Campus Pack 4.4 User Guide

RSS Feeds

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:46:46 GMT

Campus Pack is supporting password-protected RSS feeds AND public RSS feeds. Public content can be accessed by an RSS reader of your choice without authenticating; however, private content is now available via a password-protected RSS feed.

Private RSS Feeds:

To make this feature easy-to-use, each Campus Pack user can create their own RSS password that is unique to them. Because most RSS readers store usernames and password, users wishing to subscribe to password-protected RSS feeds must create a different username and passwords specifically for RSS. This is done to protect user security.

If you've never set your RSS username and password before, when you navigate to a wiki, blog, or podcast, you'll see a greyed-out RSS link.

Click here for information on setting up Private RSS feed passwords.

Public RSS Feeds: To enable an RSS Feed, click the Permissions link in a site, then click the Viewers tab, and make the site available to Everyone in the World.

An RSS button will appear next to the site title. Users can click on the RSS feed button and subscribe to the feed in an RSS aggregator (reader.)

Add Site with Individual Access

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:32:41 GMT

NOTE: The batch assignment tool must be "turned on" by the system administrator at your institution.

Create a new Campus Pack Site. Under the assignment type, choose individual to have a site for each student to use.

Batch assignments add the concept of an assignment template. The assignment template is the copy from which each individual or group instance will be copied. New assignments are unavailable to students, so instructors have an opportunity to set up the assignment before students can access it. When an assignment is created from a template, the template serves as the master copy.

To edit or adjust the Assignment Template, click on the link in the upper right corner.

Create the site or make any adjustments needed if a site was copied from a system level template.

When ready for students to access the site, click the link to Make Available.

Note: Once made available, any changes made to the Assignment Template do not trickle down to student copies.

Two tabs will appear for the instructor, unstarted assignments and active assignments.

Unstarted Assignments

Active Assignments

Course Site Permissions

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:48:03 GMT

Instructors have more options than students in changing the settings and permissions for a course site. Settings can be accessed to change the icon for the site and the theme. Permissions impact who can view and edit a site.

Sites can have viewers and authors (instructors are the site owners.) Secure email invitations can also be issued to invite a user who does not have an account in your system to participate as a viewer or an author in a specific site.

Invite a Person via Email

Add an RSS Feed to a site

Invite by Email

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:26:03 GMT

Campus Pack users can invite an individual person to share any of their Campus Pack sites using only that person's email address. Individuals can be invited to View or Author a site.

After clicking the Invite a Person via Email button, enter the email address of the person you would like to invite into your site. Invitations can be sent with Viewer or Author permissions.

Note: Your system administrator can disable the ability to share sites with people who do not have a login to the system. If this is done, the person with whom you share your site will be required to login to the system in order to access your site. In this case, a note will be displayed in this section to indicate that sharing with external users has been disabled.

Campus Pack Podcast

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:06:27 GMT

Add a podcast to your course site. Note: In some Learning Management Systems the user has the option to choose an individual podcast episode or a podcast feed (a series of episodes.)

Enter the Title and Description for the Podcast:

Add a New Episode to the Blank Podcast Feed:

Instructors and students can podcast. Podcasts can be recorded directly in Campus Pack, they can be recorded offline and uploaded, or linked to through the URL.

Campus Pack Journal

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:06:19 GMT

Campus Pack Course Journals are Private between the Instructor and Students. The Instructor will see all student entries in one journal (for a course journal activity,) but the students only see their own entries and those posted by the instructor.

Add a Campus Pack Journal to your Course site:

Add a title, description, and grading information for graded assignments:

A New Campus Pack Journal site. Instructors can enter the first post into the journal which all students will see when starting their journal.

Campus Pack Wiki

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:06:08 GMT

Add a New Campus Pack Wiki to your course site.

Enter the Title, Description, and Grading Information (if appropriate).

A new wiki will be created.

Campus Pack Site Options

Campus Pack Site Options (Instructors)

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:44:56 GMT

Subscribe to periodic emails summarizing the latest activity in a site.

Export a site as a zipped standalone web site or as a single web page.

Settings for the title, description, site availability, icon, and site theme.

Permissions for sites include Viewers, Authors and Owners. Instructors are always the owner of a site. By default, students and instructors have access as Viewers and Authors in Campus Pack Sites. Instructors may adjust site permissions. Viewers of a site can read content, but can't participate. They may be able to add comments. Authors of a site are the actual participants who can make new entries and edit content.

To add Viewers or Authors, choose the correct tab in the permissions window. In the Add Authors or Viewers section, choose the person or group to be added and then Save the changes. Campus Pack also provides Secure Email Invitations to include participants outside your institution.

Widgets

Assessment

Attachments can be managed by the instructor. This is mostly used to find and remove orphaned content (from posts that were removed.)

Recycle Tool

When recycling sites that were copied from another course, the system will look at the enrollment information from BOTH courses, however, the interface will only list the roles from the course you are recycling.
Additionally, when a site is created by a user who's content is being deleted, rather than just deleting the site as a whole, all pages are looked at individually. Only the pages created by users whose content we are deleting will be deleted. Pages created by other users will be spared.

Campus Pack Blog

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:05:57 GMT

Add a Campus Pack Blog to the course in the Learning Management System (LMS)

Add a New blog:

New Campus Pack Course-Wide Blog site: (Add a Site with Individual Access) (Add a Site with Group Access)

Instructor Options for Blog sites:

Add A Site With Course-wide Access to a Course

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:28:08 GMT

Add a Campus Pack blog, wiki, journal or a podcast to your course site.

Add a Title and Description, Choose the Course-wide radio button for the assignment type and include the information for a graded assignment (if needed.)

A blank site will be created. Add an entry to the site or adjust settings and/or permissions from the links provided.

Comment Widgets

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:14:52 GMT

Comments on Campus Pack sites can be managed through the Widgets link. By default Campus Pack sites are configured with Viewer Comments. To modify or remove the default comment set, click the Widgets link in the Campus Pack site. To add a second set of comments, add the appropriate comment widget to the Campus Pack site.

Viewer Comments - Everyone who can access the content item can comment.
Viewer Feedback - Viewers can leave private feedback for Authors (and Owners) to read. Viewers can not see feedback left by others.
Author Discussion - Only Authors can comment. Use this to have a collaborative discussion within the group of Authors.
Owner Discussion - Owners can take private notes (visible only to other Owners).

Copyright Notices

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:43:22 GMT

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iTunes

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:44:47 GMT

Clicking the iTunes button in the podcast episode will open the podcast inside of iTunes. By default, you are then subscribed to the episode. You can configure through iTunes how frequently to check for when new episodes are available.

Please note clicking the Subscribe button on the Podcast within the course will only subscribe a user via email to receive periodic emails summarizing the latest activity.

Campus Pack 4.4 User Guide

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:31:36 GMT

What's New in Campus Pack 4.4? Click here for a quick overview.

General Interest

RSS Feeds - Private and Public

Exporting Campus Pack Content

Campus Pack Text Editor

Campus Pack Podcast Recorder

Campus Pack Site Widgets

Campus Pack Site Tags

Supported Browsers

iTunes

SSO No Cookies

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:44:56 GMT

The cookies disabled error indicates that your browser is not accepting cookies from Campus Pack; you will need to adjust your browser settings to allow cookies from this domain. For most institutions this domain is campuspack.net or campuspack.eu.

The exact steps to follow depend on your browser.

Firefox

In Firefox, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy and enable both Accept cookies and Accept third-party cookies, or else go to Exceptions... and Allow cookies from campuspack.net or campuspack.eu.

Internet Explorer

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy and either set the security level to Medium, or else go to Sites... and Allow cookies from campuspack.net or campuspack.eu.

Assessment

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:03:37 GMT

There are several ways to assess social learning assignments. The Assessment tool built into Campus Pack provides transparency into assignments. Instructors can see student contributions to blogs, wikis, podcasts and journals as well as gain a better understanding of student progress. Click the Assessment link in a site for item statistics.

In Blogs, and blog-based sites, activity summary statistics include Total Entries, Total Views, and Total Comments along with a grid of individual student information.

In Wikis, and wiki-based sites, activity summary statistics include Total Pages, Total Views, Total Revisions, Total Comments Initiated, and Total Comments along with a grid of individual student information:

Last View - the last time the site was accessed by the user
Total Pages Edited - compares the number of pages in the wiki, and the number pages that have been edited but the user
Total Comments Initiated - compares the set of comments that were not replies across all pages, and the set of comments that were not replies that were made by the user
Total Comments - compares the set of comments, including replies, across all pages, and the set of comments that were made buy the user
Total Views - compares the number of views by all users and the number of views made by the user
Total Revisions - compares the number of page versions across all pages in the site, and the number of versions edited by the user

Instructors can click on a student and Evaluate Participants individually.

Export

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:45:12 GMT

Campus Pack sites can be exported in one of two formats:

A standalone web site
A single-page HTML file

After clicking the Export button, the system will process the export and Alert the user when it is complete.

Content Availability

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:40:06 GMT

Users can make a content item in unavailable after it is has been created. Availability can be set in the Settings area of a Campus Pack site.

Check or un-check the Availability box to make the content available or unavailable to others in the course site. If un-checked, a message will appear in Campus Pack alerting the user that the content IS NOT visible.

Course Tools

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:33:17 GMT

Campus Pack is easy to use for both instructors and students. At the same time, it supports a broad range of common assignment structures. Campus Pack integrates directly into many Learning Management Systems making it easy to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.

Add Site with Group Access

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:32:56 GMT

To create a batch group assignment, create a new Campus Pack site (wiki, blog, journal or podcast.) In the options for the site, select "Group" in the Assignment Type section on the Add Content screen.

Batch assignments add the concept of a master copy. The master copy is the template from which each individual or group instance will be copied. New assignments are unavailable to students, so instructors have an opportunity to set up the master copy before students can access the assignment. When an assignment is created from a template, the template serves as the master copy.

Click the Assignment Template link to create the Master Copy of the assignment.

Instructions for the Assignment can be input under the Assignment Settings link.

Each group will be able to access their wiki from the same link in the course.

Create Site From Template

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:22:15 GMT

Templates can be made available in Campus Pack providing already developed sites instead of a blank site.

Click Add Content in a Course Site.

Choose from a Blank Site or a Template (if they are available.)

In a Blackboard course, choose Create Campus Pack Content from the drop-down menu of interactive tools.

A palate of sites will appear, depending on what your institution has made available, of blank sites along with Templates.

Podcast Recorder

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:33:25 GMT

Podcasts can now be recorded directly in the Campus Pack Podcast tool. Click Create an Episode to access the recorder.

To begin recording, click the Record Media button.

When done recording, click the Finish button. Audio will be processed and uploaded. The user will be notified when processing is complete and the file is available.

Course Site Recycle

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:14:49 GMT

A recycle feature has been added to course sites so instructors can clean out a site that has been copied over from a previous semester. Choose the content that is to be recycled, cleaned out, of the site. Once content is recycled, it cannot be recovered. It is a good idea to export a zipped copy of the site before recycling.

Inline Grading: Blackboard

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:36:39 GMT

Create a graded wiki, blog, podcast or journal in Blackboard. In the example below, a graded blog will be used.

To grade the assignment, click the Assessment link at the top of the screen.

Click the Grade Center link to Open the Grade Center in a New Window.

To enter a grade for a student, click the student in the list and then click on Evaluate Participant.

Click the Edit button, enter a grade and any feedback for students and notes for yourself. Then submit when ready.

Wiki Page History

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:21:57 GMT

When changes are made and saved to a wiki page, another version of the page is created. Previous versions are accessible from the History link on a wiki page. The page history is also very useful for instructors in assessing student contributions to wiki projects. To access the page history of a wiki page, click the History link on the page.

Each version of the page will be featured in a list.

Users can click on any version and then click on the View button to access that version of the page.

It is also possible to scroll through all the versions by using the arrows at the top of the page.

Different versions of the same page can be compared side by side using the Compare button. Select 2 versions of the page from the page history list and click the Compare button to view.

Additions to a page will be highlighted in Green and anything removed from a page will show up in Red.

Campus Pack 4.4 User Guide

RSS Feeds

Add Site with Individual Access

Course Site Permissions

Invite by Email

Campus Pack Podcast

Campus Pack Journal

Campus Pack Wiki

Campus Pack Site Options (Instructors)

Campus Pack Blog

Add A Site With Course-wide Access to a Course

Comment Widgets

Copyright Notices

iTunes

Campus Pack 4.4 User Guide

Course Tools

Personal Learning Spaces

Community Areas

General Interest

SSO No Cookies

Assessment

Export

Content Availability

Course Tools

Add Site with Group Access

Create Site From Template

Podcast Recorder

Course Site Recycle

Inline Grading: Blackboard

Wiki Page History