University of Illinois Monthly Announcements
Highlights REMINDER: Extended Illinois Compass Downtime From May 21st to mid-June 2007 Between May 21st and mid-June (2007), Illinois Compass will be shut down. (Instructors teaching during Summer I and Summer II as well as continuing courses can get course sites on our "Pilot" Illinois Compass system that has been running with limited users since January 2007. If you have a continuing course, please contact us for more information.) During that time, we will be transitioning to new and improved hardware for Illinois Compass, and upgrading from WebCT Vista 3 to Blackboard Enterprise Vista 4. This Illinois Compass Upgrade offers an improved look and feel, smarter navigation, and new teaching and learning tools and options, as well as a more robust and powerful backend. The transition should be relatively seamless for students, but instructors and designers are encouraged to learn about the new system through at least one other method beyond self-guided clicking around. Instructors and designers using Compass can request individual consulting, attend a 50 minute Orientation Session, explore our soon-to-be-revised online documentation, or attend formal, hands-on training, beginning mid-June. More... If you have existing course sites in Illinois Compass, you will want to read carefully What About My Course Sites? Special Training Events These workshops are concurrent sessions of the 2007 Faculty Summer Institute. U of I faculty may attend these sessions without attending the conference as a registered participant. Faculty teaching for Summer Sessions I & II as well as Fall 2007 are encouraged to receive training prior to teaching with the NEW Illinois Compass. Workshop registration is required. Illinois Compass Overview Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:30 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M. Oregon Lab This workshop provides a hands-on overview of the NEW Illinois Compass coming this Fall. New and current users of Illinois Compass are encouraged to register to get a head start on creating and managing your online courses in Illinois Compass. Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: Communicating with Students Using Illinois Compass Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:30 A.M. ~ 9:45 A.M. Oregon Lab Fresh new look at communicating with your students through Illinois Compass Communication Tools: NEW! Blog and Journaling tools; discussions-graded and un-graded; mail, chat and whiteboard. Make use of the many new features combined with innovative ways of keeping your students engaged. Making the Grade: Assessing Student Performance Using Illinois Compass Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:15 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M. Oregon Lab This will be a hands-on session with the Illinois Compass assignment and assessment tools. We will create an assignment and assessment within Illinois Compass and talk about best practices and common mistakes, such as selection criteria settings. Space is limited for these sessions. Please visit the EdTech calendar to register. Partner Events Upcoming Events Illinois Compass Grade Book Walk-In Clinic May 7, 2007 2:00 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M. 2404 DCL Web Development for Faculty May 8, 2007 1:30 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Orientation to the New Illinois Compass May 9, 2007 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Orientation to the New Illinois Compass May 22, 2007 1:30 P.M. ~ 2:30 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Orientation to the New Illinois Compass May 23, 2007 9:00 A.M. ~ 10:00 A.M. 23 Illini Hall StudyMate: An Easy Way to Create Interactive Learning Activities May 24, 2007 10:00 A.M. ~ 11:00 A.M. 23 Illini Hall Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about other workshops offered by EdTech. Resources CITES 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/compass/siterequest.html CITES Classroom Technologies http://classtech.cites.uiuc.edu/ CITES Help Desk http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/help/ Center for Teaching Excellence http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/ Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com Educause Learning Initiative http://www.educause.edu/eli	What is Illinois Compass? Illinois Compass, powered by Blackboard Vista Enterprise Edition, is an enterprise learning management system that gives faculty, instructors, students, and others a collaborative online space with tools for managing and delivering course assignments, tracking and publishing grades, and keeping course material available to students outside the classroom walls. The system has been customized for use by University faculty. 2007-2008 CITES Educational Technology Brown Bag Series - Call For Presentations CITES Educational Technologies is seeking innovative faculty using emerging online educational tools to present for its 2007-2008 Brown Bag season. If you are an innovative user of educational technology, please contact Robert Baird for possible presentation ideas to the U of I campus. Contact Us CITES Educational Technologies 2304 Digital Computing Lab (DCL) 1304 W. Springfield MC-256 Urbana, Illinois 61801 (217) 333-1078 edtech@uiuc.edu This list is used by CITES Educational Technologies for the sole purpose of updating Teaching with Technology users about upcoming events.
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Monthly Announcements

Highlights

REMINDER: Extended Illinois Compass Downtime From May 21st to mid-June 2007

Between May 21st and mid-June (2007), Illinois Compass will be shut down. (Instructors teaching during Summer I and Summer II as well as continuing courses can get course sites on our "Pilot" Illinois Compass system that has been running with limited users since January 2007. If you have a continuing course, please contact us for more information.) During that time, we will be transitioning to new and improved hardware for Illinois Compass, and upgrading from WebCT Vista 3 to Blackboard Enterprise Vista 4. This Illinois Compass Upgrade offers an improved look and feel, smarter navigation, and new teaching and learning tools and options, as well as a more robust and powerful backend. The transition should be relatively seamless for students, but instructors and designers are encouraged to learn about the new system through at least one other method beyond self-guided clicking around. Instructors and designers using Compass can request individual consulting, attend a 50 minute Orientation Session, explore our soon-to-be-revised online documentation, or attend formal, hands-on training, beginning mid-June. More...

If you have existing course sites in Illinois Compass, you will want to read carefully What About My Course Sites?

Special Training Events

These workshops are concurrent sessions of the 2007 Faculty Summer Institute. U of I faculty may attend these sessions without attending the conference as a registered participant. Faculty teaching for Summer Sessions I & II as well as Fall 2007 are encouraged to receive training prior to teaching with the NEW Illinois Compass. Workshop registration is required.

Illinois Compass Overview

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
8:30 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M.
Oregon Lab

This workshop provides a hands-on overview of the NEW Illinois Compass coming this Fall. New and current users of Illinois Compass are encouraged to register to get a head start on creating and managing your online courses in Illinois Compass.

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: Communicating with Students Using Illinois Compass

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
8:30 A.M. ~ 9:45 A.M.
Oregon Lab

Fresh new look at communicating with your students through Illinois Compass Communication Tools: NEW! Blog and Journaling tools; discussions-graded and un-graded; mail, chat and whiteboard. Make use of the many new features combined with innovative ways of keeping your students engaged.

Making the Grade: Assessing Student Performance Using Illinois Compass

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
10:15 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M.
Oregon Lab

This will be a hands-on session with the Illinois Compass assignment and assessment tools. We will create an assignment and assessment within Illinois Compass and talk about best practices and common mistakes, such as selection criteria settings.

Space is limited for these sessions. Please visit the EdTech calendar to register.

Partner Events

Upcoming Events

Illinois Compass Grade Book Walk-In Clinic
May 7, 2007
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M.
2404 DCL

Web Development for Faculty
May 8, 2007
1:30 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Orientation to the New Illinois Compass
May 9, 2007
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Orientation to the New Illinois Compass
May 22, 2007
1:30 P.M. ~ 2:30 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Orientation to the New Illinois Compass
May 23, 2007
9:00 A.M. ~ 10:00 A.M.
23 Illini Hall

StudyMate: An Easy Way to Create Interactive Learning Activities
May 24, 2007
10:00 A.M. ~ 11:00 A.M.
23 Illini Hall

Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about other workshops offered by EdTech.

Resources

CITES 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/compass/siterequest.html

CITES Classroom Technologies
http://classtech.cites.uiuc.edu/

CITES Help Desk
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/help/

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

Blackboard
http://www.blackboard.com

Educause Learning Initiative
http://www.educause.edu/eli

What is Illinois Compass?

Illinois Compass, powered by Blackboard Vista Enterprise Edition, is an enterprise learning management system that gives faculty, instructors, students, and others a collaborative online space with tools for managing and delivering course assignments, tracking and publishing grades, and keeping course material available to students outside the classroom walls. The system has been customized for use by University faculty.

2007-2008 CITES Educational Technology Brown Bag Series - Call For Presentations

CITES Educational Technologies is seeking innovative faculty using emerging online educational tools to present for its 2007-2008 Brown Bag season. If you are an innovative user of educational technology, please contact Robert Baird for possible presentation ideas to the U of I campus.

Contact Us

CITES Educational Technologies
2304 Digital Computing Lab (DCL) 1304 W. Springfield MC-256
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-1078
edtech@uiuc.edu

This list is used by CITES Educational Technologies for the sole purpose of updating Teaching with Technology users about upcoming events.

Subscribing

This e-newsletter is sent to Teaching and Learning with Technology users who have received consulting or training from CITES Educational Technologies.

Please forward this message to anyone interested in Teaching and Learning with Technology.

To subscribe or unsubscribe from the list, please email us at training@edtech.cites.uiuc.edu