Latest Announcements

You no longer need to request a worksite throught OCS. Anyone with a pid, can create their own site in Scholar in the Site Setup tool. Simpy login to Scholar and in your My Workspace, there is a tool in left menu called Site Setup. Using the Site Setup, look for the New link and create your site. If you are creating a Course Site and you plan to attached a roster, just make sure to choose the correct term. If you have any questions, please contact OCS via 4Help.

4Help is Your First Stop for Support
4Help and answers.vt.edu increased their support by being the primary contact for all OCS-related support questions at Virginia Tech.  This includes the all services covered by Online Course Systems -- Blackboard, Scholar, ePortfolio, CourseEval, DyKnow, Courseware, ElementK, or iTunesU. We are asking all faculty, students, and staff with questions about these services to direct their questions through 4Help.  They can be accessed at 231-HELP (231-4357) or http://www.4help.vt.edu; Online Course Systems continues to work with 4Help and answers.vt.edu to ensure consistent, quality support for the educational technologies we support. 

Scholar Support

How Do I Create a Project Site in Scholar?

Faculty, Staff and Students can create sites in Scholar. To do this, you simply have to login to Scholar and use the Site Setup tool that is located in the My Workspace Menu.

1. After logging in to Scholar, locate the Site Setup tool in the My Workspace navigation menu.
2. On the Site Setup tool, choose New from the set of choices.
3. Choose Project Site Type and press the Continue Button.
4. On the next screen, give your Project a Title.
5. You may also fill in a Description at this time, if you would like. When you are ready, press the Continue Button.
6. Choose the tools you would like to use in your course and press the Continue Button
7. You may also choose to use materials from another site at this step. If you choose to do use materials from another site, select the site that contains your materials and press the continue button. On the next screen you can choose which tools you would like to reuse.
8. Press the Continue Button to move to the next screen.
9. If you chose any tools that require configuration, like Web Content or News Feed, the next screen will allow you to do this. After you have configured them, press the Continue Button to move to the next screen.
10. The next screen allows you to either publish the site now, or wait and also choose if you want registered users of Scholar to be able to join your newly created site. Both of these settings can be changed later. Press the Continue Button to move to the last screen.
11. This last screen is a summary screen. When you are ready, press the Create Site Button.
12. You have now successfully create a Project Site in Scholar.