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Is there a way to assign a grade to a drop box if a student makes a drop box submission? Full credit for a submission, otherwise nothing? I didn't know if there was an action item for this, or some other way. Thanks --

Following are some opportunities to brush up on your ANGEL skills during the break between semesters. Click on the registration links to sign up for any of these sessions, or visit the online catalog at http://its.psu.edu/training/catalog/ and click “Winter-Fest” in the black bar at the top of the screen to view all available sessions.

Five Things Faculty Should Know about Ending One Semester and Starting Another

Following are some helpful hints for faculty using ANGEL for courses as the fall semester winds down and the spring semester approaches. Read the article.

The ANGEL import console and export console tools will be available during finals week December 13-17. However, in the event of performance issues, Information Technology Services (ITS) may restrict or reduce their availability.

Since its launch in 2000, the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program aims to help faculty use e-Learning technology more effectively by identifying and disseminating best practices for designing engaging online courses. Using a rubric, instructors and course designers are able to evaluate how well their own course conforms to best practices for Course Design, Interaction & Collaboration, Assessment and Learner Support.

Please consider participating in the 2011 Exemplary Course Program by submitting a course of your own or volunteering to be a reviewer or both! The deadline for nominating your course for review is January 18, 2011. Feel free to forward this message on to faculty or instructional designers you think would benefit from participating in this program.

On October 14, Information Technology Services installed ANGEL service pack updates from Blackboard. The updates addressed numerous issues that had been reported. The issues that have been fixed are detailed below.

Lessons tab Add Content menu

• The Import from a Course or Group tool cannot be used for a PSUUTS (Penn State Test Tool) content item.

Assessments

• In a matching question, when there are fewer definitions than terms, the percentages for definition points earned can be lost.
• In a matching question, when there are more definitions than terms, the percentage value may be changed.
• The Save button is not shown to students in timed assessments.

Course mail

On October 14, several minor updates were made to the Course Submission & Consultation System (CSCS) within ANGEL.