Blackboard Changes

There are 2 changes for the summer semester that you need to be aware of. These changes will take place on June 4th.

1. All Blackboard users will be able to modify their first and middle names in Blackboard. They will no longer be overwritten by the Snapshot process each night.
   
   
2. Email addresses in Blackboard WILL be overwritten each night by the email address that is in WebAdvisor. All instructors and students should make sure their email address is correct in WebAdvisor. You can link to these instructions for your students if you like, or give them this PDF file.
   

Forward Your Campus Email to Another Account

Have you ever wondered if you could use gmail, yahoo mail, or some other email client for your campus email? The good news is that you can! IS put together these instructions that show how to do just that.

Free Webinar - Have You Talked to Your Students Lately?

CCC Confer is offering a free webinar on Thursday, April 30th, from 3pm to 4pm titled, "A Discussion About Regular Effective Contact in Distance Learning."

http://www.cccconfer.org/webinarEmail/haveyoutalkedtoyourstudents/haveyoutalkedtoyourstudent.html

Library Databases

As many of you already know, the library subscribes to a number of databases. These information products offer students access to magazine, journal, and newspaper articles—as well as excerpts from books, pamphlets, etc. You will find a list of them on the library’s website, under Databases A to Z. (http://www.cuyamaca.net/library/moresources/databases.asp)

If there is a specific database on the Databases A to Z page you'd like to embed into your Blackboard container (or place on a course website), let me know. Because we pay for these databases, we have to add EZ Prozy to the URLs so that students can get in (with a username and password). However, I would be happy to give you the appropriate URL(s), if you are interested.

Guest posted by your Librarian,
Kari Wergeland
kari.wergeland@gcccd.edu
619-660-4412

OTLC Brown Bag This Thursday

The Online Teaching and Learning Committee (OTLC) is hosting a (bring your own) Brown Bag lunch meeting this Thursday, April 16th from noon to 1pm. You can find us on the balcony of the Student Center on the east side of the top floor.

If you have questions about teaching online, or want to share strategies and ideas about teaching online, please join us. If you've never taught online and are considering starting to use some of the online tools, this is the place to get the answers to your questions. You can also find out what your peers are doing with their classes.

Note: brown bag is optional, everyone is welcome!

ITC and OTLC Minutes for March Posted

March 13th meeting minutes for the Online Teaching and Learning Committee and the Instructional Technology Council have been posted to the Teaching Online website. Look for the "MEETING MINUTES" link in the upper right corner of the page.

Conflicted About Conflicker?

With all the media hype about Conflicker, you'd think there was an easy way to make sure it wasn't on your computer. Today I finally found a very simple test for Conflicker at:
http://www.joestewart.org/cfeyechart.html

If that page indicates that you are infected, contact your virus protection vendor for your home computers, or contact IS at 644-7547 if it is a campus computer.