Textbook orders for Summer and Fall due March 1

Summer session and Fall textbook orders should be filed by March 1 using the online form.

Adobe Connect moves to version 8

UMS IT announced an upgrade to meet.maine.edu to Connect Pro version 8. The upgrade is planned for August 13 & 14. All active account holders were notified via email of the upgrade.

Connect.maine.edu will see an upgrade before the start of the fall semester.

Version 8 brings interface changes and the addition of new pods. See the Quick-start guide for meeting hosts at http://seminars.adobe.acrobat.com/vqs-hosts/

Adobe hosts many video tutorials at http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-adobe-connect-8/  and
you can contact any of the support team FMI

Fall 2011 Deadlines for Copyrighted Works submissions

Any copyrighted materials, including but not limited to, articles, drawings, CDs and DVDs, must go through a clearance process before they may be copied, broadcast or posted. Submit legally-purchased originals of broadcast media (CD, DVD, audiotape, etc.), or camera-ready copies of print media to Learning Services in July for fall courses.

Contact  ucls@maine.edu or call UC Teleservice at 1-800-868-7000.

UC phone bridge gets an upgrade

Beginning on June 1 University College will expand and upgrade the Learning Services phone bridge. Our current system has been in place for nearly a decade, and has limitations we hope to move far beyond.

Our new service provider, Intercall LLC, provides for an unlimited number of participants, national toll-free access and support for most mobile devices.

Contact UC Learning Services for specifics on this important advance in University College services.

QR codes

QR codes are gaining in popularity. They provide a way for mobile users to access URL, text and, media by scanning a 2-dimensional coded image.

Many generators exist that create the QR code. Many smart phones already include an application to scan QT codes through the phone's camera.

Scanning the QR code herein will bring you to the Faculty Services homepage.

Educators are using QR codes to link students to their syllabus, or add their contact information directly to student's smart phones from paper documents and online webpages.

CourseCast Focus replaces ClassCapture

Beginning in the Spring semester, CourseCast Focus (Panopto) will replace the Echo360 system we have been using for streaming of ITV classes into Blackboard courses.

CourseCast Focus eliminates some problems with the older Class Capture, in that we are no longer restricted to Windows OS, and no longer restricted to Internet Explorer.

Questions about CouresCast Focus should be directed to Tech Support: 800-696-4357, or email techsupport@maine.edu

Windows on Maine brings video-on-demand to instructors and students

A collaboration between Maine Public Broadcasting, the Annenberg CPB, Northeast Historic Films and UMaine System Libraries offers streaming video of local and national documentary titles. In short:

Windows on Maine is a pilot project to develop an online service offering streaming video programs and clips, and other primary and secondary digital resources, via broadband and wireless connections. It features a searchable database of complete programs and video clips from Maine Public Broadcasting Network's award winning historical series, HOME, the Story of Maine and its signature science series, Quest, Investigating Our World. Rich multimedia that further documents Maine's history and the Gulf of Maine ecology has been selected from collections of the state's cultural institutions, and complements the video archive.

From windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu (share this quote)

Visit them at Windows on Maine