Welcome to UMass Medical School Information Services. You will be using a spectrum of instructional technologies in your studies. This checklist represents what you will require to access your curriculum content.
Technology Preparation Checklist |
Help Desk and BLS Vista Introduction |
| | Utilize your UMass Medical School email account to receive your BLS Vista credentials |
| Contact the 24/7 Help Desk - For all technology needs--for example BLS Vista log in credentials
- Except the Laptop Program
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- | Login to BLS Vista and run the Check Browser to verify your laptop settings |
BLS Vista SoM Course Structure |
- | Access your Course List |
| View the Medical School online course template iCARE |
- | Navigate to the 2nd and 3rd layers of the course site |
- | Open a linked PDF file, practice annotating, highlighting, and save to your laptop |
Multimedia Content |
| | View multimedia content: Recorded Lecture Capture streaming sample |
Virtual Microscopy |
- | Open and view Virtual Microscopy slides, changing objectives. |
Polling Technologies |
- | There are two types of polling - via clicker or via a web browser (Responseware). Faculty may choose one or the other. You will receive an email in the next couple of weeks that will instruct you to activate your Responseware license. |
| Lyn Riza, MS / Associate CIO Christine Worden / Director Academic Computing, IS |