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11/30/2005

WebCT support meeting

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 4:57 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Web Publishing Support)

Discussed and discussed how to continue the discussion using on-line project managemnet tools.

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Laurel’s Keychain

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 4:55 pm
(filed under category MacOS Support=> Projects)

Laurel Broughton was experiencing issues with Apple Keychain always demanding a password (which she didn’t have). Gave her some options to try with Keychain Access. She reported success.

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Deane Wang aMail

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 4:53 pm
(filed under category MacOS Support=> Projects)

Responded to issues raised by Deane Wang regarding his unhappy switch from POP to iMap with Apple Mail

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Recording HorizonLive Session as Flash

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 12:45 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Video and Audio)

On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:25 PM, David Paul Vallett wrote:
So I want to run a 2-4 minute Horizon session (i.e. teach a demo class) with afew ‘fake’ students logged on.While I’m doing this, I want to run a ’screen recorder’ that will record all theactions on my PC screen and all of the audio.I [...]

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11/29/2005

Progress reports

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 3:45 pm
(filed under category Overhead=> Projects)

Entering data, generating reports

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Sexual Harrassment on-line course

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 3:41 pm
(filed under category Projects)

Completed, certificate printed.

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Samer ElJabary

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 3:40 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Scripts - Programming)

Samer ElJabary <Samer.El-Jabary@uvm.edu> dropped by again, looking for more help with his image upload script.: this time, password protecting the "management" page; adding buttons to accept/reject images. Also started to show him Dspace but he didn’t like it.

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11/28/2005

Art Lab Fixes

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 4:02 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Video Labs)

Investigated and solved a host of problems:

Student lost work on smb://zoofiles/homes as a result of TSG moving files, helped her cope
Investigated problem with Xerox 7700 Phaser printer: requires a new Print Cartridge, which is separate and distinct from Toner Cartridges. Approximate cost: $100-$120 Without this, the printer will not print. Self-diagnostics indicate A second cartridge [...]

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11/22/2005

Quicktime for Bruce Duncan

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 5:26 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Video and Audio)

Bruce Duncan (bduncan) had come by CMD last week to inquire about converting DVD to web streaming file. Turns out project original still with video production people, Bruce had producer call me for export details, which I provided.

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CMD Help

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 5:20 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Video Labs)

Played TechCat for Harley at the CMD, including further investigation of iMovie export issued reported by Ted Lyman.

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Podcast a secure file?

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 12:38 pm
(filed under category Blogs=> Projects)

It works. tricky part is making it work with our blogging tools.
Try this: go to iTunes, Advanced, subscribe to podcast. Give this URL
    http://www.uvm.edu/~waw/index.xml
That is a static XML file, created with a text editor. It contains an enclosure:
    <enclosure url="https://www.uvm.edu/~waw/uvm_only/reslife.mov" length="68313540" type="video/quicktime" />
iTunes recognizes the URL, and presents a username/password box. Pretty slick.
Trouble is, the [...]

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11/21/2005

WebCT Charrette

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 5:16 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Web Publishing Support)

Worked with the WebCT Team to hammer on WebCT 6

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Williams Lab Issues

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 5:15 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Video Labs)

Investigated a number of WIlliams lab issues for Ted Lyman

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mySQL Policies

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 5:14 pm
(filed under category Projects=> mysql)

Jeff Bond wanted a mySQL database for CircusSmirkus, wondered how to get it and if there were any policy issues. I told him no

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Landscape Questions

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 5:06 pm
(filed under category Projects=> Systems and Servers)

Paul had TSG change ownership of all /:/perkins files to perkins:perkins; unfortunately, this swept up all /:/perkins/landscape files, too. Helped him unravel the problem

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