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Comments for Tech Czech https://techczech.net Czeching in on Tech Tue, 27 Dec 2016 06:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 Comment on Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course by Zack TheTester https://techczech.net/2012/12/09/use-google-communities-to-run-google-hangouts-with-your-tutorial-groups-in-a-large-online-course/#comment-2385 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 06:50:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1166#comment-2385 Better UI with more features than default chat extension in hangout video conference. ✔ Persistent storage to save chat across different hangout sessions. ✔ YouTube live chats gets destroyed once the live event is over. It lets you keep it for your future reference and continuity. ✔ Can seamlessly connect YouTube Live chat with hangout chat to enable live event viewers to communicate directly with event/webinar participants and hosts. https://www.facebook.com/unifiedchat/ https://plus.google.com/114238116121001836077]]> We use this amazing hangout app to save chat messages inside hangout and hangout on air. Have a look. Its features copied from G+ group:

A better, more enhanced chat extension for anyone who uses google hangouts video conference, or hangouts on Air, or YouTube live Events.
https://www.unifiedchat.com

✔ Better UI with more features than default chat extension in hangout video conference.
✔ Persistent storage to save chat across different hangout sessions.
✔ YouTube live chats gets destroyed once the live event is over. It lets you keep it for your future reference and continuity.
✔ Can seamlessly connect YouTube Live chat with hangout chat to enable live event viewers to communicate directly with event/webinar participants and hosts.

https://www.facebook.com/unifiedchat/
https://plus.google.com/114238116121001836077

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Comment on 5 Moodle 2 features that waste admin time by Cá Cơm https://techczech.net/2012/04/10/5-moodle-2-features-that-waste-admin-time/#comment-2381 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 07:27:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=831#comment-2381 Stupid Moodle URL

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Comment on What’s good and what’s missing in GoToWebinar and alternative solutions for delivering live online lectures by Ellie https://techczech.net/2012/08/22/gotowebinar-and-alternative-solutions-fo-delivering-online-lectures/#comment-2380 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:45:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1047#comment-2380 Good afternoon everyone! This is really well written, Ray. And highlights every problem that frustrated me about go to webinar, who I used for 2 years. the recording issues and the video thing we were my main bugbears. a company called workcast rang me and simply asked if id like to see theirs. didnt feel like i was being sold it at all so i agreed to a demo of their platform. it was outstanding but understandably i was a bit hesitant. my manager then attended one with them and said we should switch as he hates the clunkiness of goto.. so we changed and in 1.5 years we havent had a single issue. their delivery team are brilliant and we can chat after our webinar has stopped aswell which is really good considering some of our presenters can be in the us and rest of europe. anyway just a thought as its not on your list of ‘others’!

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Наталія Богданець https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2374 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:24:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2374 +1 vote for WordPress solution.
WordPress definitely is the most unbeatable platform as compared to the other. Drupal is indisputably great, but not for those who can’t get a full advantage of it.

I’m running a website powered by WordPress and consider it being one-fits-all solution. Came across http://goo.gl/UWIR27. Looks cool! Hopefully, you’ll find it useful. Regards…

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Comment on What’s good and what’s missing in GoToWebinar and alternative solutions for delivering live online lectures by Mitchell Yates https://techczech.net/2012/08/22/gotowebinar-and-alternative-solutions-fo-delivering-online-lectures/#comment-2365 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:23:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1047#comment-2365 Thanks for the article, it was really informative on some of the different alternatives of web conferencing. Utilizing these resources in the digital age is vital to being competitive in the business realm. One product that makes web conferencing easier than ever is iMeet (http://www.pgi.com/imeet), which allows users to meet online, share information, and collaborate in the virtual space with up to 15 people in HD video, or 125 people in audio. iMeet will change the way you do business by making it easier and simpler than ever.

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by How To: Change Gnome default lock-screen background (easiest method) - iWillFolo https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2364 Tue, 06 May 2014 18:55:51 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2364 […] out to be not really worth the efforts, the reasons for this are pretty much summed up on this article by Dominik […]

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Comment on Word 2013 Preview Accessibility and Usability Review – First Impressions [Update 2 on uninstall] by Office 2013 Expert Reviews | UX Moments https://techczech.net/2012/07/21/word-2013-preview-accessibility-and-usability-first-impressions/#comment-2363 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:41:39 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=968#comment-2363 […] Word 2013 Preview Accessibility and Usability Review – First Impressions July 21, 2012 by Dominik Lukeš […]

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Comment on What’s good and what’s missing in GoToWebinar and alternative solutions for delivering live online lectures by Aliasgar Babat https://techczech.net/2012/08/22/gotowebinar-and-alternative-solutions-fo-delivering-online-lectures/#comment-2360 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:45:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1047#comment-2360 Hey Ray. Have you tried on premise RHUB web conferencing appliances? Try it out. It is very easy to use and provides better security as compared to hosted services.

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Ayesha https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2359 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:54:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2359 I would prefer Drupal for my websites and WP for my blogs. The reason behind this is well known. Since I am a programmer and love doing it, I would prefer Drupal for all my business commercial websites and I also do a lot of websites for my clients with Drupal.

But when it comes to personal blogs, I would prefer WP, as its simpler and easy to do stuffs like posting, editing and doesn’t require expertise.

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Mikkel Breum https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2349 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:23:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2349 With Views (part of the ToolSet bundle from wp-types) you can build qustom queries and custom views using a point and click interface. Now add the possibility to code your own short codes (custom php that will execute in place of shortcodes placed in the view templates), and you can create anyting. There is also the Drag and draw template building framework HeadWay from HeadWay Themes. When you combine WordPRess, HeadWay and ToolSet’s Custom post types and custom views builder, you have something very flexible, powerful, and easy/fast do develop in. I’d like to see a cmparison with Drupal (any modules added) against the WP setup I described here. For extended post-to-post relations add in the free Posts2Posts plugin for WordPress by scribu.

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Jackson poet https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2348 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:22:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2348 Thanks so much for this analysis. It’s time for the third version of my site and it has to be WordPress or Drupal. I still haven’t quite made up my mind but I’m inclined to take your advice of starting with WordPress and then migrating to Drupal if I need the extra features.

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Comment on 5 Moodle 2 features that waste admin time by Tameside College https://techczech.net/2012/04/10/5-moodle-2-features-that-waste-admin-time/#comment-2347 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:31:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=831#comment-2347 Cohorts is a really good plugin and it works well for us. I think it is meant to work this way:

A course contains information. A cohort contains students.
Create x amount of cohorts and add the students to them.

This allows you to use cohort sync with a course.

When a student joins, add them to the cohort.
When they leave, remove them.

This change is pushed though to the course because it is synced with the cohort.

It is best to use a program to sync your cohort additions/removal with your MIS system.

That is how we have done it and it works really well.
If you need some guidance, get in touch 🙂

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Saurabh Saxena https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2346 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:23:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2346 Both WordPress and Drupal are equally great CMS platforms but depending
on your organization’s information management needs and technical
resources, you will see that in the end there are definitely clear
distinctions between the two.

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Rod Potter https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2338 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:14:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2338 A very good comparison. One thing i’d point out is that WordPress has vastly improved custom content types in core. We’re now seeing some great plugins like ToolSet (wp-types.com) that add the ability to define custom Types, custom Views, front-end content forms and set Access control rules. We’re using this on a WP Multisite installation with 500 active sites. Users who want or need additional content types and content views are building them themselves.

As of WordPress 3.51, there is very little that can’t be done in WordPress (with a small number of plugins). It comes down to what you know and what your users want to use.

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Comment on Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course by Shoeb @ Conference Calls https://techczech.net/2012/12/09/use-google-communities-to-run-google-hangouts-with-your-tutorial-groups-in-a-large-online-course/#comment-2335 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:28:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1166#comment-2335 Google Hangout is really great toll for video conferencing and you explained in very easy way. Thanks for sharing..

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Allen_JT https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2332 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:37:00 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2332 Have you ever given the thought of WordPress and Drupal working together to build a common platform that can cross-plug functionality in either one OR be a new platform that gradually combines the strengths of each? WordPress -> Common Migration <- Drupal

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Comment on Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course by Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course | Integrated Learning and the Future of Higher Education | Scoop.it https://techczech.net/2012/12/09/use-google-communities-to-run-google-hangouts-with-your-tutorial-groups-in-a-large-online-course/#comment-2330 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:15:42 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1166#comment-2330 […] This is a really useful blog that lays out some strategies for integrating Google+ Communities into large online courses. I am a big fan of Google+ Hangouts (and now Hangouts on Air), so it is worth delving into Google+'s every expanding utility as courseware. I am definitely looking into how this might integrate into my forthcoming Film Noir MOOC starting on 3-11-13. (https://www.canvas.net/courses/investigating-film-noir?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=00d2bfda-0f33-4a7b-b757-1663c9560b64)    […]

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Comment on “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?”: What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents #ALTC2012 by “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?”: What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents #ALTC2012 | Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students | Scoop.it https://techczech.net/2012/09/14/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-this-what-every-learning-technologist-should-know-about-accessible-documents-altc2012/#comment-2329 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:47:14 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1111#comment-2329 […] Presentation from the ALT Conference 2012 in Manchester.  "A composite of the many responses we receive when we deliver training on accessible documents to teachers as part of the Load2Learn project" Dominik Lukeš  […]

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Dominik Lukes (@techczech) https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2328 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:49:04 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2328 In reply to Dave Comeaux.

Dave, for a university library site, I would probably still recommend Drupal. I’ve been playing more with QueryWrangler and while it will let you do basic Views, it is nowhere near powerful enough.

It really depends, if you want to do any integrations. If all you want is some pages for library users to read and all the actual work is done on the OPAC, then WordPress is fine. But if you want integration, then Drupal would be the one to go for. I’m sure you already know about the group of Drupal users in the library world: http://groups.drupal.org/libraries.

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Dave Comeaux https://techczech.net/2012/07/28/drupal-wordpress-choice/#comment-2327 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:17:59 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=989#comment-2327 Thanks Dominik! I think this is the most informative article i have seen on this topic. I am leading the redesign of a university’s library system (currently in Drupal 6), and I’m really on the fence between WP and Drupal 7. Your article’s got me leaning WP, but I’m concerned about the lack of a “Views” alternative. I will start testing in the next few days and see if WP can do the job!

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Comment on An innovator’s dilemmas: On the resistance to technological innovation in education by Andrew Little https://techczech.net/2012/05/19/an-innovators-dilemmas-on-the-resistance-to-technological-innovation-in-education/#comment-2326 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:42:58 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=891#comment-2326 Just found your blog from an Audrey Watters post. Really compelling view points that should be more mainstream. I agree that technological advancements are not as fast as one would think, however design implementations are moving fast. Here is what my team has been working on(http://kck.st/QdGOts). I think you’ll find it interesting.

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Comment on What’s good and what’s missing in GoToWebinar and alternative solutions for delivering live online lectures by ray masa https://techczech.net/2012/08/22/gotowebinar-and-alternative-solutions-fo-delivering-online-lectures/#comment-2325 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:55:08 +0000 http://techczech.net/?p=1047#comment-2325 Thanks for the review. I have been pulling my hair out trying to find a good platform at a reasonable price. Tried meetingburner for a while now. It works well for a single presnter, but not if I have multiple presenters. The price point is right, buut just singed up for gotowebinar trial, as I like it better, except I don’t like their price.

Tried Hang out on air, had a few issues with lag (about a 10 second delay), but overall like it a lot. If I can find a simple solution to add chat functionality to it, than I think I will use it more.

So, the search continues for that perfect platform at a right price.

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