Comments for Office of Educational Enhancement http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com The University of Texas at Dallas Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Register Now for January Workshops! by McClain http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/register-now-for-january-workshops/#comment-10 McClain Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:28 +0000 http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-10 thanks katrina. i'll be sure to sign up for a workshop soon. thanks katrina. i’ll be sure to sign up for a workshop soon.

]]> Comment on Register Now for January Workshops! by Katrina http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/register-now-for-january-workshops/#comment-9 Katrina Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:04:41 +0000 http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-9 Hi McClain. Great question! We've started using the term "elearning" in our workshop titles to represent WebCT. Our reason for the change -- WebCT is officially known as Blackboard Campus Edition (since it was purchased a few years ago by Bb), so to avoid any confusion, we decided to (instead of saying Blackboard training) go with a more generic term. So in answer to your question, no -- it is not a different platform from what you are used to. That being said, we will be moving to (what is basically) WebCT Vista, an upgrade of what we currently are using. For the most part, you will not see any changes on your side except for in one area. There will be a major change in how your courses are created for the semester. (This will begin in Fall '09, and we'll send out plenty of email msgs reminding everyone.) Currently, if you have a course in SIS, that course is automatically created in WebCT. Well, because of the switch to PeopleSoft, we will be moving to a system in which you will need to request your course be created in WebCT. Again, that change will not happen until Fall 09, but I strongly recommend that everyone sign up for one of our Getting Started workshops. Hope that answers your question. Let us know if you need anything else! Hi McClain. Great question! We’ve started using the term “elearning” in our workshop titles to represent WebCT. Our reason for the change — WebCT is officially known as Blackboard Campus Edition (since it was purchased a few years ago by Bb), so to avoid any confusion, we decided to (instead of saying Blackboard training) go with a more generic term. So in answer to your question, no — it is not a different platform from what you are used to.

That being said, we will be moving to (what is basically) WebCT Vista, an upgrade of what we currently are using. For the most part, you will not see any changes on your side except for in one area. There will be a major change in how your courses are created for the semester. (This will begin in Fall ‘09, and we’ll send out plenty of email msgs reminding everyone.) Currently, if you have a course in SIS, that course is automatically created in WebCT. Well, because of the switch to PeopleSoft, we will be moving to a system in which you will need to request your course be created in WebCT. Again, that change will not happen until Fall 09, but I strongly recommend that everyone sign up for one of our Getting Started workshops.

Hope that answers your question. Let us know if you need anything else!

]]> Comment on Register Now for January Workshops! by McClain http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/register-now-for-january-workshops/#comment-8 McClain Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:45:02 +0000 http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-8 Hi Katrina. I just got the OEE mail yesterday and was excited to see all the new things ya'll are doing. One question: what is 'elearning?' I cannot find out any info about it anywhere. Is it simply the newest version of webct or a totally different platform? Is the plan for this to be up and running before Spring semester begins? Thanks for your help. Hi Katrina. I just got the OEE mail yesterday and was excited to see all the new things ya’ll are doing.

One question: what is ‘elearning?’ I cannot find out any info about it anywhere. Is it simply the newest version of webct or a totally different platform? Is the plan for this to be up and running before Spring semester begins? Thanks for your help.

]]> Comment on OSSA and OEE Open House – Nov.12 by Reminder: OSSA & OEE Open House tomorrow - Nov.12 « Office of Educational Enhancement http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/ossa-and-oee-open-house-nov12/#comment-2 Reminder: OSSA & OEE Open House tomorrow - Nov.12 « Office of Educational Enhancement Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:02:37 +0000 http://oeeatutd.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-2 [...] is tomorrow (Nov.12) from 10am to 2pm in the UTD Conference Center Lobby. (Please see our previous post for more details.) We hope to see you [...] [...] is tomorrow (Nov.12) from 10am to 2pm in the UTD Conference Center Lobby. (Please see our previous post for more details.) We hope to see you [...]

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