What’s New in ANGEL 8.0FIND THE ENHANCEMENTS YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IN ANGEL 8.0ANGEL 8.0 offers a selection of client-requested, low-risk enhancements with very little change management or technical risk, including the following:

•flexibilityinthechoiceofsupportedbrowsersandtheabilitytoofferstudentsalearningexperienceintheirpreferredbrowser

•providingstudentsaneasierwaytomanageandnavigate large assessments

•helpingeducatorsbemoreefficientandconsistentinevaluatingtheirstudentsandsettinguptheirgradebooksatthestartofaterm

•supportingnewerfiletypesforeasiercontentimport

•helpingadministratorswiththemanagementofcontentexchange

ANGEL 8.0 At-a-Glance

NEW FEATURES ENHANCEM ENTS

Certification for the desktop versions of Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari browser

Batch export

Blackboard Mobile™ Learn for ANGEL

Assessment Navigation

Discussion Forum rubrics

Dropboxes

Content exchange

Gradebook copy

Zip file import

BIG FIXES AND PERFECTIVE MAINTENANCE

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See some of the highlights of ANGEL 8.0 below.

New Browser SupportANGEL now supports the desktop versions of Google Chrome and Apple’s

Safari browser. Clients will enjoy more flexibility in their choice of supported

browsers and be able to offer their students a learning experience in their

preferred browser.

Blackboard Mobile Learn for ANGELWith scheduled improvements and support for Safari, ANGEL 8.0

improves the impact of Blackboard Mobile Learn for ANGEL.

Support for Safari Previously, all links to the browser were hidden.

View in Browser Button Will be able to open a browser to view content in ANGEL

Content Uploads Instructors will be able to upload content from their mobile device to create new page content items

Discussion Forum Attachments Users will be able to upload one item per post from their mobile device

Custom Authentication Clients can support this using the new ASP page-based login form

Assessment NavigationA feature previously available in ANGEL Quizzes, Assessment

Navigation allows instructors to have the option of enabling a

Navigation tool within any given Assessment. This update allows

students to mark questions for review, sort on questions or

answers stat, and jump to any question. Students may now more

easily manage and navigate large assessments.

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Discussion Forum Grading RubricsThe same efficiency and consistent evaluation & feedback

available via Rubrics for other content items is now available

for Discussions in ANGEL 8.0. Instructors may view / edit

rubric scores directly inline within the forum. Students may

view the rubric before and/or after they’ve been graded. The

students may see the completed rubric simply by clicking on

the score they’ve received in the forum.

Submission Date on Drop BoxesANGEL Drop Boxes now allow you set different Viewable

and Allow Submission date ranges. This allows Drop Boxes

to be present and viewable in the course without necessarily

accepting submissions. This can help with student visibility

into upcoming work and it allows instructors to view, manage

and grade drop box submissions without risking additional

or late student submissions.

Content Exchange Email Notification

Content exchange email notifications now include the full

course and section IDs that have been backed up – clarifying

exactly what backup action has been taken. Users will have

precise information as to what courses have been backed up

– and improvement on the current course ID only messaging.

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Batch Export Option

Users may now create batch course export jobs that export

course content only by organizational unit or by selected

courses. This routine works the same as the current backup

tool, but also allows the creation of export files that contain

the entire course sans any student data. This is the preferred

method for content migration from ANGEL to Blackboard

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Copy Gradebook SettingsANGEL’s Terms Based Gradebook now offers the option of

copying settings (all or selected) from another course’s grade-

book – easing the creation and configuration of the gradebook

within new courses. Instructors can more easily and efficiently

configure gradebooks at the start of a term.

Zip File Imports

Support for newer file types means easier file imports using

the Zip File import tool, allowing the automatic import / item

creation tool to accurately recognize and properly process a

much wider array of file types.

•AppliestoFileContenttypesandContentExchangeitems

•MSOffice2007XMLTypessupported(docx,xlsx,pptx,etc)

•OtherMIMEtypesupdated,suchasiWork,OpenOffice,StarOffice,Flash,Shockwave