RCC Weekly

From Career Services

Irina Galatskaya, Director of Career Development
and Internships hosted the Occupational Education
Advisory Board Meeting on Tuesday, November 12.
Attendees included industry representatives, faculty,
staff, administrators and student representatives.

Benjamin Ortega, Director of Learning Services for
Acquia in Burlington shared that Acquia was actively
seeking new employees with a strong interest in
working with open source information systems. The
first 12 weeks of employment were spent, with pay,
in company-provided training. Great opportunity for
students to explore.

RCC and our students benefit greatly from the
involvement of business members and community
leaders in our Occupational Education Advisory
Committee. Special thanks to members and key
industry representatives for their recommendations,
time and effort in serving on the committee. Their
input allows RCC to gain vital technical input and
insight for future program planning purposes.

The RCC

Weekly

November 27, 2013

Luncheons on Campus

Senior Luncheon

On Friday, Nov. 22, over 130 Senior Citizens attend the RLTAC
Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon. They had a great time eating
and dancing. It was a great success because of all of the
volunteers who helped— serving the food, dancing and
mingling with the Seniors and cleaning up. The organizers
wish to thank all the staff and students who time out of their
busy schedules to volunteer.

SGA Thanksgiving Luncheon

On Tuesday, November 26, the Student Government
Association and the Office of Student Life offered a special
Thanksgiving luncheon for the entire campus with
turkey and all the fixings. Live entertainment,
poetry readings, and
a raffle rounded out
the lively afternoon.

See page 3 for
additional photos

taken at the
luncheon events

Occupational Education Advisory Board members sharing ideas and
resources in the Great Room

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RCC is Moving to Moodle 2.6

Training and Assistance

The production version of Moodle ( moodle.rcc.mass.edu )
will be changed from version 1.9.9 to 2.6 over the winter
break. For faculty who are comfortable using Moodle
already, all of the functionality you commonly use is still
available in 2.6 but the user interface has changed and
there are a lot of awesome new features available in
Moodle 2.6 to take advantage of.

Click here to watch the "What's New in Moodle 2.6"
video. Academic Technology will offer one hour What's
New in Moodle 2.6 sessions at 12pm and 1pm in the

Center of Academic Technology (CAT) 3-207Q. on the
following days:

■ Mondays - 12/2, 12/9, 12/16
■Thursdays -12/5, 12/12

There will be additional sessions offered on January 16 th ,
17 th , and 21 st . The time and location will be announced
shortly.

You may also use the Moodle 2.4* - Instructor Training
provided by Atomic Learning. To access this training use
the information below:

■ URL: http://www.atomiclearning.com

■ Username: your RCC email address (for example,

name@rcc.moss.edu )
• Password: learn

Once you are logged into Atomic Learning, search for
Moodle 2.4 - Instructor Training. You are welcome and
encouraged to contact Academic Technology staff with
issues and or questions that require additional

clarification.

Faculty who have not used
Moodle in the past but would
like to learn Moodle 2.6,
please see the previously
announced training sessions
for Moodle or contact Tom

Macdonald at x7420 or tmacdonald@rcc.mass.edu to set
up times to meet.

* There are only a few new functionality differences
between 2.4 and 2.6. The new features are highlighted in
the video.

Moodle Course Shell Availability

Moodle 2.6 shells will not be available automatically as
they were in the past. Faculty are strongly encouraged to
obtain a "Moodle Basic Level Proficiency" certificate
before requesting access to course shells. To obtain a
basic certificate and or request access to your official
spring 2014 courses please contact Tom Macdonald at
x7420 or tmacdonald@rcc.mass.edu . If you are unable to
reach Tom, contact Jenene at x7439 or
icook@rcc.mass.edu .

Moving Courses from Moodle 1.9.9 to 2.6

The Academic Technology staff will backup and restore
all active courses in Moodle 1.9.9 to version 2.6 over the
winter break. This will be a significant undertaking so if
there is a course that you do not need or want brought
over please let us know ASAP.

Please contact Jenene at x7439 or icook@rcc.mass.edu .
with any questions.

Professional
Development

PowerPoint Graphics

PowerPoint is a robust graphic design program with
comparable capabilities to expensive programs such as
Photoshop and Illustrator. This workshop introduces
participants to PowerPoint tools for editing and creating
custom images and illustrations as well as working with
layers.

WHEN: Wednesday, 12/11, 3-4pm
WHERE: 3-207Q

Drop-in Training Sessions

These sessions are for anyone who wants to drop in to
learn more about using the technology in our learner-
centered classrooms. If you want to know the basics,
learn some more advanced features, or just practice
using the technology, come on by!

WHEN: Wed, 12/4, 8-10am/12-2pm

WHERE: 3-207Q

Entering Final Grades in MyRCC

This workshop provides an overview of the college's
grades policy ad instruction on how to enter final grades
in MYRCC. Basic navigation and updating your profile will
also be covered.

WHEN: 12/16-12/21

WHERE: 3-207Q

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RCC Sports on ENN

BNN will air RCCs
November 19th
basketball games vs.
Massasoit (w) and
Gateway (m). They will
also be on demand on
their website to view
at any time at
www.BNNTV.org .
Please tune in, as both of our teams were
victorious that evening and the games were very
exciting!

RCC women will be playing LaGuardia CC on
Saturday 11/30 at 1pm at the Reggie Lewis
Center!

Please come out to support our student-
athletes!

Increasing Diversity
for Bachelor s
Prepared Nurses

RCC is collaborating with
Partners Health Care (PHS)
and Brigham and
Women's Hospital
Department of Nursing
(BWHDON) in a unique
workforce development
project which will support
RCC ADN graduates in
completing their BSN
degrees. PHS and BWH
have agreed to provide six
individual $10,000
scholarships in this
innovative scholarship and
mentoring program. Once students have earned
the BSN degree, they will be eligible to make the
transition into BWH clinical practice.

RCC in the Press

Jenene Cook and Title III were featured in a recent Press
Release. Click to read the release

Hosted by the

Community
Service
Club

Now through Christmas,
please bring in a canned
food and/or non-perishable
item to donate.

Save the Date!

December 12: Holiday Celebration,
3pm at the Reggie

Items for "The Weekly"

If you have something of interest that you would like to share with the college community,
please submit it to Jacqueline Lynch at jlynchKgrcc.mass.edu

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