OAT Trains in Kalamazoo
This past Friday, November 13, OAT staff traveled to the Kalamazoo site to train faculty on “Getting Started with Blackboard“. Dave Goodrich joined Randy Meredith and Jason Archer to add an extra layer of support and ability. This training was the third in a series of “OAT Roadtrips”, faculty training at regional sites. The first [...]
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4. November 2009
November OATmeal focuses on Grade Center
One of the major updates to that came along with the Blackboard 9 upgrade this summer included a transformation from what used to be called the Grade Book to what is now called the Grade Center. Director of Academic Technology at Spring Arbor University and Professor Randy Meredith has been teaching workshops, giving personal training [...]
Continue reading...27. October 2009
Faculty Tab Added to MySAU
The Office of Academic Technology in partnership with Technology Services software development team are pleased to unveil a new tab in MySAU. Now all faculty will see a “Faculty” tab in the top navigation. The faculty tab contains information from the Office of Academic Technology. The page contains RSS feeds of OAT news and events [...]
Continue reading...12. October 2009
OAT Adds Library Consulting Hours
OAT staff will be available at White Library for walk-in consultations beginning this week. The faculty development office, located across from the circulation desk, will be staffed Mondays and Tuesdays from 2-4pm. The purpose of OAT staff in the library will be to provide more accessibility to faculty as well as on-demand training for new [...]
Continue reading...8. October 2009
October OATmeal Features Flips, Clickers, & Chat
The October 2009 OATmeal faculty buck lunch was jam packed with demos and introductions to new tools for faculty. Dave Goodrich began the event with prayer and a general overview of the agenda. Jason Archer provided a demo of OAT Live Chat, a chat service designed to provide a greater service to faculty and academic [...]
Continue reading...7. October 2009
Blackboard Update To Fix Some Issues
Technology Services recently completed testing and preparations for Blackboard’s latest upgrades. We will be taking the primary system offline to install these upgrades October 8, beginning at 2:30 AM Eastern time. The upgrade will last approximately three hours. As a result of the upgrade you can expect these improvements: Discussion forums can now be re-ordered by [...]
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