Week's End Report - Dec. 2nd

Tip of the Week!

As we near the end of the semester, please note that the previously advertised link to the Finalizing Your Course website no longer works when accessing the site from campus. If you are on campus, please use the following address:

https://sites.google.com/site/ivytechlafayetteidc/finalizing-your-course

On this website you'll find the "Finalizing Your Course" checklist, as well as resources for:

• Archiving email
• Exporting grades
• Exporting and archiving courses
• Saving documents as PDF
• Using office copiers to scan/e-mail documents

Spring Course Information

Course Layout

• All courses in Blackboard (Face-to-Face, Hybrid, Online, Video) will have the updated course layout (new menu buttons)
• Face-to-face and hybrid courses from previous semesters in the old course layout can still be copied but a few changes will need to be made
• Online courses will be loaded for you, no online courses should be copied or loaded by faculty

Course Availability

• Courses become available for Faculty in Blackboard on Dec. 19th (please note courses will only become available if the faculty member has been added to the course in Banner, if you don't see your course in Blackboard after Dec. 19th please contact your school)
• Students will gain access to their courses in Blackboard 2 DAYS (not 3 days as in previous semesters) before the course start date listed in Banner (ex. courses with a Banner start date of Tuesday, Jan. 17th will open on Sunday, January 15th)

 

Systems Information

In order to combat the rising trend of Ransomware, Ivy Tech has added a new shared drive called CryptoCanary. Please do not open this drive and do not attempt to view the files or save anything to the drive. Your other shared drives will not be effected and you may continue to use them as usual.

Online Certification Reminder

IVYC110SP ends on Dec. 16th. Anyone who has not successfully completed IVYC110SP as of Dec. 16th will need to register again in the spring and will be required to successfully complete all four modules, regardless of any previous participation (i.e. previous participation will not roll over to the spring course).

Registration for IVYC110IL for Fall 2016 has closed. Anyone who has not yet completed this step of the training process must wait until Spring 2017 to register and may not teach online in the spring.

Faculty who have completed IVYC110SP and IVYC110IL and are scheduled to teach online in the spring must be registered for IVYC112 for the spring. If they are not, please notify the IDC immediately to get them registered.