On September 21, we indicated that these three issues were:

1. Grading assignments – slow page loads: When an instructor attempted to open a student assignment from the gradebook, the assignment page took a long time to load. This is now fixed and the grading assignment page loads much more quickly.
2. Restricting access permissions – cannot be modified or deleted: Restrict Access Permissions are conditions set up in a course that permit students to progress through a course based on achieving a particular benchmark. If instructors attempted to change or remove a condition, they received an error message indicating that they could not complete the change. Instructors no longer receive the error message and can complete the change. 
3. Uploading multiple feedback files – produces an empty field: When instructors attempted to upload multiple assignments with feedback to students from a zip file, the zip file appeared to upload, but it was empty. The zip file now contains the correct information. 

We appreciated your patience as CCS and EDC worked to address these issues. Please let us know if you experience difficulties or have concerns with cuLearn.

Thank you.

Before this upgrade, we conducted extensive testing to ensure that there would be minimal disruption to instructors and students. While most of the upgrade went very well, with the help of several instructors we have identified three issues of some significance:

• Grading assignments – slow page loads: When an instructor attempts to open a student assignment from the gradebook, the assignment page takes a long time to load. A workaround for this is to download student assignments as a zip file and edit/grade offline.
• Restricting access permissions – cannot be modified or deleted: Restrict Access Permissions are conditions set up in a course that permit students to progress through a course based on achieving a particular benchmark. If instructors attempt to change or remove a condition, they receive an error message indicating that they are not able to complete the change. If you experience this, contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.
• Uploading multiple feedback files – produces an empty field: When instructors attempt to upload multiple assignments with feedback to students from a zip file, the zip file appears to upload, but is in fact empty. The current workaround is to upload the edited files one at a time.

Currently, we are aware that these issues are impacting several instructors, but we wanted to keep you apprised of our efforts to resolve them. Our team is working diligently with external partners and our Moodle developer community to implement permanent fixes before these issues amplify.

If these issues or others are causing you or your students concern, we encourage you to contact the CCS Service Desk so that we can be made aware of all outstanding issues with cuLearn.

Thank you for your patience and support during this time.

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance, including:

• Smoother assignment grading
• Easy retrieval of deleted course files and activities
• Improved course editing
• New quiz question types
• Greater usability for students and enhancement to several activities such as the forum, workshop and lesson

Please note that this upgrade will take place within the 10-day period for the submission of final grades to the E-Grade system for approval. If you plan to calculate grades in cuLearn, please download them to your computer prior to September 3, because the cuLearn gradebook will not be available from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on this date. If you need any help with this, please contact edc@carleton.ca.

This upgrade will not affect any data or content added to your courses and you will be able to continue working on your courses after 3 p.m. on September 3.

If you have any questions about the upgrade, contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance, including:

• Smoother assignment grading
• Easy retrieval of deleted course files and activities
• Improved course editing
• New quiz question types
• Greater usability for students and enhancement to several activities such as the forum, workshop and lesson

Please note that this upgrade will take place within the 10-day period for the submission of final grades to the E-Grade system for approval. If you plan to calculate grades in cuLearn, please download them to your computer prior to September 3, because the cuLearn gradebook will not be available from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on this date. If you need any help with this, please contact edc@carleton.ca.

This upgrade will not affect any data or content added to your courses and you will be able to continue working on your courses after 3 p.m. on September 3.

If you have any questions about the upgrade, contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance.

Please note that this upgrade will take place within the 10-day period for the submission of final grades to the E-Grade system for approval. If you plan to calculate grades in cuLearn, please download them to your computer prior to September 3, because the cuLearn grade book will not be available from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on this date. If you need any help with this, please contact ryan.kuhne@carleton.ca.

This upgrade will not affect any data or content added to your courses and you will be able to continue work on your courses after 3 p.m. on September 3.

If you have any questions about the upgrade, please contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel is very similar to the previous version, however there are significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance, including:

• Improved multidirectional scrolling on all devices
• Grade history tracking
• Single view report
• Improved user report interface
• Enhanced quiz building

For video highlights and a complete list of new features, please visit the .

If you’d like training on cuLearn’s new features, the EDC is holding a group training session on May 7 from 1-3 p.m. that will focus on the upgrades. .

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance, including:

• Improved multidirectional scrolling on all devices
• Grade history tracking
• Single view report
• Improved user report interface
• Enhanced quiz building

Please note that this upgrade will take place within the 10-day period for the submission of final grades to the E-Grade system for approval. If you plan to calculate grades in cuLearn, please download them to your computer prior to May 2, because the cuLearn gradebook will not be available from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on this date. If you need any help with this, please contact kirk.davies@carleton.ca.

This upgrade will not affect any data and content added by instructors and you will be able to continue to work on your courses after 2 p.m. on May 2.

For a more detailed description of the changes in the upcoming Moodle 2.8.3 version of cuLearn, please visit the .

If you have any questions about the upgrade, contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance, including:

• Improved multidirectional scrolling on all devices
• Grade history tracking
• Single view report
• Improved user report interface
• Enhanced quiz building

Please note that this upgrade will take place within the 10-day period for the submission of final grades to the E-Grade system for approval. If you plan to calculate grades in cuLearn, please download them to your computer prior to May 2, because the cuLearn gradebook will not be available from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on this date. If you need any help with this, please contact kirk.davies@carleton.ca.

This upgrade will not affect any data and content added by instructors and you will be able to continue to work on your courses after 2 p.m. on May 2.

For a more detailed description of the changes in the upcoming Moodle 2.8.3 version of cuLearn, please visit the .

If you have any questions about the upgrade, contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.

The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance.

Please note that this upgrade will take place within the 10-day period for the submission of final grades to the E-Grade system for approval. If you plan to calculate grades in cuLearn, please download them to your computer prior to May 2, because the cuLearn grade book will not be available from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on this date. If you need any help with this, please contact kirk.davies@carleton.ca.

This upgrade will not affect any data and content added by instructors and they will be able to continue work on their courses after 2 p.m. on May 2.

For a more detailed description of the changes in the upcoming Moodle 2.8.3 version of cuLearn, please visit the .

If you have any questions about the upgrade, contact the EDC at edc@carleton.ca.

PoodLL is a collection of plugins for Moodle that greatly enhances the system’s ability to seamlessly incorporate audio and video functionality for both students and instructors. This session will showcase a number of these tools including:

• Audio/video recording assignments
• Audio/video instructor feedback
• Real-time virtual pair work (or small group work) options
• Inline audio/video
• Flashcards

PoodLL is not currently installed on cuLearn. The purpose of this session is to demonstrate the possibilities these plugins offer and to encourage support for their inclusion. It is intended for instructors who can see an application for this technology in their courses and for technology specialists who want to see the plugin in action.

The roundtable will run from 12-1 p.m. in room 422 Dunton Tower. Space is limited so .