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Grades for October exams

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Some of you are teaching courses with an Oct. exam. Just a friendly reminder that grades are due for any sections that ran a final exam in October. Once grades are in, you’ll have access to student feedback via CoursEval. That’s all for now!

Who’s Who at Enrolment Services?

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Enrolment Services staff assist you in managing your distance education courses in the following ways: • Assistance in resolving registration related issues. • Assistance in facilitating course extensions or accelerations. • Arrangements for final exams for DE&T delivered courses (both on and off campus). • Help with CWL issues. • Access and troubleshooting for the […]

Many things to many people

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Weblogs can be used for many purposes. This one is for sharing information relevant to teaching a distance course at UBC. So far, this has kind of been a one way street. But what about you? I’m sure many of you have comments, stories and issues to share with your colleagues, perhaps you’d like to […]

Adding Students Late

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Late for Class Originally uploaded by T Hall. I know that some of you get requests (accompanied by begging and pleading) from students wanting to register for your courses well after the course start month. In some cases, it is clear that your course schedules and pedagogical approaches can’t easily accommodate this. In other cases, […]

Single sign-on to UBC systems

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Starting August 1st you will need a Campus-Wide Login (CWL) ID and password to log into the Faculty Service Centre (FSC). If you haven’t created a CWL ID already, please do so now: create my CWL. You will no longer need nor be able to use your FSC ID and password. Campus-Wide Login (CWL) is […]

Updating your contact info.

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Have you ever tried to track down the right person in payroll to get your address changed on the “UBC system”? This has been a source of aggravation for many, including, I’m sure, the staff in the payroll office! You can now update your contact information (including new email or mailing addresses and telephone numbers) […]

Virus Protection

Friday, August 25th, 2006

If you accept assignments via email, you may be at risk for catching a nasty virus which can cause problems with your computer and, occassionally, render it inoperable. Rather than reverting back to snail mail and causing a revolt among your students, seek out some virus protection. UBC now offers free downloadable virus protection software […]

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