IT Showcase 2005 Presentation Archive

School of Information IT Sampler

View a sample of current instructional technology projects from the School of Information.
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Presented by Quinn Stewart of the School of Information's Information Technology Services.

The Miró Quartet, Live and Virtual: A Case Study

View an exploration of immersive technologies in search of a solution to the closure of a major performance venue on campus.

The Miró Quartet, Live and Virtual—Part I: Implementation

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The Miró Quartet, Live and Virtual—Part II: Evaluation

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Presented by Jim Kerkhoff of the College of Fine Arts and Shanna Smith of Information Technology Services (ITS).

Web-Enabled Tools for Research and the Classroom

The College of Communication treats us to a three-part presentation.

Journalism Online Tool (JOT) and the graduate online publication FLOW

Journalism Online Tool (JOT) is a tool for producing and managing online publications and other dynamic Web content with a novel approach to reviewing and site building. The graduate webzine FLOW had significant impact on JOT's development. We will revisit the growth of the tool, explore its possible use in other disciplines, and detail the technology resources used to develop the project.
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PHP Surveyor Tool Insights

Several surveys during fall 2004 served as terrific trials for the PHP Surveyor Tool.

• learning how to use the tool in general
• discovering bugs, and finding workarounds and caveats of the tool
• developing a workflow for conducting surveys, from initial design to providing result data to the client. 

George Sylvie put the service to the test with his 2005 Editors’ Decision-Making Survey. The pivotal question in this survey required the Q-Sort technique, requiring customization to implement this behavior. Resources for this project included the IDG webserver, PHP development, and IT consultation.
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Classroom Experience Archive

Valuable time and effort can be wasted on video production.  Our goals are to securely capture, archive and retrieve digital content with minimal production and administrative costs.  The Classroom Experience Archive is a digital capture, encoding and delivery system which allows every lecture, student presentation and symposium to be captured in digital format for later editing or review.  It is an innovative use of technology that replaces time consuming production processes, enabling us to capture far more events with minimal effort.
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Presented by Paul Williams and Jordan Phillips of the College of Communication Instructional Design Group.

World of Water

World of Water is a six-minute 3D animation that gives the viewer a tour through the inside of the Edwards Aquifer. The video was developed within a two-week time span and was designed to be presented in a panoramic format across three large screens. FIC staff will discuss the development process and the challenges of rendering such a large movie in a limited time.
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Presented by Mary Crawford and Erik Zumalt of the College of Engineering Faculty Innovation Center.

An Online System for Self-, Peer-, and Product Assessment

The needs of two College of Education graduate courses—Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Instructional Technology Planning and Management—demanded a new system to support self-, peer-, and product assessment. We will hear about the development of this tool and its use in collaborative team-based learning environments.
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Presented by Ken Tothero of the College of Education Learning Technology Center.

Flash, XML, and Web Standards

ITS Enterprise Information Services treats us to a three-part presentation.

Honey, We Shrunk UT Direct

Find out how Web standards and CSS helped us reduce the UT Direct footprint while adding more functionality. The new version of UT Direct uses significantly fewer graphics, and the amount of code was reduced by over a third. Take a peek behind the scenes of the new version and learn how these techniques can be applied in other projects.
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Corpus Christi Trajectory Project

A demonstration of a Flash application that uses XML and data from weather-monitoring stations in Corpus Christi to plot air flow around the region. This is a collaboration between ITS and the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources.
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Wireless Flash Map

See a demonstration of the campus Flash map, that use XML data to display wireless building coverage throughout campus.
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Presented by David Cook of ITS Enterprise Information Services.

UTivo: College of Natural Sciences Lectures on Demand

The College of Natural Sciences has deployed a compelling webcasting format for presenting lectures. Find out how an automated camera tracking and classroom recording system was assembled at minimal cost.
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Presented by Kurt Bartelmehs of the College of Natural Sciences .

Student Technology Assistant Program at Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services

The Student Technology Assistant (STA) program, now in its second year, supplements courses taught by instructors in the College of Liberal Arts. Student Technology Assistants work in the offices of Liberal Arts ITS with support from LAITS professional staff, and assist faculty with projects ranging from digitizing course materials for use in classroom to development of courseware and Web sites.
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Presented by Gary Dickerson of the Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services.

Open Source, Community Resource, ePortfolio, and Course Assessment

The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA) treats us to a four-part presentation.

Introduction by David Campbell of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA).

An Open Source Collaboration of Tools: Sakai, SAMigo

The Sakai community open source project provides educational institutions with a unified framework for a collection of pre-integrated open source tools. We will explore Sakai's capabilities and various tools—such as the educational assessment manager Sakai Assessment Manager (SAMigo)—integrated into the framework.
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Presented by Sejal Patel of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA).

World Lecture Hall: Open Educational Resources on the Web

World Lecture Hall brings higher education course materials to the Web so anyone can access them. We will look at the powerful functionality of the application and the audience the system serves.
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Presented by Britt Skrivanek of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA).

Real World Challenges in Building an ePortfolio Application

We describe what challenges we encountered in the development of the Connexus ePortfolio application, and the solutions we devised to meet them. Connexus ePortfolio is a lightweight online portfolio application that emphasizes the building of conceptual connections between a student's formative experiences.
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Presented by Elias Ponvert and Malaika Boyd of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA).

Under the Hood of the Ongoing Course Assessment System—A Technical Perspective

The Ongoing Course Assessment (OCA) system is an electronic survey tool developed to help faculty improve teaching. Through the use of multiple toolsets and database structures, the OCA system integrates with official UT data to deliver an enterprise-wide service.
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Presented by Kyung Huh of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA).