February 27, 2003

IT News

The dynamic world of digital video and the range of tools and media services available to support research and teaching activities will be presented by Information Technology during five sessions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) at Wieboldt Hall on the Chicago campus.

“Digital Video Solutions at Northwestern,” open to faculty and staff, will showcase presentations and demonstrations highlighting the current and emerging uses of digital video at Northwestern that can be implemented in the classroom, lab, and/or workplace.

IT has deployed an array of digital video technologies and services that nurture collaboration and expand teaching opportunities within and beyond the University community such as desktop and classroom-based videoconferencing, real-time streaming and archiving of presentations and classes. These emerging video technologies and services are offering numerous possibilities for teaching and research across geographical locations and time.

The five free sessions are listed below:

• 10 to 11 a.m. Introduction to Videoconferencing and Video Services at Northwestern.

• 11:10 a.m. to noon Faculty Case Studies on Digital Video Usage.

• 1 to 1:50 p.m. Using IP Video for distance Education: Virtual Presence During Laparo-scopic Surgery via the Internet 2.

• 2 to 2:50 p.m. Emerging Collaboration Capabilities for Desktop Computers and immersive Environments.

• 3 to 4 p.m. Interactive learning and Student Research Tools.

Academic Technologies, a division of IT, is organized to support Northwestern faculty in their primary roles as instructors and researchers.

More details about the “Digital Video Solutions” presentations and demonstrations is available at www.at.northwestern.edu/dvideo/.

Online registration is recommended at the site above, or by emailing Eric Dvorak at ej-dvorak@ northwestern.edu.

Students can now take advantage of new privacy options in the Ph directory system developed by IT.

These options allow students to block the visibility of their school address, their school phone number, or both for on- or off-campus directory queries.

The new options can be accessed via IT’s “NetID Services” page at http://snap.it.northwestern.edu by clicking the “Privacy Options” link under the “Directory Services” heading in the sidebar.

On that page, two functions are available:

• Students can select full, partial, or no display of information for off-campus queries of their directory information. This option is also available to faculty and staff.

• Students can block display of school address and/or school phone number to any query.

If necessary, students can edit their school address or school phone information through CAESAR (www.northwestern.edu/caesar/).

Details are available at snap.it.northwestern.edu/it/snap/ph-user-doc.html.