MusicTech@UNCG

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Thank you for visiting MusicTech@UNCG, the website of Brian Thacker, the Instructional Technology Consultant in the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For new faculty who would like to inquire about my services as an ITC, please refer to my “Policies” page.

Brian Thacker, site admininstrator

During my off time during the past few weeks I created a new look for MusicTech@UNCG and Courses@MusicTech. I found a really interesting piece of software call Artisteer, that aids in the creation of themes for WordPress, HTML Templates, and other content management systems.

After playing around with a few different designs, I settled on one that was easily recreated in the Moodle LMS (Learning Management System) to create a consistant look on my website. While I used Artisteer to help design the website for the NC Trombone Festival the templates it creates for HTML projects are not easily edited in the version of Dreamweaver I am currently using. Since I am a big fan of WordPress, for which this software was initially designed, this is not a detraction for me. In fact, after using this software I converted my band and project studio websites over to WordPress from iWeb which allows for much easier maintaning of those sites.

UNCG School of Music Faculty:

With the changes in copying policies due to the budget, I ask that you please review the policies located at http://musictech.uncg.edu/uncg/itc/. I will be more than happy to help you create content for use in your courses and on Blackboard, but with the upcoming increase in demand for PDFs and recordings, the formats and turn around times are especially important. Since I have a sheet fed scanner, I cannot scan media such as books and journals unless they have been copied to 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper first, preferrably doubled-sided to save paper. Photos are not a problem, as long as they do not excced the above size. Thank you.

Brian Thacker