Andy Freed @ PCC

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My name is Andy Freed. I've been working at PCC for 8 years. I am a Technology Specialist with Distance Education and Instructional Services. I manage the Blackboard/WebCT application, provide top-level support for faculty and students, and manage other services such as the student web server, the Spot server, and a few other instructional applications like Wimba voice tools, Elluminate web conferencing, and collaborate with PCC's larger IT department. Previously, I was the student help desk coordinator and I work primarily with the Student Help Desk, WebCT/Blackboard for faculty. I am only 77% Geek.

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Monday, November 30, 2009

Wave invites

Anyone need a Google Wave invite? I'm still waiting for enough of my co-workers to get one to use it in a meaningful way.

posted by Andy # 12:48 PM 0 Comments

Friday, October 2, 2009

Using Xinha Here editor in Blackboard CE8

I've thrown together a quick video (read: 1 take, no script, weak editing) showing how to use the Xinha Here add-on for Mozilla Firefox with Blackboard CE8. I loathe the Java HTML Creator that's bundled with CE8, and Mac users who want to use Firefox can't even use it, so this is one possible option. There are a number of faults with it (such as adding images), but it's a decent tool for quick edits. I'd say it's ideal for support and instructional designers who pop in and out of courses all day cleaning up documents.

Anyway, here's the video

posted by Andy # 9:15 AM 0 Comments

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

And then came the flood

Here's a snapshot of Google Analytics from this morning. Notice that blip at the end? That's day one of Fall term. Away we go!

Labels: analytics, blackboard, masses

posted by Andy # 6:30 AM 0 Comments