Course Formatting

Course Formats in VSTAR Learn The following article shows how an outline of your course should look. Visit our other help articles to dive further into setting up activities within your course. Main formatting components Introduction Content Course Topic Titles Course Activity Settings Course Landing Page – Introduction Section You may […]

VSTAR App Introduction

 A quick intro to the most used VSTAR applications can be found below. Dive further into each application via the help articles located at the bottom of the page. Navigation between applications can be found in the top ribbon under VSTAR Apps. VSTAR Learn VSTAR Learn is our Moodle-based learning […]

Sync VSTAR Calendar to iCalendar

Students and Portfolio Coaches will now be given the access to sync their VSTAR Next Calendar, which includes their Courses, Meetings, Student Affair Events – and eventually, Assessments, Learning Goals, and Student Organization Events to their preferred Calendar app. To Sync your Calendar, navigate to the Calendar under the left hand […]

Sync VSTAR Calendar to Gmail Calendar

Students and Portfolio Coaches will now be given the access to sync their VSTAR Next Calendar, which includes their Courses, Meetings, Student Affair Events – and eventually, Assessments, Learning Goals, and Student Organization Events to their preferred Calendar app. To Sync your Calendar, navigate to the Calendar under the left hand […]

Sync VSTAR Calendar to Outlook Calendar

Students and Portfolio Coaches will now be given the access to sync their VSTAR Next Calendar, which includes their Courses, Meetings, Student Affair Events – and eventually, Assessments, Learning Goals, and Student Organization Events to their preferred Calendar app. To Sync your Calendar, navigate to the Calendar under the left hand […]

VSTAR Next Calendar Sync Overview

Students, Portfolio Coaches, and Student Affairs staff will now be given the access to sync their VSTAR Next Calendar, which includes their Courses, Meetings, Student Affair Events, Student Organization Events – and eventually, Assessments and Learning Goals to their preferred Calendar app. To Sync your Calendar, navigate to the Calendar under […]

When to use OneDrive & SharePoint

From VUMC IT: SharePoint is not designed to replace all needs for all workloads. For content that departments are actively referencing or collaborating on, such as Office files like Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. When sending an email that you’d otherwise attach a file to, attaching the link […]

Course Support | Copying Course Schedules

Within VSTAR Next, course schedules can now be copied to the next section of the course. Navigate to the current course you wish to copy the schedule from: Click the “Schedule” tab Followed by the “Action” button         Under the Actions dropdown menu, Choose Copy which opens a modal to choose the […]

What is Microsoft Teams?

From it.vanderbilt.edu:  Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage (including collaboration on files), and application integration. The service integrates with other Microsoft Office 365 services and includes extensions that can integrate with non-Microsoft products. Microsoft Teams Help & Learning […]

Share OneDrive files & folders

From support.microsoft.com The files on your OneDrive are private until you share them. Keep in mind that when you share folders with Edit permissions, people you share with can add the shared folders to their own OneDrive. This lets them keep the folder alongside their own folders and items, easily move items […]