The ANGEL Community Hub is an open community for in-depth discussion around ANGEL, Penn State's Course Management System. Anyone with a Penn State User ID and password can join. Membership includes your own blog space to discuss matters related to ANGEL, the ability to read and comment on other member's postings, and access to other resources such as ANGELshorts, a monthly publication during the semester covering the five essential things you need to know about a particular feauture of ANGEL, and podcasts and movies covering various issues about ANGEL.

Jennifer Mullen's picture

May 14, 2008 update

An update was applied to ANGEL during the maintenance window this morning.

  • There was a problem that caused My Files to be the directory in which files were stored when uploaded by the HTML editor in a course or group. This has been fixed and the files will now be stored in the course.
  • If an editor attempts to link one item on the lessons tab to multiple gradebook assignments a warning message will now be displayed.

Questions? Contact ANGEL Support.

Mary Janzen's picture

ANGEL to be upgraded to version 7.2 weekend of July 19

During the weekend of July 19, Information Technology Services plans to upgrade Penn State's Course Management System, ANGEL, from version 7.1 to 7.2. The new version will feature enhancements to several existing tools, and several new tools will help course editors perform administrative tasks. For the most part, however, the interface and functionality will remain familiar to users. To learn more about the upgrade, visit http://tlt.its.psu.edu/news/index.html#angel72features. For any questions, contact ANGEL support at angelsupport@psu.edu.

Action Editor: Certificate Creation

I'm looking to use ANGEL to create a "certificate" once a participant completes an evaluation. I would create an HTML template that would insert the participant's name in a predefined location. Has anyone tried this before?

Wimba integrated into ANGEL?

A faculty member who attended the Hendricks conference on Monday is excited about a session she attended in which she heard that at Penn College of Tech, they are using 'Wimba Live' teleconferencing capability within ANGEL. She does a lot of distance learning within her courses and used Skye with Adobe Connect and ANGEL last year. From what she saw at the conference, she thinks Wimba provides space within Angel to do web conferencing and she wants to know how she can gain access for her courses this summer. Does anyone know more about this?

Mary Janzen's picture

7.1 - 7.2 comparison chart (updated)

Attached is an updated version of the comparison chart previously posted. It is now accurate to the best of my knowledge.

ANGELshorts (Vol. 2, #4): Five Things Faculty Should Know about Publishing Final Grades

ANGELshorts Vol. 2, Issue #4 Five Things Faculty Should Know about Publishing Final Grades is now available.

From the article:
"When preparing to submit grades for a course while in eLion, instructors have the option of pulling in the “published” final grades for their students in their ANGEL course. If you have been using the ANGEL gradebook throughout the semester, this feature could save you having to manually enter a grade in eLion for each student."

Go to the ANGEL Shorts tab to read previous issues.

Mary Janzen's picture

7.1 - 7.2 comparison chart (draft) attached

I am attaching a PDF of the comparison chart I developed, because I really do want to help everyone! However, be aware that there are a couple places highlighted where I need to see the screens on our preview server to verify the information. I do not yet have access to that. When I've been able to verify everything, I will post an updated version.

Mary

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