| May 16, 2007 | Vol 8. No. 12 |
There’s a New Angel on Campus!
In fall 2007, Angel will be phased in as the new campus Learning Management System. Blackboard will be available for one more year before it is discontinued in June 2008. Starting this summer and through the fall semester, the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and the FacTS Center will offer all faculty and staff with opportunities to see the capabilities of Angel and to courses on how to use it. Please mark these dates and watch your E-mail for registration information!
Open Angel Information Session
Come have brunch and learn about Angel
June 21, Regis South, 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
Angel Boot Camp
(Time and Location TBA)
July 16-18: Two and a half-day intensive Angel workshop
Wednesdays and Thursdays starting July 11
(Times and Locations TBA)
July 11: Overview and Introduction
July 12: Course Management Topics
July 18: Student Management and Assessment I
July 19: Student Management and Assessment II
July 25: Overview and Introduction
July 26: Course Management Topics
Aug 1: Student Management and Assessment I
Aug 2: Student Management and Assessment II
Aug 8: Overview and Introduction
Aug 9: Course Management Topics
Aug 15: Student Management and Assessment I
Aug 16: Student Management and Assessment II
Blackboard End-of-the-Semester Information
If you are an instructor who has used Blackboard in your courses, please take a moment at the end of semester the semester to “turn off” your spring courses that will not be needed. Until you do, your students will still see the course in their lists. Instructions, along with other useful Blackboard information, can be found here.
Summer courses have been added to Blackboard and student enrollments are being processed. Fall courses will be available in early July.
For assistance with any of the items above, or if you have further questions, please contact Estelle Siener at Ext. 2443 or Joe Rizzo at Ext. 2455.
Canisius to Host New York State Archives Conference
The New York State Archives Conference (formerly the Lake Ontario Archives Conference) will hold its annual conference program at Canisius College from Wednesday, June 13 through Friday, June 15, 2007.
The conference attracts archivists, historians and museum professionals from across the State and southern Ontario. This year’s conference focuses on community history and resources that preserve historic documentation and make accessible.
Canisius College archivist Kathleen DeLaney, will describe the numerous resources available throughout Western New York.
Click here (Adobe Acrobat PDF) for a complete conference itinerary.
Also included in the conference will be tours of historic Buffalo properties and repositories including the Darwin Martin House, Forest Lawn Cemetery, the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, The Buffalo and Erie County Central Library including the Mark Twain Room, and an evening reception at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with tour of the Francis Bacon installation.
Six $100 scholarships will be offered to first-time attendees. Canisius College faculty and students are eligible for these scholarships. For more information, contact Kathleen DeLaney at Ext. 2916 or delaneyk@canisius.edu.
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