Happy Spring Semester! 

As you may already know, the CIT is in the process of migrating to an updated version of Plato (Blackboard Vista), called Socrates (Blackboard Learn 9.1). 

We had 126 courses run in Socrates this Fall, with great feedback on the ease of use and simple layout. The Spring semester has already hit 260 courses and continues to grow on a daily basis. 

We plan to have all Plato users using Socrates for the Summer ‘13 semester.

To make this happen, we will be holding several group overview sessions this semester to get everyone familiar with the upgrade and comfortable with the transition. 

UPCOMING SOCRATES OVERVIEW SESSIONS

*please plan on having a few minutes after the session for your questions!   

• Tuesday, February 12^th, 9:45 am to 11:00 am
• Monday, February 11^th, 1:40 pm – 2:55 pm
• Thursday, February 7^th,  12:45 pm to 2:00 pm
• Wednesday, Feb 6^th,  9:20 am – 10:25 am
• Wednesday, Jan 30^th,  1:40 pm – 2:55 pm
• Tuesday, Jan 29^th,  9:45 am  – 11:00 am

All sessions will be held in the CIT Lab 

Wilson 114

unless otherwise specified.

Please go to the CIT Home Page at http://www.westfield.ma.edu/cit/ 

and click on the calendar to register! 

**If you have content coming over from Plato we can discuss this after the training session. The conversion process from Plato can take several days, so please keep that in mind.**

I am looking forward to working with you. J Have a great day!