Monday, November 16, 2015

Week's End Report - Nov. 13, 2015

Tip of the Week!

Course loading information from the Center for Instructional Technology (C4IT) regarding Spring 2016 courses:
  • Courses are run in Blackboard for spring Nov. 16th (any course present in Banner will be created in Blackboard)
  • Faculty will gain access to these courses on Dec. 14th (the faculty must be loaded into Banner in order to have access)
  • On Dec. 14th a global announcement will be posted in all courses regarding students gaining access 72 hours before classes start- faculty will not be able to delete this announcement but it will automatically disappear when courses become available to students
  • Student enrollments will be loaded into courses on Dec. 14th, however the course will not become available to students until 72 hours prior to the course start date
  • Starting on Dec. 23rd, Banner will sync with Blackboard twice per day
  • From Dec. 23rd to the 26th Blackboard will be performing an upgrade and will be unavailable (please note the outage has been extended one day longer than was previously planned) 
 

Scholarship Opportunity

WGU announced new scholarship opportunities for veterans and their spouses. Please share this information with your students!

Scholarship information is available here:

http://indiana.wgu.edu/tuition_financial_aid/scholarships/salute_to_veterans_overview

Systems Information

Ivy Advising experienced access issues and error messages on Tuesday, Nov. 10th.

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