Megan Mitchell – Academic Tech Tips

Course Preparation Day

By Megan Mitchell | July 12, 2019

Come join us for a full-day of training, collaboration, and course building assistance.

Date	Friday, August 16th
Time	10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Location	Information Commons, 2nd floor in room 230

Attend Training

Attend in person or online via Zoom
Each training session will be 30 minutes
All sessions are introductory

Build Your Site

Work on Sakai course sites individually or with other instructors
Receive feedback from peers or ITRS staff

Receive Help

Ask quick questions
Check accessibility of course sites and course materials

Training Schedule

Each session will be 30-minutes long with a 15-minute break in between each session.

Time	Session Name
10:00 a.m.	Getting Started in Sakai
10:45 a.m.	Sakai Gradebook
11:30 a.m.	Sakai Tests & Quizzes
12:15 p.m.	Sakai Lessons and Resources
1:00 p.m.	Sakai Statistics and Course Data
1:45 p.m.	Using Zoom in Sakai
2:30 p.m.	Course Accessibility

Summer Instructional Technologies Course

By Megan Mitchell | May 6, 2019

Are you creating your own Sakai site? Are you looking to use technology in a purposeful way? Join us this summer to explore educational technologies already available to the Loyola community and design your own Sakai course or project site. The upcoming session begins May 20th.

ITRS developed an online course available to the Loyola community and designed to explore technology tools. This six-week course allows participants to explore features and functions of technologies available to the LUC community, like Sakai, Zoom, and Panopto. Each week, participants will learn about one or more technologies to incorporate them into their educational experiences. At the end of the course, participants will have a fully-functional Sakai site template. This course supplements the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy’s Online Teaching Course.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at ITRS@luc.edu. Check out the Instructional Technologies Course site to register.

Preparing for Sakai 12

By Megan Mitchell | February 15, 2019

What’s New in Sakai 12?

On May 12th, Loyola’s learning management system will be upgrading to Sakai 12. In this upgrade, students, faculty, and staff will see a few updates. Some of these changes include:

Improved features in the Assignments, Gradebook, and Lessons tools
Accessibility improvements
Auto favorite new sites
An updated text editor

How to Learn More

Register for Training

If you would like to learn more about the Sakai 12 changes, please register for one of the “What’s New in Sakai 12?” training sessions. We will hold training sessions throughout the next few months. For dates and links to registration, please visit our Sakai 12 Upgrade page.

Attend an Open Forum Discussion

Join one of the Open Forum Discussions on the following dates:

March 29th, 2019 – 11:00am – 12:00pm
April 26th, 2019 – 11:00am – 12:00pm

To access the open forums join us online at https://luc.zoom.us/my/dropin. Registration is not required– just stop by!

If you are unable to make a training session or an open forum discussion, feel free to contact us at ITRS@luc.edu, so we can schedule another time to present the updates in Sakai 12.

4th Annual Information & Technology Showcase

By Megan Mitchell | January 25, 2019

The 4th Annual Loyola Information & Technology Showcase will be held on Thursday, February 21st from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm in the Damen Student Center.

Come learn about library and technology resources available to the University community. Take advantage of a variety of breakout sessions and a full array of resource tables from vendors like DocFinity, Oracle/LOCUS, ProQuest, and Gartner. All Loyola students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend. Registered participants will receive a box lunch and have an opportunity to win raffle prizes including a new laptop computer.

Visit the Info & Tech Showcase Registration page to register for the event.

For more information, please visit the ITS Info & Tech Showcase Event page. See you there!