Getting Help with Vista
Training
Why Use An Online Course Shell?
The e-Learning Center brings you a 1 ½-hour introductory workshop entitled, "A New Vista Shell: Use It Effectively." Online Instructional Designers discuss why and how an online course component supports in-person teaching, helps alleviate crisis points, and increases student communication. Visit our training web site for a list of workshop dates and times.
How Do I Get Started Using Vista?
The e-Learning Center offers a wide variety of free face-to-face and online workshops to help you get started. Visit our training web site for a list of workshop descriptions, dates, and times.
Recommended Training: Vista Basics Workshop
The e-Learning Center will pay instructors and faculty members a $125 stipend to attend the Vista Basics Workshop and an additional $175 if you take three advanced Vista workshops. Vista Basics is a 3 ½ hour online or face-to-face workshop where you learn how to navigate the Vista interface, add and organize course components, upload your syllabus and lecture notes, create web links, build discussions, send email, and explore many other Vista features. Visit our training web site for a list of workshop dates and times.
Vista Manual
The e-Learning Center offers the Vista Manual to download. Please be aware these files are quite large and in .pdf format.
- Notebook Intro (100 KB)
- Vista Basics (15.8 MB)
- Organizing Content (13.6 MB)
- Communications (19.1 MB)
- Groups and Assignments (8.4 MB)
- Assessments (3 MB)
- Course Management (18.1 MB)
- Improving your migrated course (1.5 MB)
- NAU Resources (576 KB)
