About Illinois Compass 2g

The second generation of Illinois Compass made its debut on the Illinois campus in November 2011. CITES will offer both the original Illinois Compass software (powered by Blackboard Vista) and Illinois Compass 2g (powered by Blackboard Learn 9.1) for Spring, Summer, and Fall 2012 semesters.

• Features of an Illinois Compass 2g Course
• Differences between Illinois Compass and Illinois Compass 2g
• Frequently Asked Questions
• To Move Content into Compass 2g or not
• Supported Browsers
• Illinois Compass 2g Training Catalog

Requesting a Course Space

We have expanded your choices when requesting an Illinois Compass 2g space. In addition to Registrar-affiliated spaces, you can now request Development, Training, and Non-Registrar-affiliated spaces providing new ways to use Illinois Compass 2g.

• Illinois Compass 2g Space Request Tool
• How to Use the Compass 2g Space Request Tool
• To Move Content into Illinois Compass 2g or Not

Managing Course Access

Illinois Compass 2g space owners assume the responsibility of adding teaching assistants and other guests into their course spaces.

Registrar-affiliated courses will automatically load student rosters daily throughout the term; students who are unenrolled are not automatically removed from the roster, but the course is made unavailable for these students.

• Adding a User
• Roles in Illinois Compass 2g
• Viewing the Course Roster

Developing Your Course

Illinois Compass 2g allows you to easily customize your course menu and organize your course contents using any format or structure you prefer. Use the links below to explore the available options and features of Illinois Compass 2g as you consider how to best present your course content.

Understanding the interface

• Text in Illinois Compass 2g
• Edit Mode

Customizing your course menu

• The Course Menu

Organizing your files in the content collection

• Imported Content from Old Compass
• Copy and Move Content

Making content available to students

• Content Areas
  • Creating Content Items
  • Content Folders
  • Add a link to a content area
  • Adding a file attachment
  • Course Links
• Assignments

Communication and Collaboration

Learning is a social process that involves communication and collaboration between classmates, peers and instructors. Enhance your student's learning using the communication and collaboration tools available in Illinois Compass 2g.

Keeping students informed

• Announcements

Discussions, blogs and journals

• Creating Blogs
  • Commenting on a Blog
  • Editing and Managing a Blog

Working with groups

• About Course Groups
  • Creating Group Assignments

Assessing Student Work

Grading student work

• The Grade Center

Creating assignments

• Assignments
  • Creating Group Assignments

Creating and managing exams and quizzes

• Creating and Editing a Test or Survey
  • About Find Questions
  • Deploying Tests and Surveys

Detecting plagiarism with SafeAssign

• SafeAssign
• DirectSubmit

Adding Interactivity and Multimedia

Interactivity in the classroom

• Illinois Compass 2g i>clicker

Streaming media

• About Mashups
  • Creating a Mashup as a Content Item
  • Creating a Mashup Item using the Text Editor
• Adding multimedia files
• Podcasting
• Multimedia Streaming

Learn More

In addition to the online documentation covering the topics above, you may also be interested in workshops and other training events offered by Academic Technology Services. View the ATS Training Catalog for a complete list of available training opportunities, or view our list of upcoming events to register for a specific workshop.

Contact us to schedule an individual or group consulation and let us help make your transition to Illinois Compass 2g even easier.

To learn more about the innovative uses of academic technology on this campus join us for an upcoming Brown Bag presentation or view the archive of previous Brown Bag sessions.

The Academic Technology Services Blog offers frequently updated advise and commentary on using Illinois Compass 2g and other academic technologies within higher education.

Lynda.com provides more than 6 hours of online video tutorials focusing on Blackboard Learn 9.1. Urbana/Champaign campus users with an NetId visit - go.illinois.edu/lyndaand search for Blackboard for access to these informative videos.

For further information about Illinois Compass 2g from the company providing the platform on which Illinois Compass 2g is built, consult the Help documentation at Blackboard Library or their OnDemand Learning Center