Recently, Minnesota State System Office awarded a contract to SoftChalk (an eLearning Authoring Tool) for 500 individual Cloud licenses. The award is for a 2-year system level pilot that began July 1, 2016. About 130 individuals signed up for the pilot as of the end of spring semester in what we called the Round 1 group of piloters.
The launch of the new academic year is bringing about a remarkable first: at a Minnesota State college or university, the president is now as likely to be a woman as a man now that 14 out of 30 presidents are female. This is nearly double the national average (26 percent), according to Women in Higher Education. This milestone was […]
Join Minnesota State on Sunday, Sept. 4 at Target Field in Downtown Minneapolis as the Minnesota Twins take on the Chicago White Sox. We will be celebrating our students and kicking off the renewed Access to Excellence scholarship campaign. The goal is the raise $50 million in the next two years.
D2L has changed the terminology for some Brightspace tools and features. These changes will take effect at all Minnesota State D2L Brightspace sites as of Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016.
Proposed changes to the allocation framework have been presented to Minnesota State Board of Trustees and are now out for review and consultation. As part of the review and consultation process, the system office will be hosting several WebEx sessions over the next three months to review the recommendations, answer questions and solicit feedback. All Minnesota State faculty, staff and […]