Author Archives: Bethanne Winzeler

Forward GroupWise to Gmail

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There are two sets of directions for forwarding GroupWise included in this post: desktop client and web access.

DESKTOP CLIENT INSTRUCTIONS

Open GroupWise from the desktop client if you haven’t already done so

Select Tools then Rule from the menu

Select the New button

Give your rule a name.  Example: Forward to gmail

Check the Received box for determining when the event is a new item.  Then check the Mail box under item types.

Select the Add Action button

Then choose  Forward

Delete your name in the From: box
Type in your CFCC Gmail address in the To: box (make sure it ends in @mail.cfcc.edu)
Click OK


Congratulations! You are now forwarding your GroupWise to Gmail!  You should see the rule displayed below. Click the Close button.

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WEB ACCESS CLIENT INSTRUCTIONS

Open GroupWise from the Web Access client if you haven’t already done so

Select Options from the upper right hand corner.

Select the Rules tab

Select Forward for Type
Then select the Create button


Type in a Rule name
Type in your CFCC Gmail address in the To: box (make sure it ends in @mail.cfcc.edu)
Click Save

You may or may not see a warning box in reference to defining a condition.  Click OK. Congratulations! You are now forwarding your GroupWise to Gmail.

Sync Multiple Google Calendars to your iPhone/iPad

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**NOTE** Your Gmail account must already be synced to your phone before you can sync multiple calendars.

 Directions for setting up your CFCC Gmail to your iPhone or iPad.

After the myCFCC gmail account has been synced to the iPhone or iPad, use a computer or  your mobile device to setup syncing multiple calendars to the iPhone/iPad.

Computer Instructions

Using a desktop or laptop computer, login into myCFCC at my.cfcc.edu

Select the Mail icon to access the myCFCC gmail account

The mail account will open in a separate tab.

Open an new tab in the web browser and visit the calendar select page

https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

Select from calendars owned or shared with the user to sync to the iDevice’s native calendar app. Click Save to finish.

Mobile Device Instructions


Use the iPhone’s web browser to login into myCFCC at my.cfcc.edu

Select the Mail icon to access the myCFCC gmail account. The mail account will open in a separate tab.

Open an new tab in the web browser and visit the calendar select page

https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

Select from calendars owned or shared with the user to sync to the iDevice’s native calendar app. Click Save to finish.

Take A Princeton Course – For Free

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Would you like to take Cryptography, Introduction to Sustainability, Modern and Contemporary American Poetry, or Algorithms Part I?  These are just a few of the currently available MOOC’s.

MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course; meaning, free and open enrollment to anyone, anywhere.  The traditional MOOC typically touts student enrollment from hundreds to thousands of students for one class.  Yes–thousands.

Courses are developed and delivered by faculty at prominent institutions like Duke, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, etc.  These institutions are partnering together with organizations like Coursera, edx and Udacity to create a unified course delivery system for the MOOCs.

While MOOC courses don’t offer the same level of credit that traditional university courses offer, some provide certificates upon successful completion of the course.  There are rumors of MOOC certificates earning street cred, particularly for hiring purposes in large technology corporations around the globe.  If you have certificates in Computer Architecture and Computing for Data Analysis then you will be a more desirable hire than the guy with none.

I am currently enrolled in my second MOOC, Gamification, taught by Kevin Warbach from the University of Pennsylvania.  The course is designed with a series of video lectures, quizzes, and discussion forums.  I enjoy the open format. People from all other the world are enrolled and right away you get a sense of community with the other participants.  It’s easy to enroll in a course and if you don’t have time to finish it, you didn’t waste your money! New courses are starting all the time, there are no traditional semesters.

Check out available MOOC’s at:

  • Coursera – a company who has partnered with 16 of the world’s top universities to offer a wide range of free courses across disciplines. (Stanford, Princeton, Michigan…)
  •  edX – originally developed by MIT.  They have recently partnered with Harvard and Berkeley.  Most of their courses are technical.
  • Udacity – courses from a range of universities.  Most of their courses focus on the technical.

 More on MOOC’s

Good MOOC’s, Bad MOOC’s @ Chronicle of Higher Edcuation

Instruction for Masses Knocks Down Campus Walls @ NYTimes

What It’s Like to Teach a MOOC (and What The Heck’s a MOOC?) @ The Atlantic

Link a Google Doc in Blackboard

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PROBLEM: Every time you make a change to a syllabus you have to delete the old syllabus in Blackboard and upload the newest version into every section.  This is very time consuming.

SOLUTION: Convert a course syllabus to a Google Doc, link to it in Blackboard.   When a Google Doc is edited it shows your changes in real time.  If you make changes to the Google Doc, it shows updates immediately wherever it is linked.

 Example: Your course syllabus is a Google Doc and you have it linked to 3 course sections in Blackboard.  When you make changes to the Google Doc (the syllabus), it is also updating in your 3 course sections all at once.

HERE’S HOW

Step 1: Open your Google Docs
Step 2: Convert your syllabus to a Google Doc
Step 3: Get the URL for your Google Doc
Step 4: Create a link to your Google Doc URL in your Blackboard course
Step 5: Happy instructor :)

There will be workshop on this topic in September. Be on the lookout. Feel free to call me with any questions at ext. 7038.

Quick and easy – word clouds

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Seen these around?  They’re word clouds and have been circulating digitally and in print over the past few years. What appears to be a technical and time consuming task is more easy than you think (like paste a bunch of words in a text box and click the word “Go” kind of easy).

Wordle’s one downfall – - You can’t “save” your word cloud as an image.  Once it’s generated, you  have the option to print it or add it to Wordle’s gallery.
BUT, here’s the “workaround” …take a screenshot of your wordle (using either your PrtScn key or Snagit

Try it! at Wordle.net

OTHER WORDLE RESOURCES