Friday, June 12, 2009

CE6 - http://edison.blackboard.com - password resets

Good Friday afternoon Professors,

Due to a system issue, those of you who use backdoor passwords at http://edison.blackboard.com to login to CE6, may have found that those passwords no longer work.

To help solve this issue in a timely, orderly manner, and to give you the ability to reset should a future issue occur, we are taking the following steps:

  1. If you cannot login to CE6 via backdoor access, please reply to this e-mail stating that your CE6 Password is not working. You can and will continue to be able to access CE6 via the myEdison Portal > Faculty Academics Tab. Keep in mind, if you are working on a development shell, you can access it from the Portal: After going to your course, click "My CE6 Home" from the upper right side of the blue banner to return to your course list.

    I will reset the passwords on Monday and e-mail you with a temporary password. (Those of you who have had your passwords reset Friday, you will not need to do this step)

  2. After you have the temporary password from me, please change your password using the tutorial linked below. Follow all steps, including setting your secret question. A secret question is a question that you will be asked, should you ever need to reset your password using the automatic system password reset. Obviously, the question should be something that only you can answer. Do not forget to enter the answer and keep if for future reference! Here is the tutorial:

    http://training.edison.edu/webct/ce6/ce6_access_getstarted/change_password_handout.htm

  3. Should you need to have your password reset or resent to you, follow these directions to reset the password yourself:

    http://www.edison.edu/docnew/action.php?kt_path_info=ktcore.actions.document.view&fDocumentId=9035


We appreciate your patience with this issue. Have a good weekend.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Internet Explorer 8 and CE6

Hello everyone,

There have been a few people asking about Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). Most have stated that they are not sure if CE6 works with IE8. The answer is that it does not, unless you turn on the Compatibility View in IE8. This compatibility view allows users to view web page URLs as they would appear in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7).

Please see the following tutorial on how to enable the compatibility view for CE6 (click here)


Good luck and as always, call or write with any questions.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Soft Chalk Lesson Builder 5 New Features

Hi all,

When V5 was first being introduced, I took this course to see a little about the new features. There are several offered times for you to get a peek at the features. Here is the information:

Version 5 New Features

Version 5 brings you the power of a desktop application and the resources of the Web. The new features include tools: to Search Digital Repositories and easily integrate that media into your lesson; to Add widgets (polls, surveys, blogs, wikis, etc.); to Combine multiple lessons into larger eCourse modules; to create groups of quiz questions; to Publish a lesson directly into a Blackboard course. There are also enhancements to many of our current features. Just released, this new version will once again show why SoftChalk is the educator's only choice for easy content creation.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET
REGISTER NOW
Friday, June 12, 2009
10am PT | 11am MT | 12pm CT | 1pm ET
REGISTER NOW
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET
REGISTER NOW
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT | 7pm ET
REGISTER NOW

Keep in mind that several short courses are offered on how to use Lesson Builder, for free!

Here is how to register for Short Courses as a Gold Level Member Institution:
  • You MUST be online
  • Open your SoftChalk software
  • Select Help/Help Topics from the SoftChalk menu.
  • Select Training Registration(online) from the Help Topics menu.
Thanks and enjoy!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Soft Chalk Lesson Builder 5 Available

Soft Chalk Lesson Builder 5 is here and is available for download. It is the same Lesson Builder you have been using, plus a few new options, including:
  • Easier Media Searching/Insertion into lessons
  • Ability to Link multiple Lesson Builder Projects into one large Unit
  • Question Grouping and Randomization!
  • Ability to link Blogs, Wikis, and RSS feeds easily
  • and coming soon......the ability to edit lessons that are already inserted in CE6!
Please read the documentation on the download site for more details. You can find the download site in two places:

1. When logged into CE6 through the Portal, or by http://edison.blackboard.com; you can go to "My CE6 Home" and click the CE6 Faculty Forum. Software Downloads is one of the icons on the homepage!

2. Navigate to http://edison.blackbaord.com. Login as username: faculty, password: faculty. Click the "Lesson Builder Download Site" to begin.

Remember, you can open and modify Lesson Builder 4 materials in Lesson Builder 5!

Enjoy and contact us here at Edison Online if you have any questions!