Requesting IT accounts for new or returning student employees

If you have new or returning students working in your department and you want them to have access to your department's common drive [R:], your department's web drive [W:], or print to your department's printer, you need to complete the form Request additional access for current faculty, staff, or students who have accounts (previous student employees will continue to have access until they are removed from student payroll).

Printing for Student Employees
Students who are also employees at Calvin need to complete the iPrint Secure Printer Setup and install your department printer before they will be able to print. Additional information can be found in the FAQ for Student Employee Supervisors

Requesting IT accounts for new staff and faculty

Once Human Resources enters the new employee information into Colleague (the college database), the employee's supervisor must then request IT accounts for the new employee using the online Request accounts for new employees form (This includes phones, voicemail, computer accounts, etc.) Once requested the account creation takes 5 business days and the employee is sent the account information in a green envelope via ICM.

Faculty: Add a TA or grader to your KnightVision or Moodle course

If you want to add a TA or grader to your KnightVision or Moodle course please fill-out the form Add a TA or grader to your KnightVision or Moodle course. CIT will add your TA or grader within thirty-six hours of receipt of your request.

Faculty: Combining sections of a course in KnightVision or Moodle

If you teach multiple sections of a course you can have all your sections combined into one KnightVision or Moodle course. Please consider the following before making this request:

The Gradebook will contain all students from all sections of your course.

1. This feature is based on professor not on course. All like courses for a professor will be
   combined. Thus, a professor teaching the following four courses will have
   two KnightVision courses generated for the Fall.
   - - - - engl-101a
   - - - - engl-101b
   - - - - engl-231a
   - - - - engl-231b
   
   Combined:
   KnightVision:
   - - - - engl-101ab
   - - - - engl-231ab
   Moodle
   - - - - engl-101username
   - - - - engl-231username
   
2. When you choose the options to combine all sections of your course it combines all future sections for like courses as well. If you decide you no longer want KnightVision or Moodle courses combined please fill-out the form again and request this be discontinued.

Please use the online form Combining Sections of a Course in KnightVision or Moodle for making this request.

Faculty: Will your students be able to see your Fall KnightVision or Moodle course?

When you first start building your semester course it is not available to students. Before your course begins you need to be sure your students can see the course.

To make your KnightVision course available:
1. Login to KnightVision and click on your course link.
2. Go into your course Control Panel.
3. Under Course Options click on Settings.
4. Select Course Availability.
5. Set course available to Yes.
6. Click on Submit.

To make your Moodle course available:
1. Login to Moodle and go into your course.
2. In the Administration block select Settings.
3. Scroll down to the Availability section and select "This course is available to students."
4. Make sure to save your changes at the bottom of the page.

If you want help developing your curriculum in KnightVision or Moodle CIT's Teaching and Learning team is available to help.

Please contact Rob Bobeldyk at x6-6837 or Krista Spahr at 6-6819.

Faculty: Helping your students activate their Novell account

All Calvin College students are provided a Novell account; a location where they can store files on the campus file server. If you hold classes in a computer lab or classroom or you want a student to make a presentation in a Smart Classroom your students can login to their personal Novell account and access their academic and course-related documents and files. However, before new students can use their Novell account they need to activate it.
Note: Returning students who activated their accounts last year do not have to do it again this year. If a student can't remember their passphrase have them login to KnightVision then click on Change Novell passphrase under the Tools menu.

The computers in computer labs and classrooms require that you login with your username and passphrase. Until a student has activated their Novell account they will not have a passphrase that will work. Through the month of September students can login to any on-campus computer with the username of "accountactivation". No passphrase is required. They should then go to Activate Your Novell Account. They will be prompted to login with their KnightVision username and passphrase.

Smart Classroom troubleshooting tips

If you are teaching in a Smart Classroom this year we have a list of troubleshooting tips in case you have problems making the equipment work properly. Looking here might save you a call to the HelpDesk and resolve your problem quickly.

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