Friday, July 24, 2009

Webinar password today!

Hi Everyone
The password for Diane VanOs' Digital Content webinar today is diane.

See you there!
Karen Kaemmerling
We have had to set a password for the "Digital is Not a Dirty Word" webinar that begins at 1:00 PM today.

If you are asked to use a password, it is: diane (all lower case)

Copy/Paste the following link into a browser to access:
http://elm.elluminate.com:80/FRONTRANGE/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1246907744604

We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Lisa Marie

Webinar Today!

This is a reminder to join us today at 1pm for the Digital is not a Dirty Word! Webinar facilitated by Diane VanOs, CCCOnline’s Criminal Justice and Paralegal Chair. Learn about the collaborative process Diane experienced in designing, developing, and delivering a digital content course, and see a finished digital content course.

Select the webinar link from the FRCC Elluminate site on July 24: http://elm.elluminate.com/FRONTRANGE/

Or, use this Direct link: (opens Elluminate session) - http://elm.elluminate.com:80/FRONTRANGE/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1246907744604

Also the webinar for Friday, August 14, 2009 for a ADA Compliance and Digital Content for Online Courses with John Schmahl and Cheryl Comstock has been postponed until the conference. However, Lisa Marie Johnson, Karen Kaemmerling, and Donna Hall will facilitate a webinar to introduce you to D2L and CCCOnline’s plan to support and train you on Friday August 21 at 10 am. Look for more details soon.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Summer Training Opportunities

I hope you all are enjoying some summer fun! While you wait for Desire to Learn Training to be released this fall, we have two training opportunities left this summer.

This Friday July 24th at 1pm attend Digital is not a Dirty Word! Webinar facilitated by Diane VanOs, CCCOnline’s Criminal Justice and Paralegal Chair. Participants will learn about the collaborative process Diane experienced in designing, developing, and delivering a digital content course. Participants will see a finished digital content course, discuss the benefits and drawbacks of digital content courses for students and instructors, and have an opportunity to ask questions about Pearson Connects digital content course agreement with CCCOnline and the process of designing and delivering a digital content course.
· Select the webinar link from the FRCC Elluminate site on July 24: http://elm.elluminate.com/FRONTRANGE/
· Or, use this Direct link: (opens Elluminate session) - http://elm.elluminate.com:80/FRONTRANGE/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1246907744604

Also mark your calendar for Friday, August 14, for an ADA Compliance and Digital Content for Online Courses Webinar with John Schmahl, CCCOnline Director of Student Services and Cheryl Comstock, CCCOnline Director of Online Programs.

Finally, this week CCCOnline is launching it’s first pilot of D2L training. Look for more information about D2L training opportunities for you soon. I look forward to seeing you at the CCCOnline Faculty Conference on September 25th where we will blast off with several hands on Desire to Learn presentations.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

BB Vista Stable Again

Hi Everyone-

You should find BB Vista's speed to be acceptable again. We've increased our available storage space, so should make it through the remainder of the summer without additional problems.

Sorry for the long periods of slowness!

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Student Survey

The student survey should now be available for your students. Please encourage everyone to fill out these surveys so we can get some good data back on all our classes. The survey will run from today, July 14, through Sunday, July 26. Remember that the survey is not delivered in the online classroom. Students will receive a popup message when they log in indicating that the survey is available.

Thanks! The semester is winding down quickly. I hope it was a painless one for you all!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Blackboard Technical Issues

Hi everyone. I've received lots of phone calls and emails about Blackboard and slowness or total inability to log in. I understand from Kurt Reed that BB is aware of the issue and is working on it, but we do not have an estimated repair time. The best advice I can give you for now is to try to be patient. . . as I myself am trying valiantly!

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Instructional Design position at Pikes Peak Community College

PPCC has an instructional designer position open with a very quick turn-around. Go to https://employment.ppcc.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_job&job_id=935 for details.

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Monday, July 06, 2009

Course Design

Interesting Blog post on designing courses: http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=1158. He suggests building the course based on the material or outcomes, then imposing a schedule on top of that. He also eliminated naming conventions like "Unit 1" that are fairly useless when you want to quickly add more material.

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Copyright


Here is an interesting website on teaching copyright from LisaMarie Johnson:

http://www.teachingcopyright.org/resources

Happy 4th of July Everyone!


Lisa Cheney-Steen