Beginning Summer Semester 2012, ANGEL will no longer be available and LCC’s new course management system will be Desire2Learn (D2L). Come to this informational session to get a sneak peek and learn more about D2L!

Come to this session to learn how to save your ANGEL content and student records for future access. Participants will learn how to maintain and copy their master course, or previous semester course, and how to back up content and student data. Participants will also learn how to save and transmit their ANGEL grade records in accordance with the new LCC policies on retention of student grades. Previous training and/or experience using ANGEL recommended.

Come to this session to learn about Quizlet, a free site that allows you and your students to develop interactive online flash cards or choose from millions created by others. It is also a great resource for sharing study materials. This workshop is appropriate for beginning to advanced technology users.

Come to this session to learn how to save specific ANGEL content and student records for future access. Participants will learn how to save content and student data such as grades and activity (i.e. discussion posts) for offline viewing. Participants will also learn how to save and transmit their ANGEL grade records in accordance with the new LCC policies on retention of student grades. Previous training and/or experience using ANGEL recommended.

This basic training is designed to help the novice user begin to learn how to:

• Navigate within Desire2Learn.
• Communicate with students using news, calendar, and course email.
• Add content, such as new files, existing files, links, discussions, and dropboxes for assignments.
• Save and copy content from semester-to-semester.

The facilitator will also display a basic Desire2Learn Gradebook; however, due to the complexity of using this feature, participants need to attend the Desire2Learn Gradebook session to learn how to appropriately use this feature. Basic computer skills are required to participate in this workshop. If you need support in this area, come to the CTE (TLC 324) during open hours, and our service-minded staff will be happy to assist you.

This workshop is also strongly recommended for faculty who teach face-to-face and wish to use their Desire2Learn course site(s).

In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to create automatically graded online quizzes using Desire2Learn. The basics of online testing, question construction, as well as feedback options, security features, and random question selection will be addressed. The "Introduction to Desire2Learn" CTE workshop and/or experience using Desire2Learn is required. Participants are expected to be able to easily navigate within Desire2Learn without facilitator assistance.

After your ANGEL site has been converted to Desire2Learn, come to this work session to learn how to organize your content for optimal results. Along with access to a converted Desire2Learn course, the "Introduction to Desire2Learn" CTE workshop and/or experience using Desire2Learn is required. Participants are expected to be able to easily navigate within Desire2Learn without facilitator assistance.

Desire2Learn News, Calendar, Chat, and Email are convenient ways to reach your students with important messages. Come to this session to learn how to:

• Create News announcements
• View and send email messages in Desire2Learn
• Display calendar entries, such as due dates and exams
• Link to content from a calendar entry
• Communicate with students in real-time through the Chat feature

Previous training and/or experience using Desire2Learn is recommended, but not necessary.

Participants will learn how to set up and use Desire2Learn's Grades feature. This training is designed to help novice Desire2Learn users learn the basics of a points-based grading scheme in Desire2Learn. Specifically, participants will learn how to:

• Create categories and grade items
• Enter student grades and comments
• Drop the lowest score
• Display grades and averages to students
• View, save, and print grades
• Connect dropbox, quiz, and discussion topic scores to the Gradebook

The "Introduction to Desire2Learn" CTE workshop and/or experience using Desire2Learn is required. Participants are expected to be able to easily navigate within Desire2Learn without facilitator assistance.

During Spring Semester 2012, faculty from across disciplines agreed to teach their courses in Desire2Learn. Come to this session to learn about their experience. Previous training and/or experience using Desire2Learn recommended, but not necessary.

Respondus is a third party program supported by the college that allows instructors to:

• Create, edit, and spell check entire tests offline.
• Upload/download tests, test banks and surveys to/from any ANGEL or Desire2Learn course.
• Easily import questions from existing text documents.
• Produce professionally formatted, printed tests, and much more!

Participants will practice installing and setting up Respondus, importing existing tests from documents, and uploading Respondus tests to Desire2Learn. This workshop is most appropriate for the intermediate to advanced user. Previous experience writing ANGEL assessments or Desire2Learn quizzes is strongly recommended.