September 2022 iSchool Tech Time

00:09:21 Matt Beth: so welcome everyone and good afternoon!

00:10:05 Matt Beth: again, please type or hop on the mic (welcome Vicki!)

00:11:01 Matt Beth: so, true story... When Jen proposed we start using “Teams” I was skeptical and thought, great ANOTHER technology to learn and manage.  SHE WAS RIGHT THOUGH. It's been great for us and I'm not sure how we managed with out it.

00:11:15 Matt Beth: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software

00:11:32 Matt Beth: there’s both the web version and a desktop client

00:11:50 Matt Beth: I prefer the desktop version

00:11:58 Matt Beth: and also use the mobile version

00:12:12 Matt Beth: which comes in handy when away from your computer

00:13:19 Matt Beth: you probably already have it if you have an iSchool machine.  If not you can get it and more available on the webstore https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/search.aspx?keyword=teams

00:14:14 Matt Beth: E-mail won't go away but this is a great way to augment (in some ways replace) what we've traditionally used email for

00:15:29 Matt Beth: welcome Melissa and Mary. Slides can also be viewed from https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kWyYY38uNPgmjdjeaTgtUvvEbYBGyvZM/edit#slide=id.p1

00:16:24 Matt Beth: your “Teams" also comes with a personal “Team" (sounds weird)

00:16:42 Matt Beth: where you can practice and also stash some notes, links for yourself

00:16:56 Penny Ames: not at the moment :)

00:17:54 Matt Beth: it's great to have a chat across distances in real time.

00:18:15 Matt Beth: and with a click, you can add voice/video, screenshare

00:18:51 Matt Beth: and even now we might have people in different offices/buildings (States!)

00:19:11 Matt Beth: you can @ people to get their attention too

00:19:41 Matt Beth: happy to chat more about Teams too and if people are interested, we can fire up a test/practice team chat after tech time today

00:20:16 Dimitria Johnson (her/she): Thank you Matt. I may take you up on that.

00:22:44 Matt Beth: The URLs are course specific but if you're looking for yours (and it's turned on) it will be in the right nav bar

00:24:17 Matt Beth: some of these (like logs in Moodle) seem big brotherish BUT, the system has the info anyway and by letting instructors see, it can be a powerful tool

00:26:34 Matt Beth: the course request/roster update IS better than a year ago BUT not as good as we would like

00:26:41 Matt Beth: campus is actively working on though

00:27:39 Matt Beth: drops are "concluded enrollments”

00:28:06 Matt Beth: concluded means that the data is retained (grades, submissions etc.) if you need the data OR they come back

00:29:10 Matt Beth: in "people”, they can also be found in “past enrollments”

00:29:28 Penny Ames: I want to take this course!

00:30:06 Matt Beth: https://canvas.illinois.edu/courses/22914

00:30:30 Matt Beth: go for it Peggy (does not count or go on your transcripts!)

00:30:46 Matt Beth: and the cost is reasonable (Free!)

00:30:55 Penny Ames: access denied

00:31:01 Matt Beth: Penny (my fingers are clumbsy)

00:31:26 Matt Beth: sorry, try https://canvas.illinois.edu/enroll/RHYEBX

00:31:56 Penny Ames: ACCESS!

00:32:38 Matt Beth: sorry, there’s availability setting that isn't set for the general URL

00:33:03 Matt Beth: Melissa, the idea store is something that we're making with you in mind (work in progress)

00:33:50 Matt Beth: we're excited about Canvas

00:33:59 Matt Beth: as Lindsey said, we're still learning new things all the timne

00:34:04 Melissa Newell: Thank you!

00:34:20 Matt Beth: together, Lindsey, Whitney and I have (can’t remember) but A LOT of Moodle admin experience

00:34:36 Matt Beth: and a combined ~3 years of not quite admin Canvas access

00:34:56 Matt Beth: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/techchat

00:35:10 Penny Ames: Thank you! :)

00:35:21 Mary Schiavone: thank you!

00:35:21 Matt Beth: we're happy to talk about TEAMS, Canvas, misc asundry other

00:35:30 Troy Driskell: Thank you for all of this info!

00:35:39 Matt Beth: thanks for coming everyoone

00:36:00 Matt Beth: another plug for teams, once you get going, it's easy to IM with any colleague or group

00:36:08 Matt Beth: I used it to chat with Karla

00:36:21 Kennedy Pasley: Bye! :)

00:36:21 Matt Beth: I used it with Troy on a search committee we were on etc.,