Some end-of-semester reminders from IT

If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, we recommend that you back up your Summer 2013 grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.

Upgrade planned
A FoxTALE upgrade is planned for 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, to 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26. FoxTALE will not be available during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Prepare for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014

  • Use your new, empty Fall 2013 and Spring 2013 sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.
  • If your course site is set to Weekly format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Settings > Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the Course start date and change it to the first day of your summer course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.”
  • Your Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 sites are unavailable (hidden) to students. When you are ready to make a site available, go to Settings > Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the “Availability” section and select “This course is available to students” from the drop-down menu. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.”
  • If you have course content to move from old FoxTALE to new FoxTALE, please contact the Service Desk. Please note that old FoxTALE will no longer be available after Aug. 31, 2013.
  • You can create assignments before the upgrade. Assignments in courses that go through the upgrade will be automatically converted to the new format. No further action is required.

Questions? Contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

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