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In This
Issue
March 2007
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1. DE
Faculty Feature
2. DE
Student Feature
3. Joyner
Library
4. Passphrase
Protection
5. Daylight
Savings Time
Impact
6. DE
Forum
7. Technology Survey
8.
Blackboard
9. Banner
Registration
10. Online
Training
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Joyner Library
Connecting with DE Students
The Spring 07 issue of Joyner Library’s
distance education newsletter, DECove, is now available
online. DE students please lookout for an
important library survey called LibQual. You
will receive an email asking you to participate in
the online survey. Only students in online
courses are being surveyed, so please respond and
help us better serve you --ECU’s DE library
patrons! Those taking part in the LibQual
survey will become part of a drawing pool from
which three entries will be randomly chosen to
receive 3 great
prizes!
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Distance
Education Forum in OneStop
Have you checked out the Distance Education
forum yet? This forum is a place for
distance education students to share ideas,
questions, or comments. Feel free to post new
 discussion topics as you
communicate throughout the Spring semester.
To access the Distance Education forum in
OneStop, log in at the following
URL
https://onestop.ecu.edu/onestop/ and click the
Community tab.
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Technology Survey
Academic Outreach
conducted a student technology survey
February 7-9. We want to take
this opportunity to thank everyone for their
participation. We will have the outcome of the
survey soon. Those who participated in
the survey and provided us with an email
address have been entered in a prize drawing. The
winners will be notified soon, so be on the
lookout for your prize
notification.
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Blackboard
Update
 If you have any questions
about Bb after March 15th you will need to
supply either your email ID or your Banner ID to
identify yourself.
To find your Banner ID login to ONESTOP /
Click the PROFILE button / and look for your ECU
ID. Your ECU ID is the Banner ID. If
you have any questions please email longm@ecu.edu
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New Horizons Online
Training
ITCS offers Web-based non-curriculum
training courses that are freeof charge to all ECU
faculty, staff, and students. You can choose
from a comprehensive library of courses that
cover: Microsoft Office software, operating
systems, Web browsers, Web design/layout and
programming, Adobe software, and much more.
These courses are beneficial for personal
development, self-paced learning or faculty course
enhancements.
Submit an online New Horizons account request form at
www.ecu.edu/itcs/webtraining.cfm to receive a userid and password
within 2-3days. For more information, please go to www.ecu.edu/cs-itcs/training.cfm or contact Gloria
Schwartz 328-9129; schwartzg@ecu.edu or Rita Bilbro 328-9183; bilbror@ecu.edu
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East
Carolina University
Office of Academic
Outreach
301 Evans Street ~ Suite
401
Greenville,
NC 27858
www.ecu.edu/academicoutreach
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Faculty
Feature
- Dr. Ralph
Rogers
College of
Technology & Computer Science
The old
School of Industry and Technology which has
evolved in to today’s College of Technology and
Computer Science was the first unit at ECU to
offer an on-line degree program. Since this
initial effort, the College has continued to
expand its offerings to include graduate and
undergraduate opportunities for online
degrees. The College is committed to serving
and celebrating our distance education
students. We are also committed to providing
a full range of opportunities and services to
place bound students.
Distance
education is a fundamental element of strategic
vision of our College for providing technology
based careers for the working students of North
Carolina. Our DE students represent an undeniable
asset for the growth of all North Carolina.
Dr. Rogers is
the Founding Dean of the College of Technology and
Computer Science at
East Carolina
University. Prior to joining ECU, Dr. Rogers
was Chair and Professor in the Department of
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at
Old Dominion University. AT ODU, he was the
founding director of the National Center for
System of Systems Engineering (NCSOSE). He
graduated from Ohio University in 1971 with a
degree in electrical engineering. He
subsequently obtained an M.S. in Industrial
Engineering from Ohio University and a Ph.D. in
Systems Engineering from the University of
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DE Student Feature -
Meet James Doty
College of
Technology & Computer Science
When I made the decision to
obtain my BSIT degree, I was a machinist working
an average of sixty hours per week at a small
fabrication shop in Ayden, NC. Many days I
worked an excess of 16+ hours, which is not
optimal for taking face-to-face classes.
Fortunately, I became aware of the BSIT 2+2
distance education programs available at ECU.
With the BSIT program, I am able to
incorporate the required coursework into my busy
schedule. ECU accepted the credits I earned in my
AAS degree in Tool, Die, and Mold Making from
Craven Community College, which allowed me to be
admitted as a junior as opposed to having to start
as a freshman.
Shortly
after starting the BSIT Manufacturing Curriculum,
I was hired by NACCO Materials Handling Group in
Greenville, NC as
Fabrication Machine Operator on second shift.
The transition from a first shift to a
second shift position had absolutely no impact on
my course schedule because all of my classes were
online. The flexibility of my academic
schedule allowed me to
take classes without them impacting my work
performance and schedule at NACCO. Being
enrolled in the BSIT program has allowed me to
excel both professionally and academically at the
same time. Now, almost three years later, I
am a senior in the BSIT program and because of
what I have learned from my professors at ECU and
NACCO Materials Handling Group; I have been
promoted to Quality Engineer for the Main Building
Assembly area. I cannot emphasize enough how
valuable the insights that I have gained from my
classes are in my position as Quality
Engineer.
If I had been told three years
ago that my life would change this drastically as
a result of pursuing my BSIT degree online through
the College of
Technology
and Computer Science, I would not have believed
it. I will admit that there have been
challenges associated with working a full time
job, juggling family-related obligations and
course work during the last three years; however,
I can tell you that the prize is more than worth
the cost. I would encourage anyone
interested in pursuing a higher education, but is
limited by a full time job or an off shift to
strongly consider distance education.
After
obtaining my BSIT degree, I plan to continue my
education by completing a Masters Degree in
Industrial Technology via distance education in
the
College of
Technology
and Computer Science and will strongly
consider a PhD. My classes are flexible
enough that they have become part of my lifestyle
and not a
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Protect Your
Passphrase: It’s
a Matter of Life and
Theft
Information Technology and Computing
Services
Occasionally, your passphrase might expire
before you get a chance to change it, or you
might get locked out of your accounts due to a
technical glitch, so you need your passphrase reset. Since
you use your ECU PirateID and passphrase to
access accounts like e-mail and OneStop
that house important and confidential
information, you want to be sure that no one but
YOU can request a change to your passphrase.
To
better protect your identity and digital
information, ITCS is offering three
different options
for resetting your
passphrase..... more
Daylight Saving
Time Change - Impacting Windows,
Macs, Outlook and Entourage, Mobile
Devices
This year, Daylight
Saving Time (DST) will start on March 11, 2007,
which is three weeks earlier than usual, and it
will end on November 4, 2007, which is one week
later than usual
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* Students will need to run Windows
Update so the time change will occur on their
machines.
Windows Vista is already
updated with the new Daylight Saving Time and no
action is required. Home computer users should
visit the Microsoft
Web site to
determine the steps you need to take to update
your clock.
For
more information and links to software updates for
Macs and mobile devices, please visit:
http://www.ecu.edu/itcs/dst.cfm.
*The United
States Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by
Congress in July 2005, extends Daylight Savings
Time approximately four
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 Banner Update
Registration Information for DE
Students
Summer Registration
March 19-20
March 30 - May 16 Summer
I
March 30 - June
22 Summer II
Take this opportunity to contact your
advisor and discuss registration. Your academic
advisor will assist you with clarifying your
academic goals and deciding on the appropriate
courses for which to register. Once you select
your courses, communicate with the registration
contact from your department via e-mail or phone
to request to register for courses. A listing of
advisors and registration contacts is available on
the Options
website www.options.ecu.edu . Select “Current
Students” from the left hand menu, then select
“Academic
Advisors” under Registration.
Classes fill quickly so we encourage you to
request to register early. A current list of
available courses is available on the Options
website www.options.ecu.edu by selecting “What courses
are offered”.
Fall Registration
Beginning on March 22nd,
with fall 2007 registration, ECU will
be
implementing the new
Banner registration process.
What is Banner? Banner is a higher education
software system that enables students
to
easily
access educational information and register for
classes in a whole
new way. Check the ECU Banner
website at
www.thisisbanner.com
regularly for updates as we transition to this new and
improved software system.
Information you
will find on the thisisbanner.com
website includes:
·
FAQ’s
·
Registration
Tutorials
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Help
Desk
contacts/hours
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Student
information found in Banner
Most DE students will now be able to
register online via OneStop; some students will
continue to be registered through their
department.
Undergraduate students will be assigned a
registration pin number that will allow for completion of online
registration. Graduate students will not be
required to have a pin number for
registration.
NEED
HELP?
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Step
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Login
to OneStop (www.onestop.ecu.edu) with PirateID
&Passphrase & select theBanner link from
Tools page. |
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Step
2
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Select
the Student and Financial
Aid link then Select the Registration
link. |
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Step
3
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Select
the Add or Drop
Classes link. Enter
your Registration PIN ( Add “0” in front
of your 5 digit code that you received
from advisor
), select correct
term,
& select the Class
Search link to look for
courses. Graduate students will not be required
to have a pin number for
registration. |
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Step
4
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Choose
the subject for which you are looking. You can
choose to enter a course number, choose
instructional method, instructor, time and/or
day. |
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Step
5
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Once
you have entered your information, select the Class
Search link at the bottom.
This returns a list of all courses meeting the
criterion you entered. Select the section you
want by checking the box next to that
section. |
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Step
6
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After
checking
the appropriate section, scroll to the bottom
& select the Register
link. |
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Step
7 |
You
will be taken back to your schedule to view it
with the new class added. If there were any
errors (pre-requisite, co-requisite, other
restrictions), the error would display with your
schedule and the course will not be
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Step
8
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Repeat
steps 3-7 to add additional
classes. |
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Step
9
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To
Drop classes from your schedule page, pull the
drop down menu beside the course you wish to
drop and select **Web
Dropped** |
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Step
10
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At
the bottom, select the Submit
Changes link and the course
will be removed from your
schedule. | |
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