tech for new faculty
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Ken LordAssistant to the Provost for Educational
Technology
Boone GorgesInstructional Technologist
Today’s sessions:
1:00-1:30General information about computing at QC and CUNY
Blackboard Highlights (Ken)Course AvailabilityEmailGrade centerEarly Warning SystemQuizzesiTunesU link
Teaching with Tech(Boone)Epsilen ePortfolioBloggingManaging iTunesU coursesCUNY Academic CommonsUsing the EdTech Lab
1:40-2:15 or 2:25-3:00
Computer Centers
CUNY Computer and Information Services(aka “57th Street”)Access is via the CUNY Portal
QC Office of Converging Technolgies(aka “OCT”)Access is via your Active Directory account
CUNY CIS and the CUNY Portal
After logging in:
Change your password here
Another module you should see on the portal:
Blackboard at CUNYHosted by Bb in VirginiaNightly “snapshot” updates course information
Adds new courses, disables dropped coursesEnrolls new students and faculty, Disables dropped students and faculty
Bb displays all your courses at CUNY
SIMS“QUASA
R”CUNYFirstCampus Solutions
CUPS
CUNYFirstHuman Capital Management
Blackboard
Computing at Queens College
You need an Active Directory (AD) account: cams.qc.cuny.edu
You can sign up for an AD account and activate your QC Lotus Notes email address
Lotus Notes Email
Web Interface (mail.qc.cuny.edu)UserID is your AD account?Password initially?
ClientRuns locally on your PCPassword is stored on the PC!
You should be able to get a CD from OCT to install the client, or download it from the OCT help desk web page.
You can set LN to forward email to a preferred address.
Wireless Access
The campus is 99% wireless.
Opening your browser and pointing to an external URL should get you redirected to the sign on page.
Log on using your AD account
Attendance and Grades
Submitted on-line viaWebAttendanceWebGrade
You will get email from the Registrar at the appropriate times.
Log in with your AD account.
Help!!
CUNY Help Desk [email protected]
Portal Problems
OCT Help DeskDH 150, x74444 [email protected] Notes, AD account, PC Service,…
EdTech Web Page qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/edtechTutorials on some Bb operations, FAQ’s
Ken Lord [email protected] Bb problems, red tape,…
Boone Gorges [email protected] tasks, ePortfolio, blogging, iTunesU,…