The Fall Mid-semester Newsletter Is Out!!!

If you haven’t already, please check out the Fall 2009 mid-semester newsletter with all of the news, events and announcements for the upcoming spring online courses from the SOM eLearning Team! Here is the link:

http://som.utdallas.edu/somResources/eLearning/newsletter/eLearningNewsletterFall09midsemester.html

Post your Questions/Comments for the Blackboard Listening Session here.

Blackboard, the company that owns, maintains, and develops eLearning/WebCT, will visit UT Dallas December 10^th (2PM-3PM) and 11^th (9AM-10AM) to gather feedback from users on current products (eLearning) as well as future product development.  UT Dallas faculty, staff, teaching assistants, and students have the opportunity to talk directly to Blackboard programmers and designers and take part in designing the future of eLearning. As an online student, there is a high probability that you will not be able to attend one of these sessions. The sessions can be accessed online (during the session times) at:  mms://streaming.utdallas.edu/live_high_quality.

Please ask your questions by replying to this post. We will try to get as many questions in as possible.

Fall 2009 End of Course Evaluations

Dear Students,

THE LINKS TO THE EVALUATIONS WILL EXPIRE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6th AT 11:45pm.

This is your last reminder to participate in the Fall 2009 End of Course Evaluations!  If you have completed the course evaluation, thank you! If you haven’t had a chance to do so, please take a couple of minutes to let us know your thoughts on the course. It is our goal to provide the best educational experience possible and your feedback is instrumental in helping us to do this. We read every comment that you submit and greatly appreciate your time.

eLearning outage

Due to database issues, eLearning lost connection to the database.  To reconnect the application to the database, eLearning is being restarted.  The eLearning team is looking into the causes of the database problems.  We believe that the slowness being experienced the past couple of days is associated to these database issues.  We are working with Blackboard to remedy the database problems and to determine why the system is experiencing slowness.

 If you have any questions please e-mail elearning@utdallas.edu or call at 972.883.6960.

Graduating Fall 2009?

If you will be graduating this Fall 2009 semester, you must remember to submit a graduation application by August 31st.  If you have not done so, please contact gmbaadvising@utdallas.edu

Welcome to Fall 2009!

Hello Everyone,

Fall 2009 semester has begun!  Students will be able to access all Fall 2009 online courses at that time.  You can login to http://elearning.utdallas.edu  with your UTD NetID account to access the courses. 

If you need any technical assistance, please contact:

UTD eLearning Support and WebCT Help Desk, phone: 1-866-588-3192

UTD Help Desk (assist with UTD NetID account issue), email: assist@utdallas.edu, phone: 972-883-2911

Again welcome and have a great online summer semester!

UTD SOM eLearning Newsletter Fall 2009

Dear Students:

If you haven’t already, please check out the Fall 2009 Newsletter with all of the news, events and announcements for your Fall online courses from the SOM eLearning Team!  Here is the link:

http://som.utdallas.edu/somResources/eLearning/newsletter/eLearningNewsletterFall09.html

Summer Late Graduation Application

Today is the last day to submit a late graduation application for Summer 2009.  If you are planning on graduating this summer semester, but have not submitted a graduation application, you must send an email to gmbaadvising@utdallas.edu today.  Applications will no longer be accepted after today.

End of Course Evaluations

Students, if you have not had a chance to complete your end of course evaluation, it’s not too late! Availabilty of the links have been extended to August 5, 2009. We look forward to your feedback on how we can improve in future online offerings.

Registering Fall 2009 GMBA Online Courses

Greetings,

Fall 2009 semester is starting in just a few weeks. If you haven’t registered for our online courses yet, please send in your registration request to gmbaadvising@utdallas.edu right now before the courses get full!

The Global MBA program is offering more than 20 online courses in Fall 2009. Here are just a few of interesting online courses available for you to consider while you’re registering for Fall 2009.

FIN 6310.0G1, Investment Management, by Dr. Ted Day

The course examines a range of issues concerning the management of investment portfolios. The course objective is to provide an understanding of the role of modern financial theory in portfolio management and to present a framework for addressing current issues in the management of financial assets. The concepts and techniques examined are also useful in financial planning and personal investment decisions.

IMS 6320.0G1, International Corporate Finance, by Dr. Jonathan Hochberg

The global business environment is such that managers with international know-how will be invaluable to their organizations. Knowledge of international financial issues is expansive and varies from hedging profits in a foreign currency to protecting against foreign exchange exposure. In this course students will learn how to deal with issues faced by managers operating in the global financial markets. The purpose of this course is to analyze the critical factors, risks, and decisions that relate to both the short-term and long-term financial position of the firm in an internationalized setting and discuss strategies for dealing with these added complexities.

MKT 6330.0G1, Brand Management, by Abhi Biswas

This course will study the role and philosophy of brand management in the strategic marketing process and the resulting effects on strategic and marketing decisions.  Topics will include the strategic brand building process, segmentation and positioning for building brands, consumer behavior, brand information systems, building brand equity and the application of brand management using marketing principles.

Please see GMBA Fall 2009 Course Offering page for more information.