Track student lesson usage and scoring with LessonLink.

Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 2:10pm by Austin Groothuis

CALI LessonLinkFaculty, did you know you can easily track student usage for CALI Lessons you assign with LessonLink? That's right, no more requiring student screenshots or print-outs as proof that your students ran the lesson. It's simple to create LessonLinks, and the student scoring data shows up in your CALI profile's "My LessonLinks" page as long as students run the lessons through the exact links you give them.  Here's a LessonLink video to show you how.

Law students: run this lesson for a chance to win prizes.

Posted Wed, 08/17/2011 - 4:16pm by Austin Groothuis

Punctuation and Grammar Lesson Question Screenshot CALISure, running our Punctuation and Grammar for Law Students lesson will help you with common legal writing mistakes. But if you run the lesson through this exact link within the next week, you could just win a prize. Ok, maybe a Starbucks giftcard doesn't compare to the higher legal writing grade you will surely receive. But still, here are the details...

Welcome aboard, Sarah!

Posted Mon, 08/15/2011 - 12:51pm by Austin Groothuis

Sarah CaricatureToday is our newest staff member's first day; Sarah Glassmeyer is now our Director of Content Development. She comes to CALI from the law librarian world where she's well-known as an innovator and leader in the community. She was even named one of the Fastcase 50 legal innovators along with John, our Executive Director. Needless to say, we're thrilled to have her aboard. You can follow her through her Twitter account and her blog. Read her take on joining CALI. Welcome to CALI, Sarah!

Details of New Faculty Features in CALI5 Viewer.

Posted Thu, 08/11/2011 - 4:18pm by Austin Groothuis

Image of faculty features.You've heard about the new CALI viewer and why students should be excited about it (compatibility with tablets and smartphones, for one).

We didn't forget about faculty in all the excitement. We've built into the new Lessons some very handy special features visible only to faculty users. Here are the details:...

 

Extreme Makeover: CALI Lessons Edition

Posted Wed, 08/10/2011 - 10:49am by Austin Groothuis

makeover shotCONGRATULATIONS CALI LESSONS! We know how much you needed some changes. But, you're always spending your time helping desperately stressed-out law students learn the law. That's why we rounded up the crew and decided to give you an Extreme Makeover: CALI Lessons Edition.
Today, 8/10/2011, is the day we officially unveil to the whole world your new look and features. We've made the new lesson viewer the default. Read on...

Big changes in store for CALI Wednesday morning (8/10/11)

Posted Mon, 08/08/2011 - 5:11pm by Austin Groothuis

CALI Lesson ViewerWatch out for big changes here at cali.org on Wednesday, August 10, when CALI Lessons will work on smartphones and tablets, have a completely new look, and add a host of new features. Because this Wednesday we officially send CALI users who push the Play/"Run Lesson" buttons to the new CALI Lesson Viewer.

A note on the LessonLink score tracking feature for faculty users:...

28.6% of CALI staff named Fastcase 50 innovators.

Posted Mon, 07/25/2011 - 7:58pm by Austin Groothuis

Fastcase 50The fine folks at Fastcase just named the Fastcase 50: "the fifty most interesting, provocative, and courageous leaders in the world of law, scholarship, and legal technology." John Mayer, CALI's Executive Director, and Sarah Glassmeyer, our soon-to-be Director of Content Development, were among those honored. ...

CALI on iPads, anyone? New viewer now open to students.

Posted Tue, 07/19/2011 - 5:12pm by Austin Groothuis

Update 8/10/11: The new viewer is out of beta, it's now the default when you click the Run Lesson.

Law students with iPads, iPhones, and other tablets and smartphones, your wait is over. Today we made a beta version of the new CALI Lesson viewer available to all students registered here at cali.org!...

Suggested CALI material for incoming 1Ls.

Posted Mon, 07/18/2011 - 3:39pm by Austin Groothuis

    There is not a lot of hand-holding in law school. As an incoming 1L, a certain base level of skills and knowledge is expected of you. In order to make it in law school you should a) recall the very basics of the law - high school level civics stuff, b) be able to write free of many grammar and punctuation problems, and c) recognize what plagiarism is and know how to avoid it.

    Coincidently (or not), we at CALI have three CALI lessons that deal with each. Respectively:...

    If you're set to become 1L this fall, get the CALI authorization code from a law librarian at your school and run through each of these lessons. Do it now, before the busyness of attending law school sets in.

    If you work at a law school as a librarian or professor, think about assigning one or all of these lessons to your incoming students.

     

Video of New CALI Lesson Interface Webcast

Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:03pm by Austin Groothuis

You can find video of CALI Lessons Webinar Videoyesterday's webcast on the new, smartphone-compatible on Youtube.

Faculty and staff already have access to the new interface. So watch the webcast video, run a lesson with the new interface, and let us know what you think!

Register!: Webcast on new-look, mobile-compatible lesson interface.

Posted Mon, 07/11/2011 - 1:37pm by Austin Groothuis

CALI Lessons Tomorrow, July 12, at 3PM eastern we're hosting a live webcast where we'll discuss the new CALI Lesson interface. Make sure you register!

Please join us as we demo the new lessons, explain the timeline for implementation, and answer your questions.

CALI Lessons work on iPads, iPhones, other devices.

Posted Tue, 06/28/2011 - 4:26pm by Austin Groothuis

New CALI LessonsCALI Lessons are going to look a lot different for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. Content of the lessons will remain the same, but the new-look lessons will include features you've been asking us about for awhile:

  • CALI Lessons will finally work on tablets and smartphones like iPads and iPhones. They will, of course, continue to work on your computer.

2011 CALIcon presentation vids available

Posted Mon, 06/27/2011 - 11:56am by Austin Groothuis

John's Homemade Angry Birds SlingshotWe'd like to thank Marquette Law School with their fabulous new building, and especially all of you who attended, for making the 2011 CALI Conference for Law School Computing another success. If you couldn't make it to the conference or a specific session, we've made video of all sessions available at the CALIcon11 video archive.

CALIcon Social Event: Watch the Sausage Race at Miller Park

Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 5:24pm by Austin Groothuis

Sausage Race - It's a real thing.If you're coming to the CALI conference in Milwaukee, please sign up by June 9 for the group outing to the Sausage Race at Milwaukee's Miller Park. As pre-race entertainment there will be several innings of a baseball exhibition between purported professional baseball teams: the Minnesota Twins and the hometown Brewers. The teams will resume their baseball match at the conclusion of the race. Video footage of a previous race below...

Hear John and Elmer discuss CALIcon11 on Law School Tech Talk

Posted Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:08pm by Austin Groothuis

CALI conference attendees can hear the "Abbott and Costello of law school IT" (John, our Executive Director, and Elmer, our Director of Internet Development) discuss this year's CALI Conference in the recently posted Law School Tech Talk podcast, Episode 14.

Still time to register and join us for the conference in Milwaukee, if this thoroughly engaging duo piques your interest.

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