Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

CONTACT: eLearning Commons Support Team, elc@uga.edu

eLearning Commons to replace WebCT by 2010

ATHENS, Ga.— Brought to you by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS), eLearning Commons (eLC) is a new online learning environment for posting class materials, communicating with students, and managing quizzes.

eLearning Commons will fully replace WebCT by January 2010, although UGA faculty and instructors may begin teaching with eLC as early as May 2009. The software behind eLC is the new and improved version of WebCT/Blackboard Vista. Our current version of WebCT will be replaced with Blackboard Vista version 8, and will be known as eLearning Commons.

EITS and CTL will also offer training workshops for eLC starting on April 1. Courses include Designer Quickstart, Gradebook Management, Learning Modules, and Quiz Management.

A complete list of courses, course descriptions, and workshop registration can be found on the eLearning Commons Web site (elc.uga.edu).

About the Office of the CIO and EITS
The Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) are committed to the mission of UGA as a land-and-sea-grant institution where academics come first and the research extensive university community encourages research efforts at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To that end, under the direction of the University´s Chief Information Officer, EITS endeavors to provide a robust, reliable, and secure information technology infrastructure, maintain essential production services, and offer world-class support.