Category: Web/Tech
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WASSAIL InfoLit assessment tool released as open source
The Augustana Campus Library of the University of Alberta has released its Information Literacy assessment and survey software called WASSAIL as an open source application. WASSAIL enables users to: Track assessment data by course, by instructor and by academic year Collect and manage institution-specific questions (including Likert-style, open-ended, subjective or qualitative questions, or pre-defined multiple-choice-style…
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SerialsSolutions Summon
Got a press release from SerialsSolutions yesterday about a new product they're announcing – Summon Unified Discovery Service. A list of features can be found here. Sounds an awful lot like their current Federated Search product, 360 Search; I wonder if this product is the result of their acquisition of WebFeat early last year? From…
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Widgets: The Slicing and Dicing (and Splicing) of Sharable Learning Content
EDUCAUSE Live is offering a free one-hour presentation titled Widgets: The Slicing and Dicing (and Splicing) of Sharable Learning Content. Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Mark Marino and Susan Metros, and the topic will be “Widgets: The Slicing and Dicing (and Splicing) of Sharable Learning Content.” Educators have been searching for ways…
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Jing Pro and Jing Free
Techsmith has just announced a premium version of Jing – Jing Pro. Features include the ability to record using MPEG-4, which means much higher quality (here's a very pretty example – compare that to the last video you saw on YouTube!), smaller video files, the ability to upload directly to Youtube, and the ability to…
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Library Elf goes to subscription model
From the Library Elf website: For the past five years Library Elf has been helping library patrons keep tabs on their library material. It is an independent service and not related nor funded by libraries. Costs have gone up greatly (new server, higher bandwidth, etc.) and to help pay for the new costs, we are…
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Google Prefs for Mobile Devices and XHTML
I'm on the Google Preference page from time to time, and noticed something new today. Google now allows you to output search results in HTML (default), XHTML or for PDAs! Or does it? I just went back to grab a screenshot of what the different outputs would look like, and the setting is gone. Weird.…
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Google and AAP settle
Read all about Google's "groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers." "Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search.Today we're delighted to announce that we've settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners…
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Multi-touch table for kids
Engadget points to a new product from Calgary company SMART Technologies, the Smart Table for kids. It’s a pint-sized MS Surface-like product. I’m hoping to see this puppy show up in my kids’ school, if not at the UofC! Maybe I need to schedule a field trip! SMART
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Automated Lecture Capture – Camtasia Relay
Techsmith has launched a new product that automates the process of capturing and distributing lectures. Camtasia Relay makes use of desktop software (Mac or PC) and a back-end server that handles the encoding and redistribution. Some good background information in the Techsmith Education Newsletter, where I learned of the product. Apparently a lecture can be…