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Banner Upgrade Planned for Summer
Posted April 02, 2018
By: Jeremy Fuller
SIUE will be upgrading the Banner System from Banner 8 to Banner 9 over the weekend of July 28-29, 2018.
Banner 9 delivers a number of important enhancements, including a modern user interface, enhanced navigation and process management tools, and new functionality across the Student and HR systems. It will also give us greater flexibility, as we will be able to run Banner on any modern browser. Visit the Banner 9 Upgrade page for a...
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Microsoft Video and Office Mix to Retire This Summer
Posted April 02, 2018
By: Emily Keener
This summer, Microsoft will retire two of its applications: Office Mix and Video. Many of the options offered by these programs will be integrated into other Microsoft products, namely Stream and PowerPoint. However some of the features, such as Office Mix's quizzing and grade integration with Blackboard, will no longer be available.
Office Mix
Microsoft is retiring Office Mix on May 1, 2018. The company recommends that users sign into their Office Mix acco...
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New Attendance Feature in Blackboard
Posted April 02, 2018
By: Jennifer Albat
Ever wished you could log attendance inside of Blackboard? Now you can! With Blackboard's new Attendance tool, faculty can mark students as "present," "late," "absent," or "excused" for class sessions and assign points based on course policies.
Once attendance has been enabled in Blackboard, a column is automatically created in the Grade Center. Points will sync to this column as attendance is recorded (e.g. "present" for 5 points, "absent" for 0 points...
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Using Zoom for Online Collaboration
Posted April 02, 2018
By: Tori Reany
Zoom, the University's one-stop software for web conferencing, video recording, and webinar hosting, promotes collaboration in a number of ways. For example, Zoom's meeting links are easy to copy and share with others, which supports faculty who want to hold online office hours and students who want to work on group projects in real time.
The ability to meet online provides more flexibility in scheduling and can maximize the time faculty/students s...
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