WINS Mobile

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Class enrollment season is almost upon us!

Everybody knows that they can sign up for their classes by going to WINS in an internet browser, but did you know that there’s a WINS mobile app on both Apple and Android?

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WINS Mobile features include:

  • Class Search – Search for classes, find available sections, add them to your cart, and enroll directly from the app.
  • Schedule – View your course schedule, including location and instructor.
  • Grades – View your grades, and check your GPA (both this term and cumulative).
  • What’s Happening Today – A notification feature that reminds you of important tasks, such as overdue To-Do List items.
  • To-Do List – Displays the list of tasks that require immediate attention, and the tasks needed to complete them.
  • Holds – View the holds on your account.

WINS Mobile is completely free to all students and can be found on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store by searching for “UWW WINS Mobile”.

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For more information on how to use the WINS Mobile app, check out the following link: https://www.uww.edu/registrar/wins/student-mobile

Happy enrolling!

Non-Timetable D2L Course Cleanup Process

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clutter-360058_1920In preparation for the upcoming Canvas migration, we will be reviewing all ONGOING/OTHER semester courses that exist in Desire2Learn.  This is an OPT-IN purge, and we will not be automatically removing any courses.  Impacted users will receive an email on Monday, October 30th.  Please review the message and let us know by Friday, November 10th if we can remove any of the courses listed.

The D2L Course Cleanup resources site is available with more information on the Cleanup process and instructions on how to export course materials and student data.

If you have any questions or concerns about the D2L Course Cleanup process or need assistance, please contact UW-W D2L Support.

Fall 2017 Student Engagement Series: Technologies and Techniques Workshop

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This Fall semester, the UW-Whitewater LEARN Center and the Learning Technology Center (LTC) have been co-sponsoring a series of workshops on student engagement.

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The first in the series of workshops provided an overview of challenges and approaches to student engagement. The second in the series of workshops featured a faculty panel discussing different approaches to student engagement. The third, and final, session will provide information on a few different instructional technologies that can be used as a means to help facilitate student engagement. Participants in the third, and final, workshop will also have the opportunity to test out these tools/technologies.

The last session of the Fall 2017 student engagement workshops series is Monday, November 6th. The session runs from Noon to 1:30 pm, and begins in UC 259B. Lunch is provided.

Please sign-up for the final workshop before Monday, October 30th by visiting the UW-Whitewater Event Signup Tool (you will need log in with your Net-ID and password), and look for the LEARN Center section.

Reserve a Room for Group Projects

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Looking for a space to work on a group project or have a small meeting? Try out the collaboratory meeting rooms in the Andersen General Access Lab L1008 (lower level). These rooms are great for groups of up to 6 people to work together. They are equipped with a conference table, computer, projector, and SMART board.

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Reserve your room ahead of time by going to http://www.uww.edu/reserve . Make sure to check in with the lab attendant when you arrive. Rooms can be reserved for up to 3 hours at a time with extensions available if there are no other reservations.

If you have any questions regarding this, please call 262.472.1234

 

Use ePortfolio via D2L to Further Present Your Learning!

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The ePortfolio Tool on D2L is your very own Personal Portfolio Tool for storing, organizing, reflecting on, and sharing items that represent your learning!

You can include documents, graphics, audio files, videos, presentations, course work, etc. that demonstrate your improvement or mastery in a certain area. You decide what items you want to include in your ePortfolio, how you want to organize them, and who you want to share them with!

To Access ePortfolio:

  • Click the “Tools” dropdown menu on the top-right corner of D2L, then select “ePortfolio”

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You can create:

  • Artifacts (Individual Items)
  • Collections (Groups of related items)
  • Reflections (Thoughts about your learning)
  • Presentations (Web Projects showcasing your Items and Achievements)
  • Learning objectives (Plans for specific learning outcomes)

You can share items with others by giving them permission to:

  • View an Item
  • Comment on an item
  • View comments from others
  • Access an item
  • View assessments from others
  • Edit an item

You can also use the “Explore” Area to see what others are sharing with you:

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ePortfolio can be utilized to assist Students in furthering their own work, including showing work among others, we hope this brief introduction to ePortfolio can assist all in their academic endeavors!

If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding this issue, please contact UW-W Desire2Learn Support.

UW Office of Professional & Instructional Development – Spring 2018 Conference on Teaching & Learning

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The 2018 Spring Conference on Teaching & Learning presented by the UW System Office of Professional & Instructional Development (OPID) is taking place Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13, 2018 in the Memorial Union at UW-Madison.

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The theme for the conference is The Joy of Teaching in an Age of Digital Learning. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Michael Wesch, Ph.D, who is a Cultural Anthropologist at Kansas State University, and a winner of the Carnegie Foundation’s U. S. Professor of the Year Award.

Faculty and instructional staff from all fields are welcome, and encouraged, to submit proposals for the conference. The deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, November 27, 2017. Those with accepted proposals will be informed by December 20, 2017. Proposals are submitted online at this website.

For more information, please visit the website for the 2018 OPID Spring Conference on Teaching & Learning.

Saturday LTC Instructional Development Event

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The Learning Technology Center (LTC) is offering an all day Saturday event on December 9th, focusing on instructional development! This event is a great opportunity for instructors who are not able to contact the LTC during our standard operating hours to receive D2L assistance.

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Join us at the LTC office, in McGraw 120, as early as 8:00am for D2L one-on-one support that is focused on your specific D2L needs. We are also offering two sessions of D2L basics, which may include information such as how to lock a browser, upload test questions, upload grades to WINS, and much more!

If you are not able to make it to campus, no problem! You can schedule a one-on-one WebEx meeting during the 1:1 appointment times listed below. To schedule a 1:1 appointment, contact the LTC after you register.

Please stop by to get your questions answered, stay until your problems are solved, and close out the semester successfully!

Saturday Event Schedule

*sessions subject to change based on instructor needs.

8:00 – 10:00am    Staff available for 1:1 appointments with instructors

10:00 – Noon         D2L basics help

1:00 – 2:00pm         Staff available for 1:1 appointments with instructors

2:00 – 3:00pm         D2L basics help

3:00 – 4:00pm        Staff available for 1:1 appointments with instructors

For further questions about the Saturday LTC Instructional Development Event please contact the LTC at ltc@uww.edu. To sign up, go to https://my.uww.edu/signup/Registration/Details/15325 (and log in with your Net-ID and password).

Instructure Canvas contract signed by UW-System Board of Regents

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PrintUW-Whitewater has received word that the UW System Board of Regents has signed the contract with Instructure for their Canvas product.

Now that the contract is signed, here is what you need to know:

  • The Director of Learning Technology is serving as the UW-Whitewater Institution Project Manager.  Please continue to use the Learning Technology Center (ltc@uww.edu) as your primary contact for questions and concerns.  Each UW-System Institution has a dedicated project team and will be working together on migration efforts.  Provost Elrod and Assistant Vice Chancellor Pokot (ICIT) are the UW-Whitewater project sponsors.
  • The earliest opportunity to migrate courses to Canvas is expected to be Fall 2018 with all courses migrated before December 2019.  The move from D2L to Canvas is an exciting change, but will not happen overnight.  These estimates are not set in stone, and they may change as things progress.
  • Please do not contact UW-Madison colleagues or Canvas to gain access to a test course. Though we can understand that you might be excited to get started working in Canvas right away, please do not contact our colleagues at UW-Madison in an effort to gain access to their Canvas environment or use the free public version of Canvas to get started. Both of these environments may be quite different than the environment the UW System will be creating with Canvas and will not be included in migration planning.
  • Any inquiries from the media regarding the Instructure Canvas contract should be directed to: https://www.wisconsin.edu/dle/

We will continue to receive more information in the weeks and months ahead, and will do our best to communicate this information with the UW-Whitewater campus community as transparently as possible throughout this transition process. As we understand that there will be a lot of questions during this transition period, the Learning Technology Center has created a website to help keep the UW-Whitewater campus community informed, which can be accessed at this link: http://go.uww.edu/canvas-migration

We understand that whenever a large-scale change like this occurs, there will be a number of questions and concerns that arise. The Learning Technology Center aims to be as transparent as possible during this transition period, and will undertake concerted efforts to keep the UW-Whitewater campus community as informed as possible throughout the change. Please continue to contact the Learning Technology Center (ltc@uww.edu) for questions and concerns related to this transition.

Campus General Access Labs

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Did you know that there are six computer labs that are open to all students around campus?  If you ever need to access a computer for any of your classwork, these labs are the perfect place for you!

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Andersen – Room 1008
M-F: 8:00AM – 12:00AM
Sat: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Sun: 1:00PM – 12:00AM

For more information on the Andersen Media Lab, check out our blog post on it!

McGraw – Room 19
M-W: 8:00AM – 10:00PM
Thurs: 8:00AM – 6:00PM
Fri: 8:00AM – 4:00PM
Sat-Sun: Closed

Andersen Library:
Available during Andersen Library hours

University Center – Room 146
Available during the University Center building hours

Upham – Room 51
M-Thurs: 8:00AM – 6:00PM
Fri: 8:00AM – 3:00PM
Sat-Sun: Closed

Center of the Arts – Room CA 4*
M-Thurs: 4:00PM – 9:00PM
Fri-Sat: Closed
Sun: 4:00PM – 9:00PM
*Staffed during these hours.  Lab may be open outside of posted hours.

All of these labs except UC-146 have both Macs and PCs (No Macs in UC-146).  Each computer is equipped with a variety of different programs to meet your needs.  Here is a complete list of all the software that is provided.