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Lecture Capture Service Expanding to 5 Additional Classrooms
CTS officially introduced lecture capture service to the campus in the Fall 2012 semester. It was available in approximately 15 classrooms. CTS will be expanding the lecture capture service to an additional 5 classrooms for the start of the Spring 2013 semester. Campus Center 306, 323, Mahar 111, 203 and Sheldon 336 will be the [...]
CTS Teaching Approximately 20 Sessions During Winter BreakOut
CTS will be teaching approximately 20 sessions on various topics during the 2013 CELT-sponsored Winter BreakOut being held from Jan. 16 – 25. Michael Pisa, interim Chief Technology Officer had this to say in regards to the department’s participation, “CTS is offering a rich menu of technical trainings during Winter BreakOut scheduled for January 16-25. [...]
Extending ANGEL Beyond the Standard LMS Features
Extending ANGEL Beyond the Standard LMS Features ANGEL has been part of the SUNY Oswego campus for about four years now. Since that time, the number of fully online classes using it has risen to over 100 courses and the number of web-enhanced course sections has risen to over 700 with both continuing to grow [...]
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 [...]