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Meeting with Bruce Herold on Monday, Jan. 29

- Bruce and I met in an empty lab classroom in Sparks and went over how to use the podium technologies. I showed him what each piece of the equipment does and how to use it. We started up the projector and got the image of his desktop to display. We also played with the sound system and saw how that works. By the end of our session Bruce became very comfortable with the podium setting and felt confident he could use it next time. We are done meeting for now unless he sends me an email to meet again.

Meeting with Jon Olson on Tuesday, Jan. 30

- Jon and I met at his office in Bouke and showed me what he completed over the break. He made some updates to his website and also created a video for his website. He created the video using the technology learning center as a place to learn how to edit and compile his video. We spent some time answering some questions he encountered in webpage formatting, but most of our time was spent learning how to post the video to his website and utilizing the streaming video content. We ran into some errors and I am investigating those this week. We are meeting this Wednesday, Feb. 7.

- I sent Philip Baldi an email last week when he was assigned to me and has not responded yet. I will resend that email today. If no response comes, I'll set Dan know.

- I am also having my first meeting this week with Elise Uhring on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

Hours for week: 2.5
Cumulative Hours: 4.5

I met with Dr. Maxwell on Jan. 29 for 1/2 hr. We went over her gradebook settings. I helped her create categorizes and assignments and make her gradebook in consistent with the syllabus. I also showed her how to copy gradebook settings and content to the other sections of hers.

Dr. Bart Bartlett, PIC Undergraduate Major, Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management, has asked a very interesting question about the grade book. He wants to know if there is a way to upload and download an Excel spreadsheet that will keep the columns and rows accurate and in which he can post scores to the grade book. He currently penalizes students 10 points for every homework they miss, i.e. out of the 15 homeworks, if you miss 3 you will be at 70 points. How can we get the gradebook to reflect this policy?

Hope everyone had a great break! I’m finally back after getting all my paperwork submitted!

My current mentees are:

Dr. Kotty Postle, a professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, who I have been helping set up her course in ANGEL. It is her first time using ANGEL and I have been available to her both in consultations and e-mail correspondence. Currently we have worked together for 1 hour.

Bob Slaney is a professor in Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services. It is also his first time working with ANGEL but he is very receptive to the features and utilities they provide. I have been available to him both in consultations and e-mail correspondence. Currently we have worked together for 1 hour.

Separate from my assigned mentees, Dr. Bart Bartlett, PIC Undergraduate Major, Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management, has asked a very interesting question about the grade book. He wants to know if there is a way to upload and download an Excel spreadsheet that will keep the columns and rows accurate and in which he can post scores to the grade book. He currently penalizes students 10 points for every homework they miss, i.e. out of the 15 homeworks, if you miss 3 you will be at 70 points. How can we get the gradebook to reflect this policy?

I have worked a total of 2 hours in consultations this period, and I will be entering that on labman.

Week 12 (April 9- April 15)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:6

Week 11 (April 2- April 8)
Hours this week: 1
Cum hours:6
-ANGEL 7 -limited features (bookmark, profile, adding functions)

Week 10 (March 26- April 1)
Hours this week: 1
Cum hours:5
-TLA meeting

Week 9 (March 19- March 25)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:4

Week 8 (March 12- March 18)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:4

Week 7 (March 5- March 11)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:4

Week 6 (Feb 26- March 4)
Hours this week: 1
Cum hours:4
-ANGEL Review

Week 5 (Feb 19- Feb 25)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:3

Week 4 (Feb 12- Feb 18)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:3

Week 3 (Feb 5- Feb 11)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours:3

Week 2 (Jan 29- Feb 4)
Hours this week: 0
Cum hours: 3

Week 1 (Jan 22- Jan 28)
Hours this week: 3
Cum hours: 3

*ANGEL Session 01-24-07
-Spring updates with Jeff

*Charlotte Eubanks 01-24-07
-Worked on image embedding in word docs and Paint, editing, resizing, etc.

*William Harkness 01-22-07
-Worked on distributing survey