Spring Ahead with Zoom: More opportunities to attend!



Do you use online web conferencing tools in your classes? We are moving to Zoom after the Spring semester, so we are springing ahead with Zoom training to prepare you!






We have more intro sessions for faculty and staff to attend.




LIVE intro sessions:
Monday, April 2, from 3PM to 430PM
Tuesday, April 3, from 11AM to 1230PM






These live sessions will be held in Andruss Library 243. Please note we will not broadcast the sessions via Zoom. We are offering online sessions for those who want to learn online.




ONLINE intro sessions:
Monday, April 2, from 9AM to 10AM
Tuesday, April 3, from 9AM to 10AM






Please register for a session at https://goo.gl/forms/ZVsIp0o6LfXYzGWM2






If you register for an online session you will receive a link to the online session in your confirmation email. Confirmation emails are not automatic; we check the registration and then send them. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 48 hours, please contact us at imdc@bloomu.edu.






We will be offering more opportunities to get ahead of the game with Zoom, including some advanced and focused trainings. Keep checking this blog for updates and more offerings throughout April and May.

Improvement to creating sections in Quizzes and Question Library

A new, simpler interface for creating sections in a quiz is live in the new quizzing experience. The new interface includes a preview of the section as you create it.




New section creation screen in Quizzes and Question Library

Section title and text are visible to students by default. Select checkboxes beneath each field to hide them from students in the quiz. A preview appears on the right as information is entered in the fields. Finally, the save button includes a drop down menu and includes Save and New and Save and Copy options.




The following options have been deprecated in the New Section user interface:
- Image > Add a File. (You can add a file using the HTML Editor.)
- Line breaks after each section name
- Display message and image
- Section feedback
- Private Comments

Update: Due dates now available in the Manage Dates tool

If you haven't used the Manage Dates tool before, now you have more reason to try it out: the tool now allows you to alter the due dates on all the items in your course.




To access Manage Dates, click Course Admin, then Manage Dates.




You can use the tool to modify dates for items in your course. You can do this one by one or select multiple items and use the bulk edit feature to modify many at once. (TIP: This is an excellent tool to save you time after a course copy, or if your course gets off schedule and you need to offset dates!)

Items in Manage Dates with the Due Date column highlighted.

Update: Grades icons and Enter Grades pages

This month's update to BOLT includes changes in the Grades tool. All icons in Grades are now consistent with the Daylight Experience in BOLT. Additionally, the page when entering grades for a grade item includes the following improvements:

• column widths adjusted to better match the information in the column
• feedback column indicates if feedback has been entered or not and includes a short preview of any entered feedback
• event log column removed and can be accessed via the user's context menu

The Enter Grades page for an assignment submission folder with changes highlighted.

Summer Combined Course Request: Deadline April 4

Process for Requesting 2018 Summer Combined Courses

If you want to combine course sections in BOLT for 2018 Summer, please complete the BOLT Combined Request Form via the Faculty Center in MyHusky. Once you access the Faculty Center, you will see a tab titled “BOLT Combined Request”.


Directions are posted in a widget on the BOLT My Home page and in the BOLT Help Course. To access the BOLT Help Course, click Help in BOLT, and click BOLT Help Course.

DEADLINE for Combined Course Requests for Summer: April 4, 2018

NOTE: Requests must be completed by the above deadline. Requests after the deadline will be accepted only if there is a schedule change, new instructor hire, or late contracts/assignments.


Lecture/Lab/Clinical If you teach a lecture course with multiple lab or clinical sections, but don’t have access to all the sections in MyHusky, please submit a request by emailing us at imdc@bloomu.edu. Please be sure to include the course and ALL sections that should be combined.

Publisher Integrations Deadlines

Pearson MyLabs & Mastering
DEADLINE for Pearson requests for Summer: May 9, 2018

Do you use the Pearson integration in your BOLT course? Request the integration for Summer at our form here: https://goo.gl/forms/uliM3WiD2Voerli92

McGraw-Hill Connect Sync Integration
DEADLINE for Connect requests for Summer: May 9, 2018

We have a new integration with McGraw-Hill Connect available. The new integration allows instructors to deploy direct links to Connect assignments in BOLT and syncs grades for students automatically. If you want more information we recommend talking to your McGraw-Hill rep. Please note, you can still use the legacy integration without requesting this new one!


If you want to use the new integration you will need to request it at our form here: https://goo.gl/forms/Ghmx5SO11LzLfa5g1 

Spring Ahead with Zoom!

REMINDER: If you use web conferencing tools for your online courses, you may want to join us for a workshop on Zoom. Collaborate Ultra will not be available for Summer courses. To get a head start with our new web conferencing tool, join us to Spring Ahead with ZOOM! Register for a workshop at https://goo.gl/forms/ZVsIp0o6LfXYzGWM2


If you can’t join us on those dates, more ZOOM training opportunities are on the way. We are just getting started!


If you have any questions about these topics please contact us at imdc@bloomu.edu.