Just came across lovelycharts.com - an online diagram maker. The basic version is free and the files can be exported in jpg or png format. Might be useful as a quick alternative to something like visio. There’s a good collection of network icons and other symbols for creating flowcharts and process maps.
Nettuts is a online tutorial site aimed at web developers covering a range of technologies including html, php, ruby on rails and wordpress. They have a mixture of written tutorials and video tutorials (screencasts). Looks like some good stuff here. If you’re tempted to write a tutorial they pay $150 through paypal for every tutorial published.
They’re also currently running a competition for the best screencast tutorials submitted by the end of January 2008.
Frances Neilson, Account Manager for Scotland at JANET(UK) popped in to the RSC Office last week to do some video updates. In this short video she talks about JANET Talk.
JANET Talk combines Voice over IP (VoIP) with collaborative tools to create a feature rich multimedia communications environment across JANET. A 2nd call for participation has been issued to take part in the trial running until the end of May 2009.
Frances Neilson, Account Manager for Scotland at JANET(UK) popped in to the RSC Office last week to do some video updates. In this short video she talks about JANET Collaborate.
JANET Collaborate is a way of finding and sharing information with users who have simialr interests across the UK academic community.
Frances Neilson, Account Manager for Scotland at JANET(UK) popped in to the RSC Office last week to do some video updates. In this short video she talks about the new high definition service from JVCS (Janet Videoconferencing Service).
Frances Neilson, Account Manager for Scotland at JANET(UK) popped in to the RSC Office last week to do some video updates. In this short video she talks about EdLab.
EdLab is a new collaborative service from JANET. It’s aimed at technical staff in UK HE and FE institutions and is free to access - you just need a .ac.uk email address. JANET aim to post pre and post training and conference material here. If you missed Networkshop this year you can access presentations, video and audio from the 3 day event.
New High Definition Service from JVCS
JANET Collaborate Update
JANET Talk Update
Frances also passed over a PowerPoint presentation which I’ve put up on SlideShare
Under creative commons licence from flickr
ICT has moved on at a rapid pace in last few years especially with rise of Web 2.0 and the burgeoning use by students of social networking sites like Bebo, FaceBook and YouTube. With that comes new possibilities for learning but also potential legal and copyright issues. It’s a massive area to be addressed.
JISC Legal recently ran a series of Web 2.0 workshops aimed at technical and learning resources staff and senior managers.
They have just put up the workshop material. The publications include:
Web 2.0 and the Law for FE Policy Makers
Web 2.0 and the Law for HE Policy Makers
Web 2.0 and the Law for Information Services
Web 2.0 and the Law for IT Support Staff
Web 2.0 and the Law for Learning Resource Staff
Web 2.0 and the Law FAQs
Web 2.0 Policy Checklist
Also of note if your institution is updating its acceptable use policies, is the comprehensive Using External Web 2.0 Services document from the University of Edinburgh. They have made this document available under a creative commons licence so that it can be adapted for other institutions to use.
Bug.gd is a new community driven error database. Just type in your error message in the search box. There’s a chance that someone has encountered the problem before and posted a solution. You can also contribute your own solutions.
There is a firefox extension available that sits in the status bar. Hover over the green bug.gd icon and it will show you stats about your submitted errors and displays your most recent unsolved bug. Click on the the bug.gd icon and a window pops up so that you can copy and paste your error message and submit it directly to bug.gd.
Got a new website to develop and looking for some design inspiration? You may find something over at Open Source Web Design. There’s currently over 2000 free templates available for download.
If you’re thinking of adapting one of the templates for Wordpress, WP Themer Kit provides bare bones layouts for download. There’s also a couple of video overviews on the website explaining how to use the kit.
The two Scottish Regional Support Centres in partnership with SLIC held an RFID Conference in Glasgow on Wednesday. Gaynor Backhouse from TechWatch, one of the speakers mentioned a report that I hadn’t come across before "RFID: Frequency, Standards, Adoption and Innovation (2006): Link.
TechWatch is a JISC service which looks at new and emerging technologies which may impact on the core business of Further and Higher Education in five to ten years’ time. Gaynor mentioned that they have a blog which they are officially launching in October. There’s some content up already: Link.