Ontario College of Art

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Contents 1 University Status 2 New Research Activities 3 LMS: My Courses 4 iTunes U 5 Web and Video Conferencing / Collaboration 6 Web 2.0

[edit] University Status

The Ontario College of Art & Design is now OCAD University. Although OCADU has been degree granting since 2004 offering BFA and BDes 4-year degrees, OCADU now has full University status.

[edit] New Research Activities

OCAD now is home to the Inclusive Design Institute lead by Jutta Treviranus. The research group supports many projects, two of which are UI development for Sakai and also development of a LMS called ATutor.

[edit] LMS: My Courses

• Further development of in-house LMS
• Fully Integrated Gradebook
• Expansion of second largest proprietary image database in Canada. We have added the ability to publish to Flash video as well as iTunesU.
• Adding Student Advising Module (2010) which will allow academic advisors to capture information, refer students and share this back with students.
• With addition of the IDI, we're looking to collaborations with them on existing or future projects.

[edit] iTunes U

• Continuing with iTunesU
• Integration of Flash Media Server for Public and Private Content

[edit] Web and Video Conferencing / Collaboration

• Implemented Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional
• Investigating Tandberg MOVI (like an HD version of Skype with screen sharing)

[edit] Web 2.0

• Continuing blog.ocad.ca project for Blogging with implementation of Wordpress MU for curriculum. Upgrading to MU 3.0 this year. We have over 700 active blogs, and they are working very very well.
• Continuing project for using MediaWiki for curriculum. Our experience is that many users think they want or need a wiki until they understand that they have to use Wiki markup, and the issues with file management and rich media.
• Continued use of institutional Second Life island for student curriculum and art projects