WAOL Advisory Group

WAOL Advisory Group

Monday, December 12, 2011

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Agenda:• 2012 Meeting Dates: http://goo.gl/QS2Wi• State Authorization Issue • Blackboard Collaborate Check-in• Tegrity Check-in• ANGEL Check-in• LMS RFP

– Search WAOL Blog for demos: http://blog.waol.org/ • Open Course Library Update• Waol.org/help• WAOL ads Update

Next meeting—January 9—same time, same place

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State Authorization Issue• USDOE regulation requiring state

authorization was vacated by US District Court; however, state laws remain on the books.

• Remember the requirement to provide complaint contacts for out-of-state students was not vacated.

• All information on this wiki: http://stateregulations.wikispaces.com/

Title HereBlackboard Collaborate• Collaborate (Wimba/Elluminate combo)

– Upgrade December 21st am – Mark Carbon

– V 11 Instructions here: (Search the WAOL Blog • http://blog.waol.org/

http://waol.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/creating-and-using-a-virtualoffice-with-blackboard-collaborate.pdf

– V.12 will include support for mobile users, ability to publish in multiple formats w/o client software, new archiving system,

• http://www.elluminate.com/Company/Media_Center/Press_Releases/Detail/132/?id=193

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Tegrity Check-in

Tegrity Users Group: Seattle, April 18-20, 2012Tegrity looking for proposals now.

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Tegrity Training

• Training opportunities over the length of the 3-year contract

• Training Videos: http://www.youtube.com/tegritynw

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ANGEL Check-inBb Student Services Maintenance,

December 17th 1am -Mark Carbon

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Weekly Office Hours and Presentations, See Calendar

Participant Link:http://goo.gl/JpmfU All sessions will be recorded and available via this link:http://goo.gl/4mT8r To view the session schedule, follow this link:http://goo.gl/4mT8r If you have suggestions for how to improve the format of these sessions or a suggestion for a future topic, please fill in this form:http://goo.gl/i6OGF

http://elearninginwa.blogspot.com/

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LMS Update• Requirements document almost

complete• Faculty survey got 567 responses

– Incorporated into the requirements– Themes: usability and flexibility– Some wanted to know WHY we were

leaving ANGEL….

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LMS Next Steps--DRAFT• September 23—RFP committee begins• October 20—Send faculty survey• October 28—Faculty survey due• Late November—Release RFP• February 2012—Top vendors provide

sandboxes. Faculty paid to evaluate• March 2012—Choose vendor and negotiate

contract• Begin two-year migration-- July 1, 2012

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– 20 courses still needed (http://www.opencourselibrary.org/phase-2-courses)

– RFP for faculty Course Designers reopened. Closes Dec.30

– Other courses will be considered– Develop: winter-spring 2012– Pilot courses: fall 2012– Revise: winter 2013– Release courses: spring 2013– http://opencourselibrary.org

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Waol.org/help• Demo – Scott Dennis

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WAOL Ads Update – Mark Carbon

• To advertise with WashingtonOnline:• 1. Make sure ad is 197 pixels (width) by 270 pixels

(height).• 2. To link the ad to your college's web site, include a

URL.• 3. Send ads via your college's ELC office towa-online@sbctc.edu.

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Take Aways:

November 28, 2011, 11:00 to noon on Blackboard Collaborate

information on this web site:http://waol.org/faculty_and_staff/WAOLAdvisory.aspxRecordings on WAOL Blog:http://waol.org

Please forward invitations to others on your campus who might be interested.

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