Archive for February 4, 2010
Please Respond: WAOL ANGEL Faculty Survey
Audience: WashingtonOnline ANGEL Faculty
Announcement/Request: We are gathering information for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week so we can determine the extent of any continuing performance issues. We really need this information.
The survey will be open online through Sunday, February 7, and instructors can access the survey multiple times until then. Each time the survey is opened, it creates a new response. (In other words, you can’t go back to the same response more than once, but you can create multiple responses.)
Note: This survey is on performance issues, not functions like “What’s New” and “Tasks.” We are committed to turning those functions back on.
Here’s the link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FLLPNWB
In Addition: If elearning staff want to respond to the survey, that’s fine. The more information, the better.
Spring Book Order Deadline: Friday, February 5th
Audience: All instructors of WAOL shared courses
What: Deadline for submitting your Spring book orders is Friday, February 5th.
- Lead instructors: please take a moment to confirm that your texts for Spring are updated and correct.
- Please let me know ASAP if you are changing your texts so I can pass that information along to other instructors teaching your course.
- All other instructors: please check the book order report to be sure you are offering the most current texts.
- Click on this link for steps to entering your Book Order
- If you do not go in and update the Spring book order then no books will be posted for your class. If your course is not being offered this quarter then please disregard this request.
A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: We have come to see that many students are using services like Amazon to order their texts. This is causing BIG problems for those courses that have custom bundled texts or special order items.
We’ve discovered:
- Students often use our eCampus bookstore to find their texts then order them elsewhere.
- Students often bypass their campus bookstores and order from services like Amazon.
- This often results in the wrong course materials for students who have courses that list bundled/custom texts.
Remember: If you are having trouble accessing your book order manager please take a moment to review the instructions in the link above and remember this message applies only to lead instructors teaching shared courses.
