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Multimedia Development Center

Are you interested in using multimedia (simulations, games, video, audio, or Podcasting to enhance your course? Then the Mission College Multimedia Development Center (MDC) is your solution! The MDC is available to all faculty interested in developing multimedia to support instructional activities.

Common uses of the MDC include production of:

  • Digital Audio Video
  • Multimedia presentations
  • Desktop Capture and simulation
  • Photo Editing
  • Online Course Materials (PDF, Word, Excel)

Contact Curtis Pembrook (408-855-5275) or Greg Shaw (408-855-5132) for more information about the Multimedia Development Center.

Test Pilot

Test Pilot is the most sophisticated and cost effective assessment tool available today. Creating and using computerized tests is a breeze with Test Pilot! Test Pilot runs on the Mission College web server, so users have access to tests and surveys anytime they have access to a personal computer and the Internet. Click here to learn more about Test Pilot.

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Manila

Manila is an easy to use Content Management System that allows you create and edit a Web site while using a Web browser like Internet Explorer or Netscape. Manila uses templates and a simple web editor to allow you to develop a web page as easily as you create a word-processed document. Distance learning instructors need to use Manila to update the Distance Learning Schedule. Click here to learn more about Manila.

TurnitIn

Recognized worldwide as the standard in Plagiarism Prevention. Turnitin instantly identifies papers containing unoriginal material and acts as a powerful deterrent to stop student plagiarism before it starts. (Contact Curtis Pembrook (408-855-5275), Cindy Vinson (408-855-5541), or Patrick Hudak (408-855-5361) to learn more about TurnitIn.)

CCCConfer

Meet with faculty, staff, and students in real time, in groups of two or even hundreds—with just a PC, a telephone and an Internet connection. CCCConfer is the California Community Colleges system’s FREE Web and phone-based collaboration service. You can conduct your meetings, training's, classes and events at a moment's notice, anytime, anywhere without traveling. Share documents, presentations, poll your audience and use a white board for taking notes. There are public and private chat features and the ability to archive the entire meeting for later playback. Go to: www.cccconfer.org/index2.aspx to learn more about CCCConfer

MERLOT

The MERLOT Project is a collaboration among 22 higher education institutions and systems, including California's community colleges. Its purpose is to develop a free, web-based resource where faculty can easily find digital learning materials organized by academic field, together with evaluations and guidance for their use. www.merlot.org