Friday, April 12, 2019

BOLT Will Be Unavailable Sunday, May 12 from 2am to 12pm EST

Please note that BOLT will be unavailable to all end users on Sunday, May 12, 2019 from 2am to 12 noon EST. A maintenance page will appear during this time and no access to the site will be possible during the window. This scheduled time was moved by D2L to accommodate activities during finals week. Please schedule BOLT activities accordingly.


Impact: BOLT will be inaccessible to all end users during the scheduled downtime.
When: 05/12/2019 2AM - 12PM EST
Why: D2L is migrating all Brightspace clients to AWS.


Common Questions:


Will this affect my course content?
No. This will not affect course content or other work done in courses.


Will this affect student work in my courses?
No. This migration won't affect student, or any end user, data.


If you have any questions, contact us at imdc@bloomu.edu.


Thank you,
IMDC Staff

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

BOLT Course Combine Request for 2019 Fall Available


If you teach multiple sections of the same course and want to combine the sections in BOLT for 2019 Fall, the BOLT Combined Request tab in MyHusky is now available. If you want to combine the sections, please visit the Faculty Center in MyHusky and click the BOLT Combined Request tab and complete the form. For directions, check out the Course Combine Request widget on the BOLT My Home page.

 

DEADLINE for course combine request for Fall: June 4, 2019

 

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

 

Lecture/Lab/Clinical

If you teach a lecture course with multiple lab or clinical sections but don’t have access to all 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

If you are using publisher integrations in your course, there is no longer a need to request them. You now have the ability to choose homepages for the McGraw-Hill Connect or Pearson MyLabs & Mastering integrations, and to use Course Builder to add Cengage or TestOut. We recommend working with your publisher rep to help set up your materials on the publisher end, and connect the BOLT course with your publisher access once courses are available in June.

 

Spring Ahead with Zoom, Part 2

Just an early heads up that one of our staff at the IMDC will be offering training sessions on Zoom (https://bloomu.zoom.us) this summer. Please stay tuned! Details about that and other trainings will be in an upcoming BOLT Bulletin!

 

Thank you,

Chaya, Jared, and the IMDC Staff

 

Need help with instructional technology?

  • Faculty, staff, and students can reach us at the IMDC!
    • M/T/Th/F 9am to 4pm, W 10am to 4pm.
    • Faculty can visit us in Andruss Library 206.
    • Faculty, staff, and students can reach us at (570)389-2065 or imdc@bloomu.edu!
  • Helpful articles are available on the IMDC Infobase: https://bloomuimdc.freshdesk.com
  • Documentation is available in the BOLT Help Course in BOLT
    • Click Help
    • Click BOLT Help Course
  • Technical Support is Available After Hours
    • For BOLT after hours technical support, call 1-866-921-0473.
    • For Zoom technical support, call 1-888-799-9666.
    • For TurningPoint technical support, call 1-866-746-3015.