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D2L/Brightspace Day – Thursday, October 24th
Brightspace Day – Thursday, October 24th Where: LEDS Learning Lab (LIB 222) Time:  9:00am to 3:00pm Schedule: 9:00am – 10:00am Brightspace Overview with Q & A 10:30am – 11:00am Focus Session: File Management and Course Customization 11:00am –...
Where Clinical Psychology Meets Virtual Reality: Activating Virtual Psychotherapy Practices
LEDS assistant Amanda Peckler interviews Prof. Casey Schofield about the use of VR in her teaching and research. [ensemblevideo contentid=CnYOqcFtO0iJZGeKdSIEjQ showcaptions=true]
Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Prime Time?
Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Prime Time? Presented by Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD October 4th from 7:00-8:30pm in Gannett Auditorium Co-sponsored by Psychology, Neuroscience, Math, Computer Science, LEDS, and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty Since the...
Students Explore the Effect of Bodily Presence on Immersion and Interactivity
Students in Aaron Pedinotti's Virtual Reality class spent time in the LEDS training room attempting to understand the effect of bodily presence on immersion and interactivity by experiencing the phenomena themselves. They did this by "playing" two games, one in first...
LEDS represents at the CDETG Spring 2018 Meeting
Aaron and Ben gave a presentation entitled, "Getting Started with a Campus VR Strategy"  at the 2018 Capital District Educational Technology Group (CDETG) Spring Meeting on June 11, 2018 held at the Albany Law School. This meeting brings together instructional design...
Students Explore the Mogao Caves of Western China
Students in Ben Bogin's How to See a Buddha class were able to take a virtual fieldtrip to the Mogao Caves of western China. The students explored a number of exquisite grottoes constructed between the 4th and 14th centuries. These grottoes contain some of the most...
Calcflow used to visualize vector calculus
Evan Halstead's Electricity and Magnetism students were able to get a new perspective on a mathematical principle that can be difficult to grasp. Using the HTC Vive and an application called Calcflow they were able to interact with vectors in ways not possible outside...
A green screen for video production and editing comes to Library 222
Green screens allow one to insert a different background into live or recorded video or when editing images. For example, in the images below, we demonstrate how you can modify the background of a live Zoom videconference call. The software has the ability to swap out...
Aaron & Ben Interviewed on Media Sanctuary
Blackboard gets a facelift
The Blackboard landing page is changing this summer. Although the courses themselves will look and function the same, the base navigation will be simplified and be easier to navigate. Among other things, making your courses available to students each semester will be...
The LEDS “How Do I?” Resource
For a number of years we have tracked some common questions and shared some useful tutorials on this site. Whether it’s a question about Blackboard, WordPress, …
D2L/Brightspace Day – Thursday, October 24th
Brightspace Day – Thursday, October 24th Where: LEDS Learning Lab (LIB 222) Time:  9:00am to 3:00pm Schedule: 9:00am – 10:00am Brightspace Overview with Q & A 10:30am – 11:00am Focus Session: File Management and Course Customization 11:00am –...
Where Clinical Psychology Meets Virtual Reality: Activating Virtual Psychotherapy Practices
LEDS assistant Amanda Peckler interviews Prof. Casey Schofield about the use of VR in her teaching and research. [ensemblevideo contentid=CnYOqcFtO0iJZGeKdSIEjQ showcaptions=true]
Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Prime Time?
Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Prime Time? Presented by Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD October 4th from 7:00-8:30pm in Gannett Auditorium Co-sponsored by Psychology, Neuroscience, Math, Computer Science, LEDS, and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty Since the...
Students Explore the Effect of Bodily Presence on Immersion and Interactivity
Students in Aaron Pedinotti's Virtual Reality class spent time in the LEDS training room attempting to understand the effect of bodily presence on immersion and interactivity by experiencing the phenomena themselves. They did this by "playing" two games, one in first...
LEDS represents at the CDETG Spring 2018 Meeting
Aaron and Ben gave a presentation entitled, "Getting Started with a Campus VR Strategy"  at the 2018 Capital District Educational Technology Group (CDETG) Spring Meeting on June 11, 2018 held at the Albany Law School. This meeting brings together instructional design...
Students Explore the Mogao Caves of Western China
Students in Ben Bogin's How to See a Buddha class were able to take a virtual fieldtrip to the Mogao Caves of western China. The students explored a number of exquisite grottoes constructed between the 4th and 14th centuries. These grottoes contain some of the most...
Calcflow used to visualize vector calculus
Evan Halstead's Electricity and Magnetism students were able to get a new perspective on a mathematical principle that can be difficult to grasp. Using the HTC Vive and an application called Calcflow they were able to interact with vectors in ways not possible outside...
A green screen for video production and editing comes to Library 222
Green screens allow one to insert a different background into live or recorded video or when editing images. For example, in the images below, we demonstrate how you can modify the background of a live Zoom videconference call. The software has the ability to swap out...
Aaron & Ben Interviewed on Media Sanctuary
Blackboard gets a facelift
The Blackboard landing page is changing this summer. Although the courses themselves will look and function the same, the base navigation will be simplified and be easier to navigate. Among other things, making your courses available to students each semester will be...