It smells like a tire shop in here, but it’s super exciting to have new shop floors!
Canvas Basics
October 7th, 10-11 AM
November 4th, 10-11 AM
FL1-135 (Library Classroom)
This workshop is ideal for beginners, first-time Canvas users, and folks who want a brief introduction before transitioning courses from D2L.
Topics:
Navigating the Canvas interface
Adding content to your Canvas shell
Working with Modules to present your course content
Canvas Assessment and Interaction
October 21, 10-11 AM
November 18th, 10-11 AM
FL1-135 (Library Classroom)
This workshop is designed for folks that want an introduction to some of the assessment and communication tools in Canvas.
Topics:
Assignments
Discussions
Quizzes
Grading
RSVP
Alex Hartigan (student) put all of the Calculus III models up on Thingiverse: Calculus III Models collection
Gena Estep (History) and I have been working on a prototype for a classroom activity that has students organizing and matching some important historical events and their outcomes. She showed me a paper prototype, and I cooked up a quick design in SketchUp for some interlocking game pieces:
A quick print and some post-processing with a Sharpie later…
The third tile didn’t quite work out, but for a first run it got the concept across. Next up: figuring out a reasonably quick production process for generating STLs for all the pieces needed. I’m looking into using OpenSCAD to create customizable objects for the Thingiverse customizer.
Alex Hartigan (student) designed and printed up this 3D Cartesian coordinate model for use with the Calc III models he’s been making lately in collaboration with Kevin Pipkin (Math, below). Turned out nice!
Old cabinets removed from the Innovation Center, which means that hopefully the flooring will be installed soon.
Ian Wallace (Theater Arts) and his crew are making progress on the aquaponics system. Another day or so of work, and we’ll be able to start piecing together the electronics and other systems.
Steve Holzberg (Biology), pulling a print of BCR-ABL, an unregulated kinase that causes cancer, off of the Ultimaker.
As a prototype, the print was fine, though a little small and bit janky on the bottom, so we set up another job and scaled it up. The result was much better, and I think the white filament is perfect for this particular job.
On the aquaponics system…
and on the makerspace floors…
Wendy and Mike Appleby teach at Georgetown School in Georgetown, CA, where they’ve been developing the Georgetown Makerspace and associated programs. They’re starting a new gear-up phase, so I invited them to visit the Innovation Center the other day. They brought their son Sam, and we did some 3D printing, cut some stickers on the vinyl cutter, and set up a plotter job on the X-Carve. We talked about different ways we might work together, and decided on a “sister lab” concept. We kicked around some ideas for a partnership plan, to include sharing information and resources, maybe collaborating on some training, and hopefully hosting Georgetown School students for field trips and work days once our space is built out.
I work chiefly with adults, and it never ceases to amaze me how very competent some children are at using digital tools. After a brief introduction, Sam quickly figured out Tinkercad, and designed some sweet accessories for his action figure, though it took a few rounds of prototypes to get the scale right. Applied mathematics!
Diane Carlson (Sociology) designed some game pieces in Tinkercad and printed them on the Ultimaker:
