Bb Managed Hosting

As you may know, KCTCS Online is moving to Blackboard Managed Hosting (MH).  What is this?  KCTCS has outgrown the server space provided by the Center for Rural Development.  To provide better reliability, KCTCS will be using servers owned by Blackboard and located in Washington, DC.   If all conversions and testing go well, we are looking at moving our hosting during the July 4^th weekend.

Disability Support Services Meeting

I attended a meeting of disability support services directors from across the state. We heard a presentation from Pearson about the steps they have made to make their MyLab products ADA compliant. We also held a discussion about how best to provide support for DSS students enrolled in online classes. There was general agreement that a system-wide solution for captioning video and audio content is needed.

More in my Meeting Notes.


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In Line Grading Tool

Here's some info about a new Blackboard resource:

Here are 2 YouTube videos about Inline Grading that will be sent out to faculty when we launch this tool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9Rerz0VX0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raT3Y2CEkio

2013 KCTCS Peer Team Retreat

Ben's notes from the 2013 meeting appear in the link below. These are in progress . . . So check back for updates. . .
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cf14ba5so3fvju5/2013%20Peer%20Team%20Retreat%20Notes.docx

The agenda for our meeting is linked here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ftto2n1u8ko2cz/DL%20Peer%20Team%20April%2017-19%202013%20Topics.docx

Summer I Late Registration

BCTC Faculty Advisors are required to advise for TWO hours of Summer I Late Registration.  Advisors may choose to switch those hours for participation in Stop by Get Started.

Summer I Late Registration Sign-Up

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2013 Teaching with Technology Workshop

Teaching with Technology Workshop

May 10, 2013

Join us in the newly refurbished Leestown Conference Center (formerly the Student Center) for a Workshop on Teaching with Technology. This workshop offers sessions for both on-ground and on-line instructors.

Our Keynote Speaker is novelist, Robin Sloan, author of Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.

Workshop Program

Workshop Registration

*The Workshop is Free and Lunch is Provided to Registered Participants

New Online Forms from Records....

The Student Records department is happy to announce the launch of new online forms and e-mail address!

http://bluegrass.kctcs.edu/Registrar/Student_Forms.aspx

Students will now be able to:
· Apply for Academic Bankruptcy
· Enroll in Courses (when not able to self-enroll)
· Withdraw from Courses
· Apply for Graduation (AA/AS only!)
· Change Program/Plan

All of this online and a completely paperless process!

Students must supply Name, Student ID Number, and KCTCS E-mail in order to complete these forms.

The New Records E-mail address is bluegrass-studentrecords@kctcs.edu OR bluegrass.records@kctcs.edu!

Both addresses reach the same mailbox – and are a convenient contact for all your Student Records & Registration questions!


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