Posts filed under 'Faculty'
WAOL Summer 2010 Enrollment Opens Today – 4/28/10
Enrollment for summer quarter 2010 opens today, Wednesday April 28th. Please be sure to remind faculty to submit their ITT’s if they have not done so yet. Students will not be able to register for a course until we receive the approved ITT from the ELC, so be sure to check for new incoming ITT’s so those can get approved and sent in to WAOL so we can get those into the system for registration. Thank you!
Add comment April 28, 2010
Faculty Learning Community Thursday 4/15
Audience: ANGEL Faculty
What: Faculty Learning Community
When: Thursday, April 15th from 3 – 4:30 pm
Drop in for the next faculty learning community meeting hosted by Shoreline Community College. We are focusing on instructional design in online and hybrid classes, using Quality Matters. Go here for meeting details. To participate via Elluminate:
Elluminate room: http://tinyurl.com/qualitymattersflc
(Just type in your name as no password is needed.)
Add comment April 14, 2010
Book Order Deadline Extended to Next Monday, April 12th.
Audience: Instructors of WAOL ****SHARED*** courses
Please use Internet Explorer when updating your texts as we’ve noticed Firefox seems to default to “no books required”.
- Please take a moment to confirm that your texts for Summer and Fall are updated and correct.
- Click on this link for steps to entering your Book Order
- If your course is not being offered this quarter then please disregard this request.
A reminder:
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.
If you are concerned about not being able to get your text information updated by the deadline please email or phone me directly.
Monique Kovalenko
509-434-5155 or 1-888-580-9011
Add comment April 9, 2010
Removing Summer & Fall 2009 WAOL Shared/Private Courses From ANGEL
Audience: All WAOL ANGEL Instructors
Now that Winter quarter is over I will be removing the Fall 2009 courses that used an Intent-to-teach form to get created. This means the WAOL Shared and Private courses only.
April 12th the fall classrooms will be removed from the Angel server.
I will also be removing Summer 2009 classrooms from Angel as well. I am behind in getting these done.
May 19th the Summer 2009 classroom will be removed from the Angel server
You need to use your LOR and/or a Master classroom to store your content in and to copy your content into the classrooms you teach.
If you need a master classroom or would like an additional master for summer please contact Monique Kovalenko with your WAOL ID number and ANGEL username.
Monique Kovalenko – mkovalenko@sbctc.edu
How you can/should manage and backup your own content throughout the quarter: Use documents below on how to use the “Backup” and “Export” feature within your Angel classroom.
Using Repositories and Master Courses in ANGEL
Backing Up Your Work in ANGEL 7.4
Here is the course lifespan cycle for WAOL shared and Private courses.
- Courses will remain on the Angel Server for one quarter past their end date. (Example: Fall quarter 2009 will be deleted at the end of Winter quarter 2010; Summer 2009 should have been deleted at the end of Fall 2009).
- At the end of the quarter all courses will be archived and moved to an offline storage.
- Faculty are responsible to backup their own course’s throughout the quarter.
Thank you,
Mark Carbon
IT Consultant/System Admin.
Add comment April 7, 2010
WAOL ANGEL SMS-Integration Job Update
Audience: SMS-ANGEL administrators
We experienced a problem with loading data from college SMS systems, which prevented SMS-ANGEL Integration from getting new course and roster data. At noon today the problem was corrected, thanks to our Bellevue systems administrators, and data is now being loaded from the college SMS and being sent on to ANGEL.
Schools scheduled to run hourly or every other hour will be updated at their regular times. Schools that load data only once a day will be run manually. All schools should be refreshed by 2pm today, 4/5/2010.
The job status, found on the SMS-ANGEL Schedule tab, will be updated to report when your school’s data was loaded.
2:15pm Update:The integration system is sending course and rosters updates to ANGEL, but there is currently a backlog of about an hour. This means that, for example, SMS data loaded at 2pm should be available on ANGEL at 3pm.
Add comment April 5, 2010
Summer & Fall Book Order Deadline: Friday, April 9th
Audience: All WAOL **Shared** Course Instructors
What: Deadline for submitting your Summer & Fall book orders
When: Next Friday, April 9th
Please use Internet Explorer when updating your texts as we’ve noticed Firefox seems to default to “no books required”.
Lead instructors:
- Please take a moment to confirm that your texts for Summer and Fall are updated and correct.
- Please let us know ASAP if you are changing your texts sowe can pass that information along to other instructors teaching your course.
- Click on this link for steps to entering your Book Order
- If your course is not being offered this quarter then please disregard this request.
All other instructors:
- Please check the book order report to be sure you are offering the most current texts.
A reminder:
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.
Add comment April 2, 2010
waol.org offline Saturday 7:00am to 7:30am
Audience: All Users
The SB Bellevue data center will be offline from 7:00am to about 7:30am Saturday morning.
Services affected include:
- WAOL.org – the website will be unavailable.
- ANGEL Single Sign-on – this service will be unavailable.
- ANGEL Secure Logon – ANGEL logons will work as usual, but won’t be secure. The nugget title will change to simply “Log On” instead of the normal “Secure Log On.”
Please pass this information on to anyone on your campus who might be affected by this downtime.
Add comment April 1, 2010
Cascadia Offering ANGEL Training
Audience: Faculty
What: A new session of ANGEL training beginning April 14. The course is entirely online. There are two sections.
The Full Section is:
- for people who are new to teaching using course management systems.
- 6 weeks long (April 14 – May 25)
- Based on designing a course from scratch
- Covers basic online pedagogical theory
The Express Section is
- for people who are experienced using Blackboard or other course management systems
- 4 weeks long (April 14 – May 11)
- Based on converting an existing course
- Explores more advanced online pedagogy
Both Sections
- Have weekly graded work (the work is graded pass/fail)
- Take 4 – 6 hours a week to complete
- Have flexible time schedules – if you fall behind, it’s ok. You can continue on whenever it works for you
- Will have you ready to use ANGEL for Summer or Fall Quarter
- Are free and open to anyone in the community college system
To register, visit the WAOL instructor training page at http://www.waol.org/info/training/instTrainingRegistration.aspx . Please note that this is the only session that I will run online Spring quarter.
If you started the training previously and would like to begin again, please email me at sdelaney@cascadia.edu and we’ll get you going so you can start where you left off.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Stephanie Delaney
Add comment March 30, 2010
FYI: Free Live Webinar
Audience: Instructors and Administrators
What: Online Learning in a Hybrid World
When: Thursday, April 8, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time
Also available “on demand” anytime 24 hours after the event
Free registration is now open.
As online learning gains traction within brick-and-mortar schools, a hybrid model of face-to-face and Internet-based coursework is emerging as the most popular form of e-instruction. But it takes more than computer access to create a successful hybrid-learning program. Join our expert guests for a discussion of how administrators can incorporate online courses into their students’ school days, and how in-person instructors can help make the online-learning experience work better for students.
Guests:
Susan Patrick, president and CEO, International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)
Prakash B. Patel, computer science teacher, Quakertown Community Senior High School, Quakertown, Pa.
This webinar will be moderated by Michelle Davis, senior writer, Education Week Digital Directions.
Click here to register for this free, live event.
All Education Week webinars are archived and accessible “on demand” for up to six months after the original live-streaming date.
Add comment March 30, 2010
Spring 2010 Canceled Courses
Audience: Registrars, eLearning Coordinators
All shared spring 2010 classrooms are now open, and instruction begins next Thursday, April 1st. Here is a list of courses that have been canceled due to no/low enrollments for spring quarter so please check this list and if you have students enrolled in any of these course you will need to be sure and notify those students ASAP and drop them from those classes.
Canceled WAOL System-Owned Shared Spring Courses:
#2002 – WAOL Understanding Diversity
#5301 – WAOL Issues and Trends
#5303 – WAOL Methods in Curriculum Development
Canceled College-owned Shared Spring Courses:
#7285 – Child Abuse & Neglect (OC)
#7459 – Human Resource Management (SFCC)
#7794 – Intro to Business (GHC)
You can go here to view the winter instructor class report: http://www.waol.org/info/currentQuarter/allCoursesReport_n.asp
Add comment March 29, 2010
