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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.

To help you prepare for the upgrade to ANGEL 7.4, we've released several ANGELshorts, in pdf and video format, covering the key features you need to know about.

ANGELshorts Vol. 4 Issue 1: Five Things You Need to Know about ANGEL 7.4
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ANGELshorts Vol. 4 Issue 2: Five Things You Need to Know about the Merged Roster Manager
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ANGELshorts Vol. 4 Issue 3: Five Things You Need to Know about the Survey Tool
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ANGELshorts Vol. 4 Issue 4: Five Things You Need to Know About the Grading Rubric
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ANGELshorts Vol. 3, Issue #5 Five Things You Should Know about the Assessment Tool is now available.

From the article:
"Beginning January 5, 2010, course editors will have the option of using the assessment tool along with the quiz tool in their ANGEL course. Assessments, like quizzes, can be used for student practice and feedback, homework assignments, and to evaluating learning. Assessments will replace quizzes when ANGEL is upgraded to version 7.4 following the end of the spring 2010
semester. Course editors are encouraged to prepare for the change by experimenting with the assessment tool during the semester. Documentation and video tutorials are available to assist with the transition. Additionally, a free Winter-Fest workshop on the assessment tool will be held January 7. To register, visit the ITS Training Services site at http://its.psu.edu/training/.

Go to the ANGELshorts tab to read previous issues.

This is a recording of a Town Hall session I delivered simultaneously to a live audience and via Adobe Connect. The was an open discussion forum where the new tools and features of ANGEL 7.3 were explored in depth. Topics covered included several interface changes, some updated features, as well as some new ones. Click here to play the Adobe Connect recording: ANGEL 7.3 Town Hall.

The following ANGELshorts and their compendium video tutorials are available to assist you with maximizing ANGEL 7.3 for teaching and learning.

ANGELshorts (Volume 3, Issue 1) Five Things Everyone Should Know about ANGEL 7.3
ANGEL 7.3 features enhancements to several existing tools and several new tools that will help course editors perform administrative tasks.
Download the PDF
Watch the video

ANGELshorts (Volume 3, Issue 2) Five Things You Should Know about the Course Mail Tool
The Course Mail tool allows students and instructors to correspond with each other without requiring the use of Internet e-mail accounts.
Download the PDF
Watch the video

ANGELshorts (Volume 3, Issue 3) Five Things You Should Know about the New HTML Editor
The HTML editor is available wherever there is a text area, including discussion forums, course mail, and quiz essay questions.
Download the PDF
Watch the video

ANGELshorts (Volume 3, Issue 4) Five Things You Should Know about Discussion Forums
Discussion forums are completely redesigned in ANGEL 7.3. There are dozens of new features designed to better facilitate teaching and learning.
Download the PDF
Watch the video

ANGELshorts Vol. 3, Issue #1 Five Things You Should Know about Discussion Forums is now available.

From the article:
"Discussion forums are completely redesigned in ANGEL 7.3. There are dozens of new features designed to better facilitate teaching and learning as well as reduce the amount of time required for instructors to manage them. A discussion forum is added on the Lessons tab. It also appears in the Discussion Forums component on the Communicate tab by default."

Go to the ANGELshorts tab to read previous issues.

ANGELshorts Vol. 3, Issue #3 Five Things You Should Know about the New HTML Editor is now available.

From the article:
"The HTML editor is available wherever there is a text area, including discussion forums, course mail, and quiz essay questions. The HTML editor is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor that allows you to quickly create or edit formatted online content without knowledge of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)."

Go to the ANGELshorts tab to read previous issues.