New Instructor Orientation

From Language Center Technology Resources

Jump to: navigation, search

[ short url: http://goo.gl/KwSK4 ]


Welcome to the Stanford Language Center!

My name is Ken Romeo (http://kenro.web.stanford.edu) and I am the Academic Technology Specialist (http://ats.stanford.edu) for the Language Center (http://language.stanford.edu). I can help you with some of your technology needs for your courses.

First, your computer. In order to use your personal machine on campus, whether it is a laptop, a tablet, or a smartphone, you need to have it registered in the Stanford network database. In order to do that you need to make sure that it is completely updated, and, if it is a laptop, that it is running some sort of anti-virus software (and yes, Macs need to do this, too!). I need check to see that this is done and I need some information from your machine, so you should contact me (kenro at stanford dot edu) to set up a time for us to meet. Often, the program you are working for has scheduled a time when I come to an instructor meeting to do this for everyone at once, so check with your coordinator. We are not allowed to keep summer instructors in the system after the programs end, so you will need to check with me even if you have taught here before.

Next, in the classroom. Many classrooms have projectors and speakers, but you will need to bring your own VGA and audio patch cables to connect your computer. Sometimes these are provided by your program, but Mac users generally need to bring their own VGA/DVI/etc adapter. There is some information available about the smartpanels at http://smartpanel.stanford.edu, but there is some variation, so it is strongly recommended that you visit your classroom before the first day to see the equipment and figure out what you need.

Finally, depending on your curriculum, you may be using CourseWork (http://coursework.stanford.edu), Stanford’s online learning management system. If you have used a Sakai-based systems at other institutions it will be very familiar, but if you need some help, I would suggest looking at the CourseWork help pages (http://coursework-help.stanford.edu/) and the suggestions on my website (http://lcatswiki.stanford.edu). There is a sandboxed demo version (https://coursework-demo.stanford.edu) where you can try stuff out. You should also check with your coordinator to see if there is a hands-on orientation session already scheduled for your program. I also have an online tutorial available (http://goo.gl/YVBrq), but you need to ask me to add you to the site, and you need to have your coordinator check your work. If you have any questions about how it works, don’t hesitate to contact me, but please do the tutorial, participate in a hands-on session, and check the help documentation before clicking that send button.

An important note on using the Internet: It is NOT OK to just skip the whole CourseWork thing and run your classes on facebook, wetpaint, pbworks, or googledocs. You can put materials online, but you need to make sure that whatever service you are using does NOT require or collect a login when students access it. For more details, see my page on [Information Security and Copyright Guidelines].

Some Important Points



Handout for DLCL201: [LanguageCenterTechnologyBasics.pdf]

Retrieved from "http://www.stanford.edu/group/lc-admin/cgi-bin/lcatswiki/index.php/New_Instructor_Orientation"
Personal tools