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  • News in NWACC https://www.plu.edu/itech/news/topic/nwacc/

    News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    2016 NWACC Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies Each year the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), a group of 33 northwest colleges and universities, sponsors an Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies. The award recognizes faculty members and instructional technologists at member institutions for work demonstrating effective design, development, integration, and/or support of… December 15, 2016 awardNWACC

  • I&TS https://www.plu.edu/its/

    Information & Technology Services (I&TS) provides campus-wide technology, resources, and other support services for advancing the university’s core teaching-learning mission.

    by putting a request into our ticketing system directly at helpdesk.plu.edu. Sakai Support: Email sakai@plu.edu for technical support questions pertaining to Sakai or to schedule a one-on-one consultation via phone or web conferencing. Instructional Technology Support: For help with screencasting, Zoom, Google Hangouts Meet, video/audio recording, and other Instructional Technologies, contact itech@plu.edu. One-on-one consultations via phone or web conferencing are available. Departments

    Help Desk Hours
    Monday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
    Tuesday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
    Wednesday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
    Thursday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
    Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
    Saturday: CLOSED
    Sunday: CLOSED
    Information & Technology Services
    253-535-7525
    its@plu.edu
    Mortvedt Library

  • Assess Your Course Design for Quality Practices https://www.plu.edu/faculty-resources/faculty-development/teaching-learning-resources/teaching-at-plu/quality/

    by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Whether you are teaching a course for the first time or the fiftieth, it is good practice to take a step back and critically reflect on the design of one’s course. Faculty are undoubtedly the masters of their course content,…

    Matters, faculty may use (and modify) the standards for unofficial review purposes. If you are interested in seeing the Fifth Edition of the Quality Matters Rubric, it can be accessed from the Instructional Technologies site with your PLU ePass. The QM Rubric is such a great tool for online and blended course design, I found myself wishing an equivalent existed for traditional courses. Last semester, I created a short and simple checklist for faculty to self-assess traditional on-campus courses in a

  • Recording Instruction and Communications for Distance Learners https://www.plu.edu/faculty-resources/faculty-development/teaching-learning-resources/teaching-at-plu/recording-instruction-and-communications-for-distance-learners/

    By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be…

    , such as Screencast-O-Matic, can be used to create recordings that display video from a webcam, content on a computer screen (including images from a document camera), or a combination of both. Faculty and staff at PLU can download a license for Screencast-O-Matic PRO by contacting the Instructional Technologies Team. Sakai’s text editor allows users to record and share short audio clips and Audacity software can also be downloaded and used to create longer audio recordings. When creating recordings

  • I&TS Departments https://www.plu.edu/its/departments/

    Information & Technology Services is organized (organizational chart) into three service groups with information about each in the tabs below:

    software. Instructional Technologies (iTech) provides assistance with learning technologies such as screencasting, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Google Workspace Apps. Classroom & Events Technologies provides classroom technology installation and support as well as multimedia technology support for events. The Academic Web Development team provides technical support and web integration services for web systems such as Sakai and other web applications. User Services also operates two computer labs in the

  • Articles Posted by https://www.plu.edu/itech/news/author/nordgrle/

    News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    2016 NWACC Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies Each year the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), a group of 33 northwest colleges and universities, sponsors an Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies. The award recognizes faculty members and instructional technologists at member institutions for work demonstrating effective design, development, integration, and/or support of… December 15, 2016 awardNWACC

  • I&TS Policies https://www.plu.edu/its-policies/

    Pacific Lutheran University provides information technology (IT) services in support of the university’s educational mission.

    Pacific Lutheran University provides information technology (IT) services in support of the university’s educational mission. IT services include computer labs, data and voice networks, classroom and instructional technologies, and various administrative information systems. Policies related to these services extend also to copyright infringement, content accessed or downloaded over the network (even with personally owned computers), and appropriate use of all modes of electronic communication

  • Sunset for ½” VHS Videotape Players https://www.plu.edu/itech/news/sunset-for-%C2%BD-vhs-videotape-players/

    by Layne Nordgren and Travis Pagel For over 25 years Video Home System (better known as ½” VHS ) players provided access to analog video recordings in classrooms. But as technology continued to improve, this format was gradually supplanted by DVD players. What this means…

    Sunset for ½” VHS Videotape Players Posted by: Jenna S / May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 by Layne Nordgren and Travis Pagel For over 25 years Video Home System (better known as ½” VHS) players provided access to analog video recordings in classrooms. But as technology continued to improve, this format was gradually supplanted by DVD players. What this means at PLU, is that what was once a standard component of classroom podiums, is now obsolete. In May of 2013, Instructional Technologies emailed all

  • Staff https://www.plu.edu/pluto/staff/

    PLU Teaching Online faculty and staff.

    Misty Berlin Instructional Technologies Team Manager Full Profile berlinma@plu.edu

  • Summer 2013 Classroom Technology Enhancements https://www.plu.edu/itech/news/summer-2013-classroom-technology-enhancements/

    by Layne Nordgren Mary Baker Russell Center 116 upgraded with Smart Board technology Summer 2013 was a busy one for Instructional Technologies staff Travis Pagel, Patrick Wakefield, and student workers as they enhanced classroom technology in six classrooms and began a new computer projector and screen…

    Summer 2013 Classroom Technology Enhancements Posted by: Jenna S / August 23, 2013 August 23, 2013 by Layne Nordgren Mary Baker Russell Center 116upgraded with Smart Board technology Summer 2013 was a busy one for Instructional Technologies staff Travis Pagel, Patrick Wakefield, and student workers as they enhanced classroom technology in six classrooms and began a new computer projector and screen replacement cycle.           New podium and projectorin Mary Baker Russell 334 Smart Classroom