Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

Podcasting Toolkit

Podcasting is the process of creating an audio show of some sort available in MP3 format via an RSS 2.0 feed that supports enclosures. Podcasts are designed to include talk shows, tutorials, music, or other audio content.  At SAU, we record audio files and upload them to iTunes U.  We then connect the files through [...]

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Faculty Tab Added to MySAU

The Office of Academic Technology in partnership with Technology Services software development team are pleased to unveil a new tab in MySAU.  Now all faculty will see a “Faculty” tab in the top navigation.  The faculty tab contains information from the Office of Academic Technology.  The page contains RSS feeds of OAT news and events [...]

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OAT Adds Library Consulting Hours

OAT staff will be available at White Library for walk-in consultations beginning this week.  The faculty development office, located across from the circulation desk, will be staffed Mondays and Tuesdays from 2-4pm.  The purpose of OAT staff in the library will be to provide more accessibility to faculty as well as on-demand training for new [...]

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October OATmeal Features Flips, Clickers, & Chat

The October 2009 OATmeal faculty buck lunch was jam packed with demos and introductions to new tools for faculty.  Dave Goodrich began the event with prayer and a general overview of the agenda.  Jason Archer provided a demo of OAT Live Chat, a chat service designed to provide a greater service to faculty and academic [...]

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Chat Service Released

The Office of Academic Technology is pleased to release a new service to SAU faculty:  OAT Live Chat.  OAT Live Chat is a Web-based chat service that instantly connects SAU faculty to OAT staff with no software, training, or installations.  It just works.  ”Many faculty, specifically regional site adjunct faculty, are many times traveling, speaking, [...]

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Faculty Training Stretches to Regional Sites

Last Friday, the Office of Academic Technology (OAT) stopped off on its second leg of regional site faculty training called “OAT Roadtrips”.  The purpose of the training sessions are to partner with the School of Graduate and Professional Studies to enhance faculty support and training for adjunct regional site faculty. Jason Archer began with a brief [...]

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Course Development Process

The SAUonline instructional design (ID) process was presented to, and approved by, Academic Senate as a means for improving consistency and quality in SAUonline courses. This post provides a concise summary of the major steps in the ID process and includes documents to download for complete documentation on this process. The detailed roles, responsibilities, and [...]

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Bb 9 Tour: Your Course Environment

This 3 minute 25 sec interactive video will introduce you to the new Blackboard 9 course environment.  Watch Video [New Window]

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Emerging Technologies

It seems like every day there is a new technology released to “help” us become better teachers.  You can count on us to sift through the latest and greatest, and bring you the best tools and services to enhance your teaching and help bring it to the next level. Featured Technologies Podcasting From soup to nuts, what is [...]

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Technology Tools

Within this section, you’ll find a growing list of tools you can use today in your teaching. For tips and training, feel free to contact us anytime. You can also register for any of our training sessions or contact us for individual help. If there are other tools you’re using, feel free to let us [...]

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