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Hack/Doc Fest IV Reimbursement Procedure

All of the NITLE schools attending Hack/Doc Fest are eligible for reimbursement of food, travel and lodging expenses of up to $1,200. Requirements for reimbursement are as follows:

  1. The reimbursement deadline is June 17, 2009
    • Your receipts must be received by Lafayette by this date.
  2. We are following the Lafayette College reimbursement rules for food, which allow $50 per diem, including one alcoholic beverage. You may include tips in your reimbursements.
  3. The milage rate is .55.
  4. Your receipts for lodging and travel must show a zero balance, which means that the receipt should include:
    • the cost of your ticket or hotel stay
    • the credit card charge (or other payment) showing your paid the bill
    • a final balance of $0.
    • Note: This usually means you need to use your final bill, not the confirmation (which typically shows the cost, but not your payment).
  5. You must include all your original receipts. Printouts (e.g. for airplane ticket purchases) are ok.
    • Note: Scans of the receipts aren’t ok; we need the originals. We recommend that you make copies of your receipts before sending in the originals.
  6. Mail your completed reimbursement to:
    • Kenneth Newquist
    • David Bishop Skillman Library
    • 710 Sullivan Road
    • Lafayette College
    • Easton, PA 18042-1797

The reimbursement form:

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Requesting Hacks, Fixes and Documentation for Hack/Doc Fest IV

Hack/Doc Fest is coming soon, and we’re starting to put together our list of possible tasks for the event. We’re in the process of gathering and reviewing the usability tests that a number of schools conducted in the spring, and we expect a good chunk of our work to be guided by those results.

As always though, we’re looking for suggestions from the community about things *you* want us to look at and work on. These can be bug fixes, hacks, functionality improvements, documentation, road testing, etc. 

Note: You don’t have to be attending Hack/Doc Fest to make suggestions — we’d like suggestions from the entire community.  Read more

Moodle 1.9 Usability Testing, Round 1

Our member colleges are conducting usability tests of Moodle 1.9 to evaluate problem areas with the software in Spring 2009. There are two tests, one for faculty, one for students, that evaluate common tasks that they are likely to encounter when working in Moodle (such as updating their profile, responding to forum assignments, creating assignments, grading assignments, etc.) Screen capture software is used to record the volunteer's actions and faces during the tests, and data is collected in a central survey for later data crunching.

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