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ANGEL to Blackboard Migration Delayed
Blackboard announced in late March that ANGEL would be extended as a product “indefinitely”. This announcement, while lacking in many details, impacts our planned migration to Blackboard originally slated to begin in 2013. We anticipate that further details regarding ongoing ANGEL support and any potential enhancements will emerge after the Blackboard World user conference in [...]
ANGEL Version 8 Upgrade August 20-21
SLN will be upgrading SUNY Oswego’s ANGEL instance to version 8 on August 20-21st. ANGEL will not be available during this time frame. Please plan accordingly. One of the biggest advantages for upgrading to version 8 is compatibility with Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome browsers. There are also enhancements to dropboxes, discussion forum rubrics, the [...]
Using Textbook Resources in ANGEL
Recently, the SUNY Learning Network (SLN) negotiated a contract with McGraw-Hill (MH) to allow all SUNY campuses access to the MH Campus “nugget” within ANGEL. When enabled, this nugget allows you to use MH textbook resources such as PowerPoint presentations, quizzes, sample chapters, etc. in your course. In addition to utilizing textbook resources, you can [...]
Tech Tip
Have you made a backup of your online or web-enhanced course lately? If you are a faculty member teaching with the ANGEL learning management system, you should make a few backups of your course regularly throughout the semester. Here are the steps: Click on the course link for which you want to backup. From the [...]
Learning Management System (ANGEL) Updates
Browser Compatibility This past spring, Microsoft released Internet Explorer (IE) version 9 and shortly afterward, Mozilla released Firefox version 4. ANGEL was not immediately compatible with these two browsers. An ANGEL software patch was applied to our installation last month that now makes it compatible with both of these browsers. ANGEL to Blackboard Migration In [...]