ARTSYS Tutorial

ARTSYS --The Articulation System for Maryland Colleges and Universities. When I first read the title I did not understand what the website was used for. Obviously, it is has something to do with Maryland Colleges and Universities. However, what is the purpose of the site? How do you use it?

What is the Purpose? 

This website is a great tool for students who plan on transferring from a Maryland college to another. The job of this website is to help students see if their course they have taken or will take will transfer to another college. It was very helpful. It is usually up-to-date but I would double check both schools to make sure they still offer those courses. 

Using ARTSYS:

On the left hand side our tabs. Click on Course Equivalences. After clicking on the tab, it will take you to another screen.  

You type in your current College or University. You also type in the college you plan on attending. The first drop down button will ask your Transfer From/Institution and the next drop down button will ask you the Transfer To/Institution.









 After these steps you can search courses that will transfer to the college you want to attend. Example: Harford Community College to University of Baltimore. It will ask you to type in the Course ID: ENG219.








Next it will show you this screen verifying if University of Baltimore will accept ENG219 as a transferable credit. This screen shows you the following: how many credits you will receive for it, what grade you have to have for it to transfer, is it a GenEd to a specific area. In this example, it is to Literature AREA.


I have used this website and have found it to be very helpful. I observed that the website was not accurate for the most up-to-date courses that both Harford and Univeristy of Baltimore offer. In my web browser I opened another tab that had Harford's courses they were offering in the 2013-2014 and I compared them to the ARTSYS website for accuracy. 

Embedding vs. Downloading

Recently, I went Baltimore City for a conference at University of Baltimore. A group of us drove down and parked in the train station. As we were walking by the Dogwood tree's were in full bloom. They were stunning!The top picture is of the clock on the Penn Station building. This is a picture I took and uploaded to this blog. The picture of the Dogwood blooms (bottom) is from Google images that resembles what I saw at the station. This picture I upload using embedded text. The difference between to is this: 

Embedding an image or video in a blog is when the image or video appears within the context of the post, although the actual data remains on the server that hosts it. The disadvantage to this approach is if the owner of the video or image is removed or deleted from a website (Flickr or Youtube for example), then that image or video will no longer appear on your blog. When embedded in a blog, the HTML code instructs the browser where to obtain the video or image and how to display it (Web 2.0 Concepts and Applications).

Uploading an image or video from your own computer takes up space on your computer. The advantage is that you do not have to fear that it will no longer appear on your blog because it is your image or video. It also allows me to upload several images at a time. If I wanted to embed all my images, I would have to do them one at a time.