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Podcast Test – Hosted on Google Drive

This is a quick test to see if I can publish a podcast on WordPress and have the file hosted on Google Drive.

Be sure the file is shared publicly and use the embed code to embed the player here.

The feed for the podcasts I post here should be https://www.beens.ca/category/podcast/feed/.

Update: The widget embed code must trip up the podcast programs because the programs cannot seem to find a podcast on this page. The good news though is that the test with the file hosted on GitHib worked perfectly.

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Podcast Test – Hosted on GitHub

This is a quick test to see if I can publish a podcast on WordPress and have the file hosted on GitHub.

Be sure the use the “raw” link when inserting the URL. WordPress will insert a player automatically.

The feed for the podcasts I post here should be https://www.beens.ca/category/podcast/feed/.

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Multi Device Website Mockup Generator

This is a recent email I shared with the Communications Technology email list. You may be interested in this if you or your students do website development.

I found a great webpage that will show you what your website looks like on multiple devices at once. It’s great! It would be very useful to make sure your website will look good on mobile devices or tablets.

https://techsini.com/multi-mockup/index.php

Here’s an example when previewing my website:

Multi Device Website Mockup Generator

The only hiccup I found when I was looking at my sites, I had to be sure to use https:// instead of http://.

Check it out!
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Piazza (LMS) Demo Session – My Comments

I attended a Piazza demo session yesterday. Considering the demo was only an hour and there was no time for clarification, my comments may not be entirely accurate. Please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes.

Piazza is a lightweight Learning Management System which is available at https://piazza.com. It is much less comprehensive than D2L, more like Google Classroom but with a nicer interface for students (in my opinion). Continue reading “Piazza (LMS) Demo Session – My Comments”