Availability of Hub modules for academic year 2012 - 2013

For the attention of all staff

All Hub modules/areas for academic year 2012 – 2013 will no longer be available for students and staff after 31^st August 2013.

PLEASE NOTE

If you need a module for academic year 2012 – 2013 to be available after 31^st August 2013, please complete this form which is available on the CAP area of the Intranet:

http://intranet.qmu.ac.uk/sites/cap/hub/Lists/Delayed%20Archiving%20of%20201213%20Hub%20Areas/Teaching%20Staff.aspx

To complete the form please select New Item from the menu bar and enter the module code, module name, and the date the module is to be available to students from then select Save and Close.

 

HUB WORKSHOPS

Hub workshops introducing new features of the Hub will be available throughout the summer; please book at:

http://apps/capforms/workshopbooking.asp

HUB HELP

Further information about the Hub is available on our blog at:

http://qmuhub.blogspot.co.uk/

and on the wiki at:

https://sites.google.com/a/qmu.ac.uk/hub/

HUB downtime - from midnight tonight

The Hub will be unavailable to all staff and students from Midnight tonight – Friday 26^th July.

This is to allow essential maintenance work to be carried out.

 

The Hub should be available again tomorrow morning – Saturday 27^th July.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

For further information, please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk

 

 

availablity of Hub on Saturday 13th July, workshops this summer and this week's hot tip ....

Due to the backup power testing on Saturday 13^th July 2013, the Hub and ePortfolio will not be available from 9am to 3pm. We apologise for this inconvenience.

New features in the Hub workshops now available on:

 

15th July @ 14.15

24 July @ 10.15

30 July @ 10.15

21 August @ 10.15

26 August @ 10.15

29 August @ 10.15

2 September @ 10.15

 

It is strongly recommended that you attend the workshops which discuss: the new global navigation; the updated discussions; the new calendar; the new editing tool and designing for mobile.

 

Book here

 

http://apps/capforms/workshopbooking.asp

 

HOP TIP

 

Add discussions, groups, calendar and announcements to your left-hand menu in Hub modules to improve mobile access.

For further information, please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk.

Modules available in the Hub from Monday 2 September 2012 at 9am

Semester 1 modules in the Hub will be available to students on Monday 2^nd September at 9 am. Once students have matriculated, they will be able to access their module areas.

 

If you need your module to be available before Monday 2^nd September, please complete this form which is available on the CAP area of the Intranet:

http://intranet.qmu.ac.uk/sites/cap/hub/Lists/Early%20Module%20Availability/Teaching%20Staff.aspx

 

To complete the form please select New Item from the menu bar and enter the module code, module name, and the date the module is to be available to students from then select Save and Close.

 

Hub workshops introducing new features of the Hub will be available throughout the summer; please book at:

http://apps/capforms/workshopbooking.asp

Further information about the Hub is available on our blog at:

http://qmuhub.blogspot.co.uk/

 

and on the wiki at:

https://sites.google.com/a/qmu.ac.uk/hub/

 

Hub upgrade

The Hub is now available for students and staff. When you first log in, you will see a splash screen. You can ignore this splashscreen by clicking on “I’ll do it later.” Alternatively you can use this to upload your photo (PNG format) and link to either Twitter and/or Facebook by clicking on “I’ll update it myself.” This is optional. For further information about this, go to:

https://sites.google.com/a/qmu.ac.uk/hub/what-s-new

 

New features in the Hub:

·         Global navigation menu providing updates on new discussion posts, new announcements and new calendar events for all modules. To reduce the number of alerts, use the ‘cog’ icon from the top-right corner of the Updates page. Here you can select the options you wish to receive notifications for and reduce the number of notifications.

·         an improved discussion tool

·         a new calendar tool with the option of linking to Outlook and Google – see http://youtu.be/pTdGOMAZhQY

·         an updated and enhanced content editor with math editor – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMB365sPIEA&feature=youtu.be

·         improvements to the assessment tool especially for support of multiple versions of the same online examination and item analysis of assessment data

Further information is available at:

 

https://sites.google.com/a/qmu.ac.uk/hub/what-s-new

 

Information about mobile access to the Hub at:

 

 http://www.qmu.ac.uk/cap/Hub/mobile.htm

 

Staff may also attend one-hour workshops during the summer:

·         3^rd July at 10.15am

·         11^th July at 11.15am

·         15^th July at 2.15pm

·         24^th July at 10.15am

·         30th July at 2.15pm

To reserve a place: http://apps/capforms/workshopbooking.asp

 

Please note: more workshops will become available in August 2013.

 

For further information, please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk

 

Upgrade to the Hub – Friday June 21st at 10pm to Tuesday June 25th at 9am

 

There will be a small upgrade starting on Friday 21^st June at 10pm to the Hub which will provide:

·         an enhanced interface

·         an improved discussion tool

·         a new calendar tool with the option of linking to Outlook and Google – see http://youtu.be/pTdGOMAZhQY

·         an updated and enhanced content editor with math editor – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMB365sPIEA&feature=youtu.be

 

·         improvements to the assessment tool especially for support of multiple versions of the same online examination and item analysis of assessment data

·         accessibility improvements.

To enable this upgrade, the Hub will not be available from Friday June 21^st at 10pm to Tuesday  June 25^th at 9am.

 

Online documentation including videos will be available. Staff may also attend one-hour workshops during the summer:

·         3^rd July at 10.15am

·         11^th July at 11.15am

·         15^th July at 2.15pm

·         24^th July at 10.15am

To reserve a place: http://apps/capforms/workshopbooking.asp

 

Please note: more workshops will become available in August 2013.

 

For further information, please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk

Hub module areas for 2013 - 2014

Hub module areas are now available to module co-coordinators. These module areas are a copy of the 2012-13 areas.

 What has not been copied?

·         Announcements

·         Discussions (forums, topics and posts)

·         Groups and group sets

·         Tasks

Please note: any links to specific groups, sign-up sheets or discussion forums / topics from a content area will no longer be valid and should be removed.

 What has been added?

 The following has been added to menu on the left-hand side:

·         Timetable 2013-14

·         Module Evaluation 2013-14

What do I need to do as module co-ordinator?

·         Remove all links to the previous module evaluation

·         Remove all links to the previous timetable

·         Remove the menu link “School Office Admin”

·         Add tutors and administrators as required

Please note: combined and programme areas have all tutors and administrators automatically added to 2013 – 2014 Hub areas.

 How do I edit menu items?

Existing menu items can be deleted, made visible / hidden or renamed by clicking the drop-down menu next to the menu item name and selecting the respective option. To re-order menu items, click and drag the far left of the menu item.

 How do I add other staff to module areas?

 This short video gives step by step instructions on how to add other members of staff to Hub areas: http://screencast.com/t/MUUkgZft1 

 When will 2012- 2013 module areas be removed from Hub for students and tutors?

 31^st August 2013.

 When will Hub module areas be available for students in 2013-2014?

9^th September 2013 for modules starting in semester 1.

 If you have any queries regarding your copied module areas please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk