OIT-ELN Blog Project

e-Learning Snippets, Tips and Workshops

• STUDENT ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSES. Students will have access to their Fall 2009 online courses until December 11th. If you have students who are receiving incompletes and may need continued access to their courses, please contact shines@deltastate.edu.
• INTERSESSION AND OTHER SESSIONS. Students will have access to online Winter Intersession courses on December 14th. Please note that these courses are part of the Spring Term, so all of the Spring Term courses will be made available on the December 14th as well. If you are already working in your Spring 2010 course shells and do not want to give your students access until the scheduled start date of January 11th, you can deny them access via the course gradebook. Just log in to the course, select the Teach tab, then select the Grade Book. Once in the Grade Book, select the students’ names and click the Deny Access button. Just remember to reverse the setting on January 11th!
• END-OF-SEMESTER REMINDER. DSU faculty members teaching online courses are reminded to save any course materials they plan to use again in the form of a master copy or as a back-up file. Due to limited space on the Blackboard-CE6 server, we will begin archiving and removing from the server courses from the Spring 2009 semester in mid January 2010. To set up a master copy or to overwrite a master copy with a more current course iteration, just complete the appropriate form at: http://eln.deltastate.edu/forms.htm.
• WINTER BREAK LAB SCHEDULE AND ONE-ON-ONES. The Office of Instructional Technology remains open to assist faculty during much of the Winter Break. Our lab and podcast room is available from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm until December 18th. We reopen on January 4, 2010—bright and early for those of you who wish to get a jump on your Spring courses. For more information about the OIT Lab, visit: http://eln.deltastate.edu/lab.
• FREE LECTURES FROM THE FORUM NETWORK. There’s something for everyone at this PBS/NPR-supported website. Visit: http://forum-network.org often.
• WHO NEEDS COLLEGE, AND WHO SHOULDN’T GO. An interesting Talk of the Nation podcast for faculty and students alike. Visit: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120700162&ft=1&f=1013.

Workshops for Faculty

and student Instructional technology workshops are offered in the OIT Lab in Bailey Hall 114. Each workshop is limited to 8 participants. To sign up for a session, go to: http://eln.deltastate.edu/workshops.htm.

• Wednesday, 12/2, 8:30-10:30 am
  ELN 404: Basic Video Editing.
  

Volume 3, Issue 12.1. The OIT-ELN Bi-Monthly is published by the Office of Instructional Technology’s Electronic Learning Network. For additional information contact Dr. Susan Hines, Director of Instructional Technology (shines@deltastate.edu or x4038). Find the “blogged” back issues at http://eln.deltastate.edu/wordpress.