Week's End Report - Sept. 8th

VeriCite Plagiarism Tool

The college has announced that they have adopted a new plagiarism detection tool, VerCite, which is now available to use in IvyLearn!  

Please click on the following links to view how to use the new VeriCite tool:

• How Do I add VeriCite to an Assignment?

• What is VeriCite - Brochure

• Instructor Quick Start Guide

• Video Tutorials - VeriCite YouTube Channel

More information can be found in the Faculty Resource Center in IvyLearn.

Week's End Report - Sept. 1st

Course Checks Completed

Course Checks have been completed and all faculty notified. If you received an email regarding your course please read it carefully. 

Designed around ASOM policies and best practices adopted by the region, course checks are intended to insure that students get adequate and correct information and a well-rounded, well-connected educational experience.

Updated IvyLearn Feature

An update was done on August 5th to the Submission Details page in the IvyLearn Grades area.

Student assignments that are not submitted as of the due date will be marked as Missing. Assignments submitted after the due date will still be marked as Late.

See the Canvas Production Release Notes for more information regarding this update:
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-11967-canvas-production-release-notes-2017-08-05#jive_content_id_Late_and_Missing_Status_Labels

Week's End Report - Aug. 25th

IvyLearn (Canvas) Ideas

One of the perks of adopting IvyLearn (Canvas) as our new Learning Management System (LMS) is that Canvas takes user input (Ideas) and uses a voting system to determine what upgrades they will perform and what new features they will add. Users can search Ideas that have been submitted by other users and if your Idea has not already been suggested you can add it to their site. Once an Idea has 100 votes it will be considered for a future upgrade.

Fortunately for us, getting 100 votes is very easy! Today we have two Ideas that were shared with us by an Ivy Tech faculty member. Please take a look at these Ideas and consider voting for them.

Announcements should always be sent to students as a notification, even if the student has not self-selected to receive announcement notifications

https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/9225-announcement-notification-should-always-be-sent

Display question types for quizzes and question banks, so specific question types can be selected from within a question bank

https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/8440-display-question-types-for-quizzes-and-question-banks

Have an Idea for an IvyLearn/Canvas upgrade? Search for it here:

https://community.canvaslms.com/community/ideas

If it hasn't already been submitted, share your new Idea by clicking the SHARE NEW IDEA button.

Week's End Report - Aug. 18th

Welcome back for the Fall 2017 semester!
 
For information on preparing your courses for the semester, please refer to the email sent from GWC-Online@ivytech.edu on the 432nd anniversary of the landing of colonists at Roanoke, August 17th (the same information was also sent out on Thursday, August 10th and Monday, August 7th). Most importantly, use the Getting Started website to set up your courses and get them published for tomorrow morning, Saturday, August 19th, when courses become available in IvyLearn for students. 

https://link.ivytech.edu/GetStart

First Three Chapters

The website and login information for the first three chapters of textbooks from Cengage, Norton, and Pearson can be found on the IvyLearn Faculty Resources Center. 

• Log in to IvyLearn
• Click the Help button in the IvyLearn navigation bar
• Look for the Helpful Links area on the right-hand side of the screen
• Click on the Publisher Three Chapter Sites link

For McGraw-Hill textbooks follow the steps below:

1. Email  MHHEIvyTechTeam@mheducation.com  the Author, Title, and Edition your class needs access to.
2. The MH Team will request the chapters. Turnaround time is 24 hours (could be longer on weekends).
3. MH will reply via email with a link to an FTP site that houses the PDFs of the chapters. (ex: ftp://Digital_Archive:1Storage@ftp.eppg.com/School_PDFs/Lucas_0073545465/ )

Week's End Report - Aug. 11th

Getting Started for Fall 2017

Next Monday begins non-instructional week. There is a lot of information going around and a lot of changes have taken place since spring semester.

Fortunately there is a website that provides all the information you need to get your courses ready for fall: the Getting Started website!

https://link.ivytech.edu/GetStart

Click on the link above and click on the link corresponding to the type of course you're teaching:

• I'm teaching a Face-to-Face/Traditional course
• I'm teaching an Online or Hybrid course

Follow the step-by-step instructions provided.

The website will provide answers to the vast majority of your questions but if you've reviewed the website and don't see the answer to your question please feel free to contact our office at GWC-Online@ivytech.edu.