Archive | Little Bits: Roanoke College IT Blog

Social Media In and Out of the Classroom

April 3, 2015

A brief discussion of class activities that incorporate social media and why you might want to do so. [...]

“Forgot Your Password” option for Roanoke College account

March 24, 2015

Information Technology is piloting a “forgot your password” option. This will allow you to reset your Roanoke College password on your own. Your profile is already [...]

Cloud Collaboration

March 23, 2015

Created by Carole using Google Drawing. Cloud-based collaboration options, whether on-campus or around the world. What is the cloud? Generally, cloud computing is an online [...]

Resources to Flip Your Classroom

February 19, 2015

Photo Credit: Hiddenpower via Compfight cc Recently, I’ve had a lot of questions about how to go about flipping a class. My response always is “what are [...]

Voice Over PowerPoint

February 2, 2015

Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting with Professor Kalinoski’s SPAN 330 class to share how to create a voice over PowerPoint. Although I have seen voice over [...]

Email Spam Filtering

November 6, 2014

As with any new spam filtering system, a learning curve will take place where the system needs to “learn” what is spam and what is legitimate. There are 3 ways spam [...]

Lab, Classroom and Other Updates over Fall Break 2014

October 23, 2014

Fall Break was busy and productive in IT. Equipment and software was enhanced in labs and classrooms while many applications were upgraded. Here is a brief summary [...]

RCRC Software

September 22, 2014

IT is providing as many software titles and licenses as possible via RCRC. We feel it is a great resource for students so they can access software and work on projects from [...]

Summer Technology Upgrades 2014

September 18, 2014

Summer is when most technology upgrades can be done. This summer Roanoke College accomplished the following major projects: Upgraded network equipment in academic and other [...]