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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Greetings Faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Project NOVA, Phase I, Migration from eCollege to D2L BrightSpace will launch today, April 20. In Phase I, Faculty Course Leads (FCL), with the assistance of the CFEI, are moving master courses to a staging area
in eCollege called the NOVA Term. FCLs will receive communications from their Department Heads to identify master courses to prepare for migration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Need help "packing" your courses for the big migration from eCollege to D2L BrightSpace? Come to this open, relaxed, self-paced lab with music, food, goodies, and CFEI staff support.
</span><span style="color:black">Continue to watch the CFEI website for Project NOVA updates and scheduled faculty events such as the
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx#pack">
Packing Party</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All faculty will find beneficial information on the
</span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/default.aspx">CFEI websites</a><span style="color:black"> regardless of their migration role. The website includes: the
</span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/default.aspx">Project NOVA</a><span style="color:black"> details and updates,
</span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/migration.aspx">Phase I: Migration Staging</a><span style="color:black"> in eCollege, a
</span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx">Quality Assurance Faculty Toolbox</a><span style="color:black"> with resources on Accessibility, Atomic Learning training videos, Custom Quality
Matters Review, “<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx#pack">eCollege Packing Party</a>” event, and a number of other resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/default.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="302" height="168" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.png@01D2B9C8.0F71CE00"></span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Link to Project NOVA<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx#pack"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="287" height="185" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image008.png@01D2B9C8.1144E050" alt="Title: Packing Party Button - Description: Link to Packing Party information: http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx/pack"></span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Link to “packing” event information<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/migration.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="309" height="222" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image009.png@01D2B9C8.1144E050" alt="Title: Graphic Button to website - Description: Button links to http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/migration.aspx
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Link to Faculty Course Lead instructions<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="288" height="222" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image010.png@01D2B9C8.1144E050" alt="Title: Toolbox button - Description: Web link to Quality Assurance Faculty Toolbox, http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/LMS/toolbox.aspx
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Link to Faculty resources for: Accessibility, Atomic Learning, Quality Matters, Syllabus, and more<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for your efforts to make this migration a success!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation
</span><span style="color:#7F7F7F">l </span><span style="color:black">Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:online@tamuc.edu"><b>online@tamuc.edu</b></a><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011<br>
Tel. 903.886.5511 l Fax 903.886.5991 l </span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/cfei"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.tamuc.edu/cfei</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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