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View the 2011 Provost’s Awards for Academic Excellence Award Winners

Western Online Transition - Effective Summer 2012
During the 2011-2012 academic year, WIU will be transitioning from WebCT Vista to Desire2Learn for our online course learning management system. Desire2Learn will provide many new features and updates to enhance our online learning environment. The WebCT Vista software that currently supports Western Online will be phased out at the end of the Spring 2012 semester.

Annual WIU Symposium on Teaching, Research and Creative Activities Award Winners

CITR will continue to accept applications but will approve them contingent upon meeting award criteria and availability of funds. Due to Illinois' current economic problems, CITR is no longer able to award travel dollars for newly submitted applications. Please check the CITR website for updates and changes to this policy.

Tuesday, February 14th

• 12:30 PM How are We Going to Feed, Clothe, and House 7 Billion People?
• 1:00 PM Sensitive Data Handling Training
• 2:00 PM Building Your Course with the Content Tool in D2L

Wednesday, February 15th

• 1:00 PM [Quad Cities Campus Event!] QC Riverfront Campus – Desire2Learn Tools

Thursday, February 16th

• 9:30 AM Zotero: A Free, Online Tool to Help You Collect, Organize, Cite, and Share Resources
• 1:30 PM Desire2Learn Tools
• 3:30 PM Difficult Conversations Series: III. Challenging and Salvaging Situations in the Face of Biased Remarks

CITR has an extensive list of tip sheets and online tutorials to help you with your technology and teaching needs. Topics inlude Western Online, web development, podcasting, and much more.

Need to activate your courses? - Check out our tutorial Getting Started in Western Online: Part 1 - What is Western Online, How do I Activate My Courses

Want to get a head start on Desire2Learn? - Check out our tutorials:

• Western Online: A Sneak Peek into Desire2Learn
• Western Online: Using the Content Tool to Add Content
• D2L Creating Rubrics
• D2L E-Portfolios for Faculty
• Using Groups in D2L

Check out our newest tutorials:

• Setting Release Criteria in Western Online
• Exam Management with Respondus

View our Tutorials and Tips page.

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