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Technology ForumSeptember 22, 2010

Welcome!

WordPress is free and easy to use blogging, website, and content

management software.

There are thousands of plug-ins, widgets, and themes for

customizing the content and look of your websites.

Bard now installs WordPress sites for individuals, programs, and

departments.

WordPress Blogs @ Bard

WordPress Blogs – Art History Program

Art History Blog

WordPress Blogs – Citizen Science

WordPress Blogs – LAIS

WordPress Blogs – The Levy Economics Institute

WordPress Blogs – Intro to Children’s and Young Adult Literature

WordPress Blogs – Visual Resources Center

Bard VRC

Demo Site

Digital Commons – Bard College Senior Projects

Digital Commons – Bard College Senior Projects

Digital Commons – Bard College Senior Projects

Demo Site

Wiki Knowledge Base - Confluence

Campus wide Wiki server for:

Bard knowledge base

collaboration spaces

course collaboration sites

Approximately 180 Moodle sites for Fall 2010.

Look for an email about this summer’s upgrade (fixes and new

features.)

Moodle

You can now view

your available

quota and set up

your vacation

message in your

mail client.

BardMail – Quota and Vacation Messages

Email Quotas Increased!

Faculty & Staff: 25 mb – 750 mb

Students: 16 mb – 500 mb

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Advanced

searching abilities

allow you to search

your emails faster

and with more

criteria options.

BardMail – Advanced Searching

Tags are available

to assign different

categories to

emails that can

later be sorted and

searched.

BardMail - Tags

We are currently conducting a trial for shared calendaring.

This allows for scheduling meetings with invitees based upon availability.

Scheduling event generates an invite which can create an event on your

calendar.

BardMail - Calendaring

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