Yahoo! Email Has Intergrated With Dropbox

Yahoo! Mail will now allow large attachments to be sent using the Dropbox services. This will be handy for sharing large files via email which was restricted before. Dropbox is a hand tool for cloud storage.

More information and the full article here.

Caring for iPads and Laptops

Proper care of electronics can extend their life and usefulness. Here are some useful guides for caring for iPads and laptops.

Caring For Your iPad
Caring For Your Laptop

MOOC Resources

Unless you have been living on a remote island with no access to the news, you have been overwhelmed with  the 'buzz' around MOOCs. Needless to say, MOOCs are a 'hot topic' with many opinions and a volatile marketplace. Of course the best way to find out what it's all about is to sign up for one - and there are multitudes! Whether it's Coursera, edX, Udacity - or even Canvas.net, there are plenty of selections available. And you won't be alone if you sign up just to 'lurk' without really participating - it's a common practice.

It makes no difference what strategy you use to become better informed, but it's definitely worthwhile to find out what all of the buzz is about. Indeed, it will probably diminish - but I doubt it will just go away. The odds are high that it will be a permanent part of the online learning landscape for years to come, but in what way it's still too early to tell. Hopefully much will be gained from this 'grand experiment' in higher education.

So, to help you get started on your investigation, I'm adding a few resources here:

• The Educause Library on MOOCs - includes articles, events, and a definition; will continue to be updated
• The Chronicle "Major Players in the MOOC Universe" - informative graphic that includes investors, professors, board members, etc.
• The Chronicle "What You Need to Know About MOOCs" - continually updated information with timeline in the Technology section

Enjoy!

Carleen

How to recognize phishing e-mails

Since the volume of spam and phishing emails is up recently, it might be wise to be familiar with how phishing emails work so they can be recognized before any damage is done.

How to recognize phishing e-mails

Secured Passwords

With Spring here it's time to change your old password! Follow the eight easy rules below as a guide.

1.     Don't use passwords that are based on personal information that can be easily accessed or guessed.
2.     Don't use words that can be found in any dictionary of any language.
3.     Make the password at least 8 characters in length.
4.     Use both lowercase and capital letters.
5.     Use a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters.
6.     Use passphrases when you can.
7.     Use different passwords on different systems.
8.     Don’t write down passwords where they are easily obtained.

CGU's Canvas Pilot

Since 2006, CGU has used Sakai as its Learning Management System (LMS). Sakai was selected consortium-wide and currently all of the Claremont institutions use Sakai as their LMS provider.

As a part of a market scan and update, last summer an LMS Review subcommittee of the Academic Computing Committee conducted an in-depth and extensive review of LMS products (Canvas, Desire2Learn, and MoodleRooms). Their recommendation was to launch Canvas Pilots to provide further opportunities for consideration and planning a possible transition from Sakai to Canvas. The pilots are:

Community College Certification Program, School of Educational Studies
Start Date June 1, 2013

SBOS Introduction to Evaluation for Development
Start Date June 2013

For further information on the review and pilots please visit the CGU LMS Review website.

Apple's watch will run iOS and arrive later this year

More details have come out about Apple's watch which will be coming out later this year. The watch will be running iOS which is the same OS running on current iPhones. Original link