PC Training & Consulting Weblog

New Media & Extended Learning (NMEL) Open House

October 21, 2004

Hi all,

Please join us at the New Media & Extended Learning (NMEL)
Open House on Friday, October 29th from 11:30 am - 2:30
pm! We are located in the lower level of Centennial
Science and Engineering Library (CSEL) in room L253.

Come play through our WebCT "Playground" including:
-- Demonstrations of WebCT courses
-- Demonstrations of courses using high and low bandwidths
-- Our Student Tutorial for use in WebCT
-- Tools such as audio conferencing & use of video
-- Applications such as RoboDemo and Camtasia - to
digitally capture content on your screen as you
demonstrate applications

...and come see a SNEAK PREVIEW of WebCT Vista 3.0 at 10 -
11 am on Friday, Oct. 29th or later that day from 1:30 -
2:30pm. WebCT Vista 3.0 is the more robust, enterprise
version of WebCT that offers some more versatile and
helpful tools such as:
-- Content repositories make it possible to share content
across departments, courses & sections
-- Management tools for department, course and section
levels
-- Course template management eases design work for
multiple sections
-- Gradable discussions
-- Easier-to-manage grade book
-- Group sign-up sheets
-- Link annotations -- New integrated chat & whiteboard
tool

Light refreshments will be served - including a birthday
cake to celebrate the 35th birthday of the 1st Internet
message sent on Oct. 29, 1969! Please come join us to
learn something new and to just have a good time! For more
information about us, please visit our website at
http://newmedia.unm.edu/.

Jonathan Bocock
WebCT System Admin

jb@unm.edu
505.277.9001