Week's End Report - July 15th

Tip of the Week

During Dr. Ellspermann's campus visits many faculty and staff commented that they feel the real story of Ivy Tech is not being adequately told within our communities. The college has set up a website where you can go to tell the full story, as you witness it every day in your own classrooms and offices.

https://www.ivytech.edu/15663.html

Fill out the survey to tell your own definition of success or submit the success story of one of your students. 

Course Loading Reminder

Course loading information from the Center for Instructional Technology (C4IT) regarding Fall 2016 courses:

• Faculty will gain access to these courses on July 25th (the faculty must be loaded into Banner in order to have access)
• Student enrollments will be loaded into courses on July 25th, however the course will not become available to students until 72 hours prior to the course start date

Please note, there are two different types of course “loading” - instructor loading and course content loading.

• Instructor loading- Each school inputs instructors into their courses through Banner. Once the courses become available to instructors through Blackboard, any instructor who has been assigned to a course through Banner will then be able to access the course in Blackboard. You will not see fall courses in Blackboard until after July 25th. If you do not see your course in Blackboard after July 25th, it is because your school has not put you into Banner. To remedy this, you must speak to your school. After you've been added to your course in Banner, allow 36 hours for the course to appear in Blackboard.
• Course content loading- Statewide online course content is loaded by the Center for Instructional Technology, regional online course content is loaded by your regional Online Technologies Coordinators. All courses must use the same 16-session formatted original course as loaded into their live course, 16-week courses complete one session per week, eight-week courses complete two sessions per week, etc. Instructors are not permitted to make changes to assignments or to course layout. You may post clarifying information or supplemental materials, but graded assignments may not be changed.

 

Systems Information

Ivy Appointment was inaccessible Wednesday morning, July 13th. All issues were resolved by 10:30 am.

Wireless system and VPN will be undergoing maintenance and will be unavailable on the following dates:

• Weds. July 13 11:30 pm - Thurs. July 14 3:30 am
• Thurs. July 14 11:30 pm - Fri. July 15 3:30 am

GoToMeeting will be unavailable and users will be unable to start or join a session on the following dates:

• Fri. July 15 11:00 pm - Sat. July 16 3:00 am
• Sat. July 16 11:00 pm - Sun. July 17 3:00 am

System maintenance will be performed on all Banner modules and Direct Student Loan Requests and both systems will be unavailable from 3:00-11:00 am on Sunday, July 17th.

Internet access will be intermittently unavailable during maintenance planned for 5:00-10:00 am on Sunday, July 31st.