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October 31, 2007
Kelsey's Shift 7-9pm
I worked with FGR's videos. I was having trouble syncing her hard-drive to ours, though. It stopped in the middle of the transfer and said that it could not finish without deleting files. So, I tried to delete the old files and it says that it is restricted. I'm unsure what to do. If anyone knows what's up with this, please let me know.
Fofana's French Film Discourse class is watching a movie.
A young man came in looking for a VCR on which to watch a Halloween movie....I told him that there are other rooms in Walton with VCRs, but that they lock them.
Please, take a look at the cleaning schedule I posted on the blog (I blieve it was Tuesday?) and make sure that you are doing your scheduled clean-up!!! Thanks! Hope you're all having a Happy Halloween!!!
Posted by kherb at 08:54 PM
Dimka's shift
Lucia was working here, then one guy was working on Rosetta Italian, one more girl was working on audio, i think she was listening to some language files on blackboard. Karen forgot her cell phone in the other computer lab, so i helped her to get it.
Posted by dsemenia at 04:33 PM
Wed 11:30-3
Quiet shift, some people came to watch movies in the small viewing room, Scott came to study Spanish.
Worked with HandBrake, I'll talk about it in the extended entry.
HandBrake can be a bit tricky, I'll write down what I did here;
1. After starting HandBrake up and putting the DVD in, click the browse button next to the source menu, and select the folder called VIDEO_TS, it will be under the DVD.
2. Then select the chapters you want to encode; I found it easiest to open the DVD in wmp and play the file I wanted, it will show you what chapter it is on the right-hand side.
3. Select the destination, and choose what file type you want to save it as. I used .avi
4. Then you need to choose your output preferences. I wasn't sure on these, but ended up settling on "H.264" for the encoder (The filesize was bigger than XviD), and "MP3" for the audio encoder. (The computers don't have the codec to play AAC, so the movies won't have any sound if you choose AAC.)
5. Chris suggested changing the "Constant Quality" under the "Video Settings" tab to 100%.
6. Hit "Encode Video," It seems to take around 30-60 minutes to do this, I had to go before it finished so I'm not sure though.
I'm not sure if these are the best settings for editing with Elements, If you need to change something I suggest just encoding a single chapter at first to try it out. (It's a lot quicker)
Posted by anave at 02:42 PM
Just FYI
BOO!!
I am synching FGR's hard drive with the one that we have been using to edit her video project. It is going to take a number of hours, so I am just letting it run on computer N. I will be back in for my shift at 7pm, so please just leave it to finish up. Thanks everyone!
Posted by kherb at 01:23 PM
happy halloween!
Very quiet morning. Ivo was in studying and Maria B-A came came to drop off the dvd for Dmitriy - it's on the whiteboard.
Stay safe tonight, everyone!
Posted by at 11:24 AM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
Happy Halloween!!! It's a great day for a good costume!
FGR came in and we talked about her video project. She'll be back at 1pm.
Natalia won't be in until 10:30 this morning, just as a heads up. Also, I brought the cleaning supplies in from the booth. I think that we should try to put them under the table with the printer on it....or else just move them to the small viewing room. Any thoughts?
Other than that, nobody came in.
Posted by kherb at 08:57 AM | Comments (0)
October 30, 2007
Kelsey's Shift 8-9pm
Misuzu was here for a bit....
My shift was pretty quiet.
Posted by kherb at 08:56 PM
~```~Tu~```~
Kiss the stars with me
two people came in and asked about our available software programs
so Natalia and I gave the Tell me More CD in French to the couple
Japanese tutoring took place
Jan came by and we discussed collaborative efforts for WWN
I had some tea for my irritated throat :(
Whoever is on tomorrow's shift from 1-3, i'd like to note that the viewing room
is reserved for a girl who will drop in at 1pm, so heads up
Natalia left her coffee top thingy here, so none of you vagabonds take it!
Posted by byavuz at 05:05 PM
Tues 2:30-3:00
Quiet shift, Natalia came in and talked about a few projects coming up.
Also, the google calendars on our website are an hour early, probably because of daylight savings. (The actual gmail calendar is fine though)
Posted by anave at 02:55 PM
tuezz
i covered Zhanna's shift from 12:30-1:00
there was one italian girl using skype
thought i heard the weatherman say,
what a dismal day!
Posted by byavuz at 12:59 PM
Sascha's shift
Hey. Justin came in to work on Arabic Rosetta stone, Mizusu came in to check email, Valentina is in here talking on skype to her friend in Italy, Keeing (the new Chinese professor) was here to ask about playing a Chinese DVD. Turns out that it doesn't work on our DVD player here in the lab, but works on the one in the small viewing room. Kelesy knows some more details and is taking care of the situation. Other than that, it was a quiet shift. I published my Russian blog too. Sweet.
Posted by aschilba at 12:26 PM
Sascha's AM shift
Quick notes:
The printer jammed bad this morning. After about 15 minutes of fooling with it, I called in backup. Carter came down, (or his twin brother) and we worked on it and got it working. For future refrence, this printer is aging and we need to help it out by fanning the paper BEFORE we put it in the paper drawer. This is a crucial step. Also, I watered the plants in Walton 21. Natalia, the printer needs more toner soon... how do we acquire new toner?
Posted by aschilba at 10:08 AM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9:30am
Ivo was working on Chinese.
I set up an LLC cleaning schedule:
Water Plants (Fridays, 5pm shift)
Cleaning:
- clean tables/desks (7-9pm shifts
- monitors (9:30-11am shifts)
- recycle loose papers (5-7pm shift)
- dishes (8am shifts)
- small viewing room (1pm shifts)
- chairs (all shifts)
- organize software shelves (Sunday evenings, 7-11pm shift)
Posted by kherb at 09:09 AM
October 29, 2007
Dimka's shift
Quiet shift, i reinstalled the webcam on all the computers, except computer H, also i set up the webcam to be used by skype on all the computers
Posted by dsemenia at 04:53 PM
Kelsey's Shift 1:30-3pm
Howie and Lucie came in. And Scott was studying Spanish.
I worked on the faculty xls.
Dmitriy, please get the cleaning supplies out of the booth when the class ends, and clean off the desks. Thanks!
Posted by kherb at 03:01 PM
Monday
Another Spanish Translation group came in for an introduction to the Dubbing project (the first group came in Sunday night). I am assigning each group to an external hard drive, which are stored in on of the plastic boxes under computer A. If any groups come in asking for their drives, please make sure they grab a cord with a USB end to connect to the computer and a power source cord that connects to an outlet.
Posted by at 01:52 PM
10/29 Weekly Lab Tid-Bits
G. Correspondence
Communicate:
1. At the beginning of each shift, make sure to check the LLC blog and your email. These are the most important means of communication between co-workers, management and Willamette staff.
2. If you are asked to do something during your shift, or asked a specific question, please respond specifically to this in your shift blog (i.e. “I finished installing Atajo 4.0, and it is working on all PCs")
3. At the end of each shift, you are responsible for posting a blog for the LLC staff.
--- This should inform others of special incidents, problems or questions which came up during your shift. Blogs should also let the person after you know if there is something they need to get done and what you accomplished during your shift. Even if this is just to state that the lab was quiet it is important to keep updated on other students’ projects, problems and solutions, and everyday events.
--- Your blog entry should also include the names and projects of individual students who came in to use the lab.
4. The LLC email address is llc@willamette.edu.
Posted by kherb at 01:47 PM
Mon AM
The German-Learning Lady was in using Wordchamp. I helped her organize her wordlists. Also Sidney is here, Misuzu was here, Jai is working on a paper, and Kindra is meeting with one of the Spanish dubbing groups to give them a quick tutorial.
I had a dream last night that the LLC had a large heated swimming pool. Also changing rooms.
Note: the times on some, if not all, of the computers are wrong. They are an hour behind - so be warned!
Posted by at 11:51 AM
Kelsey's Shift
Francis was in using WordChamp for German.
Ivo stopped by and studied at the table.
I have been working on the weekly tid-bits and I checked out the audio on comp D. The connections look fine. I think Vany might have to take a look...I'm no expert.
Posted by kherb at 08:41 AM
October 26, 2007
Friday
Productivity oozed from the LLC this afternoon. There still seems to be a large problem with the functionality of the webcams. Natalia and I tried lots of things, including reinstalling the software, installing updates and plugging and unplugging cables.We think that the webcams on Computer C and D are now fixed, but now the audio on D is broken. Could someone else take a look and see what they think?
Also, the PIT lab is now reimaged and had Audacity and Adobe. Please send the Spanish Translation people down there to work on their projects.
Posted by at 02:39 PM
It's Friday, I'm in love
Sidney and the Italian girl were here both using Skype. The guy who's going to Ukraine was in using Rosetta stone.
Natalia and Carter and I spent some time trying to set up the online conference call site, but still had some problems with the webcams. In fact, webcam problems seem to occurring all over the lab... Stacy West came in to talk with Natalia as well.
Posted by at 11:23 AM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
It's Friday, Ladies and Gents!!! Oh Happy Day!
Misuzu came in for a few minutes at the end of my shift.
Posted by kherb at 08:32 AM
October 25, 2007
Thurs 7-9
No one came in, quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 09:02 PM
thurrrr
there must be some kinda way outta here
said the joker to the thief, there's too much confusion!
i fixed florence's link on the wwn blog
sent out an email about the world news party
which is tomorrow @ 5 if you care to come
there was one dude in here who worked on spanish
japanese tutoring took place otra vez
and now there's another dude in here workin' on
something i can't discern
kindra- i went to w21 to pick up the movie but
it wasn't there, someone must've already taken it
Posted by byavuz at 05:07 PM
Thursday
Three girls who I didn't know are working on the computers.
Lucia came in looking for Natalia.
Valentina continued chatting on Skype.
Jessa was working on something with some people.
A boy is working with System-D.
I borrowed a movie called "Faat Kine" from the library to show to Fofana's French class. The class is still watching the movie, so could the net person on shift take out the movie when they are done and return it to the library? Thanks.
Posted by at 02:05 PM
Sascha's morning shift
Misuzu came in to work on a computer. Steve Rhine worked on Russian Rossetta stone, Justin worked on Arabic Rosetta stone, Valentina and Manuela came in to chat and log on to skype. That was what happened. Kindra and I talked for awhile about important things. Hopefully Natalia's dentist appointment went A Ok!
Posted by aschilba at 01:41 PM
October 24, 2007
Dimka's shift
Quite shift, started the dvd in Walton 21
Posted by dsemenia at 04:54 PM
Wed 11:30-3:00
Two people came in to work with atajo, and a few other people to just work on the computers with word and such. Finished up my language blogs, had a nice shift.
Posted by anave at 02:45 PM
wednesday am
Kindra is here skipping class, a girl with dark hair who comes in a lot is writing a paper using Atajo, the lady with the white hair is using Wordchamp (I helped her make flashcards), and some other girl is doing something else. Sorry to not be more specific but I don't want to hover over their shoulders!
installed Korrektor on computer C. To activate it, open Word, click on the arrow that says "add or remove buttons" along the top bar, go to customize, toolbars, and duden (at the bottom).
I'll let you know if I find a simpler way!
Posted by at 09:43 AM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
German student worked on WordChamp, and I helped her out a bit.
Beyza came in for coffee.
I worked on a list of services that we provide to faculty.
Posted by kherb at 09:03 AM
October 23, 2007
Kelsey's Shift 7-9pm
Quiet night. A few people came through for the French movie that was in Walton 21. That's about it.
Posted by kherb at 08:36 PM
{:=tues=:}
Excuse me, while i kiss the sky!
a few ppl were in here
i took some pictures of that nice Russian girl
i also fixed Florence's reference link on the wwn site
the new dude came by
Natalia-
i sent you the russian girl's pic
i put the camera in the llc window cabinet
Posted by byavuz at 05:07 PM
Tuesday
Misuzu was working on Japanese tutoring stuff and the printer jammed, so I went to wits. Karen came to wait for one of her students.
Posted by anave at 03:02 PM
Tuesday 12:30- 2:30
- Talked to Natalia regarding world news party for Friday
- Created Evite for the party
- Raution was here, he is a new person who works with us now
- Karen has the key to the viewing room
cheers,
Posted by zgres at 02:09 PM
October 22, 2007
Monday 7-9pm
Marimo (sp) and the student he is tutoring were working here with Misuzu. Howie came in and I showed him around the lab a bit. He is excited to join the LLC team! Quiet shift other than that. Have a nice day.
Posted by aschilba at 07:11 PM
Dimka's shift
quiet shift, read language blogs, checked dreamweaver, it works, helped one guy with Rosetta Italian. Morally supported Natalia sending emails and clearing her email box.
Posted by dsemenia at 04:55 PM
Kelsey's Shift 1:30-3pm
Natalia and I met for a while.
I made a check out sheet for the language software.
Scott was in here studying for Spanish.
Kindra hung out and worked on Physics
Raution met with Natalia about hours.
Posted by kherb at 02:41 PM
10/22 Weekly Lab Tid-Bits
We have a short but important one this week. 8-)
Language Software Checkout!
A clipboard with a checkout sheet has been added to the software shelf.
When students come in to use the CD based language learning programs, have them fill out this sheet.
Staff should be sure to check off software when it has been returned.
--NOTE: this sheet should be a good resource for blog entries, as it will provide information on who used which programs.
Posted by kherb at 02:22 PM
Monday
Natalia and I helped Miho with blackboard, one student talked on Skype, Karen is tutoring, Misuzu was working on something, another student is studying, another student was working on Atajo. Wow, I sound like a stalker...
The PIT lab will soon (Friday?) be re-imaged to include Adobe Premiere and Audacity so when Spanish Translation people start showing up they can use that room for recording.
Posted by at 02:06 PM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9
Sorry I didn't get this in before I went to class. Jeff Ward's Spanish class came in for an orientation this morning from 8:30-9:00
Posted by kherb at 01:27 PM
mon am
Jan came in for a textbook and some stuff that he had left in the viewing room.
The guy who is going to the Ukraine came in to use Russian Rosetta Stone, but was having problems with the sound on Computer O - so we'll have to check that out yet again.
Wrote my language blog entry and researched German podcasts.
Tried to figure out why the NITLE classroom won't work (this is a program that our French professor abroad is using to set up a meeting with the French TAs). Apparently there's a problem with a JNLP file? Tried to install the latest version of Java to see if that would help but didn't due to lack of administrative privileges.
I sent out an email suggesting that we record who is in the LLC and what programs they are using. Thus, today: Italian skype session, Justin learning Arabic with Rosetta stone, the guy who is going to the Ukraine using Russian rosetta stone, and two or three people printing stuff out.
Posted by at 09:13 AM
October 21, 2007
Sunday
I checked the computers in the PIT lab, and I don't think Audacity has been downloaded on them yet. We'll need this soon as the Spanish Translation people are about to start their dubbing projects. I think you need administrative powers to install, so Kelsey--could you ask Natalia about this when she comes in tomorrow? Thanks.
Posted by at 10:46 PM
October 18, 2007
Thurs, 7-9
No one came in...
Natalia called, LLC will be closed on Friday (Midsemester Day)
Have a great weekend!
Posted by anave at 09:12 PM
thursday finally
YES!
natalia, i'll publish wwn blog sunday night.
nothing too exciting happened
japanese tutoring
a few lost souls came by
but i ate them.
queen of light took her bow,
then she turned to gold
Posted by byavuz at 04:56 PM
Thursday
blogs are published, parties are planned. Have a great weekend...
Posted by at 02:58 PM
October 17, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Helped a french class with Word champ and mixxer.
Looked at the WU abroad page while Sasha and Kelsey tried to update it, Sasha sent an email out about it.
Posted by anave at 02:57 PM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
It was pretty quiet in here. Natalia called, and I made some coffee.
Posted by kherb at 08:38 AM
Kelsey's Shift 7-9pm
It was a pretty busy evening. There was a movie being shown in WLT 21 at 9, so Eiki was in here prepping for that. A French student came in to use Systeme D. And another student came in to try out our new language software. Beyza came in just before I left to work on a paper....so I let her lock up for me.
Posted by kherb at 08:09 AM
October 16, 2007
((:)tues((:)
a few people stopped by for Karen
Japanese tutoring
I uploaded Karen's pic for her wwn blog
Natalia left! :(
the bright lights beckon me
and now i just can't flee!
Posted by byavuz at 05:02 PM
Tuesday 2:30-3
Quiet shift, no one came in.
Posted by anave at 03:00 PM
Tuesday 12:30-2:30
- Talked to Natalia
- Worked on Dreamweaver stuff
- Kelsey has a cool thing about PCTV on llc blog!
- Spanish TA currently is in the viewing room
Posted by zgres at 02:35 PM
Sascha's AM shift
Wrote the Russian blog. Talked with Natalia and Kelsey about the WU abroad updating. Grabbed some reams of paper from WITS for the LLC. Have a wonderful day everyone,
sascha
Posted by aschilba at 12:34 PM
((:)tues((:)
pretty chill shift
i uploaded all everyone's photos to the wwn blogs
i also double checked grammar and composition
all are unpublished but set to go for Friday
Natalia- i just need the Chinese guy's photo
Posted by byavuz at 09:44 AM
October 15, 2007
@mon@
sweet emotion!
i covered for part of Amy's shift
not much went on except:
Japanese tutoring +
a girl came in to ask about satellite tv
thats all folks
Posted by byavuz at 09:01 PM
dimka's shift
quite shift, read through language blogs, printed out some documents for Natalia
Posted by dsemenia at 04:52 PM
10/15 Weekly Lab Tid-Bits
E. Satellite Recordings
In the Language Lab, we receive international broadcasts. From these channels, we record news and entertainment programs from around the world. These programs are used for classroom and entertainment. These can be recorded onto VHS using one of the stations in the lab or the small room, or they can be downloaded via PCTV on any computer in the lab. The following are instructions on doing this.
Setting the VCRs in the LLC and Walton 21:
1. Use the remote control for the correct VCR.
2. Press program/check button once: you should be in a screen where the channel, date, time on, and time off are selected
3. Select the appropriate channel with the CH up and down arrows, the channels are listed on the sheet taped to the station
4. Next, select the date for individual recordings choose the appropriate date
5. Select time on in military time (and make sure it is Pacific Time); for example 3pm is 15:00 in military time. Please allow 5 minutes of leeway, for example if recording starts at 5:30 pm select 17:25 as the start time 6. Select time off, similarly to the start time: military time and leeway.
For example, if end time is 6pm, select 18:05 as the off time.
7. Press Timer Rec button to save the setting.
8. Press menu button to go to the main page.
9. To check your set ups press the program/check button twice
To program the VCR in The Room:
1. on the VCR remote control, press “Input Sel.” to get to a blue screen. Then press “Menu.”
2. the menu screen has different categories listed on the left. with the arrow button, click down to “Prog,” and on the screen that comes up, click on “Standard.
3. on this screen, set the program channel, day, and time for the show you want to record.
4. Now, press “return” on the remote, and the television will tell you to turn off the VCR. Don’t worry, go ahead and do it; the VCR will take care itself. I was worried too, at first, but it worked out fine.
Recording from PCTV:
1. Open PCTV on one of the PCs in the lab
2. Select the appropriate channel
3. Select the Record button (the small red dot on the bottom menu) 4. When the program is done recording, select record again to end the recording.
5. When recording has ended, the Gallery should open (if it does not, select the button with five boxes on it--it is two to the right of the record button)
6. You can either view the clip on this computer, or you can burn it to VCD or DVD
7. To burn, simply select the media type you are working with and the "Burn" button
Posted by kherb at 02:39 PM
Kelsey's Morning shift
I added the new software to the inventory and printed it. It is on the table by the printer. If you want to organize the language software and arrange the boxes, go right ahead.
I worked with PCTV a bit, and Mitch and Carter are in here working on getting the computers fixed up.
Posted by kherb at 08:58 AM
October 12, 2007
Friday!
Amadou came in and I took some pictures for him, some people came in around 2:30ish. Karen came to use the English Tell me more software.
Posted by anave at 03:09 PM
Friday at last
I cleaned up the table for Natalia's meeting, and all the stuff that was on the table is now on the bookshelf, if you are looking for anything. Also, I tried to play with the Russian Rosetta Stone and couldn't get it to work. Does anyone know which computer this is installed on? Have a great weekend.
Posted by at 12:56 PM
Friday
- I worked for Amy today
Then Natalia and Kindra came in and made me smile :)
- printed some stuff for Natalia
Posted by zgres at 12:02 PM
October 11, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Quiet shift, a few people working on Japanese. Brushed up on Audacity and uploading to Blackboard.
Posted by anave at 08:52 PM
*t-h-u-r-s*
Japanese tutoring took place
I happened to glance at a guy who was reading the World News Blogs--YAY
Schreiner hasn't picked up the tape yet, so its still on the white board
you are only coming through in waves
your lips move, but i can't hear what you say
Posted by byavuz at 05:00 PM
Thursday
Prof. Courtin-Schreiner, a French professor, should be coming in sometime to pick up a video that we recorded for her. It is sitting on the sill of the white board next to big letters explaining its purpose. Natalia and I published week 4 of the blogs! Well done, everyone, well done. Carter from WITS was in and plans to re-image the lab to correct a nasty virus that we contracted somehow that has left much of the lab disabled. Surprisingly, computer K was unaffected...very suspicious... Hopefully that will work out.
Posted by at 02:48 PM
Sascha's shift
hey, I put all of the information regarding the WU study abroad blog stuff in the LLC drive in my folder. (sascha and Alek) So thats where it is. Nothing much happened today after that. I answered questions. 3 people came in to work on languages.
Posted by aschilba at 12:38 PM
October 10, 2007
Wed night
Showed the movie for Amadou's film class...read the LLC article in the Collegian.
Posted by at 08:17 PM
Dimka's shift
Very quiet shift, explored Tell Me more chinese with Andy and Rafael. Read through blogs
Posted by dsemenia at 04:58 PM
11:30-3:00 Wed
Rather quiet shift, some people studying for Spanish came in.
Maria dropped off a video for viewing at 4:30
Our article in the collegian was published, if anyone hasn't read it yet.
Posted by anave at 02:42 PM
Amy's shift
I'm having trouble getting into dreamweaver on computers a and m... but sounds like that's been an issue for a while.
I copied the lyrics to a bunch of spanish songs for the faculty
German pctv is not working AGAIN... but we're working on it.
Karen and Justin are here working on English and Arabic respectively.
We are recording a program for Prof. Courtin-Schreiner on the tvs in both the llc and the viewing room as a backup in case one doesn't work.
Posted by at 11:11 AM
Kelsey's Morning Shift 8-9
I opened the lab. Beyza came in for coffee and wants to know if she can keep the hat....it has been wandering the LLC for a while now.
Nicole Russell came in at the end of my shift.
Posted by kherb at 09:01 AM
October 09, 2007
Kelsey's Shift
It was pretty quiet. I did some homework and I helped a TIUA student. Other than that, I did some straightening of the tables and chairs and relaxed! !
Posted by kherb at 09:55 PM
Holy shi.....zzle
what a busy/crowded day
many people in the llc-- its becoming a hot spot!
i uploaded poka's picture and added her blog onto the wwn series
i have no idea who the chinese dude is on the wwn blog
but we need his picture anyway, the other contributors are
taken care of it seems
i like your blue coat natalia
my nose is cold
the onset of weather bold!
Posted by byavuz at 09:21 PM
2:30-3
Finished the blogs, quiet shift...The photographer from the collegean came after though, and took pictures of the lab.
Posted by nshevche at 03:47 PM
12:30-2:30
Today:
- Molly from Collegian came in and wanted to take pictures of LLC. She will be back after 3pm, I told her it should be more crowded and she can take some cool pics!
- I checked out the blogs - LLC and World News.
- Checked the LLC folder, looks like we have lots of stuff on it. And I am not sure if we need all of it
-Beyza, we need to get some more pictures of new WN contributors. Do you have all the pictures from the International office
- I wanted to talk to Mark Conliffe regarding World News Bulletin, since he had some ideas
Posted by zgres at 02:07 PM
October 08, 2007
mon pm
Misuzu is here with about a million Japanese students, doing tutoring. There are quite a few of them! A girl from the Collegian showed up to take pictures for the article, but there was something wrong with her camera so she'll be back during the middle of the day tomorrow.
Posted by at 07:57 PM
Dimka's shift
i helped Katryne with her world news intro, Bayza, she want to put up a different picture to her entry, she wants you to take another picture of her, she will be coming to one of your shifts to take a picture, thnx.
Posted by dsemenia at 04:55 PM
MonAM
Looked over the LLC article and sent some suggestions to Nick.
Made coffee.
Helped out a guy who is learning Russian to go to the Ukraine next spring - I introduced him to some of our resources but the Natalia came and take over, since she knows more. Sascha and Dmitriy, he may be showing up during your shift!
Also Arabic Justin was here, and Karen to use English software, and a couple of other people.
New idea: In your blog entries, see if you can make a quick note of which students were in here, and what they are doing. This will help us get a better idea of what the LLC is used for during different times of day.
Posted by at 11:39 AM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
It was quiet in here. I sent out the Weekly Tid-Bits, edited the Collegian article (which is excellent, by the way!). Yay for Mondays!
Posted by kherb at 08:53 AM
10/8 Weekly Lab Tib-Bits
Editing the LLC Web Page:
- Parts of the LLC page must be updated every semester (e.g. the assistant schedule). Other parts will also be updated as we have more to add to them.
- Natalia holds the password to access the LLC webpage. If you need to upload something onto the page, please email the webmaster. He/she will be able to do it for you.
- We will be designating a webmaster for the LLC in the very near future, and if you are interested in this position, please let Natalia or myself know. There will be a training session for this position asap.
- Until then, if something needs to be put on the webpage, go ahead and email me
Happy Monday!!!
Posted by kherb at 08:11 AM
October 07, 2007
Sunday!
Pretty quiet down here, as usual. Someone may have left some white headphones, I put them in the cabinet if you are looking...
Posted by at 10:09 PM
October 05, 2007
Friday 1-3
Talked with Nick about the collegian article, that should turn out well. Misuzu scheduled some times for Japanese tutoring next week, I put it in the lab schedule.
Do we have any bigger Spanish dictionaries, or plan to get more dictionaries in general? Someone studying Spanish asked.
Posted by anave at 03:00 PM
Friday!!
This is a little late, but entry for my shift Friday morning:
It was busy! Caroline, the German TA, came in and asked me to help her set up a WordChamp class account for both first and second year German. We worked on that and set up one that she and I and prof. Maurer could all access. Then later Fr Maurer came down and I taught her how to use the program herself.
I put a bunch of stuff on the new shelf and generally tidied things up a bit - feel free to move things in the cabinet if you don't like how I've put it. Also we have a first aid kit on the bottom shelf, just for future reference.
Finally, an ancient hebrew class came in to look at our resources and I think many of them were surprised and pleased to see some of the programs we have. I discovered that wordchamp can type in Hebrew so I think they will be using it quite a bit!
Have a great weekend, all.
Posted by at 01:47 PM
Friday
The 2nd Edition of the WU World News is now published! Also, Nick from the Collegian came in to interview Natalia and Amy. Look for an article soon!
Posted by at 01:02 PM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
I fixed the dates on the World News blog. The picture still needs to be added to Rebecca's blog, however. It is saved in the 2649 folder on the LLC server. If somebody could get that done soon, that'd be awesome!
Also, please remember to shut down computers at night. It gets really hot in this room when they're left on with it all closed up. 8-)
Posted by kherb at 08:54 AM
October 04, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Quiet shift, some people came in to work.
Someone couldn't find the French tutoring room, walton 127?
Posted by anave at 09:03 PM
[thur}
made all articles into links for wwn
linked photos to each blog
corrected all the blogs
published all.
we don't need no education
we don't need no thought control
Posted by byavuz at 05:07 PM
Thuesday
Amy! Nick from the Collegian is looking for you! I guess he needs to write his article by the end of the week, and he seems a bit concerned that he won't get a hold of you in time.
Ah yes, and today I spent some time e-mailing for the Spanish Translation Project (students will probably start e-mailing the llc list serve about this, but no need to panic, I will take care of it all). We also talked a bit about the language blogs, I'll sent out an e-mail soon.
Posted by at 02:49 PM
Saschas shift
Hey, did alot of things today. Alex and I tried to update the WU Abroad names and such but dreamweaver didn't cooperate. Apparently it works only on comp.B. Natalia sent in a work order request form. I think that is it. Have a nice day.
Posted by aschilba at 12:29 PM
October 03, 2007
Dimka's shift
Added German online dictionary to German website, helped some spanish professor with playing DVD and VHRS
Posted by dsemenia at 04:59 PM
Wed 11:30-3:00
Helped introduce two more Japanese classes, and introduced them to Tell Me More. Then uploaded some Spanish lyrics onto blackboard. Some people came in and worked on the computers, cool shift.
Someone might have forgotten a charger for their laptop, if anyone finds one her email is
Brought some posters to Reslife as well.
Posted by anave at 02:54 PM
Wednesday morning
Busy morning.
-Justin the Arabic guy was in, working on Rosetta Stone
-We ordered two CD cases for the myriad disks that are in the cabinet
-Vany came in to check the vandalism damage. He also took a look at Computer O and fixed the sound (it was plugged in wrong). Also, some info about computer O: PCTV does NOT play international TV channels. Instead, it is set up so if you put a VHS into the VCR on the cart (middle shelf), the video and audio will play on the PCTV program, channel 3 (marked VCR).
Posted by at 11:10 AM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9am
I tried Dreamweaver again on computer A. It says that I need to be running KeyAccess. It works on comp B, though. 8-) So, I added Vicipaedia to the Classics webpage.
This website needs to be added to the German webpage: http://www.ponsline.de/cgi-bin/wb/w.pl
Posted by kherb at 08:29 AM
October 02, 2007
Kelsey's Shift 7-9pm
I transfered the stuff in the cardboard boxes under the desk into the new bins! They look nice, and one is still completely empty. I'm sure we can find something to fill it with. 8-P The cardboard boxes were too big for the recycling , so I left them out. We should have somebody pick them up and recycle them.
I cleaned a bit. And I tried to edit the webpage, but it said I didn't have keyaccess to Dreamweaver...which is strange considering I used it this afternoon.
Posted by kherb at 07:39 PM
=~tues~=
busy shift
a few people came in for karen
i showed them all to theRoom
i linked all the intro blogs to current publications on wwn
uploaded wwn pictures
i also grammatically edited all the blogs
Natalia left before me! :(
there is no pain, you are receding,
a distant ships smoke on the horizon.
Posted by byavuz at 05:05 PM
Tuesday
Helped introduce two Japanese classes (first year) to the LLC, not many people showed up for the second one.
Finished my blogs and posted them, and got my name card. whoo!
Posted by anave at 03:53 PM
today
I worked on Willamette World News
Karen got the key from the viewing room, she has her tutoring
Posted by zgres at 03:04 PM
Sascha's 9:30-12:30 shift
Today was a good day. I finished the Russian blog week 3. Talked with the Hebrew professor about some exciting Hebrew online resources. Oh and I received my name plaque thingy. Thanks to Chris and his staff. Thanks to everybody who came to the LLC party on Saturday, it was fun! Have a day!
Posted by aschilba at 12:37 PM
Kelsey's Shift 8-9:30am
It was pretty quiet. Two students came in. The LLC was pretty clean when I came in. Snaps to Amy for that. 8-)
Posted by kherb at 09:15 AM
October 01, 2007
Monday pm
Hey all.
Wrote the entry for the German blog. As one of the topics is PCTV, I checked it out and discovered that the German station 54 does not work yet again - we'll have to look into this.
Very quiet. No one here this evening. However, this morning a law student came in to use our Arabic Rosetta Stone software. Hooray!
I've been testing out the Tell Me More software in both German and Japanese - still not totally impressed but I need to explore a little more, so the verdict isn't out yet. The voice recognition is really cool.
Posted by at 08:58 PM
Dimka's shift
Many students were here, i made little changes to the wiki page on how to ubdate the webpages.
Posted by dsemenia at 04:55 PM
Kelsey's Shift 1:30-3pm
Lots of people came in and out...Karen had lots of guests. I installed Tell Me More Japanese on one of the comps in the Multimedia workroom. Posters still need to be put up...Toodles.
Posted by kherb at 03:04 PM
Kelsey's Shift
If anyone feels so inclined, the directions for editing the webpage need to be updated for Dreamweaver CS3 on the Wiki.
Posted by kherb at 09:13 AM
10/1 Weekly Lab Tid-Bits
Once again, I wish you a very happy Monday! It may be cold and soggy outside but it's nice and toasty down here in the LLC! Take that weather gods... Now down to business:
Cleaning the Computer Lab (opening shift, closing shift, and any time it seems needed): 8-)
1. Straighten all the chairs
2. Put away any stray headphones, and gather up items that have been left at computer tables
3. Use cleaning liquid and cloth to wipe down all the tables
4. Do likewise with the computer stations- all around the computers and the desks (you will have to move the computers and keyboards to properly clean around them)
5. Wipe off all computer monitors and wipe off the mice.
6. Check the recycling area for any mess- straighten up
7. Check printer for paper- recycle any stray papers at the print station
8. Clean the windowsill and all of the wooden chairs
Posted by kherb at 08:30 AM