DE Services and New Technologies

Faculty Lab
Reserved for faculty only, stop by and work on your Desire 2 Learn course with help nearby. Workshops and training opportunities are also held in this lab. Please sign in upon your arrival. (Available January 2012)

Think Tank
This resource area contains books on using technology in education as well as special software licenses. Softchalk, VoiceThread, and Sympodium can be utilized on the computers in this area. A sign-up schedule is provided to facilitate as many users as possible. (Available January 2012)

Video and Audio Studio
Separate audio and video recording areas provide faculty with modern, professional-grade equipment for creating educational podcasts or video features. (Available now!) Green screen capabilities will give the illusion that you’re anywhere from a beach in the Keys to inside the human heart. (Coming soon!) Please schedule production time with an Instructional Technologist.

New Technologies
This section provides samples of new technology projects being produced by Mercy’s Instructional Technologists.

Audio Lecture

Audio Recorder

Elluminate Live Lecture

SoftChalk

Sympodium Whiteboard Lecture

Video Lecture

VoiceThread

February 20th, 2012

February 28, 2012 – Mercy Scholarship Deadline

2/28/12 is fast approaching! Don’t forget to apply on-line at http://www.mercycollege.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-online-application/ and complete your application. Only one application is necessary to be considered for fall 2012 scholarships. Nursing students: remember to have two previous clinical instructor references submitted to the financial aid office by the 28th in order to be considered for nursing scholarships. If [...]