Week's End Report - June 26, 2015

Tip of the Week!

As most of you are aware, students can download Microsoft Office 2013 from Campus Connect for free!

If you or your students are interested in learning more about using Microsoft Office, Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF) has a website where they can access help documents and tutorial videos, free of charge:

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office2013

Training Opportunity

Respondus is offering three 45-minute webinars on using LockDown Browser. These sessions fill quickly so, if you’re interested, sign up soon!

• Wednesday, July 8th at 2 pm ET
• Thursday, July 30th at 3 pm ET

To register, click here: http://www.respondus.com/products/webinar/#LDB?utm_medium=email&utm_source=May-2015-training-invite-non-admin-version&utm_campaign=Training_Email_6_2015

Reminders

• New sections of IVYC101 are available in the Training Portal on Campus Connect
• Getting Started webinars will be held throughout the week, encourage your students to participate
• If you would like access to the Self-Enroll Module for summer, contact your program chair or dean about requesting access

Systems Information

All Banner modules will be unavailable from 6 am until noon on Sunday, June 28th

IvyNews will be unavailable from 9 am - 10 am on Sunday, June 28th

Week's End Report - June 19th, 2015

Tip of the Week!

At the beginning of each semester we have to set up our courses with our contact information and that of our supervisors, Disability Support Services and (if teaching online) our regional Online Learning Support.

Most of that information stays the same each semester but the non-attendance date (also known as the no-show withdraw date or NW date) and last date of withdraw changes each semester. A few things to remember about dates:

• The no-show withdraw date is the same as the end date for the 100% refund period
• This is often a Thursday or Friday, not the end of the week as is commonly believed
• The deadline is set by college policy and may not be changed under any circumstances
• The “Deadline to submit NWs” listed on the academic calendar is the reporting deadline for faculty, not the deadline for students to participate
• Students who do not participate in an academically-related event prior to the end of the 100% refund period should be assigned an NW in Campus Connect before the deadline to submit NWs
• If a student participates in the course after the end of the 100% refund period but prior to NWs being submitted, the student should still be submitted as NW (students may request permission to rejoin the course after the NW is processed)
• Last date of withdraw is listed on the academic calendar
• If in doubt, refer to the Getting Started website, which contains all of the correct dates each semester: http://bit.ly/idcgettingstarted

New Tutor.com Courses

Tutor.com is now offering an expanded list of courses for which online tutoring is available live 24/7:

• CHEM101

• BIOL211
• ECON101
• ECON201
• ECON202
• HIST101
• HIST102
• MATH201
• OFAD218
• OFAD103
• POLS101
• SCIN101
• SCIN111
• SPAN101
• SPAN102

A Writing Center is also now available, allowing students to speak with a live tutor for general writing and grammar assistance and tips.

Students can access Tutor.com by logging in to Blackboard and clicking the Connect button in the Tutor.com module on the My Blackboard 9.1 page.

Training Opportunity

Respondus is offering three 45-minute webinars on using LockDown Browser. These sessions fill quickly so, if you’re interested, sign up soon!

• Friday, June 19th at 12 pm ET
• Wednesday, July 8th at 2 pm ET
• Thursday, July 30th at 3 pm ET

To register, click here: http://www.respondus.com/products/webinar/#LDB?utm_medium=email&utm_source=May-2015-training-invite-non-admin-version&utm_campaign=Training_Email_6_2015

Reminders

• New sections of IVYC101 are available in the Training Portal on Campus Connect
• Getting Started webinars will be held throughout the week, encourage your students to participate
• If you would like access to the Self-Enroll Module for summer, contact your program chair or dean about requesting access

McGraw-Hill Connect Issue

Students attempting to use McGraw-Hill Connect will get a message prompting them to enter a code. This is a system issue that has continued to occur every semester. Students should not purchase an additional access code (this is part of the IncludED fees they have already paid), but rather should sign in using the trial access. The trial access will convert to standard access when the issue is resolved. Students who call McGraw-Hill for tech support are being advised to purchase an access code, so please be sure to notify your students of this issue even if none have reported it to you.

Systems Information

Staff/faculty e-mail will be intermittently unavailable from 10 pm on Saturday, June 20th through 1 am on Sunday, June 21st. Student e-mail will not be affected.

Banner will be unavailable for maintenance from 6 am until noon on Sunday, June 28th.

Week's End Report - June 12, 2015

Tip of the Week!

The YouTube mashup tool in Blackboard is currently not functioning, but there are two ways to work around this issue: creating a web link or embedding the video. To implement your chosen work around, follow the steps below:

Create a Web Link

1. Copy the URL for the YouTube video (it is recommended that you copy the URL by first clicking the Share button below the video and then copying the URL displayed there)
2. In Blackboard, navigate to the Content Area where the video should be posted
3. Mouse over Build Content
4. Click Web Link
5. Give the link a name
6. Paste the URL for the video into the URL box
7. Add a description and set additional options, as appropriate
8. Make sure the link is set to open in a new window
9. Click the Submit button

Embed the YouTube video

1. In YouTube, click the Share button below the video you want to embed
2. Click the Embed tab to display the embed code
3. Copy the embed code (click Show More below the embed code for additional options, like preventing YouTube from suggesting related videos at the end of the video)
4. In the text editor in Blackboard, click the html button
5. A new window will open, paste the embed code in the window
6. Click the Update button
7. Click the Submit button when you are done editing the text

McGraw-Hill Connect Issue

Students attempting to use McGraw-Hill Connect will get a message prompting them to enter a code. This is a system issue that has continued to occur every semester. Students should not purchase an additional access code (this is part of the IncludED fees they have already paid), but rather should sign in using the trial access. The trial access will convert to standard access when the issue is resolved. Students who call McGraw-Hill for tech support are being advised to purchase an access code, so please be sure to notify your students of this issue even if none have reported it to you.

Training Opportunity

Respondus is offering three 45-minute webinars on using LockDown Browser. These sessions fill quickly so, if you’re interested, sign up soon!

• Friday, June 19th at 12 pm ET
• Wednesday, July 8th at 2 pm ET
• Thursday, July 30th at 3 pm ET

To register, click here: http://www.respondus.com/products/webinar/#LDB?utm_medium=email&utm_source=May-2015-training-invite-non-admin-version&utm_campaign=Training_Email_6_2015

Reminders

• New sections of IVYC101 are available in the Training Portal on Campus Connect
• If you would like access to the Self-Enroll Module for summer, contact your program chair or dean about requesting access

Systems Information

Staff/faculty e-mail will be intermittently unavailable from 10 pm on Saturday, June 20th through 1 am on Sunday, June 21st. Student e-mail will not be effected.

Week's End Report - June 5, 2015

Tip of the Week!

Wondering how to get your course set up for the summer semester? What is the NW date? What is the last day to withdraw?

The Getting Started website has everything you need:

http://bit.ly/idcgettingstarted

 

Online Instructor Certification

Two new sections of IVYC101- the Online Instructor Certification course- are now available in the Training Portal!

IVYC101 is a six-week online course, it requires approximately 6-10 hours per week. Successful completion of IVYC101 is required in order to teach online. Space is limited and it’s filling up fast!

For more information on how to register, click here: http://bit.ly/idc-trainingportal

Click on the document under “IVYC101 Registration Instructions”

Getting Started Webinars

Getting Started in Your Online Course webinars have begun!

To register, visit: http://bit.ly/GetStartedOnlineSummer2015

Webinars are free of charge to students and offered on multiple dates and times. Distribute the link to your students and encourage them to attend!

Course Merge Requests

Please be sure to submit your course merge requests soon! Once the courses become available to students (24 hours before the courses begin) they are no longer eligible to be merged.

Course merge requests can be submitted here: http://bit.ly/mergerequest

Please make sure you thoroughly review the Course Merge FAQs document prior to filling out a merge request!

Self-Enroll Module Access Reminder

Self-Enroll Module access from Spring 2015 has been removed. In order to get access to the module for summer, please speak with your program chairs or deans about requesting access.

For more information about the Self-Enroll Module, click here: http://bit.ly/selfenrollinfo

When using the Self-Enroll Module, please be aware that courses become available through the module 24 hours prior to the beginning of the semester (at the same time courses become available to students). To gain immediate access to the course you would need to be added to the course through Banner, however once you have been added to the course in Banner you will no longer be able to access the course through the Self-Enroll Module, even if your enrollment is removed from Banner.