Language Resource Center Providing technologically enhanced resources for language acquisition

Language Resource Center  IVCC World Languages

LRC Usage 

Student PC Workstations  The LRC has 15 Student PC Workstations connected to a dedicated server that houses software for world language study.

Sanako Lab/300  On the right side of the PC monitor the Sanako taskbar guides students to resources housed on the server.

The Sanako Task Bar  Media Finder (the search dog icon) to locate and launch files

Audio & Video  When a student selects audio or video files the Player opens.  Students can listen and record.

Playing Video  To see a video, the WIN TV screen also opens.  The WIN TV screen can be sized to a student’s preference. Clicking and dragging on the lower right corner of the screen resizes it.

The Sanako Task Bar  Bulletin Board Service [BBS] (the big red !) with important information  Click on the BBS for important news and helpful information about your course.

The Sanako Task Bar  Internet Explorer  Click here to access  IVCC Home Page  Worldwide Web  LRC web page  World Language Faculty web pages

The Sanako Task Bar  Microsoft Office Word  Microsoft Office PowerPoint

The Sanako Task Bar  End Session  Click here to :  End LRC session and  Receive credit for LRC time logged in

Atajo for Students of Spanish  Atajo, The Spanish Writing Assistant is loaded on Student PCs #3,5,11 and 17 in the LRC.  To activate Atajo, click on the Icon on the right task bar:

In the LRC and Beyond  Ongoing technological advancements  Demands for alternate course delivery  Desire for 24/7 access to course resources  Changing priorities  Changing methods  Changing job descriptions  Changing measurements of success

This concludes your “minute visit” to the LRC  Text, photography and production by Anna Marie Pietrolonardo  04/06/ All rights reserved