Technology Tip of the Week - March 20, 2006

Faculty now have the capability to review a student's unofficial transcript right from their Pipeline account. Just follow these easy steps:

Log in to your Pipeline account

Click on the For Faculty tab

Click on the Student Menu for Faculty option

Click on the Student Academic Transcript link

Select the Term and click on the Submit button

Type in the student's CCRI ID if you know it (8-digit number beginning with 9....) or type in their Last Name and First Name

Under Search type, click next to ALL to select the entire student database

Click on the Submit button to start the search (note that this may take a few seconds)

The student name will show up. Note that if there is more than one student listed with the same name you will need to select the correct name.) Click on the Submit button

Click on Display Transcript. You will see the student's unofficial transcript on screen. To print the transcript out, click on File - Print from the menu bar in your browser.

See more complete instructions along with screen shots

For more help with this feature, please contact one of the faculty mentors - Tony Basilico (abasilico@ccri.edu) or Luis Malaret (lmalaret@ccri.edu) or one of the IT Instructional Support team (Norm Grant, Gene Grande or Linda Beith).

Article of the Week

Teachers turn tables in plagiarism battle by Mike Jackson and Karen Ayers from The Dallas Morning News

Whatever the cause -- laziness, easy access to online information, and (in some cases, at least) confusion over what is and isn't fair use -- plagiarism is on the rise among high school and college students. The authors take a look at the issues and how teachers are responding to this rising problem. Read the article at: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/13741705.htm

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These tips are provided by the Department of Information Technology instructional support team. If you have any questions on these tips, or wish to offer your own, please feel free to contact Linda Beith at lbeith@ccri.edu. View an archive of past technology tips at http://it.ccri.edu/Training/Tips/tip_week.shtml.