Preparing for Winter 2018 and Spring 2019
Finish Strong
The end of the semester is approaching — too quickly for some, and not soon enough for others! Make sure you’re prepared to close the books easily and efficiently. Here are some tips and guides:
- Resolving Bb Learn Test Issues
- Allowing Students to Re-Submit Bb Learn Assignments
- Downloading Assignment Submissions in Bb Learn
- Calculating Totals in the Bb Learn Grade Center
- Dropping the Lowest Grade in the Bb Learn Grade Center
- Uploading Grades from Bb Learn to LOUIE
- Viewing Course Evaluation Information Prior to Open Date
- Accessing Course Evaluation Reports
Preparing for Winter and Spring Courses
Don’t wait until January to make sure some basic things are in place for you in Bb Learn — you’ll have enough things to worry about without having technical issues to resolve. Check your course set-up BEFORE Winter Break!
- Combining Multiple Sections in Bb Learn
- Requesting Bb Learn Course Copies
- NAU Bb Learn Template Information
- Bb Learn Roles and How to Add Them
- Using the Bb Preview Student to Check Your Course
Announcements
Ally Goes Live December 17th!
We’re extremely excited to announce that NAU has licensed Ally for Blackboard Learn. Ally automatically checks course materials against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 accessibility standards, provides students with alternative formats such as HTML, ePub, MP3 audio, and electronic braille, and offers guidance to faculty to improve accessibility of their content.
Disability Resources will also use Ally to identify courses with large amounts of less-accessible content, and those in which students with accommodations are enrolled. Learn more about Ally at Blackboard’s site: https://help.blackboard.com/Ally/Ally_for_LMS.
A Whole New Help Desk
This summer, the e-Learning Center was separated out and reorganized by the focus of its teams. The instructional designers and creative design group will still be the e-Learning Center, but the support team that you email or call for help with Bb Learn and other educational technologies will be moving to ITS. And when we say moving, we mean moving. Our team will be packing up and moving on December 21st to join the Solution Center and the Student Technology Center in the ITS building Annex (building 54B). We will be taking calls and checking for help tickets that day, but be aware that we may not have a full staff all day.
Winter Support Hours
The Faculty Support team will shorten our hours over the holiday break. They are being finalized, but once we get past finals week, we’ll be closing earlier during the week and canceling any Saturday shifts. We’ll be back to our regular hours as we head into the spring semester. You can find our schedule here: https://nau.edu/stc/hours
Tanya Lucius Heads for New Opportunities
We are saddened to say goodbye to Tanya Lucius. She is leaving NAU for new opportunities. Tanya started with us in Fall 2015 and has been an excellent member of our team. Her last day is December 13th. Next time she answers your call, please wish her farewell!