Faculty using RSS news aggregators can now receive notification of faculty workshops as OET adds them to the workshop schedule.

The news aggregators like Bloglines will detect the feed automatically on all OET pages discussing workshops using Bloglines' subscribe bookmarklet.

Or the feed can be added manually by adding http://oet.allegheny.edu/news/rss/rss_workshops.php to your news aggregator of choice.

More information about RSS feeds that are available at Allegheny College is available online at:

Posted by James Fadden at 04:38 PM | Permalink

Allegheny College will continue to use of the current version of WebCT over the next three years. The campus-wide site license that was obtained several years ago has been renewed to include the next three years.

You may have read articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education or elsewhere about the merger between Blackboard and WebCT, the two top companies who provide Course Management Software. Through the North East Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP), we were able to secure a three-year agreement to continue using WebCT at consortium pricing.

The Office of Educational Technology will evaluate new software products as well as follow the technology trends for liberal arts colleges over the next two-three years regarding the use of course management software. We will be asking for your input as we learn what the viable options will be for future versions of course management software.

If you have any questions or input about WebCT or any CMS product, feel free to contact Karen Stone at ext. 2767.

Posted by James Fadden at 09:49 AM | Permalink

Web Calendar is once again available for faculty use.

The down time allowed for updates to the server and web calendar software.

Also, the email reminder function of webcalendar works. Questions or comments can be directed to the Office of Educational Technology through the Help Desk at ext. 2755.

Posted by James Fadden at 02:14 PM | Permalink

The college web calendar at webcalendar.allegheny.edu will be unavailable from Sunday Feb 5 at 8 am through Tuesday Feb 7 at 8 am. This is so that we can upgrade the server software. We hope this will also fix the problem the calendar has been having with email reminders.

You should print a copy of your calendar, using the calendar print feature, before Sunday at 8 am if you need to refer to your calendar during this period. If you use a PDA, you may want to also do a sync with the calendar before Sunday.

We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to have the calendar working at full capacity again soon.

Posted by James Fadden at 01:13 PM | Permalink