Project Process:
Concept
An idea submitted for review.Feasibility
Conducting research to explore possible solutions.Scope
Implementing the chosen solution.Closeout
Documentation, evaluation, and completion.T&L Projects
T&L project concepts are accepted on an on-going basis. Submit a proposal.Click on a project title for more information.
Concept
Nursing - Video Repository
Nursing is looking for a way to store their VHS videos in KV and make them more readily available to faculty and students
Teaching & Learning Portal for Calvin Faculty
Scope
CIT Web Pages - Flash Advertisement
Project Manager: Dan Christian (contact: 526-6647 or daniel.christian@calvin.edu)Want a graphical way of advertising important items of interest on the CIT home page.
Language Studies Lab Website
Project Manager: Krista Spahr (contact: x6-6819 or kls5@calvin.edu)Allowing parents to sign up children for language development studies on-line. Having an automatic reminder sent to parents 2 days before testing.
Create website of the Language Studies Lab that parents can access from home with a link for signing up for participation with dates that they can sign up under. Once parents sign up, we could check the dates and time and plan to test accordingly. Website would also have videos of studies parents could access so they feel comfortable letting their child participate and info about the Calvin student researchers collecting the data. The webpage would also have results of the study (published papers and presentations) for parents to access. Please see http://wjh.harvard.edu/~lds/index.html?research.html for an example. There you will see links to: Parent’s page, Recent Findings, Sign up to Particpate, etc.
Mapping a drive to the KV Content System
Project Manager: Rob Bobeldyk (contact: x6-6837 or rbobeldy@calvin.edu)Current configuration does not allow for the following:
• Unable to save Groupwise attachments to KV Content System
• Unable to run Access on KV Content System (problematic for dept using ePortfolio rubric databases)
• Reports generated in Access can not be saved directly to KV Content System
• Saving of files start at Root directory requiring users to drill down working directory.
• Unable to define local root directory to KV content System in Dreamweaver
Avoid insecure use of NetDrive (publicly available)
Online Training Modules for KV Content System
Project Manager: Dan Christian (contact: 526-6647 or daniel.christian@calvin.edu)Design online training modules to assist in using the KnightVision Content System, such as how to use WebDAV to connect to KV and how to use the website building block.
SLC Google Maps
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)The Service Learning Center wants to increase student and faculty access to service-learning opportunities by creating an interactive, geographical search-engine that allow students and faculty to search by the agency’s location in Grand Rapids.
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French Proficiency Test
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)French proficiency test for on-line version
Video Guest Speaker
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)Need for video conferencing over the web in smart classrooms.
Proposed solution: Standardize on a webcam, microphone, and software for either check out or installation in all Smart Classrooms.
Virtual Herbarium
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)Over the past few months, we have been undertaking the task of organizing the Calvin College Herbarium into a functional research and teaching resource. Significant progress has been made as a result of our efforts- the collections have been sorted and updated, and our specimens have been annotated with their most current taxonomic nomenclature.
Most notably, we have completed a relational database in Microsoft ACCESS to catalogue not only what specimens we have in our collections, but also who collected them, where they were collected from, and their dates of collection. This database was intentionally designed to be used by both faculty and students wishing to utilize our herbarium- a historically and scientifically indispensible and irreplaceable resource with over 5650 unique specimens collected by more than 400 individuals over the past 172 years.
We are aiming to take this project one step further by making the herbarium accessible to faculty and students (and hopefully even the public) anytime and anywhere by publishing the database online. We also wish to include photographs of representative specimens of each species in our collection, thereby creating a ‘virtual herbarium’ where users could run queries and examine specimens online.
Concepts pending
Audio Recording
Pending - Soliciting early adoptersDetermine equipment recommendations and standard for creating and editing audio recordings (for podcasts).
Explore the production of audio recording “kits” with the necessary equipment to produce audio files.
• Portable – kits
• DS or campus location
Calvin Information Literacy for New Hires
Pending - Need appropriate resourcesCreate 10-12 modules for assist new hires with Calvin Information Literacy.
Professional Development Management Tool
Project Manager: Krista Spahr (contact: x6-6819 or kls5@calvin.edu)Pending - Need appropriate resourcesManagement of professional development is fragmented and does not use appropriate technologies to streamline its administration.
Removal of KV Digital Dropbox
Teaching and Learning is exploring the removal of the Digital Dropbox by promoting the use of the Assignments feature in KV.
Web Conferencing
Calvin does not provide a web conferencing tool. Individuals are beginning to explore solutions on their own. Before multiple solutions are adopted across campus CIT should provide one recommended/supported solution.
Proposed solution: Investigate potential web conferencing packages, select one to support.
Researched - Not Feasible
Honduran Program Social Networking
We would like to find a way to connect alumni from the Honduran program in a way that allows people to share their own biographical information including name, contact info (address, email, phone), and job description and/or job theme (i.e. aids, international banking). This is would be a networking resource for alumni, as well as a way for people to stay in contact
Professional Development Registration
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)T&L is exploring the development of a system that will advertise professional development opportunities, provide a location for people to register for workshops, send confirmations to the attendees, as well as track participant attendance.
(Rolled into Professional Development System)
Student Employee Scheduling Software
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)Research and find a software package (preferably web-based) to streamline the creation of schedules. We would like the software to dynamically create students' work schedules based on the hours needing to be filled and the students hours of availability. Students should also able to trade shifts with others as needed.
Completed Task
Music Student Electronic Credential Files
Project Manager: Krista Spahr (contact: x6-6819 or kls5@calvin.edu)Our accrediting organization, NASM, has requested more student work be kept on file. Our current student files are all paper copies and electronic storage would free up storage space, make recording more centralized and efficient.
Pedometer Challenge - Data Entry
Project Manager: Travis LaFleur (contact: tl24@calvin.edu)Efficient electronic entrly of "steps" for our pedometer challenge, similar to how it has been done in the past.
T&L Logo
Project Manager: Dan Christian (contact: 526-6647 or daniel.christian@calvin.edu)Research and develop a T&L logo