12/07/2010

e-Racer (formerly LMS)

MyMAC Faculty Resources

Office 2007 PDF Add-On Installation File  NEW  Faculty, install this file at home or in your office to pdf any "Microsoft Office" documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)  
MyMAC Faculty Workshop May 2010
TOPICS

VIDEO WEBINARS
 

Codec installation file 

(click on this file the first time you watch the video webinars to install the needed file)

Attendance Portlet

Create a Syllabus in MyMAC  NEW  28 minutes
Viewing Future or Past Courses
About this Course Portlet  NEW  19 minutes
Coursework for Faculty
Attendance Portlet   NEW  34 minutes
Assignments in the Coursework Portlet  (Online, File Exchange, Offline)
Handouts Portlet  NEW  20 minutes
Personal Info Portlet
Sidebar & Views   NEW  18 minutes
How to Email All Students from MyMAC: Class List & Coursemates  
Create a Class List with Phone Numbers & Labels using Course Reports 
Creating Passwords for Online Assignments
Embedding YouTube Videos
Creating Forums in an Existing Portlet

 

PDF RESOURCES

MyMAC Faculty Orientation

NEW  Product Overview and Upcoming Releases
Adjunct Login Instructions

e-Racer Faculty Guide   NEW  Revised Aug. 2010

NOTE: please do not print this, download it & save it for reference only, it's 480 pages long, thank you
JICS Faculty Handbook Using the Filing Cabinet in MyMAC (faculty only, not available for students)
Overview of LMS for Faculty  (An excellent resource created by the Dominican University who use the same system) Organizing Coursework: Unit vs Type and Gradebook Setup Examples (handout from the Florida Southern College)  
Intro to LMS (from JAM 2008) Course Calendars  
MyMAC for Faculty Beginners (from JAM 2008) LMS RX for RN Courses & More from JAM 2009
How do I print a Class List with email addresses from the Instructional Tab  NEW Succeeding with Groups, Roles, and Permissions
Gradebook for Faculty  (created by Turtle Mountain Community College) Adding Rich Content to MyMAC Class Pages    (Portlets, Pages, Gadgets, Embed YouTube videos, etc.)
How to Utilize the Gradebook from JAM (Jenzabar's Annual Meeting) 2009 How to Create a Gradebook  (created by Columbia College Chicago)
JAM (Jenzabar Annual Meeting) 2010 Handouts  

e-Racer Product Update and Direction  

Remove the Mystery of Web 2 Tools  
Something Old Something New Using e-Racer to Enhance Your Course 
Engaging the Online Learner Using e-Racer  
e-Racer for Beginners  

Listed below are some frequently asked questions & answers for faculty.

This info is provided from the Jenzabar LMS ListServ.

Responses are from Jenzabar and faculty & staff of various colleges.

Topics are sorted by date with the most recent first.

2010
SUBJECT
4/5/2010 Does the system track when a student begins to take an online quiz?  
3/22/2010 Is any version of Jenzabar's LMS considered E-Racer?
2/27/2010 Coursework Portlet Quiz Setup (set timing differently for students with disabilities)
2/12/2010 Forum Email Notification
2/12/2010 "other results" in LMS quizzes
2/12/2010 Save Chat
2/11/2010 Another Forum Question (threading)
2/11/2010 Forum Question (text does not wrap)
2/8/2010 Cross Listed Courses
2/3/2010 Last end date for an e-Racer course and online class access
2/3/2010 Withdrawn students and coursework/gradebook
2/1/2010 Dropping student's lowest grade in a course
1/29/2010

Reordering Forum Topics

1/29/2010 Forum Portlet Character Limit
1/27/2010 Adding a role in a course; permissions to
1/22/2010 Converting from Blackboard to eRacer?
1/26/2010 Coursework, File Exchange Assignment Error
2009
SUBJECT
11/24/2009 Course Templates
11/19/2009 Misleading Gradebook Calculations
11/17/2009 Deactivating Online Test
11/2/2009 Gradebook weighted question
10/27/2009 Math in LMS
10/22/2009 Pasting Text
10/19/2009 File Exchange
9/29/2009 Coursework Due Date Extensions
9/8/09 Dropping lowest two grades
2008
SUBJECT
12/3/2008

Coursework reopen issue

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