The Daily Bruin

FoxTALE will be upgraded from Moodle version 2.2 to version 2.4 from 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, until 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, to stay in alignment with updates at moodle.org. FoxTALE will not be available during this time. 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.

Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

• All icons will change. See the mapping from old to new icons.
• Assignments will be enhanced and have a new look and feel. There is only one type of assignment with many customizable features. See the new assignment features.
  • Existing assignments will be automatically converted to the new format. No action is required.
• Drag and drop files from your computer onto your course home page. The files will be added as resources.

Sign up for one of the FoxTALE webinars we are offering over the next two weeks, or one of the labs we are hosting Aug. 28 in Newberg and Aug. 29 at the Portland Center.

Old FoxTALE available until Aug. 31, 2013
Here’s a reminder that old FoxTALE (foxtale19.georgefox.edu) will be available until Aug. 31, 2013. If you have additional course sites that need to be copied from old FoxTALE to new (current) FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk before Aug. 20 so that assignments in those courses can be converted in the Aug. 25 upgrade.

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Use your new, empty Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

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 before Aug. 20 so that assignments in those courses can be converted in the Aug. 25 upgrade. 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.

Metacourses Used Only for Special Cases
To folks who have been using FoxTALE for several years … Remember the good ol’ days when courses were set up with templates and metacourses? Well, those days are behind us now, and the process has simplified. Here is an overview of a course life cycle that we’ve been using since Fall 2012.

New course sites are created for each semester, and content can be imported (video) from one semester to the next. Metacourses may still be used in special cases where you want to use one FoxTALE site for multiple sections of the same class. If you still use metacourses, contact the Service Desk for assistance with setting them up.

Plant services has had an unusually busy summer. We are still in the process of completing multiple building and remodeling projects, as well as numerous office moves. As a result we have accumulated more than 700 open work requests. We are working hard to catch up but must complete student housing requests first.

Thank you for your patience during this very busy time.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) in Klages Dining Hall on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:40 to 11 a.m.

See you there!

We are still looking for 14 families who would be willing to host new international students during their orientation, Aug. 21-28. If you are able to host one or more students for all or part of this time, please contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) or Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick students up at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs of meals and transportation.

Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.

Security services would love to make you aware of another excellent resource on iGFU. After you log on to iGFU on your smart phone, computer or tablet, select “University Resources.” One option is “Emergency Procedures,” and after you click on that, you can choose the emergency and  read some concise information on what to do.

This is extremely helpful if you aren’t in your office or classroom and are unable to view the Emergency Response Guides hanging on the walls. Be sure to check it out before you need it, and also familiarize yourself with the Emergency Response Guides posted around campus, as they contain more detailed information.

The first George Fox Auxiliary meeting of the new academic year is set for this Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Klages Dining Room. The program will feature Provost Linda Samek, who will be introducing new faculty members.

Cost of the dinner is $10.50 (remaining meals throughout the year will be Friday lunches and cost $8.50).

Please R.S.V.P. to Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314 if you plan to attend.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 16, in Klages Dining Hall on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:40 to 11 a.m.

See you there!

Our 25Live calendar system is up and ready to take requests. This system not only allows you to request a room but now equipment reservations will be done in 25Live for meetings, events and classes.

Here is the link to the system: 25live.georgefox.edu. Use your normal George Fox login to access the system.

IT will be providing training over the next few weeks. To reserve your place in a class, e-mail pparks@georgefox.edu. Space is limited to 20 people per session.

Here is a schedule of training sessions on the Newberg campus:

Friday, Aug. 9, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Stevens 307: Room and Equipment Reservations
Learn how to enter a room request, do searches and reserve equipment with a room or for a class.

Thursday, Aug. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Stevens 307: Room Reservations
Learn how to enter a room request, do searches for events, locations and resources and request equipment with your room request. Practice time available between 2:30 and 3 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 15, 3-4 p.m., Stevens 307: Equipment Reservations
Learn how to request equipment only for a classroom. This is a new process so we recommend this class if you reserve equipment for a class. Practice time available between 4 and 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 16, 2-3 p.m., Stevens 307: Equipment Reservations
Learn how to request equipment only for a classroom. This is a new process so we recommend this class if you reserve equipment for a class. Practice time available between 3 and 3:30 p.m.

Our 25Live calendar system is up and ready to take requests. This system not only allows you to request a room but now equipment reservations will be done in 25Live for meetings, events and classes.

Here is the link to the system: 25live.georgefox.edu. Use your normal George Fox login to access the system.

IT will be providing training over the next few weeks. To reserve your place in a class, e-mail pparks@georgefox.edu. Space is limited to 10 people without a laptop and until the room is full with those who have a laptop.

Our “Room and Equipment Reservations” training at the Portland Center will be Wednesday, Aug. 7, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in PDS 160, where you will learn how to enter a room request, do searches and reserve equipment with a room or for a class.

The university is expecting approximately 55 new international students this fall. Our desire is to bless their lives, not only with a quality education, but also to introduce them to caring people who are a reflection of the reality of Jesus Christ within them.

Rather than house these students in empty dorm rooms during orientation, we are looking for about 25 families who would be willing to have up to two international students stay in their home the nights of Aug. 21-28. Students will be engaged in orientation all day Aug. 23 and Aug. 26-28. They would be free to be with the families the entire weekend of Aug. 24-25.

Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick students up at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs of meals and transportation.

Our students’ feedback is that staying with a host family is a very meaningful experience for newly arrived, uncertain and anxious students beginning their new life in the U.S. We also recognize the impact of this experience is not confined to the students’ lives only. Our host families attest of the great blessing these gracious international students have been to them, too. Often relationships developed with host families continue throughout the time the students are at George Fox and into the future.

If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2649) or Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2643). If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, Aug. 9.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be upgraded from Moodle version 2.2 to version 2.4 from Sunday, Aug. 25, at 8 a.m. to Monday, Aug. 26, at 8 a.m., to stay in alignment with updates at moodle.org. FoxTALE will not be available during this time. No preparation is required by faculty. (Please note: We have changed the schedule for this event).

Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

• All icons will change. See the mapping from old to new icons (http://goo.gl/WxzRw).
• Assignments will be enhanced and have a new look and feel. There is only one type of assignment with many customizable features. See the new assignment features (http://goo.gl/nKbMA).
• Existing assignments will be automatically converted to the new format. No action is required.
• Drag and drop files from your computer onto your course home page. The files will be added as resources.

Also, sign up for one of the FoxTALE labs we are hosting Wednesday, Aug. 28, in Newberg and Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Portland Center.

Old FoxTALE available until Aug. 31: This is a reminder that old FoxTALE (foxtale19.georgefox.edu) will be available until Aug. 31. If you have additional course sites that need to be copied from old FoxTALE to new (current) FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk.

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Serve Day 2013 is just around the corner, and we are inviting you to be involved. As an employee at the Portland Center, we hope that you have heard of Serve Day and what it is all about. Even still, please take a few moments to read about our purpose and passion for this day.

• What is Serve Day? On the second Wednesday of each school year, the George Fox campus closes and all employees and students go out into Newberg and the surrounding areas to help at specific service sites. This year it will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

• Our Goals: Ultimately, we want to model a Christ-centered community and believe through service we can do that. We hope that Serve Day will be the beginning of lasting relationships between the Newberg and George Fox communities.

• Who: In past Serve Days we typically serve at about 80 sites. These include nonprofit organizations, schools, churches and individual homes.

• How: Projects can range from spending time with residents at care homes, visiting with troubled youth, collecting cans for a food drive, and much more.

• When: Wednesday, Sept. 11. Our groups of volunteers will assemble at 8:30 a.m. to meet a representative from the organization. The starting time on the project will be determined by how long it takes the group to get to the site. We will finish the Serve Day with a celebration on our campus at 4 p.m.

Since you are not a Newberg employee, this day is completely optional. If you would like to be a part of this year’s Serve Day, we would love to have you. Please check with your supervisor and then e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu to let us know if you are going to participate so we can assign you to a location.

Thank you!

Now is a great time for staff and faculty to update their vehicle registration before the fall semester begins! To do so, log on to myGFU and select “Self Service.” Next, click on “University Forms” and the “Vehicle Registration” link should pop up in the middle of the page. After you’ve clicked on that, you can see the vehicles that are currently registered to you. If you no longer have a vehicle, just click on the minus sign to the right of the vehicle info and it will be deleted. To add another vehicle(s), click on the “add another vehicle” box and input the information. The last step is to e-mail Nadine Kincaid with your vehicle changes so your parking permit can be taken off a previous vehicle and reassigned to the new one.

You can purchase an additional permit for just $5 cash at the Security office. Finally, if your permit is taped/stapled/glued together, just bring the pieces to the Security office and we can get you a new one on the spot! Portland Center employees should register their vehicles if they visit the Newberg campus frequently. If you come just once a semester or so, then please come and get a temporary permit at the Security office when you arrive on campus. If you have any questions, call us at ext. 2090 or e-mail Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).

As previously announced, the George Fox calendar software (calendar.georgefox.edu) will be down this week (July 29-Aug. 2) for an upgrade. Be watching for an announcement about accessing the new 25Live calendar.

Our George Fox calendar (also known as R25 WebViewer) software will soon be getting a new look and name as 25Live. Watch for more information the first of August.

Note that the current calendar (calendar.georgefox.edu) and scheduling software will be unavailable the week of July 29. If you have events to schedule for that week, please submit a request to Event Services by Thursday, July 25.

Financial Affairs must receive your FY12-13 transactions no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, July 19. This includes:

• Expense reimbursements
• Receipts for cash advances
• Petty cash reimbursements
• Credit card documentation for June charges
• Error correction requests
• Interdepartmental charges
• June invoices that have not been submitted
• June deposits

Transactions received after July 19 will be included in the current (FY13-14) year.

Fall semester textbooks are now online and students have begun purchasing. Please check each of your classes on our website (gfubookstore.com – search by course schedule) to make sure the correct books are listed. E-mail Sandy Gidding (sgidding@georgefox.edu) with any corrections or changes. Thanks for your help.

We now have 15 openings for staff and administrator positions. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Library Assistant II, Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
• Director of Nursing Program
• Director, Office of Student Success
• Enrollment Manager – Portland Center
• Enrollment Counselor
• Director of Student Activities
• Administrative Assistant – Physical Therapy (Internal Only)
• Head Coach – Men’s Golf
• Head Coach – Women’s Lacrosse
• Institutional Research and Technology Specialist
• Head Coach – Men’s Basketball
• Associate Director of Student Accounts
• HR/Payroll Specialist
• Senior Security Officer
• HVAC Technician II

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer them to the website for information about the duties and qualifications and for application instructions.