The IMDC will be holding a hands on workshop to help you build your 2016Spring courses.
We will help you copy course components, get groups, group assignments, and group discussions set up, create quizzes... whatever you want to build, we will help you build it so you are ready to start off the Spring semester in style.
When: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 2pm
Where: Andruss Library 243
How: YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/IMDC16Spring
Bring any new content and/or course materials to the workshop in a digital format, either on a flash drive or on your P drive.
If you have any questions please contact Julie Wolfe at jwolfe2@bloomu.edu.
A blog dedicated to BOLT information and updates for Bloomsburg University faculty.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
2015Winter and 2016Spring Courses
2015Winter courses are now in available in BOLT. Students will be added to courses December 1st.
2016Spring courses will be available in BOLT November 19. Students will be added to courses January 5th.
Remember: Students will not see courses until professors activate them! You may want to let your students know if you plan to use BOLT or not before classes begin.
2016Spring courses will be available in BOLT November 19. Students will be added to courses January 5th.
Remember: Students will not see courses until professors activate them! You may want to let your students know if you plan to use BOLT or not before classes begin.
Respondus LockDown Browser Available in BOLT
RLDB is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment
within BOLT. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are
unable to print, copy, go to another URL, access other applications, or
close a quiz until it is submitted for grading.
RLDB is available to all Bloomsburg University students and can be requested to be installed in computer labs on campus.
If you use RLDB, your students will need to download and install RLDB to any computer they take quizzes on. RLDB can be downloaded at http://www.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=666246493
There is information in the BOLT Help Course (Tools Integrated with BOLT > Respondus LockDown Browser) to get you started using Respondus LockDown Browser.
For questions about Respondus LockDown Browser or any other BOLT topics, you can contact BOLT Support and the IMDC at bolthelp@bloomu.edu or by calling (570)389-2888.
RLDB is available to all Bloomsburg University students and can be requested to be installed in computer labs on campus.
If you use RLDB, your students will need to download and install RLDB to any computer they take quizzes on. RLDB can be downloaded at http://www.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=666246493
There is information in the BOLT Help Course (Tools Integrated with BOLT > Respondus LockDown Browser) to get you started using Respondus LockDown Browser.
For questions about Respondus LockDown Browser or any other BOLT topics, you can contact BOLT Support and the IMDC at bolthelp@bloomu.edu or by calling (570)389-2888.
QuickLinks - QuickLinks tool no longer inserts http:// by default
As of October 17, 2015, the URL field in the Quicklinks tool no longer has http:// automatically inserted to assist users in
forming URLs with correct syntax. The field is now blank before you enter a
URL.
Copy Course Components - Improved copy content settings
The Content Display Settings
copy the settings controlled by org unit configuration, including Content Arrangement and Navigation
display options, and completion status tracking. You can access these settings
from the Content > Settings
popup window. Previously, if you selected Content
display settings from the Copy Selected
Components workflow, these items were not properly copied. The update on October 16, 2015 ensures that the Content Settings are all copied
as expected when you use the Copy Course Components and
Bulk Course Copy options.
The middle part of this
dialog (Content Authoring) contains settings that are not included in a course
copy.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
BOLT Will Be Unavailable October 11, 2015 from 1:00AM to 7:00AM
Every month, BOLT undergoes a maintenance window. This month’s
maintenance window is on Sunday, October 11, 2015 from 1:00am to 7:00am ET. BOLT
will be unavailable during this time. Please plan accordingly.
Maintenance Window FAQ
Q: Where are the maintenance dates announced?
A: Maintenance dates are announced here on our BOLT Students
blog, our BOLT Blog for faculty, and in the News items on your My Home page in
BOLT.
Q: What will happen if I try to log in during a maintenance
period?
A: A page will load that says Desire2Learn is unavailable due
to scheduled maintenance.
Q: Why am I still seeing a page that tells me D2L is
unavailable after the maintenance window?
A: If you tried to login to BOLT during the maintenance
window, your browser may be loading the scheduled maintenance page from its cache
memory. If you encounter this page outside of the maintenance window, please
clear your browser cache before trying to login to BOLT again.
Q: This is a bad time for BOLT to be unavailable. Can
maintenance be rescheduled?
A: We understand frustration when BOLT downtime occurs during
busy times of the academic year. Unfortunately, we cannot reschedule the
maintenance windows. The IMDC has no control over the regularly scheduled maintenance windows. They are scheduled by our vendor and are necessary to keep
BOLT working optimally.
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