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Finkeldei to present on Campus Pack at ITL Conference March 4-5

(Editor’s note:  This is the third in a series about faculty demonstrations scheduled for the Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference March 4-5 at K-State. See the conference schedule and details at theitl.org.)

In the age of social media, there are a range of tools that enable the social element in online learning.  A new tool has been integrated into K-State Online to enable wikis and blogs.

Scott FinkeldeiScott Finkeldei, associate director of mediated education, spoke about the newly integrated Campus Pack tool that enables the uses of wikis and blogs in K-State Online. He will be holding a workshop on this tool  1:30-2:30 Monday, March 4, at the Union Big 12 Room as part of the Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference.

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K-State IT resources that save $$, time, and effort

Welcome, new and returning K-Staters! This back-to-school article provides:

  • Free IT resources that can save you money, time, and effort
  • Information to give you a fast start on the fall semester

— courtesy of K-State’s Information Technology Services.

 1. Wireless networking
WHAT:  Connect your mobile devices to K-State’s computer network
WHERE:  “KSU Wireless” (all K-Staters), “KSU Housing” (res halls), “KSU Guest”
WEB:  wireless.k-state.edu

2. Printing from your personal laptop
WHAT:  Wireless access to printers (and $10 of free printing in fall semester)
WHERE:  University computing labs, and K-State InfoCommons (Hale Library)
WEB:  www.k-state.edu/its/labs/#wirelessPrinting

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K-State Online: What happens when a student loses access while taking an online assignment?

If the assignment can be accessed more than once (multi-take) and the student saved their progress while taking the assignment, then they may be able to reopen the quiz and continue from where they lost access. However, if they were only allowed to access the online assignment once, used all their allowed accesses, or did not save their progress, then the instructor may want to grant them another access to the online assignment using the Exceptions tool.

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Faculty: Import your students from iSIS to K-State Online

At the beginning of a new semester, you will need to add your students to your K-State Online roster. You can easily do this by importing all your students from iSIS. Students will also automatically be removed at the end of the semester after grades have been received from the Registrar’s Office.

  1. Sign in to K-State Online.
  2. Open your course or create a new one if you’ve never taught the course before.
  3. Click the Semesters and Sections link in the Users section.
  4. Click the Add sections to… the current semester link.
  5. In the Section Label box, type a descriptive label for the section. It can be anything you’d like because only you see this.
  6. (Important) In the Class Number box, type the iSIS Class Number.
    • Tip: To quickly find your Class Number, click the View Your Schedule link.  If there is no schedule available, or you are missing courses, please contact your academic department.  The schedule is populated with information from iSIS.
  7. Click the Add button. Your students will be added to your Roster.

If your course was created and offered during a previous semester, you will be prompted to copy all assignments from the previous semester to your new semester.  If you would like to copy these assignments, please see Reuse My Course to complete the transition.

IDT Roundtable April 14 on technology for the learning environment

Faculty and students are invited to attend this week’s IDT Roundtable on effective and innovative use of technology in K-State courses, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the K-State Student Union, Room 212.

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K-State Online upgrades scheduled March 2

K-State Online will be unavailable 7-7:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, during a planned upgrade to version 9.4. Service will be restored as soon as possible. For the complete list of new features and resolved issues, see the K-State Online 9.4 Release Notes.

Course owners and instructors will not need to complete any additional steps following the upgrade. Courses will appear as before, but will include the version 9.4 improvements.

Wimba maintenance and downtime scheduled March 4

Wimba will be undergo maintenance 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 4. During the maintenance period, Wimba (and all archived classrooms) will be unavailable for approximately 2-3 hours. Check your K-State Online Organizer on Friday for the approximate start and end times that Wimba will be unavailable.

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K-State Online: Reuse your course for spring semester

If you’re teaching the same course that you previously taught (even if it was two years ago), you can reuse your assignments, files, message boards, and other course work such as announcements instead of deleting or starting a brand new course.

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December 2010 issue of Axio Quarterly (K-State Online newsletter) now online; first HTML e-mail released

The 16th issue is now available on the Axio Learning website. Inside this issue are articles about the keynote presentation of the Axio Conference, flexbooks, and how to launch a videoconference.

Axio Learning at the Office of Mediated Education produces this newsletter for K-State Online users and other Axio members.

In this issue:

Axio Quarterly (the K-State Online newsletter) issue No. 15 now available

Axio Quarterly provides K-Staters and Axio members with in-depth articles about new developments with K-State Online, community members, and e-learning topics.

Axio Quarterly issue 15
Axio Quarterly issue 15

This issue includes:

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