Message-ID: <13096578.1182531747543.JavaMail.joeescobar@joe-escobars-computer.local> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:03:28 -0700 (PDT) From: naylore Reply-To: Online.MC_PO3.LCC-Mail@lanecc.edu Subject: Re: surveys Re: Important - WebCT-using Faculty at Lane Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_299_2203112.1182531747542" GWItemID: 44B63690.LCC-Mail.MC_PO3.100.1346735.1.10B4.1 ------=_Part_299_2203112.1182531747542 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Joe- From briefly looking at this link you sent me, Joe, it seems there is a "Questionnaire Module" for anonymous surveys on Moodle 1.6. How would I get that? Beth >>> Online 04/19/06 10:24 AM >>> Beth, I'm so glad things are going well. Here is a link I have... Looks like this is moving forward very quickly. http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=469 >>> Beth Naylor 04/19/06 9:55 AM >>> Hi Joe- I'm making progress with my course and it's not that hard. I'm so glad you were able to make such good copies of my WebCT courses. Do you still have that link for the discussion about anonymouse (I like that typo) Surveys with Moodle? I didn't save it. Thanks. Beth >>> Online 04/18/06 9:26 PM >>> Hello faculty, I hope the third week of the term finds you well. This is the second e-mail communication I am sending to all WebCT instructors. An archive of all of these communications can be found at the following web site: http://teach.lanecc.edu/moodle In addition, an audio "podcast" version of this email is also located at the above web site. That way, if you would rather not read a lengthy e-mail, you may listen to the same message over the internet through your computer speakers. For those of you who have contacted me already, had your courses converted to Moodle, or have notified me that you are no longer using WebCT, I thank you. If you are aware that the WebCT server and all courses and files on it, and access to it, will not be possible after September, 2006, you can ignore the rest of this e-mail. I simply want to be sure that no one is left behind. I want to take this opportunity, to be clearer and more precise than perhaps I was in my first message to you. In that email, I asked that all WebCT instructors contact the WebCT system administrator, David Walton (at webct@lanecc.edu), and let him know the specific filenames of each of your WebCT classes to convert to Moodle. Less than 25% percent of the faculty using WebCT have done this so far. I know that many of you are busy, and that the first announcement came during final exam week last term. But, believe it or not, nearly a month has passed. I am also sure that many of you may have thought that you would not need to do this because you did not teach a WebCT class in the Fall. Unfortunately, the WebCT server will not be available for any instructor to use, or even the system administrator to access, after September of 2006. Therefore, regardless of what term you offered your WebCT course in the past, you will need to have those course materials saved and that course converted to Moodle before September, and preferably by the end of this term in June. (Once converted to Moodle, your files will be "safe". No one expects you to be a Moodle expert and have your courses in tip top shape by June.) Of course, some of you may decide not to use a learning management system (LMS) with your future courses. Others may be changing textbook versions and related publisher materials such as test banks and PowerPoints and no longer need their "outdated" courses. Some of you may just want to start from scratch. Regardless, I would like to hear back from each WebCT instructor to be sure that no one is left behind. I have met with individual instructors and groups of instructors since the announcement of Moodle as the adopted LMS at the end of last term. The faculty webmasters will continue to meet with faculty and offer workshops, advertised both in The Daily and on the faculty web site at: http://teach.lanecc.edu With only seven weeks left in the term, the time to get started is now. Although we will be available to help you over the Summer, many faculty would like to avoid any extensive work over the break. And there are some who will be busy teaching courses Summer Term. I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions in the matter of WebCT to Moodle course conversions for both online courses and web-enhanced traditional courses. Starting in the Fall Term, 2006, Moodle will be the only operational LMS at Lane Community College. To date, the conversions have been very successful, and I hope we can provide that same level of service and satisfaction to all Lane instructors. Joe Escobar Faculty Webmaster Lane Community College ------=_Part_299_2203112.1182531747542--