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September 30, 2008
Tuesday 6-8
Put the new schedule for the Brown Bag Lunch Series on the website under Additional Resources> Faculty. Tried to upload the pdf for the Pomona Boot Camp manual to the llc drive, but it said there wasn't enough space.
Posted by msunada at 08:00 PM
Tuesday 4 to 6 pm
Couple of students came to use computers (nothing special). Switched off 2 PCs and Macs. Guys from WITS helped resolve the problem.
Posted by jgfowler at 05:40 PM
2-4 Tuesday
Helped reconnect an H drive
I tried placing RSS feeds on classes for teachers who had requested them, but could not find the classes on WISE. The list of classes is in the LLC drive, in an excel document under a folder called WISE classes RSS
When you want to post a RSS feed onto wise, just follow these steps: (taken from Megan's post)
It is possible to put RSS feeds on WISE through HTML, and you don't have to be an expert to do it. Just go to this site: http://itde.vccs.edu/rss2js/build.php, fill out the form, and click Generate JavaScript. When the code is generated, copy it. Now go to the Home section in WISE and click on Options under Site Information Display. Click on the Source button (the first button above the text box) and paste the code into the text box. Then click Update Options.
Posted by afrackel at 03:08 PM
Tuesday
-2 LLC introduction sessions for Professor Loftus Japenese 131 Classes (wordchamp, LLC blogs, WWN)
-Helped Natalia write a few e-mails (1. to announce that the WWN published; 2. to professors requesting permission to post links to language blogs, WWN, etc. in WISE language page; 3. Brown bag reminder to WU Academy).
-announced WWN published on facebook group
-announced film series on Events blog
Posted by jgfowler at 11:19 AM
Tuesday 6:30 - 9 am
Put ALL of the vocab from Live_from_Moscow's unit 4 onto WordChamp! Next time will put in all the sound and maybe some illustrations to go with the proper nouns and difficult words. Getting ready for the volunteer coming in for the poem - recording session later today.
Posted by mtarants at 08:13 AM
September 29, 2008
Monday 6-9 pm. Computers aren't working
The Macs and some of computers mext to them (the ones next to the map wall) are not working. I'll e-mail Natalia, so that someone can take care of it tomorrow.
As for the rest, wery calm. Few people came. Nothing special.
Posted by oslabari at 08:59 PM
別に＾＾
Checked out the newly posted World News entries again. Pretty shnazzy~
Continued creating flashcards for the 400 Japanese class. Soon I'll be creating newer words instead of just study cards for past lessons~
~つづく
Posted by vreeser at 05:59 PM
Monday 4-5
Changed one of the templates for the World News Blog to make it show the first 12 entries instead of the first 10. The reason the number of entries won't change when the settings are changed is because the templates override the settings.
Posted by msunada at 05:08 PM
monday
prof overstreet (span 331) class was here, atajo, word reference, etc. shown
talked to natalia about wwn, uploaded new pictures from Chris on blog
tried to figure out how to display more than 10 enties. Zan had it set on 15 days.. changed it to entries, but all would only show up when you clicked on september 2008 entries link. for the present, i moved Jan and John's entries to the bottom because they aren't actually at willamette right now.
also hyperlinked the link on John's entry
Posted by jgfowler at 03:57 PM
Yeah~!
Fairly normal shift. I e-mailed the Japanese professors about WISE and they encouraged all students to sign up for it. Sat in as a Spanish class came in. Pretty coolio. Then I spent time creating flashcards for the Conversational Japanese class on WordChamp~
〜つづく
Posted by vreeser at 02:58 PM
monday
-world news: natalia and i went through the pictures we have, i got a cd from chris in WITS pro and added pics of jose, luis, raphaelle and anne to the images >8453 folder for anna/WITS to make prettier.
-edited entries, cut them down and put the rest in continued entries
-i found out that the reason some of the entries weren't showing up on the page was that in the blog default code, it was set to display 10 entries. I think I changed that to 15, but it wasn't showing up...someone please check on this. It should be in the news>blogtemplate.php file.
-sarah stalker wants to reserve the lab next friday, gave that info to natalia
-on the website I added me and Jessa to the contact info
-Prof. Overstreet had a class in.
Posted by afrackel at 12:10 PM
Monday 9-10:15
A couple students came in to use computers. An elderly couple who is auditing the French class needed help accessing the labs. Since I was helping them, I didn't get much of a chance to work on the website, but I'll be sure to get on that this afternoon.
Posted by msunada at 10:08 AM
Monday 8-9am
Lab looked immaculate this morning!!! :) Another opening shift, no new voice mail messages.
Student came in to use the computer.
Posted by mtarants at 09:01 AM
September 28, 2008
Sunday Night
Nothing new, very quiet
Posted by afrackel at 11:13 PM
Sunday evening
Two French students came in to study.
I helped Hekun with his webpage.
Posted by afrackel at 08:01 PM
September 27, 2008
A slow Saturday
Literally nothing happened... Ah well.
Checked out the flashcard function of WordChamp and started creating some for my class. I think it could be a worthwhile tool for kanji practice. I'll be the guinea pig~
Messed around with the translation abilities of Rikai.com. IIt works pretty well, and uses Jim Breen's WWWJDIC as its source~
~つづく
Posted by nshevche at 03:58 PM
Saturday shift
Megan and Sara came in for help with Latin. That's about it.
Posted by afrackel at 01:57 PM
September 26, 2008
friday afternoon
published john and jan's blogs on WWN. couldn't figure out how to make John's have the hyperlink but know this is really easy to do! the usual icons weren't there. first time closing, I followed the manual... hope its all ok!
Posted by jgfowler at 06:57 PM
Friday shift 1- 5 pm
Installed Java script at all PCs. Uploaded pictures to World News Blog. Copied all photos to Zen folder.
Posted by afrackel at 01:32 PM
Friday 9-11
Fixed the rss feed on the Japanese blog. For some reason it reverts back to code if you try to edit the Site Info section. If you edit it through the home page instead, it'll show the rss again. Tried uploading the Pomona Boot Camp pdf to the LLC website, but it wouldn't let me upload a pdf for some reason. I'll try it again with a PC later and see if that works.
Posted by msunada at 11:00 AM
Friday 8-9am
In response to Andy's question: yes, Zan fixed Monica's World News blog editing privileges within an hour that I emailed her. No new voice mail messages. Watered the plants in Walton 21 , but I guess they did not need as much water as usual - seems someone had probably watered them earlier this week.
Posted by mtarants at 08:28 AM
September 25, 2008
Dmitriy Semeniakin
Very exciting shift, Kelsey and Maria were working on wise project, Indira was here as well. I played with on of the programming programs and created a moving circle. very nice
Posted by jgfowler at 06:01 PM
Thurs 2-4
Helped JinLin register for the My Chinese Space, and fixed the spanish RSS feeds (I think)
Checked out the pomona boot camp document, and looked at a few voicethread presentations.
Posted by anave at 04:00 PM
Thursday, 12-2p
Nothing new, very quiet. No one came except for TAs.
Posted by afrackel at 01:55 PM
Past-due
I forgot to update this before I left yesterday. Sorry, everyone!
~~~~
Started off the shift by introducing the Japanese language assistant to the functionality of the Japanese Space. Then I played with the Japanese Space WISE page. Unfortunately, it looks like WISE can't read the characters so the left-hand tabs will have to stay in English. I renamed a few things to make it look better, imo.~
After a brief scare with the "membership" function, Natalia and I had a meeting with the Chinese, French, German, and Spanish language assistants to go over integrating WISE and other internet resources into their teaching. I feel like it was a success~
I wrote a follow-up e-mail to be sent to the teachers and students of foreign language detailing the new features available and urging everyone to join the "My [language] Spaces" right away~
～つづく
Posted by vreeser at 11:04 AM
Thursday 8-9am
Another bright day. No new voice mail messages. Helped a student enroll in Chinese Audio for first year. In classroom 36, a student collapsed, and I called the 6911 for medical help and emergency.
Posted by msunada at 08:51 AM
September 24, 2008
today
-today I...updated the events blog a bit
-edited WWN entries and consolidated all the WWN pics on the llc drive under "Zan WWN 2008"
-minami came in, and successfully sent me her WWN photo
Posted by afrackel at 05:59 PM
Wed 5-9
I checked Monica's blog status, and it says she has access to the World News. Did someone already fix it?
The power was restored, it was just the fuse again. The guy from maintenance said he would be back tomorrow during normal hours to check it out and see if there is a problem.
Wise also seems to work, just the RSS feeds for Spanish and Japanese have a problem: It shows code rather than the feed. The others, Chinese and German, look like they are fine.
Posted by anave at 05:44 PM
Wednesday 9-10:20
Several people came in and used computers & headphones. Refilled the printer with paper.
Posted by msunada at 10:14 AM
Wednesday 8-9am
No new voice mail messages.Monica, the Spanish T.A. came by to tell that she can not log into her World News therefore there was no world news from her yesterday. She needs to be added to the blog. :) Have a great middle o' the week day! Also, Natalia is going to try to be here in the afternoon.
Posted by mtarants at 09:27 AM
September 23, 2008
Tuesday, 8-9
Very quiet. A couple of students came to study.
Starting to revise my German.
Do we have a stapler here? Couldn't find one.
Posted by msunada at 08:54 PM
Tuesday 6-8
Very quiet. No one came in except Marta.
Posted by msunada at 08:03 PM
Tuesday 4-6
Evaluated Misuzu Japenese lessons. Created an account at WordChamp. One student came to use the WordChamp to study Russian.
Posted by vreeser at 05:05 PM
Hey hey!
Web people: the Blog portion of the help desk page should be updated to show how to access a blog after it's been created, but if you have forgotten how to add entries.
Posted by mtarants at 04:36 PM
2-4 Tuesday
Updated the assistants schedule, it should be fine now.
I made sure the dvds worked, then put the movies for Gaetano in the black cabinet, on the third shelf.
Posted by afrackel at 02:33 PM
tuesday
spanish class here, explored wordchamp. tried to work on WWN but not really sure what has been done. editing? getting pictures??? helped natalia write some e-mails :)
Posted by jgfowler at 10:55 AM
Tuesday 6:30 - 9
Happy Tuesday!
Having difficulties with WordChamp saving the audio I record for the Russian alphabet assignment - I press "save" and nothing happens. Just another quiet morning in the basements of Smullin. Also, no new messages on voice mail.
Posted by mtarants at 08:14 AM
September 22, 2008
Monday 6-9 pm
Several people came to use PCs. Nothing special. Exploring WISE and the Manual.
Posted by msunada at 08:46 PM
Round II
Talked to a couple people about language study, then I checked out the website Rikai, which has a useful website translation tool but is more of a dating service than a language partner service. Not a bad thing, just interesting.
~~~~~
I was also wondering how I might be added into the Japanese blog so I can post there?
~つづく
Posted by vreeser at 05:57 PM
Monday 4-5
Tried to figure out how to make the pronunciation on WordChamp work for the PCs, but not sure what's wrong.
Posted by msunada at 05:05 PM
monday
told victor a little bit more about the workings of the LLC (google calendar, wiki, etc.) and tried to get the pronunciation/recording aspect of wordchamp to work... but technology and I just weren't working today.... straightened out headsets- they were getting out of control!
Posted by jgfowler at 03:57 PM
My [Language] Space Update
Natalia and I spent the afternoon working on incorporating new scheduling options and other features into the language assistants' spaces. By adding the "Sign-Up" tab into the browser you can add any events, like tutoring sessions, language tables, and extra-curriculars, and even have a sign-up checkable by the LA's themselves. You can add them manually to their own "Space" and then they can use the set-up as much as they want. I've already added the German, French and Japanese LA to their own "Space".
〜つづく
Posted by vreeser at 03:02 PM
happy monday
-strategized for world news
-Prof. Zheng came in, and asked if we could delete the CD 1,2,3 categories from the Kaleidoskop audio resources because it is confusing for her students...but she said she would ask natalia about it
-elizabeth wanted to know the llc lab schedule for this semester, I wasn't sure when that was going up on the website?
-edited some world news entries
Posted by afrackel at 12:09 PM
Monday 9-10:15
Quiet shift this morning. Only a few students came in to use the computers.
Kelsey, did you mean the Seedwiki or the Wiki on WISE?
Posted by msunada at 10:09 AM
Monday 6-9 am
Prof Courtin-Schreiner called. She redirected a few (4-50 of her FR131 students) to LLC because last night they emailed her about not being able to access the Chez Nous audio files. They might be coming by throughout the day.
No new voice mail messages, Also....I love this shift. P.S. A/C was off as I got here...which caused some sadness on my part. :) Also...there is from now on a small "Smuckers" jar in the fridge in the Small Viewing room - it is Raspberry Jam produced locally. You are welcome to have it. I put it in my tea. Please don't let the label trick you.
Posted by mtarants at 06:19 AM
September 21, 2008
Sunday Night (8pm-11pm)
I love this shift.....:))
Posted by kherb at 11:16 PM
Kelsey, Sunday night
Dmitriy opened for me. I oriented Vlad to the lab a bit. Looked through files and the structure of the wiki. Does anyone know how to add a file to the wiki? Is that possible?
Posted by kherb at 07:34 PM
September 19, 2008
Friday 9-10:30
I found out that the reason the projector speakers weren't working was because the control panel set itself back to DVD instead of Computer. I wiped down the blue tables and put the Orange Clean and rag in the corner behind the Macs. Several people came in to use the computers, and then the Japanese class came in at the end of my shift.
Posted by msunada at 10:21 AM
Friday (!) 8-9 am
1)When I came in, the ceiling lights were on, the Mac computer was logged into, and the air conditioner was off. Was someone here this morning before me? :)
2) The Russian keyboard stickers are incorrect on some keys. I checked out both keyboards. The layout of corresponding characters is the same as last year, but the stickers are placed incorrectly. I will speak with Natalia about whether these stickers are "re-peel-able", etc.
3) the black jacket has been on that chair for about 3 days, I believe.
4) Still working on prettying up the Russian alphabet activity on WordChamp
Posted by mtarants at 08:21 AM
Posted by nshevche at 08:05 AM
September 18, 2008
Thursday 7-9
I tested Audacity on the computer hooked up to the projector to make sure it would work properly tomorrow for the presentation in the morning. Everything seemed to work fine, except that the audio output was set to the USB Logitech headphones instead of the computer speakers. I tried to change it, but couldn't figure out how.
I added myself to the new language WISE sites (My Chinese Space, My Spanish Space, etc.) and put the World News Blog, LLC Events Blog, and their respective language blog RSS feeds on each of them. When I was adding the RSS feeds, I discovered that it worked when I tried adding it to the Site Information Display in the Home section, but not when I tried to add it to the Site Info section. I haven't tried out other sections yet so it might be that the RSS feeds only work when you add them through the Home section.
Also, Natalia told me that the problem with the World News Blog was finally fixed! You should go check it out if you have the time.
Posted by msunada at 09:07 PM
Kelsey 4-7
I met with Natalia for a while and discussed meetings and upcoming events for the LLC.
There were a bunch of language assistants hanging out (Simon was tutoring) for the first half of the shift.
Posted by afrackel at 07:07 PM
Thurs 2-4
Lots of tutors in here today, had french and chinese students come in. The macs now have the adobe programs. (photoshop, dreamweaver, etc)
Posted by anave at 03:46 PM
Natalia - out (Personal Day :) )
Have a great Thursday! I will be on campus around 4 pm.
Posted by nshevche at 08:41 AM
September 17, 2008
Wednesday 7:30-9
no one came in, but someone did forget a black jacket...
Posted by msunada at 08:53 PM
wed 5-7:30
Renamed some german audio files, and listened to simon tutor. Quiet shift.
Posted by jgfowler at 07:40 PM
wednesday afternoon
worked on bibleworks directions
russian students using russian computers
printed out new walton 21 schedule
referred french professor's question about cds to natalia :)
professor zheng came with a question about viewing the internet with her mac. wasn't sure exactly what she was talking about/how to help, but she said she'd be back
Posted by jgfowler at 05:03 PM
wednesday afternoon
Worked on directions for using bibleworks
printed and posted new walton 21 schedule... can we post the new LLC schedule now? it's finalized right???
2 russian students using russian keyboards, Professor Zheng came in with a question about viewing the internet with her mc. i wasn't really sure what the problem was/how to help, but she said she'd be back.
French Professor (name?) came look=king for CDs... I referred her to Natalia who knew what she was talking about :)
Posted by msunada at 04:55 PM
first shift
Hey, everyone! My name's Victor. I'm new here. Nice to meet you. I'm just another guy representing Japanese and I'm working on an independent study of Korean as well. I'll be thinking of ways to integrate the new WISE system with a few other apps like WordChamp and the Japanese blog in an effort to make learning easier. I have my work cut out for me~
As far as today goes, I started going through some of the older Japanese blog entries to find anything of relevance. I primarily worked on navigating through the site Rikai and seeing what it has to offer. It seems to be both a learning tool and a dating service, interestingly enough.
Didn't get to the umlauts. I forgot how, Zan... sorry!
つづく (to be cont.)
Posted by vreeser at 02:56 PM
busy days
yesterday:
-natalia and i figured out the problem the the kaleidoskop audio files: it was having a problem uploading them correctly because of the umlauts...so we fixed it, renaming the files in web-dav and it worked. however, now we just need to add the umlauts back in wise...
today:
-updated the events blog..dimitri, remember to put your llc entries in the llc blog, it was in the events blog
-harrassed some TAs about world news, sent out a facebook msg to the world news group
-helped some people with things,
-added about 60 of the umlauts on the kaleidoskop audio...someone could do the rest!
Posted by afrackel at 12:50 PM
tuesday
Olga came in and wondered when she is scheduled to begin working
Worked on looking up hebrew resources for another hebrew class trip
Posted by afrackel at 10:28 AM
Wednesday 9-10:20
Another quiet shift. A couple people came in to use a computer, and a couple came in for tutoring.
Posted by msunada at 10:14 AM
Natalia - out this morning
See you all in the afternoon!
Posted by nshevche at 08:28 AM
Wednesday 8-9am
Opened the morning shift, couldn't find the directions as to how to check the voice mail messages. Will ask someone who knows then. Watered plants in Walton 21. Happy Wednesday. :)
Posted by mtarants at 08:24 AM
September 16, 2008
Tuesday 6-8
very quiet shift, no one came in.
Posted by msunada at 07:54 PM
Tuesday 11:00-2:00
watched the brown bag presentation and tried to upload german audio files, but it didn't work..
Posted by dsemenia at 01:57 PM
Dmitriy's 8-9 shift
opened the lab at 7, just had to do hw. Then Martha came at 8.For the first time in my life, i used and explored mac, honostly, don't like it at all. Then i labeled one of the keyboards by the mirror with russian letter-stickers.
Posted by dsemenia at 08:58 AM
September 15, 2008
Mon 6-9
Simon was here with his tutorees for a little while.
Found a kontakte CD in one of the computers, will put it in front of the printer with the pile of CDs there.
Posted by afrackel at 09:09 PM
Monday 4-6
Uploaded the missing Kontakte audio files to WISE; created a new WordChamp instructor account & played with creating classes and assignments; added another RSS feed to the FAST page. A couple of students came in to search for Spanish articles & a couple of students came in for tutoring.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) Kumiko Koishi, the Japanese professor, will call and ask for her cds back. The cds are in the cabinet on the 2nd shelf and her office is Smullin 202.
Posted by msunada at 05:58 PM
monday
a little scheduling confusion so I got here 30 minutes late.
had a little trouble helping student with microphone/headphone set up...
so i am documenting that when you need to use microphone/headphones with usb, go to control panel and settings and make sure the output and input are on the usb device
also helped french student join audio "class" on wise
french tutoring and spanish(?) student using word champ
Posted by jgfowler at 03:57 PM
case of the mondays...
-a couple of spanish classes came in
-helped some people with wordchamp and other software
-The german professor (jing? ling?) came in with the kontakte dvds, that she was having problems with with the audio files....so someone please upload them to WISE! She said that she was going to come and pick up the discs tomorrow.
Posted by afrackel at 02:24 PM
Monday 9:00-10:00
One student came in for help with her German homework. Natalia told her to make an appointment with a tutor. Two men came in to install a VCR/DVD unit for the projector. I showed Natalia how to put the RSS feed on WISE & I played around with WordChamp.
Posted by msunada at 10:03 AM
September 14, 2008
Sunday (8-11 PM)
Quiet shift,
One girl came in to work on her German homework
Posted by msunada at 11:00 PM
Sunday night
Kontakte is missing audio files.
The schedule is on its way.
Posted by msunada at 07:56 PM
September 13, 2008
Sat 2-4
Two students came in asking about wordchamp, the first on where to find it, the second on how to create flashcards from the online text. (copy into the webreader)
Posted by afrackel at 03:53 PM
September 12, 2008
Friday (1-5PM)
We had a Spanish class coming in today.
I watered the plant and called it a day
Posted by hpham at 05:10 PM
Friday 9-10:30
The 400 level Japanese class came in today. Natalia gave a presentation about Audacity and WordChamp, and we helped the class if they had trouble. I realized that in order for the USB headphones to work, you have to change the settings on the computer.
Posted by msunada at 10:17 AM
Friday 8am-9am
Couldn't check the phone messages as I didn't remember how exactly and which numbers to push on the phone. :(
Checked the recording ability of audacity on a randomly selected computer. Separated USB-port headphones w/microphones from the rest.
Posted by mtarants at 08:25 AM
September 11, 2008
Thursday 7-9
Logged in to all of the computers and changed the mic option in Audacity to USB and played around w/ the News Feeds on WISE. I finally figured out how to add RSS feeds to the Site Info section (see previous post). I person came in to use a computer.
Posted by msunada at 09:18 PM
RSS Feeds for WISE
How to put RSS feeds on WISE without using the News or News Feed course tools:
It is possible to put RSS feeds on WISE through HTML, and you don't have to be an expert to do it. Just go to this site: http://itde.vccs.edu/rss2js/build.php, fill out the form, and click Generate JavaScript. When the code is generated, copy it. Now go to the Home section in WISE and click on Options under Site Information Display. Click on the Source button (the first button above the text box) and paste the code into the text box. Then click Update Options.
For an example, look at the FAST Resources WISE page: http://wise.willamette.edu/portal/site/FASTResources2008-09/page/5c1e82b7-ae2c-4149-8b2a-fa47e580a9f1.
Edit 9/18/08
It might not be possible to add an RSS feed to any section other than the Home section.
Posted by msunada at 08:52 PM
2-4 Thursday
Renamed the Chinese Beyond the Basics files, the last lesson is missing for some reason (Lesson 15). Looked around for the other book (Chinese Breakthrough), but could not find the audio. I looked in the external HD, and the booth as well. The books are under the air conditioning, I will return them to Zhang tomorrow, as he has left for the day. Also looked for the Nakama CDs, but did not find those either.
On a brighter note, I picked up cookies from the bistro!
There was a class here from 3:15, Natalia gave them a tour of the lab.
Posted by anave at 02:36 PM
Dmitriy's 9-12 shift
very quite shift, one student came for help withe her spanish hw. Then Miho came in to rewind some tape, but it got stuck in the VHS machine, so i called Chris, he called somewhere and then support guy came and got the tape out, but the machine is broken, so do not use it yet.
Posted by dsemenia at 12:02 PM
Thursday 8-9am
An opening shift. Finished editing the LLC Rus blog.the folks from the autitorium next to us took back the chairs we borrowed for the training meeting yesterday.
Posted by mtarants at 11:55 AM
September 10, 2008
7-9
Training! I put the chinese audio files in order...they just need to be renamed. I'll get the book tomorrow and do that.
Posted by mtarants at 09:03 PM
Shift (1-3 pm ) Wednesday
We had a girl coming in for some options to learn Italian. Since she already spent a year in Italy; she wants something more challenging than the Rossetta Stone (1,2) that we have. Natalia already showed her Mixxer and WorldChamp. If you know other options, feel free to contact her
Below is her contact info:
Samantha Forsko
sforsko@willamette.edu
5036029393
Thanks
Posted by hpham at 02:57 PM
wednesday
-sent out an email to language TAs
-worked on the WWN blog, i was able to delete a good amount of comments by going through individual entries and deleting them (about half of them), however some entries (about 5) had so many that when i tried to open them it caused an error
-sadly, earlier i tried to get all the comments to display at once, so now there is an error if you go into the comments tab...which im not quite sure how to fix...
-see you all at training
Posted by afrackel at 12:57 PM
Wednesday 9-10:20
Worked on trying to figure out what's wrong with the World News blog again. I tried deleting, unpublishing, and sending comments to the junk folder, but nothing made the blog work correctly. The comments might have something to do with the problem, but there's something else wrong too. When I tried publishing a new entry that had no comments at all, it still didn't work.
Posted by msunada at 10:09 AM
September 09, 2008
Tuesday 6-8
Wrote up a short summary of the World News blog errors (see previous post). Watered the plants in the next room, tried to clean the backs of the yellow chairs, & washed the mugs on the blue table.
The Japanese TA came in and said she had tutoring scheduled until 9pm, but no one is listed on the LLC schedule for the 8pm-9pm shift on Tuesdays. Is someone supposed to have the shift? She said she would just post a note on the LLC door at 8 to say that she would be in the fish bowl.
Posted by msunada at 07:50 PM
WWN blog errors
On the Willamette World News blog, a lot of the links aren’t working. Mostly, the links aren’t working on the home page of the blog, but there are also other entries scattered throughout the archive that have broken links. The entries haven’t been deleted (you can still view them on Movable Type) so I don’t know what’s wrong. My best guess would be that it has something to do with the comments. All of the entries I found that didn’t work had comments that included spam. However, when I tried to delete the comments on one of the entries (http://blog.willamette.edu/centers/llc/worldnews/2008/04/ecuador_life_at_its_purest.php), it still didn’t work. I also found one entry (http://blog.willamette.edu/centers/llc/worldnews/2007/12/bulgarian_christmas.php) that had a ton of spam comments, but it still worked fine. So basically, I really don’t know what went wrong.
Posted by msunada at 06:58 PM
tuesday afternoon
-strategized with natalia about WWN, put in the order for cookies for the thursday mtg, made an itinerary for said meeting
Posted by msunada at 02:59 PM
tuesday am
helped student access chinese 1 audio files, identified computers with bibleworks, worked on brown bag poster
Posted by jgfowler at 10:57 AM
Dmitriy's 8-9 shift
Opened for the first time in my life, yeah. No problems came up along the way. Very quite shift, Martha was here, no other students, got familiarized with the lab.
Posted by dsemenia at 09:02 AM
September 08, 2008
Monday 6-9
Helped someone figure out how to use video chat in the llc, do we plan on installing chat software such as msn messenger or aim?
Someone also came in to put a poster up on the billboard.
Posted by kherb at 09:02 PM
Monday 4-6
Natalia uploaded the German audio cds to WISE.
I reordered some of the Nakama files.
I edited the links from various language classes to their respective audio sites so they would go straight to the Resources section instead of Site Info.
Posted by msunada at 05:48 PM
monday
worked on uploading various audio files with natalia
Posted by jgfowler at 04:01 PM
monday
there were a couple of classes in today
-i worked on uploading nakama audio files and putting them on the wise-nakama server. lots of challenges, i copied them onto itunes, put them in playlists and dragged them to the server. the server would occasionally disconnect and the files would disappear. now, i checked them out on WISE, and the files appear, but they don't play...even though they played in itunes before I moved the files and they seem to be of the correct format. I guess I am passing the torch on this for now...good luck.
Posted by afrackel at 02:10 PM
Monday 9-10
Uploaded Nakama 1 to WISE for the Japanese class. Currently in the process of uploading Nakama 2.
Posted by msunada at 09:49 AM
September 05, 2008
9/5
Did the schedule....
Worked with WISE...
Tried adding audio to Nakama, but it didn't work right.
Posted by kherb at 12:04 PM
September 04, 2008
Thursday 5-8
Finished copying & pasting titles for the French audio files. Tried to fix the problem with some of the LLC World News Blog entries. Still working on it...
Posted by msunada at 08:12 PM
thursday
looked for ancient greek placement test, compiled list of audio resources needed for language classes, worked on brown bag poster, met with zan about willamette world news
Posted by jgfowler at 11:24 AM
September 03, 2008
Andy 7-9
wandered around wise and word champ, not much happens this time of night...
Posted by afrackel at 08:46 PM
Kelsey's first entry of the semester! yay!
I worked on the schedule, helped a few Chinese 131 students access the audio courses. Natalia, I need to talk to you about these tomorrow.
Posted by afrackel at 06:39 PM
second day back...
looked up classical studies placement tests, spanish class came to learn about wise and wordchamp
Posted by jgfowler at 03:58 PM
wednesday afternoon
-renamed chez nous audio files on WISE, still need to find the tracklist so we can rename the tracks
-helped Marie Thifault with WISE (linked Chez Nous to her courses)
-helped Prof. Courtin-Schreiner with WISE (published her courses, linked Chez Nous and Collage audio files to her courses resources, added Natalia as an instructor)
-added some events to the events blog
Posted by afrackel at 01:46 PM
September 02, 2008
first day of classes...
explored word champ and wise, also did a couple odd jobs
Posted by jgfowler at 03:55 PM