Month: March 2013

Mediasite Analytics

So are they watching, how long are they watching, how many times have they watched?  Want those questions answered ask for a Mediasite report on your class recordings, analytics can be set up to email you weekly a report of activity.  Contact this office to learn more about this feature of analytics in Mediasite!

Haiku poetry error messages – Spring Break Fun!

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strick construction rules, each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third. They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity (and are much better than “Your computer has performed an illegal operation.”) Here they are:

Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
“My Novel” not found.

The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao – until
You bring fresh toner.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you are seeking
Must now be retyped.

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank

Respondus Back and Forth!

Respondus Test Generator not only allows you to import word documents into Respondus for exporting to Blackboard but you can also import a Blackboard test into Respondus for editing or export it into a Word document as well.  The key is the Preview and Publish tab found in Respondus.  Want to know more about how Respondus works click here, want to download Respondus click here.  Contact this office for a demo or assistance in using this product.