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Faculty and staff are invited to attend the ANGEL Town Hall: An In-Depth Look at the ANGEL Assessment Tool on Wednesday, June 2 from 10:00 a.m.-noon in 116 Wagner Building, University Park or via an Adobe Connect videoconference. The session will cover the conversion from quizzes to assessments, which replaced quizzes when ANGEL was upgraded to version 7.4 the weekend of May 15. It will feature a panel of staff familiar with the assessment tool, who will provide recommendations on making the transition to assessments as smooth as possible. Topics will include known issues and workarounds, where applicable. To register, visit http://its.psu.edu/training/.

Faculty and staff are invited to attend the ANGEL Town Hall: An In-Depth Look at the ANGEL Assessment Tool on May 12 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in 201 Thomas Building, University Park or via an Adobe Connect videoconference. The session will cover the conversion from quizzes to assessments, which will replace quizzes when ANGEL is upgraded to version 7.4 the weekend of May 15. It will feature a panel of staff familiar with the assessment tool, who will provide recommendations on making the transition from quizzes to assessments as smooth as possible. Topics will include known issues and workarounds, where applicable. In addition, on May 11 at 8:30 a.m., a lecture and demonstration on how to use the assessment tool entitled ANGEL: Getting to Know the ANGEL Assessment Tool, will be offered in 173 Willard Building, University Park. To register for either session, visit http://its.psu.edu/training/.

Penn State plans to upgrade ANGEL to version 7.4 at the end of the spring semester. A Town Hall was held on Friday, April 16, 2010 in order to provide faculty, support staff, and others who work with ANGEL a chance to view the new ANGEL interface. This was an open discussion forum where in-depth exploration of all the new tools and features took place. In particular a lot of time was spent reviewing the Assessment tool that will replace quizzes when we upgrade. During the town hall we:
* Explored the new features in ANGEL 7.4 including the assessment tool, survey tool, and rubric tool.
* Reviewed the updated features including the Google Media button in the HTML editor.

To view a Connect recording of the Town Hall: ANGEL 7.4 Town Hall.

On Friday, April 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., faculty and staff are invited to a free ANGEL Town Hall, either in person at 116 Wagner Building, University Park, or via an online Adobe Connect videoconference. Attendees will be able to preview the ANGEL 7.4 course management system interface and its new tools and features, explore how ANGEL 7.4 impacts learning, and participate in an open discussion with their peers from across Penn State. The upgrade to version 7.4 is tentatively scheduled for May 2010.

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.

ANGEL has recently been upgraded to version 7.3. Users can learn about the features of ANGEL 7.3 in several ways. Read more...

Today we held the first in a series of town hall meetings focusing on what faculty, staff, and students can expect to find when we upgrade to ANGEL 7.2 the weekend of July 19. Some of the planned changes in 7.2 include:

A more robust mail tool

An HTML editor that incorporates a WebEq component

A Date Manager

A Permissions Manager

A video recording of the town hall will be available shortly. In the meantime, here is a link to a copy of the presentation. Please feel free to share it with folks who will benefit from the information.