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>From: "Primov, Rachida S" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Lab User Orientations
>Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:51:12 -0400

Dear Colleagues,

We currently spend the first two or three weeks of the semester conducting
lab user orientations to students enrolled in foreign language classes.
This practice represents a huge expenditure of staff time and decreases the
availability of the Lab for regular uses.

We would like to prepare video or audio material which can be accessed
individually in used as a tutorial for how to use the Lab services.  We are
considering creating a video, an mp3 or MPEG file, or any other medium.

I have received a quote from Tegrity for a Tegrity WebLearner Platform for
$24,800.  This is completely beyond my budget.

Can any of you suggest alternative or sources for creating Lab User
Orientation Modules?  Any idea or suggestions will be welcomed.  I also
would like how other labs handle orientations for their users.

Thank you very much.


Rachida Salama Primov
The Eleonore Graves Tripp Foreign Languages Laboratory, Director
University of Miami
Phone: (305) 284-4858 X 8-7228
Fax: (305) 284-2225
Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
http://www.fll.miami.edu