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RE: Anyone using Discord Server?

Posted By Nathan Phillips 08-17-2024 01:55:43 PM
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For alternatives, We’ve just started looking at a free instance of Slack or Zoom chat (if you already have zoom, I think the chat tool is often overlooked). I suspect there will be issues with privacy and security for free slack. We have a Zoom account, so that appears easier to manage, they have good ...

RE: SIS Recommendations

Posted By Nathan Phillips 08-01-2024 12:03:59 PM
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Thank you Annelise! I'm so glad to see some recommendations beyond the usual 5 (Ellucian, Jenzabar, Anthology, Workday, Oracle)! Here's another, Populi https://populi.co/ Like Campus Cafe, it's priced per student, is small-college focused, and has financial aid packaging (they've made big strides ...

RE: Non-credit-bearing certificate support and services

Posted By Nathan Phillips 06-04-2024 02:38:08 PM
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We have something similar as Scott, but with Canvas (our LMS) and using a front end that Canvas/Instructure makes called Catalog Catalog is a flat fee. We use the same LMS instance as our degree-earning courses, but I know many (larger) institutions use a separate instance. What I like about it: it's ...

RE: Gmail offline mode

Posted By Nathan Phillips 05-23-2024 02:55:00 PM
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We have it turned off. Pretty sure you can use OUs or Groups to enable/disable that setting. I'd be OK turning it on for students. Imelda hesitant to turn it on for staff, just because I figure it might mildly be safer security/privacy-wise off. My unattainable goal is that there's never any data ...

No Zoom Meet-up in May

Posted By Nathan Phillips 05-22-2024 12:11:00 PM
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hi Small College CG! I think we announced this in our last meeting; we do not have a Zoom Meet-up this month, May (normally, it would be today, the fourth Wednesday!) We will meet in June on the 26th at our usual time 3pm EST/ 12 noon PST. We will post the details in early June. -Penny, ...

RE: ERP/CRM/Recruiting software decisions

Posted By Nathan Phillips 05-06-2024 11:01:00 AM
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We are using Hubspot for our CRM for Admissions and Student Services/Advising. It's not common in Higher Ed; however, I couldn't be more pleased with the results. It's a powerful, modern true SaaS and I think competitive on price--it's also very easy to use and has excellent support; as a small institution, ...

RE: Portal solution

Posted By Nathan Phillips 04-30-2024 10:19:00 AM
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I've not yet experienced an ERP/SIS portal that worked for me. So, my position has been to always keep them 100% transactional for their specific purpose (i.e., registration, paying bills, and financial aid). For example, we tried putting a link into our LMS inside our SIS portal, and it forces a pop-up--good ...

RE: Third-party backup for Google Drive?

Posted By Nathan Phillips 04-19-2024 10:06:00 AM
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I'll add a new one I didn't see in this thread: Slik Protect https://www.slikprotect.com/ I found them very responsive, easy to work with, and willing to consider feature requests. DM me for a contact or further info--we looked at solutions in December and met with 3-4 finalists, glad to share ...

RE: Google pre-delivery message scanning

Posted By Nathan Phillips 04-18-2024 10:43:00 AM
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hi Jason, we've had this on for as long as I can remember (years I guess, not sure when it was released, but since then), it's available to all education accounts (i.e., you don't need plus). We've not tried to measure any delay, but we have no complaints and I've never seen much of a delay for myself. ...

Collaborations for the Annual Conference!

Posted By Nathan Phillips 04-12-2024 03:48:00 PM
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hi Small College folks, Below is an open Google doc for anyone who would like to share or sign up for collaborating on presenting at the Annual Conference The deadline is soon! April 29 We've been creating collaborations, starting with a doc like the one below, for many years in this CG ...

RE: Proctoring Solutions

Posted By Nathan Phillips 03-26-2024 01:38:00 PM
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We also use Proctorio, and I believe it works with the new quizzes (we have not tested yet, we are delaying the transition as long as possible). Here's a list I compiled last year, it might help. I find there to be lots of entries in this space with highly competitive pricing. ExamRoom.AI ...

Backup solutions

Posted By Nathan Phillips 02-02-2024 09:53:00 AM
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Hi everyone, We are looking at backup solutions for our google workspace. Thus far we've been relying on Vault to cover us, but that's not really a backup solution, though it may do in a pinch (we are a small school, so perhaps we can manage that bit easier). I wanted to share three companies ...

ID Position at Small College

Posted By Nathan Phillips 01-31-2024 10:06:00 AM
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Hello Instructional Designers, We have a position open, it reports to me. We are a small team (I'm the CIO, but have an ID background, there's one other ID), at a fully online college of alternative healthcare (the position is fully remote!). The position closes very soon, so please direct ...

RE: Syllabi Collection Process question

Posted By Nathan Phillips 01-31-2024 10:01:00 AM
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+1 for simple syllabus many years ago, we made our own integration using the Canvas APIs. It basically grabbed everything on the syllabus page in Canvas and then generated a PDF. The code is probably gone now (and I'm not at the school anymore). But it was not too hard to set up, if you have the resources, ...

RE: Google vs M365 Comparison

Posted By Nathan Phillips 01-19-2024 12:59:00 PM
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I don't have much new to add, but +1 to what others have said! Administrative and end-user support are hidden costs that I find are more significant in the Microsoft ecosystem. Like many institutions, we are in both systems to an extent (though Google would be our "main" system). I'm sometimes ...

RE: Google and KnowBe4

Posted By Nathan Phillips 12-14-2023 01:45:00 PM
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Hi Emilie, One of my staff said this exact thing:"but when end users forward the email to our group email for reporting purposes, i then registers as a "click". I thought they were just mistaken and had probably clicked the link! I believe this is new behavior b/c I haven't heard about it until recently. ...

RE: Core Data Services survey closes Wed 12/13/2023

Posted By Nathan Phillips 12-12-2023 04:20:00 PM
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Adding my STRONG +1 to Peter's encouraging remarks to complete the CDS If you are as small as we are, you can complete this in 30 minutes! And if you are bigger, assign it out and it still won't take anyone longer than 30 minutes for their section. ------------------------------ Nathan ...

RE: REMINDER: Small College Meet Up

Posted By Nathan Phillips 12-06-2023 08:48:00 AM
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Please join us for a discussion on AI in Teaching and Learning led by Beth Ritter-Guth, Associate Dean of Online Learning & Educational Technology at Northampton Community College, on Wednesday, December 6 at 3 pm ET. Beth was on a panel at Educause about this topic - you will find she is very knowledgeable ...

REMINDER: Small College Meet Up

Posted By Nathan Phillips 12-05-2023 09:47:00 AM
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Please join us for a discussion on AI in Teaching and Learning led by Beth Ritter-Guth, Associate Dean of Online Learning & Educational Technology at Northampton Community College, on Wednesday, December 6 at 3 pm ET. Beth was on a panel at Educause about this topic - you will find she is very knowledgeable ...

RE: IT Training Programs

Posted By Nathan Phillips 12-04-2023 05:27:00 PM
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I've found that doing one-off trainings work best, as opposed to an ongoing "program." For example, a 1-hour workshop on Google Docs and Sheets, or a 1-hour "Advanced Excel" training. If it's successful, I'd follow up with a part 2. I've done these in person or on Zoom, both successful. I target ...

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