--- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:19:53 -0500 >From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6296 Lab User Orientations ------------------ Years ago we developed a slide show. That cut our orientation times from 1 hour per class to about 15 minutes per class. Then we got a new lab, which operates primarily in "libary" mode. So our training for students consists of some printed operational instructions on a bookmark which we print and distribute via the instructors to all language students. It sounds like your orientation needs are more complex, but the above might be of some use. Good luck! PS $24000? What planet does Tegrity live on? <grin> You could probably hire a student web programmer to develop a quick and easy web site, maybe even using a quizzing program to test progress. I'll bet it wouldn't cost more than a few hundred bucks. >>> [log in to unmask] 09/24/01 08:42AM >>> --- Forwarded Message from "Primov, Rachida S" <[log in to unmask]> --- >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