Course Evaluations – What Are My Options?

Instructors: Do you plan to conduct a course evaluation for your Fall courses? If so, we have a list of options available for you on the ITS Teaching & Learning Resources page. Go to the heading “End of Semester Course Evaluations.” Highlighted options include: – Online Course Evaluation – D2L survey – Qualtrics – Scantron – Student’s Evaluation of Course […]

D2L Tip: Release Calculated Grade Before Finals

Instructors: Would you like to provide your students a way to see where they stand in their course before finals? An easy way to accomplish this in D2L is to create a new Calculated grade item that includes all completed graded activities except for the Final Exam. Instructions and tips vary depending on whether you are using a Points-based or […]

End of Semester Tips, Getting Ready for Spring

Instructors: Please request your course shells for Spring 2015 courses by using the CourseCreator request form. It usually takes 24-48 hours for your course to appear on Desire2Learn. Requests submitted outside of normal office hours may take longer. Your name must appear as the instructor of record on the Course Schedule in order to request the course.

Patching of security vulnerabilities on campus computers begins

Faculty / Staff, This message regards the patching of software security vulnerabilities on campus owned computers. In an effort to protect the confidentiality of your data, and provide a secure computer environment, the I.T Department at Minnesota State University Moorhead maintains a patch-management routine and making it a part of our standard weekly operations. Effectively patching MSUM’s computers for security […]

Apple updates expected to occur in January

Faculty/Staff – Last month Apple released OS X 10.10 “Yosemite” via the Mac App Store. As previously communicated, the Information Technology department has been performing tests to confirm the supported services are working as designed. As has been reported by Apple, some devices have experienced issues with wireless connections and email issues. Apple has already released an update to remediate […]