Getting Started with Angel@WSU for Faculty
- Use your network ID for username, and network ID password to log into Angel, see next #2 if you don't have a network account yet.
- First you will need an Active Directory account (the part before the @wsu.edu, in the case of doeJ@wsu.edu the network ID is doej), contact the ITS Help Desk if you have trouble getting access to Angel.
- All WSU academic courses have had a course shell created within Angel. You can request a non academic Angel course.
- In Angel we won't need all the network ID's of your students, they can simply log into Angel if they have a Network ID or Friend ID. The students will still need to find your course first and then enroll into it, which means your course needs to be open and available.
- You can cut and paste the following into an email to your
students:
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Dear Students,
Browse to: http://lms.wsu.edu// and use your student Network ID (same as what is before your @wsu.edu address), and your Network ID password to get into Angel, you will see your courses listed in the courses module or nugget. (Click here for a 9 minute video walk-through of Angel or download iPod version)
If don't know or have a Network ID yet, or you want to reset your password, you can go to the MyWSU portal to create one or look up your existing ID (using your student ID on the cougcard): http://my.wsu.edu/.
Angel forwards all email ONLY to WSU’s brand new student email system, Outlook Live. You can go to the my.wsu.edu portal to set yours up.
Please avoid special characters like !@#$%^&*( in file names when you upload documents to Angel, as well as compress the images and files in your assignments and discussion postings.
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- If you have outside users who you want to enroll on
Angel, you will need to direct them first to create their own FID's or Friend ID's
if they have not done so already. https://webapps.wsu.edu/ais/friendaccounts/
About Friend ID's: http://wiki.wsu.edu/ctowiki/Friend_ID
Once they have created their own FID, they can log into Angel, just like anyone else with a network ID. - Making your course available/unavailable to students.
- You can now start getting familiar with Angel and work on your
course. There are various resources at your disposal such as course
migration. While it is recommended you build your course
from scratch on the new system so you have a chance to re-design and
learn the new system better. However, if you simply don't have any
time or you are inheriting a course from someone else, follow these
migration directions.
If you have Blackboard content you wish to import into Angel, click on the following link for a short video showing the simple process of exporting content from Blackboard to Angel. Note that you will have to establish links with your gradebook after you import the Blackboard content items into Angel.
- Angel 7.3 quick tutorials (contains short less than 5 minute video tutorials, as well as guides) More Angel tutorials here (these will be replaced with in-house tutorials time permitting)
- Context sensitive help is available on most screens in Angel, just click on the blue text next to an option to launch a pop-up help screen.
- Instructor Quick start guide to Angel
- The Instructor Manual for Angel version 7.3
- If you need to get up and running right away, you can request a one-on-one session
- Angel Learning workshops (the beginning of every Fall semester and Spring semester usually)
- Troubleshooting and known issues section
FAQ section for Faculty
How to make my course available or unavailable
See:
http://dept.sfcollege.edu/cat/LMS/movies/Enable_Disable.swf
How to change your course name (the course ID is fixed but the name can be changed)
- To change your course name, simply go to the course you want to
change.
- Click on Course Settings and select "General Course
Settings"
- Click the Course tab if it is not already selected and
fill in or change the Title field.
How to Edit Your profile or personal information
Click on the preferences button in the powerstrip
Q: How do I allow a student with an incomplete to view
the course?
A: You can change the student's role to team leader. End
Dates only block student level access.
Q: If I fill in the personal information fields (email address, birthday,
gender,
address), to whom will it be visible?
A: Go to the preferences area again, see instructions
above. There you will see next to most items a "Viewable By" drop-down
menu. Use that to select who can view that information about you for
each item.
Q: My name has changed or is incorrect, how can this be fixed?
A: http://www.wsu.edu/payroll/namechgs/namechgs.htm
Q: How do course roles work
A:
- Course Editor - Only course editors can add content and
edit the roster (How much course editors are allowed to do may be
limited by institution- ie some do not allow editors to edit the
roster or add users (or create
accounts) - Course Assistants - Grade (and you can limit this to specific teams), but they can't set up a gradebook or do any editing
- Mentor and Team Leader do not have rights different from
the
Students, but it does allow you to make certain content only available to
someone in that role.