Posts filed under ‘Faculty’
Fall ITT Deadline – WAOL Shared Courses ONLY
Audience: eLearning coordinators and faculty teaching WAOL ***shared*** courses
Notice: The deadline for approved Intent to Teach forms for faculty who plan on teaching any WAOL system-owned shared course Fall quarter is Monday, August 29th.
A few points:
- We will start assigning the WAOL shared course sections based on seniority and approved ITT forms on Tuesday, August 30th.
- If we do not get the ITT’s for WAOL system-owned shared courses submitted and approved by the deadline then those instructors will go to the bottom of the list of instructors teaching spring quarter.
Instructions on how to submit Intent to Teach forms here: http://waol.org/instructor-intent-to-teach-form
Upgrading Elluminate to Bb Collaborate v11
Audience: All Users
What: How to upgrade to Blackboard (Bb) Collaborate v11
Note: Scott Dennis has created a document on how to use and upgrade Bb Collaborate (formally Elluminate). Blackboard has upgraded the user interface to make navigate easier and the basic overall look and feel is improved. There are no core changes to the product so no additional training will be required.
This .pdf covers three areas of Bb Collaborate:
1. Creating your virtual office
2. Inviting attendees to your virtual office
3. Upgrading your virtual office
Cancelled Summer Shared Courses (Update)
Audience: ELC, faculty & registrars
Here is an updated list of Summer SHARED courses that have been canceled due to low/no enrollments.
Cancelled WAOL Summer Courses:
#5101 – WAOL Human Relations
#6003 – WAOL Managerial Accounting
#6102 – WAOL Financial Accounting I
#6104 – WAOL Governmental Accounting
Cancelled WAOL System-Owned Shared Summer 11 Course:
#2002 – WAOL Understanding Diversity
#7001 – WAOL Medical Terminology I
#7002 – WAOL Medical Terminology II
WAOL Spring 11 Shared Course Instruction Ends Today
WAOL spring grades for ALL shared courses are due next Monday, June 13th, and need to be submitted no later than midnight or they do not get recorded and sent off to the students’ enrolling colleges.
Student access to their ANGEL spring classrooms will be turned off on Wednesday, June 15th. If there are any grade changes that need to be made after June 13th they will need to be emailed directly to our office. We will then make the change in the WAOL Spring 11 database and send them off to the appropriate college.
Click here for instructions on Web Grading and here for assigning an Incomplete Grade in a WAOL course.
Any grade changes made after June 13, 2011 must be sent to: Monique Kovalenko (mkovalenko@sbctc.edu) and Brook Bane (bbane@sbctc.edu)
WAOL Lift n Shift – SMS-ANGEL and MyWAOL enabled
SMS-ANGEL data loading enabled 3:30pm 5-31-2011. MyWAOL logins are enabled 9:15am Saturday 5-28-2011.
Heard of the Washington eLearning Community?
Are you aware of the Washington eLearning Community? This is a group that meets regularly in Elluminate to present on and share questions, techniques and experiences about technology and education. Everyone is welcome. We’d love to have you join us if you are free on a given day. You can find a schedule of topics and the login info here: http://elearninginwa.blogspot.com and/or follow “elearnwa” on Twitter.
Full & Cancelled SHARED Courses
Audience: ELC, Faculty & Registrars
Note: Spring classrooms will open next Thursday, March 24th and instruction begins on Thursday March 31st.
Here is a list of courses that have been canceled due to no/low enrollments for Spring quarter. Please check this list, if you have students enrolled in any of these courses you will need to notify them ASAP and drop them.
Canceled WAOL System-Owned Shared Spring 11 Course:
#5302 – WAOL Family Dynamics
#5303 – WAOL Methods in Curriculum Development
Here are the spring shared courses that are full at this time:
Full WAOL Shared Courses:
#5306 – WAOL Guiding the Behavior of Young Children
Full College-Owned Shared Courses:
#5300 – Early Childhood Education (OC)
#7092 – Northwest Coast Indians (SPSCC)
#7286 – Biological Anthropology (SPSCC)
#7679 – Fundamentals od Speech (WWCC
#8022 – Cultural Anthropology: Diversity (SPSCC)
You can go here to view theSpring instructor class report: http://www.waol.org/info/currentQuarter/allCoursesReport_n.asp
YouTube Addition to ANGEL Media Files
Audience: All WAOL ANGEL Faculty
What: Media Files in ANGEL now supports YouTube videos
The Specifics: Instructors at schools using WAOL ANGEL have a convenient new way to insert YouTube videos into their lessons. Media Files in ANGEL now has a YouTube option which allows for visual searching and inserting of videos. This feature works independently of the streaming media server and opens the easy use of educational content on YouTube. As with all Media Files, the YouTube videos don’t increase the size of classrooms.
Spring ITT Deadline – WAOL Shared Courses ONLY
Audience: eLearning coordinators and faculty teaching WAOL ***shared*** courses
Notice: The deadline for approved Intent to Teach forms for faculty who plan on teaching any WAOL system-owned shared course Spring quarter is tomorrow, Friday, March 4th.
A few points:
- We will start assigning the WAOL shared course sections based on seniority and approved ITT forms on Monday, March 7th.
- If we do not get the ITT’s for WAOL system-owned shared courses submitted and approved by the deadline then those instructors will go to the bottom of the list of instructors teaching spring quarter.
Instructions on how to submit Intent to Teach forms here:
Spring 2011 Intent to Teach Forms Now Available
Audience: ELC & WAOL Instructors
Please share: For those colleges using WAOL ID Integration and those who have instructors teaching WAOL shared or private courses the Intent to Teach (ITT) forms are now available for Spring quarter.
Please note: Students cannot register for WAOL courses until the ITT forms have been submitted and approved.
Important dates: WAOL Spring enrollment opens on Friday, February 4th.
Instructions: How to fill out Intent to Teach Forms
