Training

Reminder to check out the various learning opportunities this spring on the LIS Training and Instruction Calendar.

I would like to especially draw people’s attention to a 3-D printing demonstration that will be happening in the library next week. Next Wednesday, February 27th at 4:00 p.m. in the New Books Area on Preus’ Main Floor, Luther senior Brit Indrelie will be demonstrating how a 3-D object can be scanned and that scan can then be used to “print out” a three dimensional replica.

Google’s Appointment Slots feature has been used extensively on Luther’s campus, particularly for scheduling office hours with students and Norse Writing Center appointments.

We were informed in December that Appointment Slots would be going away this January.

Hi Everyone,

You may have heard about Power Searching with Google, an online course we ran last year with over 275,000 registrants from around the world.

We are excited to announce our follow-up course, Advanced Power Searching with Google. Advanced Power Searching with Google is a free online course aimed at deepening your understanding on solving complex research questions using Google’s advanced search techniques.

During J-Term 2013, LIS invites members of the Luther community to explore the boundaries and freedom of e-reading through a variety of activities, including:

• Workshops: All workshops will consist of a demonstration/presentation of approximately 30 minutes followed by open time for people to ask questions, try out different e-readers and applications, and receive one-on-one assistance from LIS staff. If participants have e-readers or tablets, they are encouraged to bring them. See the LIS Training Schedule for dates, times, and locations.

Google (Norse) Docs has been integrated with Katie for the past couple of years and, beginning Spring 2013 with the new version of Katie, will be even more integrated. Participants will be introduced to the key features of Norse Docs in preparation for the upcoming Katie changes.

If you currently use Katie and would like to know more about Norse Docs, plan to attend one of the following workshops. Space is limited so sign up at http://lis.luther.edu/learn.

• Wednesday, Nov 28, 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
• “Thursday, Nov 29, 1:00 p.m.

Documentation is now available at http://lis.luther.edu/learn/voicethread to learn how to get started taking advantage of Luther’s subscription to VoiceThread. Luther’s URL is http://luther.voicethread.com/

From VoiceThread®: “A VoiceThread® is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world.

Now that Norse Docs is transitioning to become Google Drive, the Norse Docs Training information has been updated and Google Drive Training information has been created.

Google Docs refers to the editors for Google documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and forms. These are online documents that live in the cloud and provide real-time collaboration features.

What is Google+ anyway? I don’t have time for this. Another social network? * sigh * I’m still getting used to Facebook’s timeline thing.

Do the comments above sound like things you or colleagues have said in recent months?

If so, we get it. Technology changes at such a rapid pace that sometimes it can be hard to keep up and it can be hard to want to. Additionally, you may view social media as a way of connecting with friends, rather than colleagues.

Posted By The Gmail Team to Official Gmail Blog at 3/19/2012 06:14:00 PM

Posted by Ela Czajka, Software Engineer

Many of our users say the accuracy of our spam filter is one of the key reasons they love Gmail. And while we think you should never have to look in your spam folder, we know some of you may want to know why the messages there were marked as spam.

So starting today, we’ll be showing a brief explanation at the top of each of your spam messages.

3/20/12 Note from Google:

More than a year ago we announced that Google Wave would no longer be developed as a separate product. Back in November 2011, we shared the specific dates for ending this maintenance period and shutting down Wave. Google Wave is now in read-only mode. This is reminder that the Wave service will be turned off on April 30, 2012.