00:42 +0000 Megan Strathearn http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19467 Caution Fellow Bloggers:  If you don’t have a Twitter account, and have no desire to ever partake in the tweeting world, this blog post is not for you. Here’s the thing:  if you do have an active Twitter account (or were thinking about signing up), did you know that, as Instructors, you could add a Twitter ...Read more at the full article: Carmen & Twitter]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/06/carmen-twitter/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/05/painless-proofreading-with-acrobat-pro/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/05/painless-proofreading-with-acrobat-pro/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:37:35 +0000 Queenie Chow http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19650 Adobe Acrobat Pro, now free for OSU faculty and staff, has a great set of annotation and markup tools specifically made for proofreading and commenting on PDF documents. This set of tools can be found in Adobe Reader as well, and can be used to markup Reader enabled documents. Especially useful for team review, comments from ...Read more at the full article: Painless Proofreading with Acrobat Pro]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/05/painless-proofreading-with-acrobat-pro/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/03/more-students-than-would-fit-in-the-shoe/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/03/more-students-than-would-fit-in-the-shoe/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:00:13 +0000 Matt Stoltzfus and Cory Tressler http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19632 Read more at the full article: More students than would fit in ‘The Shoe’]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/06/03/more-students-than-would-fit-in-the-shoe/feed/ 1 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/30/notifications-grades/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/30/notifications-grades/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 11:00:10 +0000 Megan Strathearn & TJ Armstrong http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19465 This week’s blog is brought to you by our undergraduate student intern, TJ Armstrong: Howdy folks. With Carmen 10, we have a bunch of neat new Notifications options and, if you’re anything like me and need all the reminders you can get, it’s a good thing. While the new Notifications options are great (see the video tutorial ...Read more at the full article: Carmen Notifications: Grades]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/30/notifications-grades/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/29/skype-lecture-series-italian-cinema-mafia-studies-film-criticism/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/29/skype-lecture-series-italian-cinema-mafia-studies-film-criticism/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:40 +0000 Dana Renga http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19600 Read more at the full article: Skype Lecture Series: Italian Cinema, Mafia Studies, Film Criticism]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/29/skype-lecture-series-italian-cinema-mafia-studies-film-criticism/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/28/announcing-impact-grant-recipients/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/28/announcing-impact-grant-recipients/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 11:00:19 +0000 Henry Griffy http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19594 The Office of Distance Education and eLearning (ODEE) is proud to announce the latest Departmental Impact Grant recipients. These two projects were chosen from a strong application pool by a team of faculty, staff, and students assembled from throughout the university. Recipients will work with various areas of ODEE to plan and develop their projects, ...Read more at the full article: Announcing Impact Grant Recipients]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/28/announcing-impact-grant-recipients/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/24/the-global-technicity/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/24/the-global-technicity/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:42 +0000 Tom Evans http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19586 For the past three weeks, Jennifer Evans-Cowley (Ohio State) and her colleague, Tom Sanchez (Virginia Tech) have been teaching a MOOC called TechniCity. This course focuses on the innovative uses of technology in the way that cities are planned and built.  Jennifer recently shared more about the beginnings of this course on her blog at ...Read more at the full article: The Global TechniCity]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/24/the-global-technicity/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/23/carmen-content-organization/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/23/carmen-content-organization/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 Megan Strathearn http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19462 Here’s the deal:  creating content,  adding modules and topics and submodules, is a completely different process from what it once was.  Some people love it; some people hate it.  Some people are torn between a love / hate relationship.  As everyone becomes familiar with the new interface, we hope all will grow to love it.  Because ...Read more at the full article: Carmen Content organization got you in a funk?]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/23/carmen-content-organization/feed/ 0 http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/21/two-apple-distinguished-educators-named-at-ohio-state/ http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/21/two-apple-distinguished-educators-named-at-ohio-state/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:58 +0000 Liv Gjestvang http://blog.it.ohio-state.edu/digitalunion/?p=19547 Two members of the Ohio State community have been selected to join the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) program class of 2013. Dr. Matthew Stolzfus of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Michael Hofherr, associate vice president for distance education and eLearning, have been invited to join the Apple community of educators because of their commitment to ...Read more at the full article: Two Apple Distinguished Educators Named at Ohio State]]> http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2013/05/21/two-apple-distinguished-educators-named-at-ohio-state/feed/ 0