Q: How to obtain a temporary or guest ASURITE in order to give sharepoint access to partners outside of ASU?

A: Blackboard Access
If you want an ASURITE ID to be able to take a class in Blackboard, please do the following: 

• Contact someone in the ASU department that you are working with and ask them to submit an online Courtesy Affiliate Request form at forms.asu.edu to request an account for you.

If you are a department and need to sponsor someone that requires an ASURITE ID to access ASU resources, please do the following:

• Go to forms.asu.edu, Computer Account Requests, and fill out a Courtesy Affiliate Request form on behalf of the person who needs the account;You must give the full name, birth date, non ASU email address, and if possible the last 4 digits of the SSN so we can make sure they aren't already in our system.
  
  http://help.asu.edu/sims/selfhelp/SelfhelpKbView.seam?parature_id=8373-8193-5021&source=Selfhelp&cid=7017
• If you have Guest access make sure to switch to the Folder view (the List view is by default and you can't see the content in that setting)

Q: Does Blackboard support publishing, sharing and consumption of open educational resources (OER) across its platforms?

A: Blackboard Inc.announced a series of new initiatives to provide greater support for open education efforts. 

http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/Media-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1618654

Q: What do I need to know about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)?

A: To find out more about web accessibility, visit

http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Q: How to find safe online resources and tools to engage my students in learning?

A: Adobe Education Exchange presented the K-12 Tech Tools website that already collected all information for you -

http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/

• If you're looking for a kid-friendly website to direct your students to during centers, tech tools to assign to your students who need extra help (or want extra work), or new tools to engage your students in learning, this website is for you!
• This website features a collection of free, kid-safe, online resources categorized by subject, grade level, and standard (adapted from DC Public Schools Learning Standards).

Q: Can I get help captioning or subtitling my video?

A: here is an answer from Google

 http://video.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=27738

 You can either obtain software to help you do it yourself, or arrange for a captioning/subtitling company to do it for you. Here are partial lists to get you started: Captioning Guidelines:

• Caption It Yourself

Software:

• Subtitle Workshop
• MovCaptioner

Services:

• WGBH Media Access Group
• Automatic Sync Technologies
• WebWideVideo.com
• Winged Words Transcription Services
• Talking Type Captions
• CaptionMax
• Omega Transcripts
• VITAC
• SubPLY

You can also search Google for "captioning", "subtitling", and "video transcription" software and services.

Q: What is theTeaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future program?

A: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a UNESCO programme for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. It provides professional development for student teachers, teachers, curriculum developers, education policy makers, and authors of educational materials. The modules are divided into 4 themes:

http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/

Q: How to convert video to reduce the size and keep it good quality?

A: Use Any Video Converter

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Any Video Converter Freeware- the Free Video Converter - is the most renowned free video converter for converting video files between various formats, including AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, MPEG, FLV, SWF, 3GP , DVD, WebM , MP3, etc for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Android, PSP, Tablets.

Q: What is a good academic education conference to attend?

A:  Education and Development Conference 2012

This three-day program is unlike most academic conferences. It aims to bring scholars and students together as well as experienced professionals willing to learn, share their ideas and their great achievements, while addressing the importance of education and its strong correlation with development.