Friday, March 24, 2017

Week's End Report - Mar. 24th

IvyLearn Updates 

An email from Kara Monroe, the Vice President, Academic Innovation and Support, was sent out statewide early Friday morning.  Please refer to this email (Blackboard Goes Away June 30th - Are You Ready?) for important information.  Below are some quick notes from the email:

Blackboard access ends June 30, 2017
  • Please take the time between now and June 1st to retrieve any and all content that you plan on using in any future terms including the upcoming Summer or Fall 2017 terms.  
  • This also applies to students.  Please start spreading the word and letting students know that Blackboard access will end.  This includes letting students know to grab any materials they may need for any portfolio classes.  
New Policies Effective for Summer Term
  • ASOM policy updates have been made to reflect the change to IvyLearn.  Those policies include the new ASOM 7.5.1 and 7.5.2.  (
  • Below are excerpts from Kara's email:
Requirements of all faculty:
 In addition to the items above, faculty teaching online and distance courses should also:
  • Include at least two contact methods, one of which is your Ivy Tech email address.
  • Communicate the contact information for your supervisor and online technology coordinator in the appropriate locations in the Syllabus template.
  • Develop and communicate your communication plan to students in the appropriate section of the Syllabus.
  • Respond to all student questions within 36 hours.
  • Edit all other areas of the syllabus template as indicated.
  • Edit and/or set the appropriate due dates for your course section utilizing the due dates tool in IvyLearn.  If the course uses third party content, also adjust due dates to match the course in that tool.
  • Online and distance faculty teaching statewide courses are also encouraged to do the following:
    • Personalize graded assessments of student learning as long as some conditions are met (see the policy, page 4 for more details)
    • Add supplementary content to the course
    • Personalize the course through addition of mini-lectures and personal notes
    • Hold synchronous sessions with students
Google Drive and Google Hangout Coming Soon!
  • Google Hangout will replace Blackboard IM.
  • Watch you email for more information!
Self-Paced IvyLearn Training for New Faculty - ILRN101
  • This is NOT a required training for those who have previously completed BBRD101.  
  • NEW FACULTY for Summer Term (and beyond) will be required to take ILRN101.
If you would like to complete the new self-paced course that replaces BBRD101 – our new ILRN101 – the first offering of that self-paced course will begin on Monday.  While not required, this opportunity is open to all faculty who are interested in completing this updated and refreshed version of the required training.  New faculty joining Ivy Tech for the summer term and beyond are required to complete this new course.

If you would like to participate in this initial section, register in the training portal via the Employee Dashboard in MyIvy.  To locate the course:
  1. Log in to MyIvy
  2. Click Employee Dashboard
  3. Click Training Portal
  4. Select My Training
  5. Click Register for Event
  6. In the search field type the course number which is 6334 and click Search.  
  7. The title of the course is ILRN 101.  Once you find the course in the list, click Register on the right.  
  8. Within 2 – 4 days you’ll receive an invite in email to join the course in IvyLearn.  
IvyLearn Training Opportunities


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