Week's End Report - August 28, 2015

Tip of the Week!

Beginning this week on the Lafayette campus we will begin performing course checks. 

We check each online course for:

• Syllabus (Instructor, Supervisor, and Online Learning contact information; non-attendance deadline and last date of withdraw)
• Calendar (printable calendar with due dates, viewable calendar with due dates, and no due dates falling on college non-instructional days)
• Instructor button (filled out with at least two forms of communication)
• Grade Center (instructors should be posting grades within 7 days of the assignment due date)

We check each face-to-face course to make sure the following items are present and up-to-date:

• Syllabus
• Instructor button
• Grade Center

If you would like to check and make sure that your course is set up correctly and will pass the course check with flying colors, take a look at our Getting Started website:

http://bit.ly/idcgettingstarted

Training Opportunities

Complimentary GoToMeeting webinar September 3rd at 1:00 pm EDT. 
To register visit:
https://www.citrix.com/events/2015/gotomeeting-101-the-basics.html

"Using the Respondus Test Bank Network to Quickly Create Online Exams" Tuesday, September 1st at 3 PM ET
"Instructor Training for Respondus 4.0: Create & Manage Exam Content" Weds., September 9th at 1 pm ET
Register at: http://www.respondus.com/products/webinar/

Systems Issues

Blackboard Collaborate Instant Messenger failed to sync properly when the semester began. Students and faculty may have been unable to access some or all of their courses in Blackboard IM. The issue should have been resolved by the end of the day on Weds., August 26th. If you are still missing courses on your "Classmates" tab in Blackboard IM, please contact our office or the Helpdesk.