2020 Fall Courses Now in BOLT

Information regarding 2020 Fall Courses:

• Students will load into Fall courses by August 7th.
• You must set your course to "active" for students to have access to it in BOLT.
• COMBINED COURSES - Change in Process
  
  • Due to the fluid situation of schedules and addition of multiple sessions for Fall many of the combine requests received via the BOLT Combine Request tab in the Faculty Center in MyHusky are no longer valid and we will not be able to honor those original requests.  However, you may still request course combine for courses that are in the same session.
  • Please send your combine request to imdc@bloomu.edu and include:
    • Your name
    • Courses/sections to combine
    • Confirmation that the requested combines are in the same session
  • We greatly appreciate your patience with this change in process for Fall 2020.

Locating 2020 Fall course(s) in BOLT:

1. Click the Select a course (grid) icon at the top of the page in BOLT.
2. 2020Fall course(s) will display in the list.

• If you have a search field, type "2020Fall" and click the magnifying glass icon to Search for only those courses.
• You can pin your courses to pin them to the top of your list for easy access during the session.

Via My Courses Widget

1. Click the semester filter for "2020Fall" or else click the arrow to expand the filter menu and click "2020Fall".
2. Courses will display for that semester/session with an Inactive filter over the course image.

Support Information:

IMDC Learning Lounge

• Email us at imdc@bloomu.edu

24/7 BOLT Technical Support

• Call 1-866-921-0473
• Use the BOLT Support widget in BOLT to access knowledge articles or email for help & support.
• Access the searchable IMDC Infobase at http://bloomuimdc.freshdesk.com

Thank you,

IMDC Staff

2020 Summer Courses Now in BOLT

Information regarding 2020 Summer Courses:

• Students will load into Summer courses on May 7th.
• You must set your course to "active" for students to have access to it in BOLT.
• Want Fall course sections combined in BOLT? The extended deadline was April 20th but if you have a late contract or assignment, you can contact us prior to the start of the semester with a special request for course combine at imdc@bloomu.edu.

Locating 2020Summer course(s) in BOLT:

1. Click the Select a course (grid) icon at the top of the page in BOLT.
2. 2020Summer course(s) will display in the list.

• If you have a search field, type "2020Summer" and click the magnifying glass icon to Search for only those courses.
• You can pin your courses to pin them to the top of your list for easy access during the session.

Via My Courses Widget

1. Click the semester filter for "2020Summer" or else click the arrow to expand the filter menu and click "2020Summer"
2. Courses will display for that semester/session with an Inactive filter over the course image.

Support Information:

IMDC Learning Lounge

• Email us at imdc@bloomu.edu

24/7 BOLT Technical Support

• Call 1-866-921-0473
• Use the BOLT Support widget in BOLT to access knowledge articles or email for help & support.

BOLT Course Combine Request for 2020 Summer Available

If you teach multiple sections of the same course and want to combine the sections in BOLT for 2020 Summer, 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 Summer: April 01, 2020

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.

Thank you,

Chaya, Jared, Jon, and the IMDC Staff

Need help with instructional technology?

• Faculty, staff, and students can reach us at the IMDC!
  • M-F 9am 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.

2020 Spring Courses Now in BOLT

Information regarding 2020 Spring Courses:

• Students will load into Spring courses on January 10th.
• You must set your course to "active" for students to have access to it in BOLT.
• Want Spring course sections combined in BOLT? The deadline was November 13th but if you have a late contract or assignment, you can contact us prior to the start of the semester with a special request for course combine at imdc@bloomu.edu.

Locating 2020 Spring course(s) in BOLT:

1. Click the Select a course (grid) icon at the top of the page in BOLT.
2. 2020Spring course(s) will display in the list.

• If you have a search field, type "2020Spring" and click the magnifying glass icon to Search for only those courses.
• You can pin your courses to pin them to the top of your list for easy access during the session.

Via My Courses Widget

1. Click the semester filter for "2020Spring" or else click the arrow to expand the filter menu and click "2020Spring"
2. Courses will display for that semester/session with an Inactive filter over the course image.

Support Information:

IMDC Learning Lounge

• Andruss Library 206
• Monday - Friday | 9am to 4pm
• Email us at imdc@bloomu.edu
• Call us at (570)389-2065

24/7 BOLT Technical Support

• Call 1-866-921-0473
• Use the BOLT Support widget in BOLT to create a support ticket or access the knowledge base for support articles.

Improvements to Consistency in BOLT

With our October update at the end of this week, there will be numerous changes to BOLT in the language and workflows controlling visibility of items.

Here are the key changes:

1. Language used to denote an activity is not visible to a learner will be “Hidden” and noted with a consistent visibility icon. 
2. Differing visibility controls will change to a checkbox. 
3. Visibility controls will appear on the Restrictions tab. (This is a big change in Discussions!) 
4. Consistent ordering of activity and tool specific icons on activity list pages. 
5. Visibility icon switch in Content. 
6. TOC flyout will no longer allow changes to visibility. 
7. TOC completion method icon switch in Content. 
8. New activities will have Save, not Publish buttons (and will include the “hide from users” checkbox consistent with the other tools. 
9. Visibility controls in context menus (drop down menus) of modules and topics. 

For more information, please read on.

Turnitin Unavailable July 13 11am EST to 7pm EST

Please note Turnitin will be unavailable on Saturday, July 13, from 11am to 7pm EST. This means submissions and grading via Turnitin will not be possible during this time. We advise submission deadlines be set outside of this maintenance window.

Please plan accordingly.

2019 Fall Courses Now in BOLT

Information regarding 2019 Fall Courses:

• Students will load into Fall courses on August 15th.
• You must set your course to "active" for students to have access to it in BOLT.
• Want Fall course sections combined in BOLT? The deadline was June 4th but if you have a late contract or assignment, you can contact us prior to the start of the semester with a special request for course combine at imdc@bloomu.edu.

Locating 2019 Fall course(s) in BOLT:

1. Click the Select a course (grid) icon at the top of the page in BOLT.
2. 2019Fall course(s) will display in the list.

• If you have a search field, type "2019Fall" and click the magnifying glass icon to Search for only those courses.
• You can pin your courses to pin them to the top of your list for easy access during the session.

Via My Courses Widget

1. Click the semester filter for "2019Fall" or else click the arrow to expand the filter menu and click "2019Fall"
2. Courses will display for that semester/session with an Inactive filter over the course image.

Support Information:

IMDC Learning Lounge

• Andruss Library 206
• Monday - Friday | 9am to 4pm
• Email us at imdc@bloomu.edu
• Call us at (570)389-2065

24/7 BOLT Technical Support

• Call 1-866-921-0473
• Use the Support Portal widget in BOLT to access live chat, email, and knowledge base technical support.

PSST! Come to our Web Conferencing Wednesdays Sessions!

We told you we would have more information about upcoming training sessions! The first bunch we want you to know about are all about our web conferencing tool Zoom. On select Wednesdays we are offering “Introduction to Zoom” trainings. In August as our training schedule picks up prior to Fall, we will also offer “Engaging Students in Zoom”.

If you are new to Zoom and want to learn how to use it to conduct online meetings or classes, please consider registering for “Introduction to Zoom” on one of our Web Conferencing Wednesdays.

If you are looking to increase engagement or do more activities in your Zoom meetings, please consider attending “Engaging Students in Zoom” in August.

Trainings will take place in Andruss Library 243!

Registration for sessions is required and is available at https://forms.gle/KQReopJmV4JCysGq5

We look forward to seeing you soon!