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Faculty Help Resources - VSU Vista Faculty and Staff Support
Self-paced Training and
(At this time this resource is only available to VSU Faculty and Staff).
Whether you are just getting started with Vista or need a refresher on specific tasks, get comprehensive instruction with this online training resource that provides self paced learning and peer support. View course details
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Training with Wimba, Inc
(Location: Online)
Wimba, Inc. provides online training for 2 popular course tools that are available to you in WebCT Vista. Access the following links to register for a training session.
Wimba Classroom (web conference)
Wimba Classroom™ 5.2, is a live, virtual classroom within WebCT Vista that includes audio, video, application sharing and content display where faculty and students can engage the web-based conferencing as if they were meeting face-to-face. More>
Wimba Voice Tools
Voice tools facilitate and promote vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment. Increase the interaction and student engagement level of any online class by allowing faculty and students to easily embed vocal interactions into the page level of WebCT Vista.
August & September
WEBCT VISTA & COURSE TOOLS
Intro to WebCT
Presenter: Jonathan Sizemoore, Director of Distance Learning
Location: Odum Library Room HUB 2619
This Introduction to VSU Vista, provides an overview and hands on experience with the Section Designer role in Vista. The focus will be on the features and functions of the Vista Learning Module, using the course File Manager to upload and share your content, and organizing your content and other Vista course tools into a learning path for students. Bring your syllabus or lecture notes with you as a Word file or other document file, and leave this workshop with your materials in VSU Vista.
Dates & Times:
Wednesday, August 20th 2pm-4pm
Monday, August 25th 10am-12pm
Thursday, September 11th 3pm-5pm
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
WebCT Vista Grade Book
Presenter: Jonathan Sizemoore, Director of Distance Learning
Location: Odum Library Room HUB 2619
This introductory workshop will provide an overview of the VSU Vista Grade Book features, creating and managing grade book columns, entering student grades, creating calculated columns, column settings, editing and overriding grades, audit history, denying and granting student access, and backing up your section grades by exporting to a spreadsheet. Workshop participants will work hands on in a VSU Vista training section.
Dates & Times:
Wednesday, September 24th 10am-12pm
Tuesday, September 30th 9am-11am
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
Respondus 101 Workshop
Presenters: Eric Jackson
Location: Odum Library Room HUB 2619
Respondus is a Windows application that enhances the functions and features of WebCT's quiz, survey, and self-test tools. Respondus allows you to author quizzes offline, import existing questions from a word processing file, and publish the quizzes directly to your WebCT course. The application can be used to manage and print multiple versions of your test for face to face courses. (Currently this training is for faculty who are using WebCT Vista.)
Dates & Times:
Wednesday, August 27th 10am-12pm
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
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