Faculty Support Topics
ANGEL support resources for faculty.
Faculty Quick Start Guide
This guide will provide you with easy steps for accessing and personalizing ANGEL, MSU's Learning Management System (LMS). Read more...
Migrate your Course to a New Semester
Copy Course import utility allows course editors to import from any course or group for which they have editing rights. The Copy Course import process occurs on the server eliminating any need to download a course export for upload to the server. Read more...
Activating Your Courses
By default, courses are disabled. Students will be denied access until you activate your course. Read more...
Online Documentation 7.4
These documents provide access to an extensive collection of information describing the many components of ANGEL and how to use them. In most cases we have adapted the vendor's documentation to reflect how we use ANGEL at MSU. You may find some instances where the documents and our installed version of ANGEL don't match. Note that the vendor-created videos will not reflect MSU changes. If you have questions, please contact the Help Desk. Read more...
Online Support Resources
Additional online resources for faculty.
ANGEL Self-Paced Training Modules
These materials were originally developed and provided by the vendor, Blackboard Inc. Upon delivery, they used terms and procedures that reflected the version of ANGEL exactly as it was delivered from the vendor. MSU's offering has changed ANGEL in ways that best accommodate our scholarly community. These training documents have been edited to reflect these changes, so that what you learn should match how ANGEL is implemented here at MSU.
Video materials were not edited to match, so you may find some rare cases where the video information is quite different. In these cases, please use the written materials as your guide to how ANGEL works at MSU. If you have questions, be sure to contact Distance Learning Services at 5-2345 or 1-800-500-1554.
Visit ANGEL Self-Paced Training Modules (Please log into ANGEL before accessing this link)
Importing TOTS file to ANGEL
Importing TOTS file into ANGEL from Windows. Read more...
Importing TOTS file into ANGEL from a Mac. Read more...
ANGEL Tips & Techniques
This site is a collection of Tips and Techniques for using the ANGEL learning management system, provided to the MSU community of ANGEL users as a service of Michigan State University's Virtual University Design and Technology group. Advanced topics such as using JavaScript, Actions and CSS are covered in detail examples are included. As new knowledge is acquired by the vuDAT staff it will be shared here. Visit Tips & Techniques
ANGEL Demo Course
The purpose of the demo course is to show MSU students, instructors, and faculty what an ANGEL course is like. Using the history of our campus' Historic Beaumont Tower, this course will introduce you to many of the features available in the ANGEL course management system. In addition to general ANGEL system features, we will also feature different types of multimedia and web-based information presentation techniques brought to you by vuDAT. Visit here
Support Units on Campus
Libraries Computing & Technology Training Program (LCTTP) - Michigan State University Libraries, Computing & Technology Training Program (LCTTP) offers a variety of non-credit computing courses and workshops. Courses cover a wide range of topics on computing for the purpose of job training, career development, and/or personal improvement. LCTTP offers numerous ANGEL training sessions. These sessions are held in a computer lab to provide hands-on experience working with the ANGEL features. Read more here
Virutal University Design & Technology (vuDAT) - The mission of the MSU Virtual University Design and Technology laboratory (vuDAT) is to provide professional and innovative technology enhanced teaching and learning solutions for MSU faculty members. Their mission is accomplished through one-on-one consultation, informational seminars and workshops, as well as web-based and print resources.