Beginning Blackboard

Facilitator: Gary Bach, Instructional Technology Specialist

Are you a new Blackboard user or an occasional Blackboard user in need of a refresher? Come to this session for an introduction to using the Blackboard course management system at LLCC. This session will cover the basics of getting started using Blackboard to supplement instruction, such as logging in to the system, general navigation, tools, course development areas and the grade center.

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As part of the ongoing effort to reduce energy consumption and the high cost of utility bills, Facilities Services will be implementing a more proactive approach to mechanical systems operation. You may notice a difference in space temperatures as we adjust the equipment schedules to more accurately mirror the confirmed academic and event schedules. Most individual rooms are controlled by sensors which will shut off airflow whenever a room is unoccupied. This saves a significant amount of energy, but may also cause rooms to be temporarily uncomfortable after they have sat empty for an extended length of time.

Saving energy is important, but so is comfort. Please feel free to contact Dave Bretscher, at 786-2238 or David.Bretscher@llcc.edu  with any questions or concerns that you may have concerning these energy management procedures.

As always, please contact the Facilities Services office, 786-2304, with any immediate heating or cooling issues.

Keri Mason, director, LLCC-Jacksonville and Beardstown, was quoted by the Jacksonville Journal-Courier and WLDS radio Aug. 27 regarding parking by LLCC students in downtown Jacksonville.

The LLCC Board of Trustees meets in regular session this evening beginning at 5:15 p.m. in the R.H. Stephens Room. Here is the agenda.

If you missed Convocation last Friday, see those employees who joined LLCC May 1 and after in the Convocation PowerPoint. Welcome to LLCC!

The Toronto Road resurfacing project near the Springfield campus is continuing through the weekend. Crews hope to have the work completed by this Saturday evening. However, there may still be some traffic delays through early next week. We encourage you to allow extra time to reach the LLCC campus until construction on Toronto Road is completed.

Other road construction that may affect your commute to LLCC: There will be lane closures on I-55 from milepost 89 (one mile south of Toronto Road) to milepost 77 (approx. 5 miles north of the Farmersville exit) for a resurfacing project beginning Monday, Aug. 24. The project is anticipated to run until Oct. 9.

And, the Union Pacific RR Crossing on IL Route 29 will be closed from Aug. 24-Oct. 24 for the high speed rail project.

Retention and Student Success is looking for energetic and driven students to serve as New Student Orientation leaders. Open interviews are being held Friday, Sept. 4 from 1-4:30 p.m. in Menard Hall, room 1150 (across from registration). New Student Orientations leaders assist with orientations, conduct tours, support and welcome new students. If you know a student who would make a good orientation leader, encourage them to apply. See the flier for more information: Recruiting New Student Orientation Leaders.

Plan to attend Convocation tomorrow. The event is being held in Cass Gym. Breakfast runs 8:30-9 a.m. Beginning at 9 a.m.,  Drs. Tricia Kujawa and Chris McDonald will present “The AQIP Pathway,” followed by remarks from Dr. Charlotte Warren, president.