LLC: Megan Sunada Archives

November 21, 2009

saturday - Megan

There was a meeting in WLT 21 and one student came in to use the Arabic Rosetta Stone.
Vlad and Olga were also here.

Posted by msunada at 01:30 PM

November 17, 2009

Megan_Tuesday

A lot of students came in for tutoring today.

I spent some time trying to find the LLC key, but it turns out Sascha had it.
I went through the Spanish links to fix and wrote notes/questions about them in the document on Google Docs. I started on the Chinese links, but haven't gone through them all yet.

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

November 11, 2009

Megan__Wed.

A dubbing group came in tonight to work on their project. They said they saved their project to the hard drive of one of the computers and couldn't find it at first. I told them to check the Recycle Bin, and luckily they found it. However, they said they were required to save it to the hard drive. I'm confused. I thought the hard drives here were wiped every once in a while? Also, I think one of them borrowed one of the new headphones.

A couple students came in for tutoring as well.

Posted by msunada at 09:00 PM

November 10, 2009

Megan - Wednesday

Several students came in for tutoring.

-updated Events blog
-helped Amadou burn a Word document to a disk. For some reason it would only work on a Mac.
-spoke with Natalia about changes to the TellUs blog
-added a link to the TellUs blog on the navigation bar in the Abroad blog
-changed the number of entries displayed on the home page of the WWN blog to 14. It isn't too hard to do. If someone from the World News blog wants to learn, just come and ask me.

Die without me, never thank me.
Walk right through me, never feel me.
Always watching, never speaking.
Always lurking, never seen.
--> air

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

November 04, 2009

wed Megan

Extremely empty. No one came in.

Posted by msunada at 08:29 PM

November 03, 2009

tuesday _Megan_

There were a lot of people here today for tutoring as usual.

-The Events blog is finally up to date!
-Sascha has been added to the LLC contact page
-Caitlin's and Tessa's blogs have been added to the Abroad blog

Posted by msunada at 05:49 PM

October 31, 2009

saturday - Megan

One student came in to use Skype, and Andy came in early.

I worked on a project for the Spanish placement test.

Posted by msunada at 01:27 PM

October 20, 2009

Megan 3-6 <",_,]----

Alejandra, Pablo, Caitlin, Marta, and Pascal tutored around 15 students total.

-Pablo found a problem with WordChamp on one of the computers, but it fixed itself before I looked at it.
-added a couple events to the Events blog
-removed the Current Courses link under each language on the LLC site
-added Eri to LLC WISE site
-emailed Eri about the new contact page since she's not on the llc mailing list
-emailed Natalia and Sascha about a couple questions I had
-a student came in to use the Intermediate Japanese CD ROM
-another student asked about using the LLC printer

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

October 17, 2009

saturday - Megan

Very rainy and empty. However, there were a bunch elementary school students on first floor.

Posted by msunada at 01:25 PM

October 14, 2009

Megan 8-9

Empty shift. Alejandra was here on Skype and Hayley stopped by to get something.

Posted by msunada at 09:00 PM

October 13, 2009

Megan 3-5

Alejandra, Pablo, and Marta were tutoring, and Beyza was here off and on.

Worked on fixing the contact page so it displays correctly in Internet Explorer, and added Beyza's picture to the page.

Changed the blog on the LLC WISE home page to the LLC blog.

Helped a student locate a saved file on one of the computers.

If you're bored, here's a video on Microsoft's vision for the future:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/wave/video_files/future_vision/default.html

Large as a mountain, small as a pea,
Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea.
>asteroids<

Posted by msunada at 05:00 PM

October 10, 2009

saturday - Megan

Extremely empty again on the weekend.

Added an event to the Events blog and a couple of blog rss feeds to the LLC WISE home page.

Emailed Jessa, Beyza, and Jan about web counters.

Put the new contact page online.

Someone left a red water bottle here.

Posted by msunada at 01:30 PM

October 07, 2009

Megan 8-9p

Alejandra was using Skype, and Olga was working on some homework.

The Soviet film screening was next door in WLT 21.

@Jessa: The entry doesn't seem to be there right now. When you delete a blog entry, it helps to rebuild the site. Even then it can sometimes take up to a couple hours for the change to take effect.

Posted by msunada at 09:00 PM

October 06, 2009

[\/]364]\[ 2`45..6`00

About five students came in for tutoring with Alejandra and Pablo. Marta, Sascha, and Beyza stopped by.

I looked for international movies playing at Salem Cinema and found one called Cold Souls. I added it to the Events Blog along with a couple of other entries.

I talked to Natalia about MyRussianSpace and various other LLC things. I also helped her with her open house invitation.

halfway up the hill, i see thee at last.
lying beneath me with thy sounds and sights -
a city in the twilight, dim and vast,
with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
>the past<

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

September 30, 2009

Megan 8-9p

Very quiet shit. One person was here using a computer, and the Soviet Film screening in WLT 21 finished.

Posted by msunada at 08:58 PM

September 29, 2009

Megan 2,30->6,00

A couple of students came in for Spanish tutoring with Alejandra and Pablo. Beyza and Marta stopped by for a while. There were about 10 students here using MyLanguageLabs, skype, facebook, etc. throughout the shift.

Natalia had a meeting for language faculty in WLT 21 at 4:30.

I researched opening documents in Macs that have the .docx extension for Miho Fujiwara. I found that Microsoft has an Open XML file format converter for Macs that converts Open XML files to .rtf format. I was able to install it on her computer.

I removed the Talk Blog completely from the Willamette Abroad Blog site.

I put the extra documents on all the PCs in the trash bin and downloaded VLC media player to four of them. All the PCs should now have VLC media player installed.

Helped Maria Delgado locate the contents section for the Spanish Placement Test on WISE.

Looked up website hit counters some more for the World News Blog.

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

September 26, 2009

Saturday 11-1,30 >Megan<

Completely empty today.

The Willamette Abroad page is not broken, even though it isn't showing 5 entries at the moment. Since it doesn't show entries if they are older than a certain number of days, it won't necessarily have 5 entries at any given time. I tried to look for a way to extend the number of days, but I couldn't find where the code for it was on the site.

Posted by msunada at 01:17 PM

September 23, 2009

Megan Wed 8-9p

Same four students were still here working on translating for their Spanish class.

Posted by msunada at 08:19 PM

September 22, 2009

Megan 火曜日 3-6p

The LLC was extremely busy this afternoon. There were at least a dozen students here throughout my shift, probably more. They were busy with a lot of different things including Spanish translation and dubbing, MyLanguageLabs, and tutoring sessions. Pablo, Alejandra, Marta, and Pascal were all here tutoring today, and Beyza dropped by for a while too.

I tried going to see Prof. Fujiwara a couple times to install an add-in that would allow her to read documents with the .docx extension on her Mac, but she wasn't in her office.

I checked out Google Analytics as a hit counter for the WWN Blog and emailed Beyza and Hayley about it. It has a lot of useful statistics, but I'm not sure if it can be visually available on the website.

I added Katie Seidel's blog to the Willamette Abroad Blog for South Africa.

The events blog should also be up-to-date now. Natalia asked me if there was a way to not display the events that were more than a few days ahead of the current date. Right now the only thing I can think of is holding off on publishing the events we don't want displayed yet. I'll try to see if I can figure something else out.

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

September 19, 2009

Megan - Saturday

Extremely quiet today. No one came in.

Posted by msunada at 01:28 PM

September 15, 2009

Megan 3:00p-6:00p

The lab was really busy today. There were about ten students here using computers. Alejandra, Pablo, and Marta were tutoring students, and Eri came in to visit.

Amadou Fofana came in to ask for help with Skype.

Mark Conliffe called to ask why he wasn't able to do the exercises on MyFrenchSpace. The problem turned out to be he had his pop-up blocker on. I emailed him the getting started and troubleshooting documents for MyLanguageLabs for future reference.

Alejandra wanted to print something in color, so Natalia told her about Willamette Print/Design (http://www.willamette.edu/dept/cc/). They have many different options, but for a regular color copy or printing, they charge $.45.

I added the email Stacy West forwarded about learning Chinese to the Events Blog, as well as Minami's email about the Okinawan Cultural Workshop.

Beyza needed to use Data Analysis on Excel in order to do her stats homework. It turns out that it is not available for Excel 2008 (on the Macs), but it's available as an Add-in for Excel 2007 (PCs).

I printed out this week's lab schedule for Natalia. It looks a lot less busy than last week's.

Miho Fujiwara came in to ask about changing the resolution and size of some photos she had online. I went through the process with her in Photoshop.

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

September 12, 2009

Megan 11:00a-1:30p

Pascal and Alejandra came in to use the computers and Skype.

If Skype is set to the wrong webcam on the PCs, you can fix it by going to Tools > Options > General Video Settings and choosing USB Video Device where it says Select Webcam.

A lot of the headphones were still out and not put away. One of them doesn't work on the right side so Sascha put it on the top shelf next to the Macs.

I'm almost finished with transferring the LLC's Seedwiki to the wiki on the LLC's WISE site because Seedwiki is being shutdown.

Whoever closes the lab, please remember to turn on the air conditioner.

Posted by msunada at 01:33 PM

September 09, 2009

Megan 8:00p-9:00p

Andy was here and Diane was still using Skype.

I posted instructions on how to get to the audio files on MyLanguageLabs (see below).

Posted by msunada at 09:15 PM

Audio Files on MyLanguageLabs

1. Click on the Course Content tab.

2. Click on View All Content (underneath Course Content).

3. Click on the Chapter you would like the audio files for.

4. Click Student Resources.

5. Click on Downloadable Media Files.

A pop-up window should appear with links to both the Student Activities Manual and Textbook mp3 files for the chapter you selected.

You can either listen to the mp3s online, by clicking on the links, or download the files to your computer. To save the mp3 files to your computer, you can either download the zipped file or right-click on the audio links and choose Save Target As... (Internet Explorer) or Download Linked File As... (Safari).

Posted by msunada at 08:45 PM

September 08, 2009

Megan 3:00p-5:30p

Around 5 students came in to use MyLanguageLabs. One student had a technical problem with MySpanishLab. When she submitted her answers, they were marked incorrect when they were actually correct. After several repeated attempts, her answers were finally accepted. Another student needed help finding where the audio files were. I'll put up a short tutorial on how to find them later on today.

The 7 Vidas videos are now up on WISE for the SPAN 365 Translation class.

I'm researching hit counters for the WWN blog, and I also made sure the laptops were charging.

Posted by msunada at 05:30 PM

September 02, 2009

Megan 8pm-9pm

The MyLanguageLabs site wasn't running properly on the re-imaged computers, so I checked them out and found the following problems:
-Java is not up to date (run browser check-up)
-pop-up blockers do not have the correct exceptions
-third party pop-up blockers are not disabled (in this case Adobe PDF)
-Adobe Flash Player 10 is not installed (browser check-up says flash player is fine, but it isn't)

There's a troubleshooting document in the WISE Resources section of MySpanishSpace and MyFrenchSpace as well as a hard copy on the table between the Macs telling how to fix the problems with both pop-up blockers.

I corrected these errors on the teaching station, and the site seems to run relatively smoothly now. It would still be a good idea for someone else to re-check it just to be sure. I didn't test the Macs or any of the laptops though.

Side Note: In IE 6, the browser crashed after closing the window with the ebook open. Now in IE 7, the browser also crashes after closing the window with the tutorials open. Maybe something we should email Corey/Pearson about?

Posted by msunada at 09:00 PM

September 01, 2009

Megan 3pm-6pm

Sydney came in to use a computer and talk to Natalia.

The "new" calendar is now linked to the Assistants Schedule on the LLC homepage and is set to display only one week at a time.

Rebecca Farrin wanted to know how her students could join the SpanishPlacementTest on WISE. Here is a link for instructions on how to join WISE sites in general: http://blog.willamette.edu/people/nshevche/llc/2009/09/how_to_join_wis.html

When I sent out the email yesterday about the LLC contact page, I didn't realize the site I linked had changed over the summer. I sent out a follow-up email today that included some examples from past LLC assistants. I also forgot to add Hayley to the list of pictures received.

Françoise Gœury-Richardson came in to Walton 21 to use the computer. When she logged on, the computer did not automatically connect to her H-drive. I spoke to Natalia about it, and she said that she would contact Audrey. Françoise also had questions relating to WISE.

I also worked on editing the new contact page and Japanese Nakama pages on DreamWeaver.

Posted by msunada at 06:00 PM

August 25, 2009

8.25

Went over new LLC stuff with Vlad, finished editing the Tutoring Attendance tab in the Language Spaces on WISE, helped Martha Gavilanez with MySpanishLab, discussed and prepared for the TA training session, updated the list of participants in the WISE audio sites, and suggested that Ron Loftus should talk to Cheryl about creating a new audio site for the updated version of Nakama.

Posted by msunada at 05:20 PM

August 24, 2009

8.24

Made dodecahedrons, introduced international students to the LLC, helped Martha Gavilanez with MyLanguageLabs, helped Hekun Wu with his website, planned some more for the TA training, and added a couple of students to the Abroad blog.

Posted by msunada at 05:19 PM

May 06, 2009

Megan's shift

A lady came in to the LLC looking for Natalia, then went to go see if Natalia was in her office. Simon came in to use a computer. I didn't get a chance to verify this, but when Severn came in to use a computer, he said that all the computers along the back wall (opposite the projector screen) don't automatically log on to the H-drive anymore.

I tried fixing the problem with the sound for the projector without any luck. At first the speakers weren't even plugged in, but that doesn't seem to be the only problem. I tried a lot of different things, but none of them worked. If someone figures out how to fix it, please let me know. I also made a list for Natalia of the people who attended the LLC lunch on Sunday.

Posted by msunada at 12:16 PM

May 04, 2009

Megan's shift

Sydney came in to use a computer. Another student came in and had a problem with the keyboard on one of the computers. I changed it back to the English keyboard for him.

When I came in this morning, the video I had imported to a project on the Mac in the MMWR had been deleted. After re-importing the mini DV, I realized that the tape had actually been blank from the start. There turns out to have been some sort of mix up with the tape and we now have no idea where it could be.

Megan's shift 10:30-12:00

A lady came who needed help with Bible Works. I couldn't help her so she said she'd try to come in on Jessa's shift today or next week. She said she's worked with Jessa before, but I forgot to get her name.

A student needed help with editing a pdf file, but he ended up just copying & pasting into Microsoft Word.

Another student came in looking for Jose for Spanish tutoring.

I'm almost finished with the Spanish Placement Test.

Posted by msunada at 12:30 PM

April 13, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12

Jose and Vlad were here along with a few Chinese students. Kelsey and I worked on making corrections to the Spanish Placement Test.

Posted by msunada at 11:54 AM

April 10, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12

Natalia and I discussed online Japanese tests some more. Selene came in and asked about Hebrew and Russian language cds.

Happy Birthday Kelsey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by msunada at 11:53 AM

April 08, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12

Jose was on a computer. I looked for online Japanese placement tests & helped Jan with links for the World News Blog.

Posted by msunada at 11:58 AM

April 06, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12

Jose was tutoring and Simon came in. Other than that, it was pretty empty.

Posted by msunada at 11:54 AM

April 03, 2009

Megan's shift 5-7

No one was here after the first 10 minutes.

Posted by msunada at 07:09 PM

April 01, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12

1. Only one student came in, but she didn't need help. Kelsey and Natalia were here for a while.

2. Installed and updated a program called Comic Life on the Mac on the left. I also talked with Natalia about researching Japanese online placement tests for Fujiwara-sensei. The RSS feeds were already fixed before I looked at them.

3. If Minami comes in and asks for the video camera, it's by the white rack. If she needs a tripod, she should borrow one from the WITS front office (across from the help desk). Also, if anyone knows where the flip camera is (it's usually in the white rack), please let Natalia know.

Posted by msunada at 11:58 AM

March 30, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12:00

1. Jose was tutoring and Sydney was using a computer.

2. I spoke with Natalia and Jose about a possible video project. I also talked with Natalia and Kelsey about the LLC in general. I emailed Natalia the times when Professors Delgado, Olaya, and Stalker would have available time for a meeting.

Posted by msunada at 11:57 AM

March 20, 2009

Megan's shift 10:30-12

spring break!!!!!

No one here this morning either.

The scrolling on the mouses for the Macs aren't working.

Posted by msunada at 10:15 AM

December 16, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

No one here.

Posted by msunada at 06:59 PM

December 12, 2008

Friday 9-11

Only one student came in to study.

Posted by msunada at 10:51 AM

December 10, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Helped Natalia email a scan of her passport. Also, the computer next to Marta's computer isn't working.

Posted by msunada at 10:05 AM

December 09, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

Hardly anyone was here...

Posted by msunada at 06:57 PM

December 08, 2008

Monday 4-5

Tried several times to help a Spanish group burn their project to a disk, but it didn't work. I think Victor fixed the problem for them.

Posted by msunada at 04:28 PM

December 03, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

A few people came in to use computers.

Posted by msunada at 10:14 AM

December 02, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

Disabled the comments for the World News Blog after it received over 70 junk comments in just one day. Still deciding what to do about the comments- suggestions welcome.

For the language blogs, I kind of like the way they're set up right now, but I see your point that they aren't very active as is. One option would be to still have the blogs be separate, but all in one place. For example, the World News Blog could be on the main page & there could be a list of all the other language blogs in a navigation bar. I think if the blogs were suddenly combined all into one big blog, it might be a little confusing even with tags.

to whoever put up the Christmas tree & decorations: awesome job!

Posted by msunada at 06:48 PM

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

The LLC is reserved tomorrow (Wednesday) from 4 to 7 for Amanda's (ageck@willamette.edu) group to record.

Posted by msunada at 12:24 PM

December 01, 2008

Monday 4-5

Commenting is being re-enabled for this semester's entries in the World News Blog. It is currently only enabled for the newest entries. This will be a trial to see whether or not there will be a lot of junk comments. The comments might not show up right away because they will probably have to be approved.

Also, Natalia says that anyone with holiday spirit is welcome to set up and decorate our miniature Christmas tree on the black cabinet.

Posted by msunada at 04:53 PM

Monday 9-10:15

Natalia fixed a paper jam in the printer & I took a look at the commenting system for the World News Blog.

Posted by msunada at 10:27 AM

November 26, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Slow morning; not much to do.

Posted by msunada at 10:13 AM

November 25, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

A few people were using computers.

Posted by msunada at 06:50 PM

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

A lady named Donna called the LLC and asked if anyone at the school knew how to speak Somalian or if we knew of anyone at all who speaks it.

Posted by msunada at 12:30 PM

November 24, 2008

Monday 4-5

Spanish group was already here when I arrived. I closed the door for them to record around 4:45 & asked Simon if he could tutor outside for a while.

Posted by msunada at 04:56 PM

Monday 9-10:15

One of the Spanish groups reserved the LLC today from 4:30 to 6:00.

Posted by msunada at 10:06 AM

November 21, 2008

Friday 9-11

Tried to fix the problem with the Japanese Nakama Audio on WISE, but it requires administrator access. I checked and the missing files are on the external hard drive.

Posted by msunada at 10:45 AM

November 19, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

WITS Pro delivered the printed version of the World News Blog. It's on the printer.

Posted by msunada at 10:13 AM

November 18, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

I added a link to Content Production in the boot camp manual for the brown bag page.

Posted by msunada at 06:55 PM

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

Looked for missing Russian CD-ROM in the cd cases on the white rack, but couldn't find it. If anyone finds it, please let Natalia know. The picture on the disk is the same as on the box, which is currently by the printer. A colloquium class came in at 12:20. Not sure what time they'll be here til.

Posted by msunada at 12:26 PM

November 17, 2008

Monday 4-5

A couple people used the computers and came in for tutoring.

Posted by msunada at 05:05 PM

Monday 9-10:15

Enabled the Sign-Up tool on WISE for JAPN 201, 331, 432.

Posted by msunada at 10:04 AM

November 14, 2008

Friday 9-11

Uneventful morning. Two people used the computers.

Posted by msunada at 10:56 AM

November 12, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Natalia showed someone how to use WordChamp, and a few students were on the computers.

Posted by msunada at 10:05 AM

November 11, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

Quiet as usual. Some people were here at the beginning of my shift, but no one was here by the end...

Posted by msunada at 06:52 PM

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

Natalia gave a study abroad presentation, and the water company came and filled up the water jug in the small viewing room.

Posted by msunada at 12:30 PM

November 10, 2008

Monday 4-5

Several Spanish students came in to work on their projects.

Posted by msunada at 04:56 PM

Monday 9-10:15

Quiet morning. Not many people came in.

Posted by msunada at 10:13 AM

November 07, 2008

Friday 9-11

Quiet morning. Only a couple people came in.

Posted by msunada at 11:00 AM

November 05, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Not a very busy morning. Prof. Deleonibus (French) and Marta spoke to some students in France via webcam. The webcam kept having white noise off and on, but I'm not sure why.

Posted by msunada at 10:14 AM

November 04, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

Uploaded the Brown Bag Lunch Series pages to the LLC website & watched the election.

Posted by msunada at 06:54 PM

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

Started updating the French films page on the LLC website, but Natalia said to hold off until Marta finished her project first. Showed Natalia the pages for the Brown Bag Lunch Series. She approved them so I will be putting those up tonight.

Posted by msunada at 12:31 PM

November 03, 2008

Monday 4-5

Worked on the web pages for the Brown Bag Lunch Series some more. If things go smoothly, they should be up some time this week.

Posted by msunada at 04:52 PM

Monday 9-10:15

Began creating individual pages for different days in the Brown Bag Lunch Series 2008, but haven't uploaded any of them yet.

Posted by msunada at 10:02 AM

October 31, 2008

Friday 9-11

Some of the bookmarks in the boot camp manual linked to wrong places so I corrected them. Figured out how to link to specific sections of a pdf file, but it currently only works for the PCs. For now I linked to the sections directly from the Brown Bag Lunch Series 2008. Later on I'll create separate pages for each day.

http://www.willamette.edu/wits/llc/brownbagseries2008/

Posted by msunada at 10:51 AM

October 29, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

I looked at the Chinese Audio First Year course on WISE and it seems to be working correctly. I couldn't find a course entitled Chinese 131 though.

I finally figured out how to put the Pomona Boot Camp Manual on the site. (http://www.willamette.edu/wits/llc/information/helpdesk/) Next I'll try to figure out how to link directly to the different sections of it.

Posted by msunada at 10:13 AM

October 28, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

Very quiet evening; no one came in.

Posted by msunada at 07:09 PM

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

Natalia gave her brown bag presentation. I am going to try to find a way to put the boot camp pdf on the website for the brown bag series.

Posted by msunada at 12:35 PM

October 27, 2008

Monday 4-5

I wrapped up the cords for the headphones with mics, and Natalia found a box to put them in. They are now located underneath the air conditioner in a clear box, separate from the regular headphones. Natalia is considering ordering more of the Logitech headphones w/ mics if we can't figure out how to use the ones without USB cords.

I found a camera by one of the Macs so I put it on the second shelf of the rack next the external hard drive. (I think it might be Marta's.)

Posted by msunada at 04:53 PM

Monday 9-10:15

The 400-level Japanese class came in to do an assignment on Audacity. I showed the class how to use the drop box to send their assignments to Fujiwara-sensei. There were several minor problems throughout the class, most of which were solved. One problem was with the teaching station. I couldn't figure out how to record with and output the sound to headphones. The other problem was with the headphones that don't use USB. They played sound okay, but I wasn't sure of how to make them record. When they recorded they picked up a lot of outside sound so either that's how they usually are or the recording was set to the web cams. I didn't know if another class was going to use the headphones today or not so I left them out.

Posted by msunada at 10:07 AM

October 24, 2008

Friday 8-11

Natalia came in to chat with me & an alumni came in to visit Natalia. Other than that no one came in. (Not surprising since it's mid-semester day.)

Posted by msunada at 11:12 AM

October 22, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Quiet morning. Marta was tutoring a student and Simon came in.

Posted by msunada at 10:12 AM

October 21, 2008

Tuesday 6-7

Several students were doing homework, but no one needed help with anything. Monica came in with some students to use Walton 21.

Posted by msunada at 07:05 PM

October 20, 2008

Monday 4-5

Pretty quiet afternoon. Four students came in to work on a project. I finished uploading the rest of the mp3 files to the external hard drive:
Integrated Chinese Level 2
nakama audio
nakama student cd 1 cd 1
Vista’s MP3
WISE_Nakama_doesnotwork

Posted by msunada at 05:01 PM

Monday 9-10:15

Quiet morning. No one came in except Jose. Transferred Integrated Chinese Level 1 to the external hard drive.

Posted by msunada at 10:08 AM

October 17, 2008

Friday 9-11

A Spanish class was here for the first hour, but it wasn't very busy the second hour. A couple of llc alums stopped by to say hi and talk to Natalia.

@Olga: To put your name in the Primary Category, click on Categories on the left side of the screen. Then click Create new top level category.

Posted by msunada at 10:17 AM

October 15, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Tried to put the Pomona Boot Camp manual on the site again, but still can't figure out how. Stacy West came in & I put the Events RSS feed on the International Education site.

Posted by msunada at 10:16 AM

October 14, 2008

Tuesday 11:30-12:30

Since the llc drive was getting full (only 3MB available) I am moving all the audio files on it to the external hard drive. So far I have transferred these folders:
~Beyond Basics – Chinese Audio, not organized
~Chez Nous
~Chinese Audio
~FExpress

Also, Natalia wanted me to make a note to add TAs to the event blog.

Posted by msunada at 12:21 PM

October 13, 2008

Monday 4-5

Fairly quiet afternoon. Several people came in for tutoring & to use the computers.

Posted by msunada at 05:03 PM

Monday 9-10:15

Quiet morning; not much to do.

Posted by msunada at 10:09 AM

October 08, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

A few people came in & Natalia called in to say that she still wasn't feeling well but might be here in the afternoon.

Posted by msunada at 10:18 AM

October 07, 2008

Tuesday 6-8

A few people used the computers; no one needed help.

Posted by msunada at 07:54 PM

October 06, 2008

Monday 4-5

Showed a Spanish student how to sign up for tutoring on WISE & changed the text on LLC home page from LLC Events Blog to Cultural Events Blog at Natalia's request. I think Marta donated cookies and coffee to the LLC.

Was the announcement about tutoring sent out to the students in language classes, or was it posted to the separate language sites on WISE?

Posted by msunada at 04:58 PM

Monday 9-10:15

The 400 level Japanese class came in today to do an assignment on Audacity. There were only a few minor problems. The class went smoothly altogether. Later on today I will type up a short tutorial of how to send files to classes on WISE and email it to the Japanese class.

Posted by msunada at 10:13 AM

October 03, 2008

Friday 9-11

Several people came in to use the computers. A couple of them asked for the headphones with mics. A telemarketer called about credit cards & I hung up on him. Not a very eventful morning.

@ Marta: Congrats on freeing the bird and keeping the LLC kingdom safe! Also, hope you have a happy birthday even though you didn't want anyone to know about it. ;)

Posted by msunada at 10:54 AM

October 01, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

The Spanish class came in for a WordChamp presentation.

Posted by msunada at 10:06 AM

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

September 29, 2008

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 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

September 26, 2008

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

September 24, 2008

Wednesday 9-10:20

Several people came in and used computers & headphones. Refilled the printer with paper.

Posted by msunada at 10:14 AM

September 23, 2008

Tuesday 6-8

Very quiet. No one came in except Marta.

Posted by msunada at 08:03 PM

September 22, 2008

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 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

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

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

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

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

September 16, 2008

Tuesday 6-8

very quiet shift, no one came in.

Posted by msunada at 07:54 PM

September 15, 2008

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 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 12, 2008

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

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

September 10, 2008

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

September 08, 2008

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 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