Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

OAT Labs

Looking to leverage rich media or other technology in your courses?  Check out OAT Labs.

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YouTube FAQ’s

Spring Arbor University has recently been added to YouTube EDU – an education channel on YouTube, which centralizes great instructional content from leading universities like Stanford, UCLA, MIT and many others.

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How to upload media to YouTube

Uploading video to YouTube is a simple and easy task. Watch the tutorial below for step-by-step instructions. For more information on what kind of audiovisuals you can upload, see our YouTube FAQ page.

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PluggedIn: Dr. Brian Lugioyo

When asked about the seemingly complex task of connecting students from across the globe, Dr. Lugioyo responds simply, "We just want to encourage people in their faith. Technology is just one great way to do that." Last week I talked with Dr. Lugioyo about the reality of tying students together through tech.

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How to upload media into iTunes U

We've had a number of requests on how to upload audio or video files into iTunes U. In this tutorial I will walk you through each step of uploading your media to iTunes U as well as organizing your content in Blackboard 9.

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Screencasting: A Best Practice

We've tested many different ways to do screencasting and have looked into different technologies, tools and best practices. Check out the video below for a quick tutorial on screencasting. (Special thanks to Jason Archer)

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Podcasting Revisited

At our last OAT Roadtrip we received a lot of interest in Podcasting, so I thought I would dedicate some space and provide some resources we have to offer.

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Download Audacity

Audacity is a digital audio editor and recording application. Audacity is cross-platform and is available for Windows, Mac OS X.  You can use Audacity for free to edit audio files and upload them to iTunes U, link them in your Blackboard course, and allow your students to access rich media resources to enhance their learning. [...]

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Creating Narrated Powerpoint Presentations

Over the past few months, we’ve had many requests for tutorials on how to create narrated Powerpoint presentations.  There are many on YouTube as well as Atomic Learning.  Microsoft also has help for these.  However, we decided to meet the need and create two screencasts to accomodate this growing demand for creating narrated Powerpoint presentations [...]

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Wimba Pronto Released

Instant Messaging in Blackboard Imagine students logging into their Blackboard course to read discussion board posts, take tests, and work on their courses.  Students primarily collaborate with their piers in an asynchronous paradigm.  Now imagine students logging into their Blackboard course, reading through discussion board posts, and then either chatting live or talking to their classmates [...]

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