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Click here for downloadable ANGEL Guides and Manuals:
Full and QuickGuide Manuals, ANGEL Secure Browser, HTML Editor, Agents & Variables, and more.
Note: All ANGEL 7.4 manuals and tutorials can still be used with ANGE
L
8.0
.
Course Management & Clean-Up
Your college's ANGEL Coordinator(s) can also help you keep your ANGEL course(s) running smoothly and trouble-free.
• Why Do We Use Master Courses and LORs? (PDF)
• All ABout Masters
(recording)
*NEW!
• Assessment Question Bank Clean-up
• Backups vs. Exports, and Importing vs. Copying (PDF)
• Backing up ANGEL Courses (Tutorial)
• Backing Up ANGEL Courses (PDF)
• Creating New Courses from Masters (Experienced users only)
• Creating New Courses from Masters (New/Interm. users)
• Creating New Courses from Masters (PDF)
• Environmental Variables for Mail Attachments & More
•
Two Easy Ways to Update Masters (with Table of Contents)
•
Two Easy Ways to Update Master Courses (YouTube)
• Cleaning Up Courses by Deleting Content Exchange Files
• Managing Dropped Students in Course Rosters (Tutorial)
• Managing Dropped Students in Course Rosters (PDF)
• Mapping (Connecting) Master Courses to LORs (PDF)
• Moving Lesson Items
(Only)
Between Courses (Tutorial)
• Moving Lesson Items Betw. Courses to Update Masters (PDF) *NEW!
• Moving Lesson Items into LORs
• Setting Dates for All ANGEL Content Items Prior to Term
• Three Types of ANGEL Course Export Files (PDF)
General Tips & Techniques
These tips are for ANGEL and the other applications available to TCSG instructors: Respondus®, StudyMate®, SoftChalk®, and more.
Can't find a link that used to be here? Check the new sections!
• Adding Images and Videos to ANGEL
• Using ANGEL Content Links & Anchors *NEW!
• Converting PowerPoint 2003-2007 into ANGEL Web Pages
• Creating, Editing & Automating Announcements
• Drag-n-Drop Function for Files
• Embedding A Countdown Clock on Lessons Tab (PDF)
• Embedding YouTube Videos Instead of Linking
• Enrolling in Courses Using a PIN
• Extra Credit
• How to convert PowerPoint slides to an iSpring file
• How to upload an iSpring file into ANGEL
• Last Lesson Nugget and Previous-Next Links
• Pasting Content from Word into ANGEL's HTML Editor
• Syndication Folders and RSS Feeds
• TurnItIn Dropboxes in ANGEL
• Using Milestone Report to Track Due Dates
Instruction & Andragogy
Andragogy
is the branch of pedagogy specifically focused on how
adults
learn, which the majority of TCSG students are.
Can't find a link that used to be here? Check the new sections!
• 6 Easy Steps to Online Success
• 11 Strategies for Managing Your Online Courses
• Easy Ways to Keep Students Engaged
(Recording)
• Example of Recorded Instructions for Students
• The Guiding Principle for Online (E-Learning) Courses
• Helping Your Students Succeed Online
(Recording)
• How to Train Non-Techie Learners in the Digital Age (podcast)
• Minimizing Your Workload When Teaching Online
• "Pedagogy" or "Andragogy"?
• TOP 7 Practices for Teaching Online
(scroll to Recording 32, 2011-10-13)
• Using Macros in ANGEL to Save Time Typing Text
• Using Teams in ANGEL for Group Projects
• Using Teams in ANGEL to Assist Special Needs Students
• Using Teams in ANGEL to Control Access to Assignments
Automated Agents
Agents can save time, automate routine tasks, help increase communication with students, and more.
• Agents & Actions (Washington eLearning) 5-19-11
• Change Folder's Icon When Assignment is Complete (Tutorial)
• Change Folder's Icon When Assignment is Complete (PDF)
• Common Automated Agents (PDF)
• Creating Content Agents
• Creating Event Agents
• Creating Scheduled Agents
• Receive Notification When Students Submit Assessments
• Unlock Content by Submitting Syllabus (or completing any ANGEL task)
• Unlock Final Exam by Submitting Course Evaluation (PDF)
• Welcome & Reminder Pop-Up Messages
Discussion Forums
Several of these resources come from other institutions. Please continue to give them credit whenever you use their materials.
• Discussion Forums: Grading with ANGEL's Rubrics
• A Plan for Effective Discussion Boards (PDF)
• Guidelines & List-Style Rubric for Discussions (PDF)
• Dooley-Wickersham Rubric for Discussions (PDF)
• Rubric for Discussion Forum Participation I (PDF)
• Rubric for Discussion Forum Participation II (PDF)
•Rubric for Discussion Forum Participation III (PDF)
•Examples of Good Discussion Forum Posts (PDF)
Assessments
TIP: Most assignments with answer keys can be converted to 'assessments' that ANGEL can grade for you! Also, check out Respondus® on the
Software & Apps
tab.
• ANGEL Secure Lockdown Browser
(Instructor QuickGuide PDF)
• ANGEL Secure Lockdown Browser
(Student QuickGuide PDF)
• Assessment Question Bank Clean-up *UPDATED JAN 2013
• Assessment Question Sets & Pools
• Assessment Question Word Template
(not blank- PLS READ INSTRUCTIONS)
• Assessment Question Template Instructions (Word 2010)
• Assessment Question Template Instructions (Word 2007)
• Assessments: Using Question Banks (Recording)
• Creating Question Pools from Old Assessments
• Managing Assessment Question Banks
• Overriding Point Values in Question Pools
• Painless LORs and Question Banks
• Using Question Pools in Assessments
• Using WAV (or other media) Files in Assessment Questions
Gradebook & Grading
Did you know you can export grades from an ANGEL gradebook to a spreadsheet, for sorting, running stats and even creating graphs and charts from the grades?
• Audio-grading with Audacity and Jing Applications
• Example of Audio-Grading using Audacity
• Example of Audio/Video-Grading Using Jing
• Awarding Points for an Anonymous Survey
• Better Student Feedback Using Gradebook Comments (Tutorial)
• Combine Multiple Assignments into Single Grade (PDF)
• Exporting Course Gradebook in Spreadsheet Format
• Gradebook:Points vs. Percentages, & Categories
• Grading Dropbox Submissions Outside of ANGEL (PDF)
• New Grading Rubrics in ANGEL
• Sample Rubric for Expository Writing (PDF)
More Resources
• Clearing Browser Caches (IE, FF, Chrome & Safari)
• Cool Tools: Four Easy Multimedia Freebies
•
Free and Easy Multimedia Tools! Jing, Audacity, Voki & more!
• How to Create a Free Voki Avatar
• Hundreds of Icons and Images for ANGEL
• Reducing Media File Sizes Using MovieMaker (PDF)
• Turning Off Popup Blockers in 4 Supported Browsers (PDF)
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