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Important Dates

Sunday, June 16:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Sunday, July 21:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Sunday, August 18:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Sunday, September 15:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Sunday, October 20:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Additional resources.

The following sites and services are offered by Vanderbilt University to help faculty and students get the most out of teaching and learning with technology.

Center for Teaching: The Center for Teaching offers online resources for integrating technologies with teaching and learning, including guides to course management systems , online writing, and gathering feedback from students online. The Center also offers a range of programs and services for Vanderbilt faculty and teaching assistants, including workshops on a variety of teaching topics and individual, confidential teaching consultations. (visit their site)

Vanderbilt University Library: Vanderbilt's library offers a broad range of services and technologies that support teaching, learning, and research. Included in these services are web seminars and electronic reserves. The Library is now the steward to the OAK and its related projects. (visit their site)

University Web Communications: The Office of University Web Communications is a division of the Vanderbilt News Service and oversees the Vanderbilt homepage and the top level pages of www.vanderbilt.edu. (visit their site)

 

OAK Element: Upgrade to TurningPoint 5

05.15.13    TurningPoint, the student response system used at Vanderbilt, will be upgraded Thursday, May 16 at 6:00 AM. NO OUTAGE IS REQUIRED. However, instructors will need to download the new TurningPoint client (instructions below). The new version, TurningPoint 5.2.0, is compatible with Office 2013.
   Students may need to verify that their devices are registered in OAK. (Instructions can be found in the document downloads below.)

TurningPoint 5 Documents:
  » Using Bb with TurningPoint 5 (PDF)
  » TurningPoint Instructor Guide (PDF)
  » TurningPoint Student Guide (PDF)

  Instructor Cient Download:
  1. Visit TurningTechnologies
  2. Scroll down to Polling Software
  3. Click TurningPoint 5
  4. Click the title of the version you need

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