“This section is not available yet”

We’ve received several messages from students reporting that they get an error message stating …

“This section is not available yet.”

If you see this message when trying to access an eLearning section, this means that the instructor for that class has not yet added any material to the eLearning section. Once the instructor has added content, you will then be able to access the eLearning section.

How to add a TA to your eLearning class

Did you know that you are able to add a Teaching Assistants to your eLearning sections? Below is a link to a one-minute video demo as well as a handout with screenshots that walk you through the steps to do this.

How to add a TA to your eLearning section

• View video demo
• View handout

For more video tutorials for faculty, please visit the eLearning Tutorials for Faculty webpage.

eLearning Weekly Maintenance Window

eLearning has a standing maintenance window, which is Sunday mornings between 6am and 10am CST.

This window will be the time when system upgrades and patches will be applied. The eLearning server may also be restarted as part of this maintenance. All users should be aware that their activities may experience interference or be abruptly disconnected during the maintenance window.

We appreciate your patience. You can see information about this and all other IR Systems outages at the IR Systems Outages page.

Spring 2012 Welcome for all Students Taking UTD Online Courses

Welcome to the Spring 2012 semester at UT Dallas! This post provides you the information to access your online course(s). All courses start on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Students will be able to access the Spring 2012 online courses on the first day of the semester. Your course(s) are located on eLearning. You will log on to your course(s) at: https://elearning.utdallas.edu.

*** Using your UTD NetID

To get your login account for an eLearning course:

1. Before you can login to your UT Dallas eLearning course(s), you need a valid UTD NetID and Password (which is assigned to you when you enroll at UTD).

2. If you are a new student, please activate your UTD NetID and Password at: http://netid.utdallas.edu.

3. If you have any problems with your NetID, please contact the IR Helpdesk at 972-883-2911 or assist@utdallas.edu.

*** Accessing your eLearning class

1. To access eLearning, go to http://elearning.utdallas.edu.

2. Click the “Check Browser” button to validate your web browser for eLearning. Please see the notes about the Pop-up Blockers and Java Security Certificate on the page.

3. Click on “Academic”.

4. Click “Log In”.

5. Enter your UTD NetID and Password into the appropriate fields. Click the “OK” button.

6. You will see a page showing a list of your eLearning classes. To enter a class, click the class title link and you will see the Course Content page.

7. If you have any problems while logged into eLearning, please contact UT Dallas’ 24/7 eLearning Helpdesk at http://www.utdallas.edu/elearninghelp.

*** Inside your eLearning class

1. The first page you see when you enter your course is the Course Content page which contains several icons.

2. The Course Menu on the left side lists all available tools and items for your class.

3. Please thoroughly read the course syllabus and then check all the areas in the course to become familiar with the features and contents of the course.

4. You can click on the “Help” menu on each course page to access help information related to that page or tool.

5. If you have any technical difficulties or need any assistance within the course site, please go to http://www.utdallas.edu/elearninghelp.

*** UT Dallas Library Access

Students can access UT Dallas library electronic resources remotely with the UTD-ID number. Please see the UT Dallas library distance learning web page http://www.utdallas.edu/library/distlearn/disted.htm for information and services available to distance learning students.

*** Important Links

eLearning FAQ for Students: http://www.utdallas.edu/elearning/students/faq-students.html
UTD NetID page: http://netid.utdallas.edu
eLearning Login page: https://elearning.utdallas.edu
UTD Orion Login: http://www.utdallas.edu/orion/

*** Technical Support

UTD’s 24/7 eLearning Support (for all issues within eLearning)
http://www.utdallas.edu/elearninghelp or 866-588-3192

UTD Help Desk (for NetID issues)
assist@utdallas.edu or 972-883-2911

Thank you and have a great semester!
The UT Dallas eLearning Team

Spring 2012 Training Schedule Now Up!

The eLearning training schedule for faculty is now posted. Below is a list of of workshops that will be held this semester. Notice the our latest workshop addition — “Online Course Design”. This two-hour hands-on workshop covers various aspects of course design in an online environment. Topics covered include instructional design, learning objectives, and structuring your content.

Spring 2012: eLearning Workshops Topics

• Getting Started with eLearning
• Assessing Your Students with Assignments
• Assessing Your Students Using Tests and Surveys
• Enhancing Student Communication with eLearning
• Online Course Design
• Using the Gradebook in eLearning

Click here for dates and registration.

Students — We have not forgotten about you. While we don’t hold actual workshops for students, we do have online video demos that will help with about 99% of the questions you might have. … That being said, please let us know if you’d like to see an additional help tutorial added.

Click here to view Student Video Tutorials for eLearning.

Spring Classes will be available Jan.17

Happy New Year!! Just a quick reminder — Spring 2012 classes will become available to students on the first day of classes, which is January 17th. Before that time, students will not see their Spring classes listed in eLearning. Please contact elearning@utdallas.edu if you have any questions.

A special message…

SOM eLearning website downsized

Hi! You might have noticed that the old SOM eLearning website has been “downsized” drastically. The reason for this is that the old SOM eLearning Team is now the UTD eLearning Team, and with this change comes a brand new website – http://www.utdallas.edu/elearning. So…

• Faculty — Please update any links you have in your syllabi or eLearning sections that link to the old SOM eLearning content. (Contact elearning@utdallas.edu if you need any help.)
• Students — If you come across any broken links to the old SOM eLearning content, you can find the information on our new site. And please let us know about the broken link so that we can notify the faculty member.

Thanks!

Helpdesk outage earlier today; now back up

The eLearning Helpdesk was unavailable today for about 50 minutes. Services have been restored. We are working with our carrier to determine the cause of this issue and make sure this does not happen again. Thank you for your patience.

eLearning Faculty Show & Tell recording now available

Greetings all! The recording from our very first eLearning Faculty Show & Tell featuring Dr. Rebekah Nix is now available in the eLearning Faculty Forum.

Click here to access the eLearning Faculty Forum.
(Faculty NetID login required.)

We plan to hold one of these eLearning Faculty Show & Tells each semester next year. An email will be sent out to the faculty@ mailing list once the date/time is set. In the meantime, please feel free to send us any questions, comments, or suggestions, and please contact us if you know of anyone who would like to present.