Semester-Start Helps

Requesting access to archived course (such as from Blackboard)
Copying content from another course or Master
Importing content from a publisher
Moving or copying single items
Resetting content visibility with the Date Manager
Adding an ANGEL orientation
Setting up the gradebook
Reordering assignments in the gradebook
Adding a TA
Merging two course rosters
Renaming the course
Making the course available to students

ANGEL Overviews

ANGEL Tour (5 mins., requires Flash Player)
Overview Video (30 mins., Flash, viewed best by maximizing your browser window)
Overview Handout (PDF)
ANGEL Features (PDF)

Access to Previous Content

Request a Master Course for ANGEL
Request a Blackboard Archive for ANGEL

Course Design & More

Instructional Design in ANGEL (PDF)
NNU Online Course Template
NNU Online Course Design Checklist (PDF)
NNU Online Syllabus Template (MS Word)
NNU Online Teaching Guidelines (PDF)

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Frequently Asked Questions
Overview for Instructors (30 mins.)

Notes: You will need Flash Player to watch the video tutorials. Some were created by the ANGEL Learning Co. and others by NNU. Those by ANGEL refer to the Lesson tab, which NNU has renamed the Content tab. Some tutorials are simply illustrated web pages. Keep checking back for more.

General
Power Strip and Personal Home Page (8 mins.)
Elements of a Course (10 mins.)
Change Fonts or Color Scheme (2 mins.)
Create and Upload a Course Banner (5 mins.)

Content
Basics
Content Overview - Text  Video (5 mins.)
Content Item Tools
Content Item Settings
Add Content: Folder - Text  Video (4 mins.)
Add Content: Page - Text  Video (5 mins.)
Add Content: Upload a File - Video (5 mins.)
Add Content: Web Link - Video (5 mins.)
Add Content: Insert Image - Text Video (5 mins.)
Add Content - Game or Puzzle
Add Content - ANGEL Orientation (2 mins.)
Move or Copy Content (2 mins.)
Create Link within Course
Use Milestones (5 mins.)
Create Tables (5 mins.)
Use the Learning Object Repository (3 mins.)

Assessments and Surveys
Add Content: Test - Video (5 mins.)
Set Up Test - Interaction Tab
Set Up Test - Review Tab
Set Up Test - Add, Edit, Delete or Preview Questions
Set Up Test - Question Sets (5 mins.)
Add Test Questions - Question Types
Add Test Questions - Ordering and Matching (5 mins.)
Add Test Questions - Fill in the Blank and Essay (5 mins.)
Add Test Questions - Multiple Select and Offline (5 mins.)
Add Test Questions - Copy from Existing (2 mins.)
Add Test Questions - From Question Bank Mgr (5 mins.)

Take a Test (for Students, 5 mins.)
Take a Test with the Secure Browser (for Students, 2 mins.)

Retrieve, Grade and Analyze Test Results (5 mins.)
Get Test Results - At a Glance Tab
Get Test Results - View, Grade or Delete Submissions
Get Test Results - Item Analysis
Handle Incomplete Tests - Pending Items
Regrade a Question

Drop Box Assignments
Add Content: Drop Box - Text Video (5 mins.)
Submit Drop Box Assignment (for Students, 5 mins.)
Grade Drop Box Assignments (5 mins.)
Grade Drop Box Assignments Using a Rubric (3 mins.)

TurnItIn Assignments from within ANGEL
Add Content: TurnItIn - Video (5 mins.)
Submit TurnItIn Assignment (for Students, 5 mins.)
Grade TurnItIn Assignments (5 mins.)

Communicate
Discussion Forums
Add Discussion Forums (5 mins.)
Use Private Team Journal Mode (4 mins.)
Post/Reply to Discussion Forums (5 mins.)
Find Unread Discussion Posts (2 mins.)
Grade Discussion Forums (5 mins.)
Delete Discussion Posts (1 min.)

Course Mail
Use Course Mail (3 mins.)
Compose E-mail
Select or Remove E-Mail Recipients

Manage
Gradebook
Set Up Gradebook (5 mins.)
Set Up Gradebook Preferences
Set Up Categories
Set Up Assignments via the Gradebook
Set Up Assignments via Content Tab
Set Up Assignments (5 mins.)
Set Up Grading Scale
View Grades
Enter Grades by Assignment
Grade Drop Box Assignments (5 mins.)
Grade Drop Box Assignments Using a Rubric (3 mins.)
Reorder Assignments (1 min.)

Roster
Add a TA (2 mins.)
Find Student Logins (3 mins.)

Teams
Add Teams (5 mins.)
Use Teams (5 mins.)

Import Console
Import the Online Course Template (2 mins.)
Copy an Entire Course (3 mins.)

Question Bank Manager
Manage Folders
Create or Edit Tests
Delete Questions
Rearrange Questions

Rubric Manager
Create a Rubric (5 mins.)

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In addition to your department EvANGEList who is available to help you when you have questions along the way, E-Learning Services offers various ANGEL learning opportunities, both onsite and online. Descriptions follow; see the schedule below.

Onsite

ANGEL Open Lab - Length varies

An opportunity for instructors, support personnel or TAs to come and work on their courses or group sites and receive help on the spot. Also available for students to get help with understanding how to use ANGEL.

ANGEL Basics - 90 minutes

• Navigating
• Building Content
  • Folders
  • Web pages
  • Links
  • Files
  • Assignments
• Managing the Course
• Announcements
• Course Mail
• Teams
• Assigning Grades
  • Building the Gradebook
  • Grading Drop Box Assignments

ANGEL Grading - 1 hour

• Building the Gradebook
• Grading Drop Box Assignments
• Grading Tests
• Grading Discussion Forums

Online Discussions - 1 hour

• Creating Discussion Forums
• Using a Scoring Rubric
• Grading Discussion Forums

Online Assessment - 1 hour

• Creating and Grading Tests
• Creating and Using Rubrics

Advanced Course Management - 1 hour

• Using the Date Manager
• Automating Content Release or Communication

Academic Integrity - 1 hour

• Defining and promoting academic integrity
• Using the TurnItIn plagiarism-detection service

Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts - 1 hour

• Using creative tools to help students meet learning objectives
• Using Campus Pack to create and manage wikis, blogs and podcasts

Online

• Overview Video (30 mins., requires Flash Player, turn up your sound)
• Self-paced Tutorials - Watch brief video tutorials or visit web-based instructional pages, all found above.
• Self-paced Tutorials with Practice Exercises - Log in to ANGEL at http://online.nnu.edu with your regular NNU account and enter the ANGEL Training for Instructors course. The tutorials are on the Content tab.

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Open Lab sessions are offered to help Faculty, Adjuncts, Support Personnel and Students with the following:

• ANGEL course management
• TurnItIn plagiarism detection
• Campus Pack wikis, blogs and podcasts
• Streaming Media

RSVPs for onsite sessions are always appreciated but not required, except for weekend Opportunities. To RSVP, write to elearning@nnu.edu or call 208-467-8034.

If you cannot attend any given session but still need assistance, feel free to request a TA consultation.

Schedule

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Fully online training courses are available at no charge to NNU faculty, adjuncts and support personnel. Or, participants may take a course for credit, with a fee. E-Learning Services offers three options:

Online Coursebuilding with ANGEL
Online Course Design & Development
Effective Online Teaching 

Online Coursebuilding with ANGEL

This course focuses on best practices and how-tos for using the ANGEL course management system as well as a few other technologies.

Audience:

• Those who are new to the ANGEL system
• Those who wish to deepen their knowledge of ANGEL and other online technologies

Topics:

• Planning the basic structure of your course
• Building and organizing content
• Creating assignments and assessments
• Managing discussion forums and Web 2.0 tools
• Using applications such as screen-capture software
• Setting up the gradebook

Length and schedule:

• Three weeks, offered quarterly or as needed

Next offering:

• February 6-26, 2012

For more information, contact Instructional Technologist for E-Learning Crystal Nielsen, M.A. (CDNielsen@nnu.edu or 208-467-8782).

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Online Course Design & Development

This course focuses on designing and developing an online course.

Audience:

• Those who must convert a traditional course to online
• Those who must develop a brand new course going online

Topics:

• The foundations for teaching and learning online
• An introduction to instructional design
• Creating multimedia instruction
• Creating community online
• Assessment and evaluation

Length and schedule:

• Seven weeks, offered quarterly

Next offering:

• Feb. 6 - March 31, 2012 (with a pause during Spring Break)

For more information, contact Dr. Christine Bauer, E-Learning Director (CHBauer(at)nnu.edu or 208-467-8240).

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Effective Online Teaching

This course focuses on best practices in teaching online or hybrid courses.

Audience:

• Those who plan to teach online
• Those who wish to deepen their knowledge and skills in teaching online

Topics:

• Theoretical underpinnings and "best practice" principles for teaching and learning online
• Institutional policies, procedures and support resources related to the online teaching environment
• Strategies for effectively communicating with students and conveying presence online
• Pedagogical approaches and assessment methods for facilitating learning online
• Strategies for building and facilitating an online learning community
• Methods for integrating faith into an online course
• Reviewing technology skills for delivering and facilitating an online course
• Time management strategies for teaching online
• Legal issues and challenges related to teaching and learning online

Length and Schedule:

• Six weeks, offered quarterly

Next offering:

• TBA

For more information, contact Dr. Christine Bauer, E-Learning Director (CHBauer(at)nnu.edu or 208-467-8240).

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E-Learning Services' student employees are available to help faculty, adjuncts and support staff with course development using ANGEL and other online technologies, such as:

• creating online tests
• setting up the Gradebook
• putting Milestone dates on the Calendar
• creating course banners
• making your ANGEL pages look great
• preparing media for streaming
• copying content between Masters and Official shells
• and other projects both basic and complex that either you do not do very often or that are time-consuming

Please complete the online form to request FREE help from an E-Learning TA.

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