Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Reminder:CCCOnline Webinar- Live, Drop-in Support Session with ProfHelp

You can still participate in today's , September 27th, 2011 as well as tomorrow's, September 28th 2011, Live , Drop-in Support Session with ProfHelp.

The details to login are available for both Sessions at-


It's recommended that you register prior to participation for record purposes.

Please note that this Live Drop-in Session is set to accommodate 20 attendees.

If the Session fills out and/or registers more than this number, participants may need to plan for the next offering of this Session to get their queries answered.
In the meantime, please file a ProfHelp ticket to address your questions
Best,
Aarthi Ramesh,
Training and Professional Development (TPD) Coordinator

Thursday, September 22, 2011

CCCOnline Conference-Registration Deadline

Did I mention before that the CCCOnline Annual Conference is scheduled for September 30th 2011 at Arapahoe Community College ?

Being the 'Super' hero that you're, I'm sure you remember that and have already signed up for the CCCOnline Annual Conference.

But if some 'Tenacious' mission has kept you busy, no worries ,the Conference signup information is available through our registration link at -

http://media.ccconline.org/ccco/Conference/index.html
The deadline to register is tomorrow, September 23rd , 2011.

Bring your 'Magnetism' to the CCCOnline Conference as well as your suggested Division colors.
You already planned for that, didn't you ?
I should have known better, 'Superpower' and all !
Go ahead and continue to brainstorm on ideas with your 'Super' colleagues to represent that spirit, at the Conference.

I'm sure this has already been communicated by your Program Chairs and Associate Deans, so here are the suggested colors again, for reference -

Arts & Humanities Division - Yellow
CTE Division- Red
Math Division- Green
Science Division- Orange
Social Science Division- Blue
For all our Superhero attendees - Silver

More information will be communicated to all registered attendees next week.

I tried really hard, but have not been able to get past your 'X-Ray' vision . You already identified all the 'Super' hero qualities hidden in this message, didn't you ?
I concur!

So for now , here's your Super 'mission' .
If you've access to the 'CCCOnline Online Community', then proudly share your find in the 'Cultivating Excellence Blog' Discussion Forum under the 'What's Your Super Power' thread initiated by Liz Dzabic

Please contact me with any questions-training@ccconline.org

Best,
Aarthi Ramesh,
Training and Professional Development (TPD) Coordinator

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

CCCOnline Webinar- Live, Drop-in Support Session with ProfHelp

Do you have queries for CCCOnline ProfHelp ?
Then plan to attend this Webinar, details as follows-

When: Tuesday, September 27th,2011 (11:00 am - 1:00 pm MT)
Register at:(Maximum Participants 20)- https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=530

Facilitator: Amy Sorensen, CCCOnline ProfHelp

Focus: Session 1 is in full swing and Session 2 is getting ready to start. Get live assistance with your course via Elluminate. Enter the Elluminate session ask questions about D2L course settings, 1st day course checks for Session 2, and any other D2L or technical questions that you may have. Take advantage of this opportunity to get Live support!
Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time. Link will be sent to all registered participants by email before the webinar.

Second Session:

When: Wednesday, September 28th,2011 (11:00 am - 1:00 pm MT)
Register at:(Maximum Participants 20)- https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=531

Facilitator: Amy Sorensen, CCCOnline ProfHelp

Focus: Session 1 is in full swing and Session 2 is getting ready to start. Get live assistance with your course via Elluminate. Enter the Elluminate session ask questions about D2L course settings, 1st day course checks for Session 2, and any other D2L or technical questions that you may have. Take advantage of this opportunity to get Live support!
Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time. Link will be sent to all registered participants by email before the webinar.

The same information is listed at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Live.2C_Drop-in_Support_Session_with_ProfHelp

Any questions? Please feel free to email training@ccconline.org

Thanks,

Aarthi Ramesh,
CCCOnline Training and Professional Development Coordinator

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Reminder:Annual CCCOnline Conference Signup!

Have already signed up for the CCCOnline Face2Face Annual Conference ? We already have 125 participants registered .

If not, 'zoom' in to complete the registration process at -
http://media.ccconline.org/ccco/Conference/index.html
and make your 'Super' presence felt on September 30th 2011 . This will help with planning for food and Session allotments..... and all those 'Super' fun takeaway gift bags too:)

Remember, this 'Super' opportunity will remain available till September 23rd 2011 !

Each of our 'Super' Disciplines will be represented by 'Super' colors , so stay 'tooned' in for more on that in the next announcement .

Meantime,for those interested , Elizabeth Dzabic has initiated a 'Super' thread of communication in the CCCOnline D2L Community . Tap into the 'Cultivating Excellence Blog' discussion forum , as soon as it's convenient and share your 'Superpower' qualities with others.

Oh ya,did we mention the theme for this year's Conference is 'Superheroes' ?!

Related queries may be directed to training@ccconline.org

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

CCCOnline Webinar-Universal Design

So what does Universal Design mean? Why is it important to offer Accessible courses ? Come and find out this Friday !

The details are-

When: Friday, August 26, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MT)

Registration Link (Maximum Participants 40): https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=510

Focus: Because our students come with a variety of characteristics, we need to design courses that are usable by all students, not just the average student. Join Donna Hall for a highly interactive discussion about universal design principles and what will make learning goals achievable by students with wide differences in their abilities to see, hear, think, speak, move, read, write, reason, and understand English.

Facilitator: Donna Hall, CCCOnline Instructional Design Team Coordinator

Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time. Link will be sent to all registered participants on the morning of the webinar.

The same information is listed at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Why_Universal_Design.3F

Attendance on the webinar will count towards CCCOnline's Professional Development requirement. For details , refer to the Instructor Handbook page related to Professional Development -http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Policies_%26_Procedures_-_Faculty_Handbook_-_Training_and_Professional_Development_-_Policy#Post_Hire

Any questions? Please feel free to email training@ccconline.org

Thanks,
Aarthi Ramesh,
CCCOnline Training and Professional Development Coordinator.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Registration for the CCCOnline Annual Face2Face Conference

Calling all 'Super' Colleagues !!

Are you ready to toon into your Superpowers and register for the CCCOnline Annual Face2Face Conference scheduled for September 30th 2011 ?





'Zoom' in to complete the registration process at -










Remember, this 'Super' opportunity will remain available till September 23rd 2011 !

Monday, August 15, 2011

CCCOnline Webinar -Ready, Set, Go !

Hi !
Do you want to better understand what it means to get your CCCOnline D2L course ready for Fall? Then be part of our Webinar this Friday, August 19 2011 and learn more !

The details are-

When: Friday, August 19, 2011 (1:00 - 2:00 PM Mountain)

Registration Link (Maximum Participants 40): http://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=524
Please login with your s# and related portal password to register.
Note that the maximum enrollment is 40 attendees for this session, so plan on signing up, as soon as it's convenient !

Focus: Facilitator will demonstrate tools, processes, and answer questions about getting a D2L course ready for the new term with CCCOnline.

Facilitator: Amy Sorensen, M.Ed., CCCOnline ProfHelp

Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time. Link will be sent to you by email before the webinar

The same information is listed at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Ready.2C_Set.2C_Go.21

Attendance on the webinar will count towards CCCOnline's Professional Development requirement. For details , refer to the Instructor Handbook page related to Professional
Development -
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Policies_%26_Procedures_-_Faculty_Handbook_-_Training_and_Professional_Development_-_Policy#Post_Hire

Any questions? Please feel free to email training@ccconline.org

Thanks,
Aarthi Ramesh,
CCCOnline Training and Professional Development Coordinator.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Hi !
Curious how the CCCOnline Library Services Staff help you ? Then be part of our Webinar this Friday, August 12 2011.

The details are-

When: Friday, August 12, 2011 (1:00 - 2:00 PM)

Registration Link (Maximum Participants 40): https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=521
Please login with your S number and related Portal Password

Focus: Participants will hear an overview of the new CCCOnline Library databases, learn about how CCCOnline faculty and students access and use the Library services, and discuss strategies for incorporating Library services in CCCOnline courses.

Facilitator: Mary L. Cash, CCCOnline Instructional Designer and Librarian

Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time.
Link will be sent to you by email before the webinar.

The same information is listed at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#CCCOnline_Library_Services

Attendance on the webinar will count towards CCCOnline's Professional Development requirement. For details , refer to the Instructor Handbook page related to Professional Development -http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Policies_%26_Procedures_-_Faculty_Handbook_-_Training_and_Professional_Development_-_Policy#Post_Hire

Any questions? Please feel free to email training@ccconline.org

Thanks,

Aarthi Ramesh,
CCCOnline Training and Professional Development Coordinator.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

August 2011-Professional Development Opportunities

The Plagiarism and TurnItIn Webinar scheduled for July 29th has recorded maximum sign up capacity and therefore registration is closed . Thank you for your enthusiastic responses!

We'll be offering similar sessions in the future . In the meantime, to gain from what was discussed here though, please feel free to check out the Webinar archive starting July 29th evening at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Webinar_Archive

You'll also notice most Webinars offered in the past, are listed there.

Here are the list of Professional Development Sessions scheduled for August 2011-

Workshop-

Managing Discussions
When : August 8 2011-August 19 2011
Where: Online
Focus: This is a two week online workshop about best practices in facilitating online discussions
Registration close date: August 1 2011

Further details is available on the Professional Development page at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Workshops

We've three Webinars scheduled for August 2011 -

CCCOnline Library Services
When: Friday, August 12, 2011 (1:00 - 2:00 PM)
Where: Online
Check details at-http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#CCCOnline_Library_Services

Ready, Set, Go!
When: Friday, August 19, 2011 (1:00 - 2:00 PM Mountain)
Where: Online
Check details at-http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Ready.2C_Set.2C_Go.21

Why Universal Design?
When: Friday, August 26, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MT)
Where: Online
Check Details at-http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Why_Universal_Design.3F

These Workshops and Webinars fill up fast, so plan on early registration at- https://at.ccconline.org/training/login.php .
Please login in with your S# and related portal password.

If a session is marked 'full' please register for the next available session . If there is no future offering listed under the training link, we suggest you check back in a few weeks to see if it's offered again.

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with comments and questions.

For the Training and Professional Development team,

Aarthi Ramesh

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Academic Integrity and TurnItIn Webinar

Have questions about CCCOnline's Academic Integrity policy ? How about questions on using TurnItIn? Then sign up for this session, details as listed-

When: Friday, July 29, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MT)

Registration Link (Maximum Participants 40): https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=508

Focus: In this three part webinar, participants will learn about the CCCOnline Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures for addressing violations.
Participants will be able to locate associated resources for students and instructors.
Additionally, participants will discuss Committing an Act of Plagiarism as one of the forms of academic integrity violation including, but not limited to, the 2011 revised wording of the plagiarism definition, plagiarism case studies, and instructional strategies for deterring plagiarism.
Finally, participants will see a demonstration of the TurnItIn Originality Checker (Plagiarism Detection) and GradeMark (Online Markup) features available for the D2L Dropbox tool and be able to locate additional training for these features.
In each part of the webinar, participants will have an opportunity to ask questions of the facilitators.

Facilitators:
Terry Reeves, CCCOnline Academic Dean
Karla Schorzman, CCCOnline Liberal Arts & Communication Division Chair
Lisa Marie Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Training & Professional Development Coordinator

Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time. Link will be sent by email, on the week of the webinar, to all participants who've pre-registered.

Any questions? Please feel free to email training@ccconline.org

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

COMING SOON ! Information on the CCCOnline Annual Face to Face Conference

The CCCOnline Annual Face to Face Conference is scheduled for September 30th 2011.

So stay 'tooned' ! Registration for the Sessions will open the end of July .

Comic Strip reads-



'Toon' into your Super Powers!



'It's a bird? It's a plane? No..it's..it's the CCCOnline Conference!! Stay Tuned ! More to come about the Super Sessions planned for this year's conference ! Registration in July..'





Questions related to the conference ? Please feel free to contact me at aarthi.ramesh@cccs.edu

Monday, June 27, 2011

July 2011- Professional Development Opportunities

July is an exciting month for the Professional Development team as we present you with a multitude of training opportunities!

Here are the list of workshops scheduled for July 2011-

Managing Discussions -

When : July 18 2011-July 29 2011
Where: Online
Focus: This is a two week online workshop about best practices in facilitating online discussions
Registration close date: July 8 2011

Virtual Teams -

When : July 18 2011-July 29 2011
Where: Online
Focus: This is a two week online workshop includes one weekend of course activity. The workshop examines group development, group processes, and ways groups are used
Registration close date: July 8 2011

Measuring What Matters -

When : July 18 2011-July 29 2011
Where: Online
Focus: This is a two week online facilitated workshop that provides instructors with an opportunity to examine her/his assessment processes
Registration close date: July 8 2011

Further details of each of these sessions is available on the Professional Development page at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Workshops

We've one webinar scheduled for July 2011 -

Academic Integrity and TurnItIn-

When : Friday, July 29 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MT)
Where: Online
Focus : Check details at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars
Registration close date : July 29 2011 or once the maximum capacity of 40 is reached.

These workshops and webinars are filling up fast, so please register early if you plan on completing them.

Register at- https://at.ccconline.org/training/login.php . Please login in with your S# and related portal password.

If a session is marked 'full' please register for the next available session . If there is no future offering listed under the training link, we suggest you check back in a few weeks to see if it's offered again.

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with related concerns,
From the Training and Professional Development team,


Aarthi Ramesh

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

June 2011 Training opportunity

Have you been reviewing the current assessment processes on your courses and considering revisions ? Then this workshop is for you.

Measuring What Matters, a two week fully online facilitated workshop runs June 20, 2011 to July 1, 2011 . The registration closes on June 13, 2011

This workshop will be facilitated by CCCOnline faculty, Amy Valentine.

Details at- http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Workshops

This workshop is filling up fast, so if interested, please register at- https://at.ccconline.org/training/login.php

If the session is marked 'full', please register for the next available session . If there is no future offering listed under the training link, we suggest you check back in a few weeks to see if it's offered again.

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with related concerns.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Webinar-Multimedia Course Content

Do you need help with adding media to your courses or just want to explore what adding media content to your courses will involve ?Then this is the webinar for you.

When: Friday, June 3, 2011 (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM MT)

Facilitators: Sean Renner

Focus: Participants will learn the basics of creating multimedia content for their online courses through screen capture, video, audio, and interactivity. Participants will also learn about popular multimedia creation software such as Camtasia Studio, explore open source and free multimedia creation tools, and learn how to integrate multimedia content into their online courses.

Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.A1DF0FCC766CC8DE987F02565371FF

For record purposes, we recommend that you register beforehand for training using the registration Link: http://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=494 . Participation in this webinar will count towards satisfying CCCOnline's yearly professional development requirement.

Please feel free to contact us with questions on Professional Development at training@ccconline.org

Monday, May 23, 2011



From your CCCOnline 2011 Annual Faculty Conference Committee !




Mark your calendars for the CCCOnline Annual face-to-face Faculty Conference scheduled for September 30th 2011! More information will follow in the coming weeks.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Course Readiness Reminder

Hello Faculty:

As you prepare your Summer courses, please remember to follow the Course Readiness Checklist: http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Policies_%26_Procedures_-_Faculty_Handbook_-_Teaching_for_CCCOnline_-_Faculty_Role_in_Course_Development_and_Maintenance_-_Course_Readiness_Checklist

Note the Checklist now reflects the requirement that all faculty use their cccs.edu email addresses for student contact outside of D2L. (Please remember to update your email address in both your Syllabus and your Instructor Widget.) Thanks!

Monday, May 16, 2011

CCCOnline Faculty Services webinar

Faculty are required to use the CCCOnline POrtal and the cccs email starting this semester and so if you want to learn more about it, then please register for our upcoming CCCOnline Faculty Services webinar .For record purposes, we would greatly appreciate if you could register beforehand for the webinar at- https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=500 .Please let us know if you have questions or problems using this form. Of course,Whether you register in advance or not, please join us anyway at the link provided below.
When: Friday, May 20, 2011 (1:00-2:30 PM MST)
Facilitators: John Schmahl, Cheryl Comstock, Amy Sorensen, Monica Falk
Focus: Participants will learn about the CCCOnline Portal from Cheryl, about using the cccs. edu Email account from Amy, about the FERPA and other reasons to use the cccs. edu email from John, and about the CCCS Help Desk's role with the CCCOnline Portal and cccs.edu Email services from Monica.
Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.D45C4C3F2999626E5F2DB4E1083DBC

Thanks,
For the Training and Professional Development team,
Aarthi Ramesh,
CCCOnline Training and Professional Development Coordinator,
Health Science faculty,CCCOnline.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Webinar on Effective Communication

Ever have an issue with a student or a colleague? Wondering what the best way to handle it may have been? Then this is the webinar for you on Friday, May 13, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MT) on Effective Communication - The Golden Mean of Online Interactions .

This 90 minute webinar will be facilitated by Daniel Metz & Lisa Marie Johnson .

It's also listed on CCCOnline's Professional Development upcoming webinars page at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Effective_Communication_-_The_Golden_Mean_of_Online_Interactions

The Focus: Using Aristotle's ethical concept of the "Golden Mean" as a framework, participants will solve example communication challenges frequently encountered by online instructors with online students, colleagues, and support staff. Additionally, participants will see a review of D2L features for communicating with students and have an opportunity to ask questions about these tools.

Where: Online via Elluminate.

Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.D45C4C3F2999626E5F2DB4E1083DBC

For record purposes, we recommend that you register beforehand for training at
-https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=493

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Spring Grades due May 12

Dear Faculty;

It's that time of the semester, Spring grades are due no later than Thursday, May 12, 2011.

Please follow the directions below to enter grades for your courses. If you have any questions regarding grades, please contact me (john.schmahl@cccs.edu).

Once you have submitted your grades, we will pull a daily report listing the grades and they will be entered into Banner for the students. Grades will not be viewable by the students until the day after they are entered into banner.

You must report a Last Date of Attendance (LDA) for any student who receives a grade of “F”. If the student completed any course work or submitted any assignments during the semester, use the mid-point date for the LDA (see below for dates). If the student never submitted any assignments, never logged in or never communicated with you, use the first day of the course instead.
15 week courses
First day - 1/24/2011
Mid-point – 3/17/2011

10 week courses
First day - 2/28/2011
Mid-point - 4/4/2011

Once again, thank you for everything you do for our students. Your hard work and dedication is appreciated by all of us at CCCOnline.

Thanks!
John

To submit final grades:

Login through Faculty Portal at https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

- Select the Faculty Tab

- Under the Faculty Gateway Access Channel, Click on the Online Gradebook

- Select the appropriate section

If you are missing any section(s) or have extra section(s) listed, please contact John Schmahl, john.schmahl@cccs.edu.

Enter the appropriate grade for each student, accepted grades are listed below

Remember, developmental courses (those with course numbers under 100) must use the developmental grades, see below

**All students on the grade roster must be given a grade, even if they have not participated in the course**

Click “Update” and return to the menu to select the next section if needed

Approved grades

Standard courses (course numbers 100 and above, e.g., PSY 101)
A
B
C
D
F (must include last day of attendance)

Developmental courses (course number less than 100, e.g., MAT 060)
S/A
S/B
S/C
U/D
U/F (must include last day of attendance)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

CCCOnline Community Course and Grades Webinar

The Division Chairs invite you to visit the CCCOnline Community Course where you will find organizational changes including dividing up the discussions by the 5 new divisions: CTE, Liberal Arts and Communication, Social Sciences, and Science. The same all faculty discussions that you have come to enjoy like the Cultivating Excellence Blog discussion are still available for your comments and participation. We love hearing from you there!

The purpose of the redesign is to encourage and facilitate interdepartmental collaboration and develop a supportive community to address discipline challenges and needs. Due to the restructuring of content, some items may appear “new” that have previously been discussed and read.

To access the community, log into D2L, click on the student tab, and click on the CCCOnline Community. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please contact your Division Chair.

Additionally, please register for our upcoming D2L Grades webinar this Friday at 1pm https://at.ccconline.org/training

Getting Your Gradebook Ready for the End of the Term
When:
Friday, April 29, 2011 (1:00 - 2:00 PM MT)
Facilitator: Amy Sorensen
Focus: Participants will learn tips for managing the D2L Grades tool to present final grades to learners in an accurate and timely manner. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask specific Grades related questions.
Where: Online via Elluminate. (You can still attend if you don't have time to register) Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.D21E18584BB7B8954813F31600D8AC

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Want to learn more about Turnitin?

Hi Everyone, Hope you are enjoying the spring day! If you would like to learn more about Turnitin, they have some free webinars available from http://community.turnitin.com/?page=academy including the following: Pushing Past Plagiarism Prevention with OriginalityCheck Ready to take your use of OriginalityCheck to the next level? Learn to use some advanced features of Turnitin like discussion boards, reflection assignments, and revision assignments, to improve writing skills and encourage original work. Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011Time: 1:00 PM PDT / 4:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM GMT Beyond Awkward: Offering Meaningful Feedback with GradeMark Tired of lugging stacks of papers all over town and scribbling illegible feedback in the margins for hours on end? Learn how to use GradeMark to provide more meaningful feedback in less time and track class progress and problem areas. Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011Time: 1:00 PM PDT / 4:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM GMT

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Reporting Student Attendance

Reporting Student Attendance for Session 2

This is just a reminder that you should report on student attendance for any students in session 2 courses by midnight of the session 2 census date, March 9, 2011.

Information on how to record student attendance is listed below.

CCCOnline's attendance policy helps to identify students who do not intend to actively participate in courses. If necessary, courses may need to be revised to comply with the Attendance Policy. Contact your Program Chair for guidance with necessary revisions.

To comply with this policy, each CCCOnline course must require students to:

1. Participate in an "Introductions" discussion, which may or may not be graded.

2. Submit a graded, content-related assessment prior to the census date.

- The census date is the last day to drop in a term (see the Academic Calendar).
- The assessment must be content related – it should not be a "syllabus quiz".
- The assessment may be a Dropbox, Quiz, or Discussion

Thanks!
John

Process for verifying student attendance

Use the following instructions:

1. By Census Date (Mar 9th), login to the Faculty Gateway through the faculty portal at : https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

2. Click the "Online Roster" link.

3. Click the "Attendance Register" link next to the title of the course.

4. Click on the checkbox for “Introductory Discussion” if the student completed an Introductory Discussion post.

5. Click on the checkbox for “First Assignment” if the student has completed the first assignment (Recall that this assignment should be a graded, content-related assignment.).

6. Click on the checkbox for “Extenuating Circumstances” if the student did not post to the Introductory Discussion or the content-related assessment, but you have additional information that leads you to believe that the student may be active at a later date. The “Extenuating Circumstances” designation might be selected, for example, if:

- The student communicated with you or class peers elsewhere in the course.
- The student notified you s/he will start the term late.
- The student has given you other reasons to expect s/he may become active.

7. After selecting the designation for each student, click the “Submit” button to save your selections.

NetTutor - Tutoring Service for CCCOnline Learners Webinar

Join us this Friday for a webinar delivered by represntatives of NetTutor and learn how this service can benefit students in your CCCOnline courses. Registration for the last webinar was a huge success, and I appreciate all the RSVPs to help us ensure we have plenty of elluminate seats.

When: Friday, March 11, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MT)
Facilitators: Amy Anthony & Zac Tomlinson from NetTutor
Focus: An overview of the NetTutor service and how to use it with your CCCOnline learners.
Register: https://at.ccconline.org/training/login.php
Where:
Online via Elluminate. Access the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time using this link- https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.A2E007B1B476E0A039F5BBB6806316

Friday, February 25, 2011

Spring Session 2 Rosters Now Available

You can now view your Spring Session 2 class roster.

To access your class rosters please go to the Faculty Portal here,

https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

Enter your S# and Password.

On the Faculty Tab, go to the CCCOnline Faculty Gateway Access Channel

Select "Course Online Rosters".

For a tutorial on the Faculty Portal please go here, https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_CCCOnline_Portal_Overview

Thanks!
John

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Intelligent Agent Gone Wild, Again

Happy Wednesday! We apologize for any confusion that you experienced due to an intelligent agent that was created back in 2009. We have attempted to delete this agent but it returned like a little gremlin today. We have deleted it again today but please let us know if you receive any additional messages asking you to visit the CCCOnline Community Course. We do hope to see you in the community where your department faculty lounges are located and we have several all faculty discussions ongoing. However, you are not required to log in within a certain number of days to the community.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy the pretty weather while you can!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

CCCOnline Student Retention Strategies Webinar

We are testing a new system for registration of Webinars.
Please register for our upcoming webinar at https://at.ccconline.org/training/register/?id=487 , and let me know if you have questions or problems using this form. Whether you register in advance or not, please join us anyway at the link below.

When: Friday, February 18, 2011 (2:00 - 3:00 PM MT)
Facilitators: Lisa Brown-Roberts & John Schmahl
Focus: Participants will learn about current CCCOnline retention projects and projects planned for the upcoming academic year. Participants will have an opportunity to brainstorm about retention strategies, including "early alert" systems.
Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.BC3D4EDF62221A0B2180936AD9E87F

Monday, January 31, 2011

Student Authentication

Starting this Wednesday, February 2, your students may receive a series of authentication questions designed to help us authenticate and verify student identity. This process is managed by a third-party company called Acxiom. This is part of our on-going effort at improving student identification, attendance and retention.

The following e-mail has been sent to all students regarding the start of our use of Acxiom on Wednesday and our authentication policies in general. The 24x7 Support Center (PerceptIS) has also been informed of this change.

Thanks!
John

CCCOnline Course Authentication and Participation Policy (CAPP)

To improve our overall program integrity, ensure that each student is doing his/her own work and comply with our home colleges’ accreditation agencies, CCCOnline is implementing the following steps:

• During the semester, students may be presented with random pop-up security questions when logging into their online course(s). It is important that students answer these questions as accurately as they can.

• All students will be required to complete at least two assignments within the first two weeks of the semester.

Students who do not meet the CAPP requirements may be reported by their instructor to the CCCOnline Student Services Department.

The random security question authentication process is managed by a third-party company. CCCOnline does not have access to this database. This data is secured by the third-party company, which complies with student privacy and FERPA regulations.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Reporting Student Attendance for Session 1

This is just a reminder that you should report on student attendance for any students in session 1 courses by midnight of the session 1 census date, February 8, 2011.

Information on how to record student attendance is listed below.

CCCOnline's attendance policy helps to identify students who do not intend to actively participate in courses. If necessary, courses may need to be revised to comply with the Attendance Policy. Contact your Program Chair for guidance with necessary revisions.

To comply with this policy, each CCCOnline course must require students to:

1. Participate in an "Introductions" discussion, which may or may not be graded.

2. Submit a graded, content-related assessment prior to the census date.

- The census date is the last day to drop in a term (see the Academic Calendar).
- The assessment must be content related – it should not be a "syllabus quiz".
- The assessment may be a Dropbox, Quiz, or Discussion

Thanks!
John

Process for verifying student attendance

Use the following instructions:

1. By Census Date (Feb 8th), login to the Faculty Gateway through the faculty portal at : https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

2. Click the "Online Roster" link.

3. Click the "Attendance Register" link next to the title of the course.

4. Click on the checkbox for “Introductory Discussion” if the student completed an Introductory Discussion post.

5. Click on the checkbox for “First Assignment” if the student has completed the first assignment (Recall that this assignment should be a graded, content-related assignment.).

6. Click on the checkbox for “Extenuating Circumstances” if the student did not post to the Introductory Discussion or the content-related assessment, but you have additional information that leads you to believe that the student may be active at a later date. The “Extenuating Circumstances” designation might be selected, for example, if:

- The student communicated with you or class peers elsewhere in the course.
- The student notified you s/he will start the term late.
- The student has given you other reasons to expect s/he may become active.

7. After selecting the designation for each student, click the “Submit” button to save your selections.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Spring Session 1 Rosters Now Available

You can now view your Spring Session 1 class roster.

To access your class rosters please go to the Faculty Portal here,

https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

Enter your S# and Password.

On the Faculty Tab, go to the CCCOnline Faculty Gateway Access Channel

Select Course Online Rosters.

For a tutorial on the Faculty Portal please go here, https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_CCCOnline_Portal_Overview

Thanks!
John

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Save Yourself the Headache!


At the end of each term Amy Sorenson, who is Profhelp, is inundated with questions about the Grades Tool in D2L. So, in order to avoid future headaches, we asked several faculty and Amy for helpful tips and suggestions.


Here they are:
1. Change your Personal Display options so you can always see the students' grades and the Final Calculated Grade when you enter the gradebook. http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_D2L_-_Grades#Set_Personal_Display_Options.3F
2. Run the Gradebook Wizard before the term starts. Enter fake grades for the Jenny Grade student to verify your grades are totaling correctly and match your Course Syllabus-Grading and Evaluation page.http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_D2L_-_Grades#Run_the_Grades_Setup_Wizard.3F
3. Towards the end of the term don’t forget to release the Final Calculated Grade column to the students so they can see their final grade.http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_D2L_-_Grades#Release_the_Final_Calculated_Grade_to_Students.3F


If you're still struggling with the Grades Tool after using these D2L Tool pages, please use the Profhelp form located in the CCCOnline Portal.


Each week the Cultivating Excellence Blog runs reminders like these and more. View the blog by clicking the the Faculty Tab in the CCCOnline Portal, and share your comments in appropriate discussion in the CCCOnline Community Course.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Are you ready to start cleaning your courses?


At times the process of getting your course "duped" or copied for the upcoming term seems convoluted, but here is a brief description of that process and your role.


Prior to the term, you and your Chair determine which course/s you would like copied and potentially how many is a reasonable amount for you and the department. The Chair then completes a form that requests that course for you and the AT team processes that request. Sometimes while they are processing the dupe request, you may see an empty course shell appear in D2L, but you will know for sure when it is ready for you to look at when you receive an automated email notifying you of the course. (If you are not getting these emails, check your SPAM folder and update your email address through the Portal or Faculty Gateway page.)


After you get the email, you have 72 hours to log into D2L and in order to confirm the content in the course is correct. ***This requires some looking around your course and checking tools like discussions and quizzes, ect to be sure they have the correct settings. Once you have checked the course to be sure it is correct, log into the CCCOnline Portal and go to the Faculty Tab to access the Content Verification Form. If there is a problem with the content in your course, contact your Chair immediately. Your next step is to get the course ready for students. Use the Course Readiness Checklist to be sure you aren't missing any steps: http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Policies_%26_Procedures_-_Faculty_Handbook_-_Teaching_for_CCCOnline_-_Faculty_Role_in_Course_Development_and_Maintenance_-_Course_Readiness_Checklist


***Don't forget to reset your course home page, update your instructor widget, run the gradebook wizard, and clear your course navigation bar of tools like Rubrics if you aren't using them. Review the Course Readiness Checklist for a comprehensive explanation of what to remove and not to remove. Many faculty are really good house cleaners and are making tools inactive that are really needed like the question library ...so be cautious and thoughtful about this part of the clean up. The course must be ready for students for first day checks no later than Thursday morning prior to the start of the term (for spring session 1, this is January 20th). When your course is ready to be reviewed, return to the Faculty Tab on the Portal and click Course Readiness Form to acknowledge that the course is ready.


One final reminder is that you must have a content related assignment due before census which for spring 1 is February 8. This assignment must be more the introduction discussion.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Happy Holidays!


Happy Holidays from all the Staff at CCCOnline!
Our offices are closed from December 24 and repen on January 3rd. We look forward to a great 2011.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Determining Last Date of Attendence

Dear Faculty;

After discussions with the system financial aid directors and the system office we have determined that you may use the mid-point date of the course when reporting a student’s last date of attendance (LDA). The mid-point dates for our courses are listed below. As a reminder, the LDA must be reported for any student who receives a failing grade in a course. If the student completed any course work or submitted any assignments during the semester, use the mid-point date for the LDA. If the student never submitted any assignments, never logged in or never communicated with you, use the first day of the course instead.

As always, please feel free to contact me (john.schmahlcccs.edu) if you have any questions.

Thanks again for your continued hard work and support!

John

Mid-point date for 15 week courses – 10/24/2010
Mid-point date for 10 week courses – 11/8/2010

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Sentence Works changes it's name to Grammarly@edu

Sentenceworks, the free online grammar checker available to CCCOnline students, changed it’s name to Grammarly@edu. Check out the new site and features by using the Grammarly@edu link in the Helpful Links widget inside your Desire2Learn classroom.

At the new site, you’ll find the same familiar features you’ve been using along with some new functionality including:
-Even more accurate grammar checking
-Support for more writing genres
-Printable reports

Your Sentenceworks user name and password will work at the new site (http://www.grammarly.com/edu/students). Easily retrieve your forgotten password for Grammarly by clicking on the “Forgot Your Password” link on the login page. Your password will be emailed to your college email account. Do you need a new account? No problem! Click on “Create Account” and fill out the required information.

Support for Grammarly@edu is available online at http://support.grammarly.com/home.

Enjoy the new grammar services!

Monday, December 06, 2010

Fall Grades due Dec 16!

Dear Faculty;

It's that time of the semester, Fall grades are due no later than Thursday, December 16, 2010.

Please follow the directions below to enter grades for your courses. If you have any questions regarding grades, please contact me (john.schmahl@cccs.edu).

Once you have submitted your grades, we will pull a daily report listing the grades and they will be entered into Banner for the students. Grades will not be viewable by the students until the day after they are entered.

You must report a Last Date of Attendance (LDA) for any student who receives a grade of “F”. The LDA is the date that the student submitted their last graded assessment or assignment. To find this date in D2L, you can follow the directions here http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_D2L_-_Classlist#How_do_I_review_student.27s_access_to_the_course_or_a_tool.3F

If the student never accessed the course, you can enter the first day of the session, August 30 for session 1 courses and October 4 for session 2 courses.

If you have any students needing their grades earlier, or any students not listed on the grade roster, please contact John Schmahl, john.schmahl@cccs.edu or Roxanne Manske, roxanne.manske@cccs.edu.

To submit final grades:

Login through Faculty Portal at https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

(For a tutorial on the new Faculty Portal please go here, https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_CCCOnline_Portal_Overview)

- Select the Faculty Tab

- Under the Faculty Gateway channel, Click on the Online Gradebook

- Select the appropriate section

If you are missing any section(s) or have extra section(s) listed, please contact John Schmahl, john.schmahl@cccs.edu.

Enter the appropriate grade for each student, accepted grades are listed below

Remember, developmental courses (those with course numbers under 100) must use the developmental grades, see below

**All students on the grade roster must be given a grade, even if they have not participated in the course**

Click “Update” and return to the menu to select the next section if needed

Approved grades

Standard courses (course numbers 100 and above, e.g., PSY 101)
A
B
C
D
F (must include last day of attendance)

Developmental courses (course number less than 100, e.g., MAT 060)
S/A
S/B
S/C
U/D
U/F (must include last day of attendance)

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Fall student survey is now available

The student survey is now available to students. Note that students will receive a popup message when they log into D2L until they have completed the survey for each of their courses. Please encourage students to complete the survey in order to help us better serve them.

Thanks!
John

Monday, November 29, 2010

D2L 9.1 Upgrade- a Success!

The D2L 9.1 upgrade that occurred over the Thanksgiving Holiday was a success. The one major change you may have noticed already is that instead of the save message occurring across the top of the D2L window when you save changes in D2L the message now appears on the bottom right of your screen.

I would also like to highlight our last webinar of the year on Friday December 3 at 1pm, Creating and Facilitating Groups in D2L with Lisa Marie Johnson. If you haven't completed your training requirement this year, you don't want to miss it! To join us go to https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.0EB8DF8CB07BB2627174FA49487CAB

It will also be recorded and you can listen to it and our other archived webinars at https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Webinar_Archive .

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Learning Key Chain Webinar this Friday

Do your students sometimes appear not to connect to your subject, its materials, or even to you? Do you sometimes disconnect from teachers or presenters even when the topic is of interest to you? Learning preferences play a great role in how much and how well we learn or want to learn anything. When we decide to learn something, we pick the key that works for us. A flexible "lock" allows for many fits to access content.

Join us for an interactive webinar on Friday November 5th at 1pm with Leecy Wise. Participants will explore how they learn and teach best. The webinar will provide instructors with a broad perspective on how students might prefer to learn. The webinar will open instructors to new ways of presenting content and engaging students with a variety of learning needs and abilities.

No registration required, just join us at https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.7535BE50A6EE6D4A8B14AFA1F589FE

You may also want to visit the faculty wiki for our archived webinars or more information on upcoming webinars at https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Training_Options

If you have questions about this post, please contact Karen Kaemmerling directly at karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Congratulations in Order

Congratulations to Frank Vazquez and David Chatham of CCCOnline's Academic Technologies team. David and Frank received national recognition at the annual Desire2Learn conference in Chicago last July for their submission to the Desire2Excel awards program.

To read the entire article as published in the CCCS Connections newsletter, follow this link (http://www.cccs.edu/communications/connections/2010/603/index.html), scroll down to Section D (Technology Update), which will open in Adobe Reader, and then to Section F.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

October Training Reminder

Each faculty is expected to earn one training credit per year. You can do this if you haven’t already by attending Friday’s webinar.

Student Research & Writing Toolkit Updates Webinar Reminder
When:
Friday, October 22, 2010 (1:00 - 2:30PM Mountain)
Who: Mary Cash & Liz Dzabic
What: Review of the updates to the Student Wiki "Research & Writing Toolkit".
Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from:https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.5B943246C8C210B8165AD731371D95

For more upcoming webinar information and for the recorded archived webinars visit the faculty wiki.

Please send your questions directly to me rather than replying at Karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Reporting student attendance for session 2

Just a reminder that tomorrow is census for session 2 courses. You should report on student attendance for any students in session 2 courses tat you may be teaching by midnight tomorrow, Thursday, October 14. More information on our attendance policy and how to report on student attendance is listed below. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!
John


CCCOnline's attendance policy helps to identify students who do not intend to actively participate in courses. If necessary, courses will need revised to comply with the Attendance Policy. Contact your Program Chair for guidance with necessary revisions.

To comply with this policy, each CCCOnline course must require students to:

1. Participate in an "Introductions" discussion, which may or may not be graded.

2. Submit a graded, content-related assessment prior to the census date.

- The census date is the last day to drop in a term (see the Academic Calendar).
- The assessment must be content related – it should not be a "syllabus quiz".
- The assessment may be a Dropbox, Quiz, or Discussion

Process for verifying student attendance

Use the following instructions:

1. By Census Date (Oct 14th), login to the Faculty Gateway through the faculty portal at : https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

2. Click the "Online Roster" link.

3. Click the "Attendance Register" link next to the title of the course.

4. Click on the checkbox for “Introductory Discussion” if the student completed an Introductory Discussion post.

5. Click on the checkbox for “First Assignment” if the student has completed the first assignment (Recall that this assignment should be a graded, content-related assignment.).

6. Click on the checkbox for “Extenuating Circumstances” if the student did not post to the Introductory Discussion or the content-related assessment, but you have additional information that leads you to believe that the student may be active at a later date. The “Extenuating Circumstances” designation might be selected, for example, if:

- The student communicated with you or class peers elsewhere in the course.
- The student notified you s/he will start the term late.
- The student has given you other reasons to expect s/he may become active.

7. After selecting the designation for each student, click the “Submit” button to save your selections.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Session 5 - 2010 Second Life Series – The Virtual Podium

* When: October 14, 2010 (3:00PM - 5:00PM - Mountain)
* Who: Cheryl Comstock, CCCOnline Director of Online Programs
* Prior sessions: see the the Webinar Archive page
* What: In this session, the participants will learn about pre-developed curriculum and its uses with educational tools discussed during the prior 4 sessions in this series. Additionally, participants will go on a virtual field trip to experience the virtual podiums in SL, we will also visit the Information & Communications Technology Library (ICT ) located in Second Life.
* Where: In Second Life. Cheryl will send you more information after you register - You may go to the following site to register for the session at, http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars.

Please note: There has been an update for the Viewer 2, which will prompt you at your next login. All information for the update is available on the login page of SL. It is helpful to update your viewer a day or two before our virtual meeting time.

About the Second Life Series

* Questions about this series should be directed to Cheryl Comstock: Cheryl.Comstock@cccs.edu
* REGISTRATION FOR ALL SESSIONS IS REQUIRED - click here to register.
* For an overview of Second Life as a tool, see the Faculty Wiki Second Life Tech Tool page found at, http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_Other_Tools_-_Second_Life

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

New Student Authentication Process

Starting this Monday, October 11, your students may receive a series of authentication questions designed to help us authenticate and verify student identities. This process is managed by a third-party called Acxiom. This is part of our on-going efforts at improving student identification, attendance and retention (see the previous post from Lisa on Sept 13, "Attendance Policy for Students/Formerly No-show).

The following e-mail has been sent to all students regarding the start of our use of Acxiom on Monday. PerceptIS has also been informed of this change.

Thanks!
John


CCCOnline Course Authentication and Participation Policy (CAPP)

To improve our overall program integrity, ensure that each student is doing his/her own work and comply with our home colleges’ accreditation agencies, CCCOnline is implementing the following steps:

• During the semester, students may be presented with random pop-up security questions when logging into their online course(s).

• All students will be required to complete at least two assignments within the first two weeks of the semester.

Students who do not meet the CAPP requirements may be reported by their instructor to the CCCOnline Student Services Department.

The random security question authentication process is managed by Acxiom, a third-party company. CCCOnline does not have access to this database. This data is secured by Acxiom, which complies with student privacy and FERPA regulations. Acxiom’s privacy policies are available at www.acxiom.com/privacy.

After the student enters his/her S# and password on the D2L login page or accesses D2L via the portal, a screen appears to “Verify Your Identity.”

Students should type their current address into the Identification Verification box.

• After the address is submitted, up to four questions will appear on screen asking Identity Verification questions. There may be a short delay before these questions display on the screen.

• Students should answer the questions honestly, and keep in mind that “none of the above” may be a valid answer for some questions.

• After students answer and submit their answers to the Identity Verification questions, there is a delay before the student is logged into their online course. This delay can last up to two minutes. Please be patient and do not click the submit button multiple times.

Check out the Cultivating Excellence Blog

Each week we share pedagogy, best practices, professional development, and quality assurance ideas and concepts on the Cultivating Excellence Blog. Visit the blog directly or through the CCCOnline Portal Faculty Tab. Also, we invite you to comment and converse with colleagues in our Cultivating Excellence Blog Discussion in the CCCOnline Community.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Email, Email, and More Email!

Please do not reply to this message. If you have questions, please email amy.sorensen@cccs.edu.

TRUE OR FALSE- username@cccs.desire2learn.com email address is a valid email address which can be used outside of D2L?

FALSE--the email address you see in D2L, for example asorensen@cccs.desire2learn.com, is NOT a valid email address outside of D2L.

This semester we have had multiple student inquiries about emails they have sent to their instructor but the instructor is not responding. With a little research from the techies at D2L we have discovered that students are trying to email their instructor using an outside account, such as gmail or yahoo, and these messages are not getting delivered to the internal D2L email.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:

Do NOT list your cccs.desire2learn.com address on your instructor widget or Instructor Information page!! Students will try to use this address outside of D2L and then be disgruntled when the message is not delivered to you. :O)

If a student complains that you are not responding to their emails. Let me them know that they only way they can email you is using the Email tool within D2L or with the alternate address you have provided such as your cccs.edu email account.

If you have not setup your CCCS email account or have questions, please email profhelp@cccs.edu.

If you are a new faculty ProfHelp will be contacting you with your new CCCS email information and login credentials as soon as these accounts are ready to go!

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Getting to D2L

Hi Everyone-

The portal is still unstable this evening.  The best way to get to D2L is via the direct URL:  online.ccconline.org.  D2L is up and functioning well.

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

Up Time

Hi Everyone-

The upgrade IT was working in this morning ran into difficulties and had to be aborted.  They expect to be up again with access to all of our tools (including D2L) in about an hour.

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

Friday, October 01, 2010

Fall Session 2 Rosters Now Available

You can now view your Fall session 2 class roster.

To access your course rosters please go to the Faculty Portal here,

https://myportal.cccs.edu/jsp/misc/schoolLoginNew.jsp?school=ccco

Enter your S# and Password.

On the Faculty Tab, go to the CCCOnline Faculty Gateway Access Channel

Select Course Online Rosters.

For a tutorial on the new Faculty Portal please go here, https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_CCCOnline_Portal_Overview

Thanks!
John

Library Resources

Hi Everyone, 

We wanted to let you know that the Student Wiki has been updated. It has a new look and has been reorganized a bit.  Be sure to visit the Student Wiki and check it out.  You’ll see the latest version of the Student Handbook and the revised and expanded Research and Writing Toolkit, along with helpful information for students on CCCOnline in general as well as technical help for D2L.

You can reach the Online Library Resources and the Research and Writing Toolkit from the Helpful Links widget found on both on the MyHome page and each course’s homepage.  However, it’s important to note that if you have links in your classes to the Online Library, the article database information, the Research and Writing Toolkit or Tutoring information on the wiki, you probably will need to update them.  Here are the URLs:
Mary

Mary L. Cash
Instructional Designer/CCCOnline Librarian
Colorado Community Colleges Online
Work: 303-595-1661
Mary.Cash@cccs.edu
http://www.ccconline.org

Thursday, September 30, 2010

TurnItIn Webinar Tomorrow and other fall training opportunities

TurnItIn’s Markup and Plagiarism Detection Tools: The Mechanics and Beyond
When: Friday, October 1, 2010 (1:00PM - 3:00PM Mountain)
Who: Jan Gilboy, Renee Bangerter, Liz Dzabic, and Karen Kaemmerling
What: We heard great feedback about TurnItIn’s presentation at the CCCOnline Conference last week, but if you missed it, please note that Renee Bangerter and Jan Gilboy of TurnItIn graciously have agreed to present for us again. This Webinar, titled “TurnItIn’s Markup and Plagiarism Detection Tools: The Mechanics and Beyond,” will address basic how-tos and answer your technical questions. We also will discuss how to use these tools constructively in your courses (i.e., interpret plagiarism results, use plagiarism detection as a learning teaching tool, and use GradeMark effectively).
Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time from: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008363&password=M.78F51EE1033CD5B7EE11BC3249C7D9

If you haven't met your training requirement for the year 2010, other training opportunities for fall are coming that you may want to register for through the portal or gateway:
Managing Discussions Workshop with Daniel Metz Begins Oct 18
Virtual Teams Workshop with Jennifer Harr Begins Oct 18
Learning Key Chair Webinar with Leecy Wise on November 5 at 1pm.
Rubrics Workshop with Leecy Wise Begins Nov 8

More webinars are coming but I would love to hear from you which conference presentations you think would make a good webinar and you would either like to see again or recommend to your peers. Please send your questions or suggestions to me at karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

CCCOnline Division Chair Positions

Hi Everyone-

As Rhonda and I mentioned at the conference CCCOnline is in the process of restructuring slightly.  As a part of that process we are hiring several full-time Division Chairs.  Those positions are now posted on the CCCS jobs site - http://www.cccs.edu/HR/ccjobs.html.  Look down the center column under CCCOnline.  (And note we also have an instructional design position posted.  We are expanding that department as well.)  

Please pass this information around to anyone who might be interested.

Thank you,

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

Drop Box Update

Hi Everyone-

D2L believes they have permanently corrected the Dropbox problems at this time.

Thanks-
Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

Drop Box Update

Hi Everyone-

Dropbox appears to be working for most faculty this morning, but at this point D2L has applied only a temporary fix.  They have not yet located the underlying problem.  That means you may see continuing issues with the dropbox as the day progresses.  We are keeping an eye on it and will ask D2L to apply the temporary fix again if it looks like the drop box is stalling.

Thanks for your patience.

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Dropbox Errors

Hi Everyone-

We are seeing errors in the dropbox this afternoon.  The issue has been escalated to D2L.  I will let you know as soon as I hear anything.  Meanwhile there is a high likelihood that your students will not be able to post assignments to the dropbox.

Sorry,

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

CCCOnline Faculty Conference this Friday!

We are very excited about our CCCOnline Faculty Conference
Constructing Quality: Expand your Toolbox!

Here is some helpful information to help you arrive on Friday September 17th at Arapahoe Community College.

-If you missed registration and still want to attend, please stop by the non-registered table that morning at M1900 to ensure you receive training credit for attending.
-Please visit this website for directions to ACC and maps of the campus http://www.arapahoe.edu/about-acc/locations/campus-maps
-Parking lots are open and free for our attendees. There are no permit restrictions in any parking lots.
-The dress is casual. In fact, to go with our Construction theme, we encourage you to wear jeans. -Your first stop will be registration which starts at 8am in M 1900, the main cafeteria area at ACC.
-We are providing breakfast and lunch items, however, the budget for this free conference is very limited. If you have special dietary requirements, please be prepared to at least supplement or bring your own food.

Thank you to our session presenters for preparing and presenting at this year's conference. Their time makes the conferences a valuable experience for us all each year. And thank you to our sponsors, D2L, Turnitin, NetTutor, and Techsmith.

For more details about the conference sessions and the overall event, please visit http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Teaching_Resources_-_Presentations_-_2010_CCCOnline_Faculty_Conference

See you Friday! Please contact me with your questions at Karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

No-Shows

Hi Everyone-

I thought you might be interested in the no-show data from John Schmahl this semester. These are students who have not logged in at all this semester.  About half of the colleges drop students who are reported as no-shows.

Jon Sherrill just pulled the no-shows and Roxanne has sent them on to the colleges. It looks like we had a total of 442 individual students (unduplicated headcount) who have not logged in. We currently have 9,546 unduplicated headcount for session 1. I’ll pull the attendance information this afternoon on which faculty have reported their attendance information.

Thanks!
John

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu 

Monday, September 13, 2010

Attendance Policy for Students/Formerly No-Show

Hi Everyone-

My apologies for the long email.  The attendance procedure is towards the end. Census date is Tuesday, September 14th.

This year the former No-Show Policy has changed to the Attendance Policy.  There are several reasons for the change.  First,  online classes are a target for groups who are interested in fraudulently applying for financial aid.  Because of this we are attempting to verify class attendance of all students early in the semester.  Initially we ran a no-show report and labeled those who did not login to class at all as no-shows and recommended to the colleges that they drop these students.  The majority of the financial aid scams however have involved "students" who do login to class.  Many of them also participate in the Introductory Discussion, but few participate beyond that.  

Second,  as you know, many of the colleges we serve do not drop students for no-show.  Our preference at CCCOnline is that students are dropped for non-attendance, but before we can request that of all of the colleges we need to collect data showing that most students who either do not attend at all or only login a couple of times are not successful in their courses.  The new policy and procedure will help with that.

Last,  online education in general is at risk whenever we can't verify that our students are who they say they are and that we know who is completing the courses.  We have designed courses in such a way that makes it likely that the student who begins the course also finishes it.  In addition, we are working with Acxiom, a company that collects large amounts of public information about people, to introduce a set of identity questions upon login to D2L sometime during the first couple of weeks of classes.  We may have that project in place for fall 2, but it is not complete at this time.

We expect to report back to you on the data and analysis of this new process in February of next year.

Attendance Policy

CCCOnline's attendance policy helps to identify students who do not intend to actively participate in courses.  If necessary, courses will need revised to comply with the Attendance Policy. Contact your Program Chair for guidance with necessary revisions.

To comply with this policy, each CCCOnline course must require students to:

1. Participate in an "Introductions" discussion, which may or may not be graded.

2. Submit a graded, content-related assessment prior to the census date.

 - The census date is the last day to drop in a term (see the Academic Calendar).
 - The assessment must be content related – it should not be a "syllabus quiz".
 - The assessment may be a Dropbox, Quiz, or Discussion


Process for verifying student attendance

Use the following instructions:

1. On or very shortly after the Census Date (Sept.14th), login to the Faculty Gateway: https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/

2. Click the "Online Roster" link.


3.  Click the "Attendance Register" link next to the title of the course.

4.  Click on the checkbox for “Introductory Discussion” if the student completed an Introductory Discussion post.

5. Click on the checkbox for “First Assignment” if the student has completed the first assignment (Recall that this assignment should be a graded, content-related assignment.).

6. Click on the checkbox for “Extenuating Circumstances” if the student did not post to the Introductory Discussion or the content-related assessment, but you have additional information that leads you to believe that the student may be active at a later date.  The “Extenuating Circumstances” designation might be selected, for example, if:

- The student communicated with you or class peers elsewhere in the course.
- The student notified you s/he will start the term late.
- The student has given you other reasons to expect s/he may become active.

7. After selecting the designation for each student, click the “Submit” button to save your selections.

Lisa 

Lisa Cheney-Steen
Co-Exec. Director for CCCOnline
Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu 

Friday, September 10, 2010

CCCOnline Faculty Conference is One Week Away!

Just a few days left to register for the CCCOnline Faculty Conference, Constructing Quality: Expand your Toolbox. Besides all the great presentations that you don’t want to miss, we will have great door prizes in the sessions like a Free Pen Tab donated by NetTutor. Registration closes Monday morning, so don’t delay!

If you are registered already, please visit the Conference page on the wiki for directions to Arapahoe Community College and other key information that may be of interest to you such as dietary concerns. https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Teaching_Resources_-_Presentations_-_2010_CCCOnline_Faculty_Conference

Additionally, please check out the training registration options for upcoming workshops this fall. You can view a calendar on the Faculty Tab on the CCCOnline Faculty portal for upcoming dates and register for workshops like the Learning Styles Workshop with Leecy Wise which begins Monday September 20th.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Archive Tab on Your D2L Page

If you have questions, please email donna.welschmeyer@cccs.edu

In order to streamline the D2L tab that displays courses (the Instructor tab), our Academic Technologies staff has programmed a new tab called the Archive tab into D2L. Beginning Monday, September 6, your Spring 2010 and Summer 2010 courses will be displayed on this new Archive tab instead of on the Instructor tab. The Fall 2009 pilots, if you have one, will be removed completely out of sight (but not deleted) as we don’t have a method to move them to the new tab.

With this new tab, you will be able to access your past courses if necessary, but they won't be in the way of your current courses. Beginning in January 2011, term courses that are 12 months or older will be deleted.  This does NOT affect DEV courses or master courses per se.  For instance, Fall 2009 courses will be over 1 year old in January and will be removed.  At the end of the Spring 2011 term, the Spring 2010 courses will be removed.  This policy is the same as what was followed on Blackboard in previous years

Thursday, September 02, 2010

TurnItIn Maintenance

Please do not reply to this automated message. If you have questions, please email me at donna.welschmeyer@cccs.edu. Thanks!

Please note the downtime for scheduled maintenance as noted to us by TurnItIn:
Upcoming System Maintenance: On Saturday, September 4th from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM US Pacific Time (-7 UTC), all Turnitin services may be unavailable while we launch the new Turnitin2 service. If you have assignments due during this window, we recommend that you change the due date and alert your students. Contact tiisupport@turnitin.com for more information.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Student Re-Enrollment

If you have any students who contact you and were dropped from their courses for any reason and want to be re-enrolled, you can send them to the following link and they can complete the Re-Enrollment form, https://at.ccconline.org/students/Re-Enrollment/.

More information about our attendance and re-enrollment policies can be found in the student handbook here, http://at.ccconline.org/students/wiki/Student_Handbook_-_Inside_the_Classroom_-_Attendance_Policies

Thanks!
John