Need an account to get access to the Supercomputer SCIURus is a tool for research and education at Oberlin College, and as such its use is limited to Oberlin faculty, staff, students, and officially affiliated collaborators who are conducting research or course-related activities that require HPC resources. Once your account is approved, you will have […]
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CONNECT TO THE WORLD (Fall 2018)
(Unfortunately, our engagement for the 18-19 season is over). Initial invite: “Announcing a new and unique opportunity for faculty, staff, students, classes, and organizations (basically EVERYONE) at Oberlin College. CIT/OCTET is sponsoring a ‘portal’ that will live on Wilder Bowl for 2 months starting on Sept 6th. This portal connects to other portals in a […]
Using Google Hangouts to give support with a screenshare
Before you start your first video call Download and install the latest version of the Hangouts plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers. When asked to use your computer’s camera and microphone, click Allow. Once both parties have done these steps, the call can be initiated from the assisting office. Using Google Hangouts to […]
Grammarly for everyone
Grammarly for everyone at Oberlin College
Converting video/audio files
Since we are mostly a Mac campus, most of our video and audio is saved in a .mov format. Many Windows machines and browsers are not very good at automatically displaying these files. Therefore, we’ve been asked if there is any way to easily convert .mov files to something more compatible e.g. MP3 or MP4 […]
Add Questions to your SmartEvals Course Evaluation (for faculty)
Information on how to add questions to your online student evaluations in SmartEvals.
Accounting for extra credit in the Blackboard grade center
Blackboard Page on Extra Credit A very useful video explaining how to add extra credit to a final grade or exclusively to a set of assignments, and have that update the grade a student sees in the Blackboard grade center.
Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign
Now that Adobe products are available in all labs on campus and for faculty/staff use, people have been asking which product should they use. Specifically, should one use Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign. I recently stumbled across a very easy to follow answer to this question. You can find it here: https://99designs.com/blog/tips/photoshop-vs-illustrator-vs-indesign/ Enjoy
SmartEvals: Sending reminder email to unresponsive students (for faculty)
Information on how to add questions to your online student evaluations in SmartEvals.
January 10, 2017 OCTET Winter Term Workshop
EdTech Workshop for Professional Staff What? Short presentations on some of the projects that are of greatest interest around campus: Construction on campus, Library update, Athletics update, Oberlin Online, the new Learning Management System, Dean of Students presentation AND short presentations — by YOU — on what’s happening in your shop When? Tuesday, Jan 10th, […]