ITS Blog and News
2012 Commencement Broadcast Schedule
Friday, May 18, 2012
- 11 a.m. - College of Arts and Letters - TAPE DELAYED: scheduled for Sunday at 10:30
- 3 p.m. - College of Health and Human Services - LIVE
Saturday, May 19, 2012
- 8 a.m. - College of Business Administration - LIVE
- 1 p.m. - College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts - LIVE
- 6 p.m. - College of Sciences - LIVE
Sunday, May 20, 2012
- 8 a.m. - College of Engineering - LIVE
- 10:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m. - College of Arts and Letters - TAPE DELAYED BROADCAST
- 1 p.m. - College of Education and Division of Undergraduate Studies - LIVE
Planned channel designations:
- COX South County and Poway = Channel 23
- COX North County = Channel 18
- Time Warner = Channel 19
For more information on this year's Commencement, go to: http://go.sdsu.edu/commencement/
Save the Date: May 22, One Day in May Symposium
Don’t forget this year’s annual One Day in May Symposium: Making Assessment Work for You—and Your Course, Your Program, and SDSU, offered Tuesday, May 22 and open to all faculty and administrators.
Like previous One Day in May Symposiums, which have been offered since 2005, this year’s event will offer a mix of hands on exploration, presentations of key concepts, and face-to-face consultations with experts. SDSU President Hirshman will speak at the symposium lunch. The One Day in May symposium is free to SDSU faculty, administrators, and staff and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and a “Delectable Desserts and Coffee” reception. A limited number of seats are available to faculty at other San Diego colleges and universities.
“There are going to be so many conversations available and so much information that programs should consider sending multiple representatives if possible,” says lead symposium planner Suzanne Aurilio, Director of Technology Enhanced Instruction and Faculty Support at the College of Extended Studies.
To RSVP (required) for this event, go to http://cdi.sdsu.edu
For more information, download the Informational Flyer and the Session Schedule.
Blackboard Update
Dear SDSU Faculty and Staff,
Spring 2012 courses are up and ready for your work and development in our NEW Blackboard 9.1 system:
We have created a Quick Start animated tutorial that will get you up and running in Blackboard 9.1 in less than 15 minutes:
http://its.sdsu.edu/blackboard/BB9/bb91basics/bb9_basics.html
Status of Fall 2011 Course Restores
We are moving nearly 10,000 Fall 2011 courses from the previous Blackboard 8 system into our new Blackboard 9.1 system. Because of the scope of this project, we are expecting it to be completed within the next few days. This will allow you to copy your course materials from Fall 2011 to Spring 2012 if needed.
Use the following procedure to copy your course material when ready (Please note that course copying sometimes takes several hours to complete because the Blackboard system is busy importing numerous courses.):
http://its.sdsu.edu/blackboard/BB9/steps/coursecopy.htm
We will eventually create a separate web address for the previous BB 8 system. Please stay tuned for an update on this address or call our help desk for this information.
Please call us at the Blackboard Help Desk if you have any questions at all.
594-3485
bbhelp@sdsu.edu
Best regards,
Jon Rizzo and Linda Woods
Spring 2012 Smart Classroom Listing
The Spring 2012 Smart Classroom listing is now available at: http://its.sdsu.edu/docs/SmartClassroomSpring2012.pdf
ITS Semester Break Hours
Break Hours (December 19, 2011 - January 17, 2012) in the FIT Center (AH-1109) Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ITS and the rest of the campus will be closed on December 26 through December 29 (M-Th) and January 2, 2012. The ITS FIT Center will be open on Friday, December 30th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the last day to submit Fall 2011 grades.