Moodle outage

Hello everyone,

I wanted to remind you of the Moodle outage I mentioned in the Mid-week Moodle this week. Moodlerooms will be doing some server maintenance this weekend. Moodle will be down from 10pm Friday night through 6 am Saturday. There is a possibility that the maintenance window will have to go into Saturday night, which means it would be down the same hours Saturday night. Unfortunately, I won’t know if it will also be down Saturday until that morning. I will send out an update Saturday morning.

If you are teaching, please adjust any due dates accordingly.

Vic

Vicke Denniston

Instructional Support and Design Specialist

Viterbo University

vndenniston@viterbo.edu

 

Goodbye to Marilyn

Marilyn Adam retired from the Viterbo Library yesterday after 15 years.  We will miss her!

 

Midweek Moodle

Hello Moodlers,

Upcoming events.

Moodle will be updating hardware on Friday May 17^th from 10:00pm through 6:00 am on Saturday May 18^th. Moodle will be down during this time period. There is a possibility that Moodlerooms will not be able to get us moved Friday and will have to do it Saturday night, in which case it will be down again that night during the same time frame. I won’t know that information until Saturday, and will send out an email as soon as I know. If you are teaching a summer class, please check your messages. With summer classes just getting started, we know this is not the best time, but it was the best of the options we were given. If your class has already started, please plan your due dates accordingly.

 

Upcoming Training

All training sessions are in the Learning Commons (2nd floor of the library MC248).

Wednesday, 15 May, 1-2pm	Gradebook for Beginners
Wednesday, 15 May, 2 -4pm	Open Session

 

 

Moodle tip of the week

Making courses available/unavailable for student access.

Chad and I are already getting emails from students who either are tired of seeing their 2013SP classes or want to see the 2013SU classes. If you are done with your class, make sure you make it unavailable, or if you want students to access the course, please make it available. On Monday, 20 May, I will make all 2013SP classes unavailable. If you need students to continue to have access to the course, you will need to make it available again.

Check out the blog post at http://vicden.com/wordpress for a picture

 

 

Need help?

For questions or assistance from the Moodle trainers, please email courserequest@viterbo.edu.  aYou can also view tutorials on all core Moodle features at http://viterbo.libguides.com/moodle

 

Vic

Vicke Denniston

Instructional Support and Design Specialist

Viterbo University

vndenniston@viterbo.edu

 

Library summer hours

Yes, the library is open for the entire summer! Summer hours begin Sunday, May 12th.

Summer 2013 Hours

Library Hours

Mon. – Thur.: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Fri.: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sat.: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sun.: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Reference Desk Hours

Mon. – Thur.: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Fri.: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Franny’s will be closed this summer and will re-open Fall 2013 as Einstein Bros. Bagels at Franny’s.

Summer Exceptions

Memorial Day (May 25 – May 27)

Sat. – Mon.: CLOSED

Independence Day (July 4):

Thur.: CLOSED

Proseminar (July 8 – July 12):

Mon. – Thurs.: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Fri.: 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

Servant Leader award for Library Director

Gretel Stock-Kupperman was honored with a Servant Leader award at the annual Rose Awards ceremony in May.

Viterbo faculty, staff, and administrators are eligible for the Viterbo University Servant-Leader Award in recognition of demonstrable servant leader qualities and characteristics in inter-personal relationships, performance, and achievement.

Congratulations, Gretel!

 

And the winners are…

Our Guess the Weight contest at Courtyard Carni has a winner! Leandra Franzen got it right on the money, guessing 10 pounds and 6 ounces.  She won a Viterbo travel mug, organic coffee and several tasty snacks to get her through finals week.

Erin Mulcahy (10.5 pounds) and Caitlin Anderson (10.37 pounds) won Viterbo t-shirts.

High guess – 78

Low guess  – 3.3

There were a  total of 189 guesses. Thanks for playing!

 

Food for Finals tonight in library

Food for Finals: On Monday, May 6, grab-n-go snacks and treats will be provided for students in the Academic Resource Center (ARC) starting at 10:30 a.m. and in the library at 9 pm. The program is sponsored by Administrative Assembly.

Enjoy and study hard!