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 FAQ

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What Is...

• A Project Site
• A Course Site
• An ePortfolio Site

How Do I....

• Set up the menubar
• Which browsers are recommended
• Make a worksite unavailable
• Add, Edit or delete a participant
• How do guest participants access Scholar
• Set up WebDAV access
• Add or remove documents
• Create a quiz?
• Deploy (Publish) a quiz
• Known issues in Scholar
• Edit Wiki pages in Scholar