Campus Technology: Open Source CMS Drives Academic Initiatives in Cal State System

Presentation, Display, CMS, and eLearning

4/8/2009

Spotlight

Open Source CMS Drives Academic Initiatives in Cal State System
Charged with providing logistical, process, and developmental support for the massive California State University system, the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) is a big advocate of technology usage, both in and out of the classroom.More

News & Product Updates

New Module Connects Moodle to Oracle Student Information System in Real Time
Moodle, the widely deployed open source learning management system, now has the ability to communicate in real time with Oracle's student information system, the Student Administration Integration Pack, thanks to new features developed by Moodlerooms. More
CourseCast 2.1 Adds Live Broadcasting, Analytics
Panopto has released CourseCast 2.1, an update to the company's classroom capture system that's available free to academic users.More
Wimba Collaboration Suite 6.0 Adds IM Whiteboarding, Enhanced Assessments
Wimba has announced an update to the Wimba Collaboration Suite. The new 6.0 release, introduced Tuesday at the Wimba Connect 2009 user conference, adds a number of new features to the individual applications in the suite, including new whiteboarding capabilities in the instant messaging module.More
American U Web Site Goes Social Using CommonSpot CMS
American University in Washington, DC has launched a new community-focused Web site built using CommonSpot Web content management software from PaperThin. Huge and North Highland provided site design and development.More
Cornell U Lab of Ornithology Streamlines Portal Programming
Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, NY has moved from manual Java coding processes to Spring, a development platform built by SpringSource, to develop applications on one of its flagship Web sites, eBird.More
FIZZ Intros Private 'YouTube' for Classes
A team of researchers at North Carolina State University has created a suite of tools that it's selling to help teachers implement "safe" Web 2.0 environments in the classroom.More
Sanyo Ships Short-Throw LCD Projector
Sanyo has debuted a new short-throw projector targeted toward classroom applications. The new LCD-based PLC-WXE45 can project an 80-inch (diagonal image) from a distance of less than a yard.More
Seattle Pacific Capturing Lectures with TechSmith Camtasia Relay
Seattle Pacific University (SPU) has selected Camtasia Relay, TechSmith's lecture capture and presentation program, as its campus-wide lecture recording solution.More

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