The Podcasts tool in Oncourse CL allows you to store and distribute multimedia content to site participants. Participants can then download materials manually or via an RSS feed.

A new online guide can help you adapt your teaching in times of emergency. With a combination of IU-supported technologies, you can create an effective learning environment even with minimized face-to-face class time.

You can link to lynda.com video training segments within any Oncourse CL tool that supports links (e.g., Resources or Assignments). Learn how from the IU Knowledge Base.

Whether you are a new faculty member or associate instructor or have been teaching at IU Bloomington for a while, the UITS Teaching and Learning Technologies Centers (TLTC) are your resource for advancing teaching excellence using IT. The TLTC offers teaching support through workshops and one-on-one consultations.

Whether you are a new faculty member or have been teaching at IUPUI for a while, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is your resource for advancing teaching excellence. The CTL offers teaching support through workshops, symposiums, and one-on-one consultations.

The June 6 upgrade of Oncourse CL includes a new Modules tool for creating course content, a new version of the Messages and Forums Notifications tool in My Workspace, significant enhancements to the Gradebook and Forums tools, and many other new features.

Faculty: Have you engaged your students in new ways using Oncourse CL? The Sakai Foundation is pleased to announce the second annual international Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA). The award aims to highlight examples of innovative educational applications of Sakai — known as Oncourse CL at IU.

Faculty: You can make your podcasts available to the public through Oncourse CL and the Indiana University iTunes U site, which is searchable worldwide in the iTunes Store.

Oncourse CL will undergo a major upgrade from Wednesday, December 24, 10pm, through Wednesday, December 31, 11:59pm, to enable support for international character sets (Unicode).

Faculty who wish to make their podcasts available to the public can do so through Oncourse CL and the Indiana University iTunes U site. When IU’s iTunes U site goes public on December 19, its content will become searchable by users worldwide.

Contribute to the new look of Oncourse CL by sharing your photos that reflect the academic experience of IU in the 21st Century. Winning entries will appear on the Oncourse CL welcome page.

For quick coverage of some of IU’s key IT services and concepts, be sure to check out the UITS online tutorials. Topics include the Windows operating system, IU email and communications, Oncourse CL, OneStart, web publishing, podcasting, and other IT processes.

For a lighthearted take-off on the David Letterman Top Ten list, watch “The top ten ways students wish instructors used Oncourse.”