Highlights

Illinois Compass Upgrade Pilot

Our campus is in the process of a major upgrade to the Illinois Compass learning management system (moving from version 3 to version 4). Before the implementation of the new version across campus in Summer 2007, there will be a pilot phase in Spring 2007. A set of instructors who teach medium to large courses will participate in the pilot program. CITES EdTech will work closely with these instructors to identify and fix any issues that may arise and to make the necessary enhancements before the new version replaces our production system. For more information about the pilot program and the upcoming upgrade please visit our web site:

http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/compass/index.html

New Workshops in Web Development for Faculty

Designing and building your own web sites allows you to control how students access your course material and makes it easy to share material with fellow instructors (while also saving valuable time and making new assignments possible).  We are offering a new workshop that will cover everything faculty need to know to get started building their own web sites to aid in their teaching. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to how web servers and HTML work, the basics of web design and development, usability and accessibility, creating and editing pages in Dreamweaver, and publishing web sites in Netfiles or Illinois Compass.

Featured Events

Illinois Compass Grade Book Walk-In Clinics

This clinic is for existing users of the Illinois Compass Grade Book. EdTech staff will be available to assist faculty and staff with calculating final grades, calculating columns, importing final exam grades, posting final grades, and other Illinois Compass Grade Book issues.

Space is limited for each session. Please visit the EdTech calendar to register.

Register Now for our January Workshops

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
January 9, 2007
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
January 10, 2007
1:30 P.M. ~ 3:30 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Web Development for Faculty
January 11, 2007
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Illinois Compass Grade Book
January 12, 2007
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Managing Large Enrollment and Multi-Section Courses in Illinois Compass
January 12, 2007
1:30 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

To view a complete list of all the workshops offered in January and register please visit our calendar.

Resources

Educational Technologies
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/

Illinois Compass Login
http://compass.uiuc.edu

Course Site Requests
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/siterequest.html

Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/

Center for Teaching Excellence
http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/

BlackBoard
http://www.blackboard.com/

Educause
http://www.educause.edu