BeachBoard Upgrade Summer ‘08

To improve BeachBoard’s stability and to support updated Microsoft Office products more effectively, BeachBoard will be upgraded to a newer version beginning this summer. Most of the changes and new features will not greatly affect the look and feel of BeachBoard’s tools. However, communication tools such as announcements, email and the discussion boards will reflect new enhancements.

For information regarding the features in the new version, please see the following URL:
http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/bb73.html

If you have any questions, please contact us at 562.985.9218.
Leslie Kennedy

Elluminate Live! Live Demos

Elluminate Live! is a real-time online classroom environment designed for both distance education and online collaboration. Instructors can use Elluminate Live! to add real-time interaction to distance learning, extend the boundaries of the traditional classroom, and engage more students in more ways.

Live Demos Available

Join these live, online demos for a look at how Elluminate works and how you can use it in your classes

Friday, 22 February 2008, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Friday, 7 March 2008, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

BeachBoard System Updates

System Status and Reported Issues are being posted to the following URL:

http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/bb_service_updates.html

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562.985.9218 or http://www.csulb.edu/library/Common/SubmittedForms/BeachBoardEmail.html

Spring 2008 - Welcome Back

The latest from ITSS is the following:

• Workshops
  (including creating podcasts and instructional videos. Calibrated Peer Review (CPR). Online real-time presentations via Elluminate, etc.)
• BeachBoard How-to Videos
• BeachBoard Tips and Tricks
• e-Learning Consultants
• Instructional Resources
• Computer lab for training and ParSCORE
• Making Instructional Materials Accessible

Any questions? Please contact Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS).

All the best in the new year!

BeachBoard Unavailable Dec. 26-28

BeachBoard will be unavailable because of routine maintenance between Wednesday, December 26, and Friday, December 28, .

Our decision for the Dec. 26-28 maintenance was based on fact that this time period is when the campus is closed, finals have concluded, and instructors are able to post grades until January 4th.

Please let me know if you have questions. Sincerely, Leslie 985.9218 or lkennedy@csulb.edu

Winter and Spring 2008 Courses Created

The winter 2008 courses have been created and students are being populated in to those courses.

Spring 2008 courses have been created. Students will be populated approximately two weeks before the term begins.

If you have any questions, please contact BeachBoard Services. 985.4745 or factech@csulb.edu

Thank you.
Leslie

Spring 2008 Workshops Available

http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/workshops_2008.html
In addition to workshops on BeachBoard, Elluminate and Respondus are new technologies that are available. Please see the descriptions below.

Elluminate Live! is a real-time virtual classroom environment designed for both distance education and online collaboration. Instructors can use Elluminate Live! to add real-time interaction to distance learning, extend the boundaries of the traditional classroom, and engage more students in more ways. For more information on Elluminate, please visit the following URL: http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/elluminate.html

Respondus is a Windows application that lets instructors create and manage exams and surveys that can be printed to paper or published directly to BeachBoard. Instructors create exams and assessments offline using a Windows interface, spell check the exams, preview the questions, and then publish the exams or surveys directly to a BeachBoard course. In addition, over 1,000 publisher test banks are available to instructors who use Respondus. For more information on Respondus, please visit the following URL: http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/respondus.html