In an ongoing effort to improve the classroom experience at Northeastern, Information Services updated several classrooms in Shillman Hall during spring break. A total of 13 classrooms in Shillman were renovated to bring them up to our new standard classroom setup. Updates included installing all new audiovisual equipment, replacing existing older desks with the more [...]
Tag Archives: Classroom Technology
Upcoming Storage and Shared Drive Improvements
In the coming months, Information Services will be moving Northeastern’s existing storage infrastructure to a new platform. This upgrade in technology brings a wide range of benefits to the University, including streamlined infrastructure management and improved performance and data storage to support our growing environment. Future improvements to this infrastructure will be easier as the University [...]
Tegrity Expansion
Information Services is pleased to announce the University-wide expansion of the Tegrity Lecture Capture service. Tegrity was originally implemented at NU to help Athletes achieve their academic goals while participating in sports, especially those sports that required travel. As word spread about Tegrity’s value to teaching and learning, the requests for this service from students, [...]
Retirement of Classroom Lab Computer Accounts
In an effort to increase information security across campus, Information Services has made changes to how classroom and lab computers are accessed. Beginning this semester, you will be required to use your individual Northeastern faculty/staff or student username and password to log into classroom or lab computers. Existing classroom and lab accounts will be disabled. [...]
Turning Technologies Clicker Upgrade
Turning Technologies has released an upgrade to the TurningPoint (clicker) software. This is a great improvement and quite different from Northeastern’s current student clicker offering. Information Services will have this available for the start of the spring semester when the new software will be deployed to computers in the classrooms. The TurningPoint software can only [...]
Classroom Technology Upgrades and Improvements
Starting in the Spring of 2011, Information Services upgraded, enhanced or created 36 classrooms with new audio visual equipment along with new computers. The technology improvements were based on need, size and configuration of the classroom. The new or updated classrooms are located in Behrakis, Churchill, Ell, Richards, Ryder, Shillman, Snell Library, Robinson, and West [...]
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