Here are theprivate site and public site spreadsheets for October 19 - 25, 2008.
October 2008 Archives
Dawn Hunzicker, Assistive Technology Coordinator in the UA's Disability Resource Center, passed this news on.
"Baltimore, Maryland (September 26, 2008): The National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley today announced a cooperative agreement with Apple, Inc. to make Apple's iTunes software, iTunes Store, and iTunes U more accessible to the blind. On September 9, Apple released iTunes 8, which contains significant accessibility improvements. Under today's agreement, Apple will make iTunes U (a dedicated area of the iTunes Store for content provided by colleges and universities) fully accessible by December 31, 2008, and will ensure the full accessibility of the iTunes software and the rest of the iTunes Store to blind people using both Mac and Windows operating systems by June 30, 2009. Over the next three years, Apple will continue to work with officials in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General and the National Federation of the Blind to ensure that the iTunes services remain accessible to the blind and that accessibility issues are resolved. Apple has also agreed to contribute $250,000 to the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind to assist the agency in providing adaptive technology to blind residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
Upload the UA's Private iTunes U or the Public iTunes U
YouTube has added audio playback to typed comments. Works quite well for text to speech, by the way.
Download last week's iTunes U use stats:Public site stats | Private site stats
The Vistas of Gender Utopia
There were 148 downloads for the new Art & Identity lecture series video track, The Vistas of Gender Utopia [click to download 206MB MPEG4 video], I uploaded on Thursday, 10/2. I didn't feature it on the main page so what that tells me is that there likely are upwards of 140+ subscribers to the podcast.
As you know, you can click the SUBSCRIBE button to automatically receive any new podcast when you subscribe. Subscribing uses an RSS feed. It is sooooooooooooooooooo much easier this way than the original way of needing to past a RSS URL into iTunes.
Several videos were added to iTunes U this week.
Topic: Sciences, Section Programs, Seminars and Events. I created a new section for Anthony B. DeFeo Lectures. These are annual lectures given by invited speakers. Heather's Media Services unit shot video last year's lecture by Dr. Leonard LaPointe and I've had it in the Wildcatcasts section. With this year's in the can I thought it worthwhile of a section in Section Programs, Seminars and Events. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences faculty are involved in some outstanding research and I am glad to find a way to feature the department in iTunes U. This year's lecture: H. Eugene Hoyme, M.D. "The Role of Genetic and Malformation Syndromes in Autism Spectrum Disorders" Casey went out and captured an image of the building to brand the new section nicely.
Topic: Arts, Section The Arts and Artists at the University of Arizona. Two new videos added! One for Art & Identity: The Artists Lecture Series and one for the UA Museum of Art. Jenny Schmid's "The Vistas of Gender Utopia" is part of one of the best podcast series we have on the UA on iTunes U, Art & Identity. Follow the link to read more about it. "In the Shadow of a Famous Master: Maestro Bartolomé's Innovations in the Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo" is the title of Dr. Barbara Anderson's lecture on behalf of the UA Museum of Art.
"Following two years of groundbreaking research and technical analysis, the University of Arizona Museum of Art's magnificent altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo has returned to Tucson. Since the fall of 2006, this exquisite group of 26 Spanish medieval paintings has undergone ultraviolet light and X-ray examination, as well as infrared reflectography at the Kimbell Art Museum's Conservation Studio in Fort Worth, Texas. The resulting scientific and art historical research have unlocked 500-year-old secrets about the altarpiece's creation and realization."We are also uploading videos of President Shelton and Provost Hay's Town Hall meetings with SAC, APAC, and UA faculty.
Here are the iTunes U spreadsheets for the week of September 21-27, 2008. public stats and private
Of most interest is the 935 downloads for the UA Phoenix Mars podcast of Will Holst's video of Ira Flatow's Science Friday live broadcast at Mar Mission HQ. I put it on the main page as a featured video and, of course, anyone with a subscription to the Phoenix Mars Mission podcast received it.
