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Carmen: Save your Dropbox feedback!

You requested it and, with the Carmen 10 update, you got it.
Instructors can now save feedback for Dropbox assignments as drafts and publish them (aka, release them to students) whenever you’re ready.  In fact, you can save all  your feedback first as a draft and then publish them in one fell swoop.
In addition to this …Read more at the full article: Carmen: Save your Dropbox feedback!

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Carmen: “Select a Course” Menu

As we conclude our first week post-Carmen update, we’ve received a number of questions about the Course Selector feature:  what is it, how do you search courses. and how does “pinning” a course work?
So let’s take a closer look.  The first thing to know is that the Course Selector allows you to navigate between courses …Read more at the full article: Carmen: “Select a Course” Menu

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Carmen Update: What You Need to Know

Tomorrow, May 3rd, Carmen will go offline at approximately 7pm for its annual update.
Carmen will come back online Sunday, May 5th.  Exactly when we’ll come back online depends on how well all the parts of the process go.
If you store and calculate grades using Carmen, we encourage you to finalize and transfer all your final …Read more at the full article: Carmen Update: What You Need to Know

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Ready, Set… Carmen is Updating this Weekend!

If you haven’t heard the latest Carmen news, you might want to sit down and settle in.  This is big.  This is epic proportions big.
Change is coming to Carmen.
This weekend’s update is not only the it-finally-works-well-on-tablets and looks-more-modern change you’ve been clamoring for.  This weekend Carmen is overhauling its Content area, re-imagining its navigation and giving you …Read more at the full article: Ready, Set… Carmen is Updating this Weekend!

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Carmen Sneak Peek: Videos are Available!

The Carmen update is nearly upon us.  One week from tomorrow, we will say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
To help you get oriented before the transition, the Carmen team has compiled a list of Getting Started walk-through videos.  Feel free to check them out on the Carmen 10 Update page or click on …Read more at the full article: Carmen Sneak Peek: Videos are Available!

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Carmen: Final Grades are Due & Change Is Coming (May 5th)

If you haven’t heard, Carmen will be offline for its annual update May 3rd – 5th.  This update will bring with it a number of design and tool improvements.  Please visit the Carmen 10 Update page for more details.
Maybe you’ve heard the news, but haven’t quite realized that the dates Carmen will be offline overlaps with …Read more at the full article: Carmen: Final Grades are Due & Change Is Coming (May 5th)

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Carmen Sneak Peek: 5 Reasons to Love the Minibar

One of the many cool things about Carmen 10 is the Minibar.  Quite literally, the Minibar is a miniature navigation bar that stays at the top of the screen no matter which course you enter in Carmen, or how far down you scroll.
While we’ve glossed over the Minibar in previous posts, I’d like to take …Read more at the full article: Carmen Sneak Peek: 5 Reasons to Love the Minibar

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Carmen Sneak Peek: Adding Activities in Content

Welcome back to the Carmen Sneak Peek series.  A couple weeks ago, we previewed an overview the new Content tool and, then, discussed in more detail its new Auto Completion feature.
As always, feel free to stop by our April Carmen 10 preview sessions, or play around in the Carmen Sandbox.
Today, let’s return to the Content …Read more at the full article: Carmen Sneak Peek: Adding Activities in Content

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Carmen 10 April Previews

Come check out the April Carmen 10 preview sessions!   Some are hands-on, in which you’ll have the opportunity to play in the Carmen Sandbox.  In other sessions, we’ll demonstrate new features to you and answer any questions you might have.
If you’ve already stopped by a Carmen preview session, thanks for coming!  For those planning …Read more at the full article: Carmen 10 April Previews

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Sneak Peek: Calendar Details, Part II

Today, we’ve explored changes to the Calendar tool in the upcoming May 3rd- 5th Carmen update.  First, we’ve looked at an overview of the Calendar.  Next, we examined how the Calendar tool interacts with other tools within Carmen.
The following post discusses two additional features of the Calendar tool:  how to create events and manage tasks within the …Read more at the full article: Sneak Peek: Calendar Details, Part II

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